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        Color guard members, (front to back) Seaman Terrence C. Young, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew R. Fischer and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah E. Morin, from Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, leave the field following the National Anthem Aug. 19, 2008 at the 9th Annual Cal Ripken World Series.
08/20/08
Coast Guard color
guard members at
baseball game
Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, talks with Marines at the Camp Baharia Mess Hall Aug. 16, 2008. Sgt. Maj. Kent and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James T. Conway, visited with Marines in the al Anbar Province during a tour of Iraq and Afghanistan.
08/19/08
Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent,
Sergeant Major of the
Marine Corps, talks
with Marines in Iraq		 Olympic skeet gold medal winner Pfc. Vincent Hancock (center) of the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, is flanked by silver medalist Tore Bovold (left) of Norway and bronze medalist Anthony Terras (right) of Italy on the podium, Aug. 16, 2008, in Beijing
08/18/08
Olympic skeet gold
medal winner U.S.
Army Pfc. Vincent
Hancock (center)		 U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers lifts Sweden's Jalmar Sjoberg during a quarterfinal match of the 2008 Olympic Greco-Roman 120-kilogram tournament Aug. 14, 2008, in Beijing.
08/17/08
Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel
Byers lifts Sweden's
Jalmar Sjoberg during
a quarterfinal match		 The family of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. James Kovalscik waits for him to return to Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho, Aug. 7, 2008, from a deployment for Operation Enduring Freedom.
08/16/08
 Family of Air Force
Tech. Sgt. James
Kovalscik waits for
his return home
08/15/08
250 sailors on board
USS Kitty Hawk
 display a 1,065-foot
homecoming pennant
U.S. Air Force Academy basic cadet James Franklin, left, takes a shot from basic cadet Jonathan Newman during the men's Big Bad Basic finals at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, July 26, 2008. Newman overpowered Franklin, earning the "Big Bad Basic" title.
08/14/08
USAF Academy men's
Big Bad Basic finals		 President George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush join U.S. Ambassador to China Sandy Randt and Dai Bingguo, People’s Republic of China State Councilor, as they participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
08/13/08
Ribbon-cutting
ceremony at the U.S.
Embassy in China		 President George W. Bush poses for a photo with the U.S. Olympic men's baseball team and their manager Davey Johnson, right, prior to a practice game with the Chinese Olympic men's baseball team Monday Aug. 11, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. The U.S. Olympic men's baseball team presented President Bush with a U.S. Olympic baseball hat and an autographed U.S. Olympic baseball jersey.
08/12/08
 President Bush with
the U.S. Olympic
men's baseball
team in China		 President George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush pose for photos with U.S. Olympic swimmers Larsen Jensen, left, and Michael Phelps Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing.
08/11/08
Six photos of
USA Olympians in
China on August 10th		 The U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball Team is seen in action in a preliminary match Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, against the Czech Republic team at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics Games, which was attended by President George W. Bush and family members.
08/10/08
Five photos of
USA Olympians in
China on August 9th
President George W. Bus shares a moment with members of the U.S. Olympic team Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, in Beijing prior to Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.
08/09/08
Five photos of
President Bush at the
Olympics in China,
meeting the athletes
on August 8th		 President George W. Bush shakes hands with one of the many personnel he met following his remarks at the U.S. Army Garrison-Yongsan Wednesday, August 6, 2008, in Seoul, South Korea.
08/08/08
 President George W.
Bush shakes hands
with one of the many
personnel he met while
visiting South Korea		 Twin singing sensations, Ariel & Zoey partnered with The Thank You Foundation to honor the children of wounded servicemembers. On June 26, 2008 more than 75 children at the Malogne House and family care center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center received stuffed animals from the organization and an autographed copy of the twin's latest CD.
08/07/08
Twin singer, Ariel &
Zoey and The Thank
You Foundation honor
kids of wounded troops		 President George W. Bush waves to the crowd after arriving on stage Aug. 4, 2008, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, where he addressed military personnel.
08/06/08
Seven photos of
President Bush
thanking the troops		 A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet assigned to the "Tomcatters" of Strike Fighter Squadron 31 makes a successful landing onto the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, July 23, 2008. The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic coast.
08/05/08
Navy F/A-18 Super
Hornet makes a
successful landing
onto the flight deck
July 30, 2008 -- Marines line up to shake the hand of Ivan Glen Speer, an Army veteran who served during World War II at Phelps dining facility Wednesday. Speer was one of the first 18-year-olds to be drafted to go to war. By the time he hit Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, he was 19 years old, and in charge of a M4 18-ton high-speed tractor, which he named “Hitler’s Crawlin’ Coffin”.
08/04/08
Marines visit with
 World War II Vet, one
of the first 18 year olds
to be drafted		 The 8th Air Force Museum on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., created a memorial on July 24, 2008, to remember the crewmembers of Raider 21, the B-52 Stratofortress that crashed near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
08/02/08
Memorial to
crewmembers of
Raider 21 (B-52)
who died in crash
near airbase in Guam		 Coast Guard Cutter Waesche sits fully decorated and waits to become part of the Coast Guard's fleet at the Northrop Gruman Shipbuilding facility in Pascagoula, Miss, July 26, 2008. The Waesche is the second Coast Guard National Security Cutter to be christened.
08/01/08
Coast Guard Cutter
Waesche sits fully
decorated and waits
to become part of the
Coast Guard's fleet		 Sergeant James Witkowski ... Silver Star Recipient (posthumously)
07/31/08
Sgt. James Witkowsk
posthumously awarded
the Silver Star		 Volunteers gather for a Forgotten Soldiers Outreach's packing event, "Christmas in July." The organization provided care package items to U.S. troops which include a Christmas tree, candy canes and holiday decorations.
07/30/08
Volunteers gather for
a packing event,
"Christmas in July."
Texas National Guard soldiers carry a woman stranded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Dolly to a waiting truck off of State Highway 77 near Harlingen, Texas, July 25, 2008. The soldiers are, from left, Pfc. John Paul Borrego, Pfc. 1st Class Christopher Culbelier, Pfc. Mark Rivera and Pfc. 1st Class Joseph Davora. They are with the Texas National Guard's 72nd Infantry Brigade and 41st Infantry Regiment.
07/29/08
 Texas National Guard
soldiers carry a
woman stranded by
flood waters caused by
Hurricane Dolly		 Marine Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Korean War veterans pause during a moment of silence at the Tri County Korean War Memorial dedication ceremony at Loves Park, Ill., July 27, 2008.
07/28/08
Moment of silence at
Tri County Korean War
Memorial dedication
ceremony in Loves
Park, Illinois		 Sergeant Charles Claude - Bronze Star Recipient for heroic actions.
07/26/08
Sgt. Charles Claude
awarded Bronze Star		 U.S. sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall watch the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima break away from the replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman during the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise, COMPTUEX, Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2008. COMPTUEX provides a realistic training environment to ensure the strike group is capable and ready for its upcoming scheduled deployment.
07/25/08
 Sailors aboard the
USS Carter Hall watch
the amphibious assault
ship USS Iwo Jima		 Tracy Keller, a native of Riverside, Calif., affectionately welcomes home her fiancé, Lance Cpl. Jonas Batesel, a cannoneer with Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, and a native of St. Louis, after returning to the Combat Center July 14, 2008, from a six month deployment to the Western Pacific and Okinawa, Japan.
07/24/06
Marine welcomed
back by his fiancé
from deployment
Two U.S. Army soldiers hold up the American flag during the National Anthem before beginning a soccer game between U.S soldiers and citizens of Zaab, Iraq, July 11, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, and have played a series of soccer games with Iraqi teams.
07/23/08
Soldiers hold up the
American flag during
the National Anthem
before a soccer game
in Zaab, Iraq		 U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal personnel of the 447th Air Expeditionary Group prepare a string of C-4 explosives before placing the charges around the wings of a C-130 Hercules aircraft in Baghdad, Iraq, July 7, 2008. The team is using a series of controlled detonations designed to divide the airplane into smaller pieces so it can be moved.
07/22/08
USAF explosive
ordnance disposal
personnel preparing
charges in Iraq		 James Mason, a Civil Air Patrol Cadel out of Denton Composite Squadron, TX, explains to two peers about taking a Victory Box to send to a servicemember serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. The Victory Box allows the servicemembers to do humanitarian missions to help the children.
07/21/08
Civil Air Patrol
Cadets discuss the
Victory Box for
sending to troops		 U.S. Army Sgt. Daryl Williams takes the oath of enlistment from his hospital bed at the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, July 9, 2008. Williams is assigned to the Scout/Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad.
07/20/08
Soldier takes the oath
of enlistment from his
hospital bed at the 86th
Combat Support
Hospital in Baghdad		 Major Dexter Brookins - Bronze Star Recipient for heroic actions
07/19/08
Major Dexter Brookins
awarded Bronze Star
Soldiers at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, pose with members of the band Sevendust after a July 12, 2008, performance by the band. The performance completed Sevendust’s first USO tour.
07/18/08
 Soldiers at Bagram
Airfield, Afghanistan,
pose with members of
the band Sevendust		 President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with the All-Star Tee Ball teams and participants on the South Portico Wednesday, July 16, 2008, following a double-header at the White House, pitting Eastern U.S. against Central U.S. and Southern U.S. against Western.
07/17/08
Seven photos of the 2
national tee ball games
at the White House		 Gen. T. Michael Moseley reviews the troops with Lt. Col. Anthony Taylor, commander of the United States Honor Guard, during the former's retirement ceremony on Bolling Air Force Base, D.C., July 11. General Moseley is the 18th Chief of Staff.
07/16/08
USAF Gen. T. Michael
Moseley reviews the
troops during his
retirement ceremony		 Navy LT Jessica Parker and twin sister Marine Corp Captain Jennifer Parker, got a pre-concert photo opportunity with the third generation entertainers, twins, The Nelsons. Gunnar and Matthew Nelson performed a free concert at Navy Lake, July 3rd. The Flag City Freedom Celebration is an annual event sponsored by Naval Support Activity Mid-South and City of Millington.
07/14/08
Twin sisters get a
 pre-concert photo
 opportunity with  entertainers, twins,
The Nelsons		 Ted Levitt, owner of Chick and Ruth’s Delly in Annapolis, Md., debuts his Faces of Valor USA project during the town’s Fourth of July Parade. Levitt had the faces of heroes airbrushed on a restored 1931 Buick he plans to show to raise funds for scholarships and financial assistance for those wounded or killed while serving.
07/14/08
The  Faces of Valor
USA project debut
on the Fourth of July
U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awards the Silver Star to U.S. Army Capt. Gregory Ambrosia, Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan, July 11, 2008. Ambrosia was recognized for valor under fire after running into a hail of enemy gunfire to help save fallen comrades in September 2007. Mullen is on a six-day tour of the region to visit troops. He is also hosting a USO contingent including NFL stars.
07/13/08
 Army Capt. Gregory
Ambrosia receives
the Silver Star		 Marine Lt. Col. Chris Landry says hello to children as the Iraqi army and the national police bring security to the people of Iraq during a joint operation designed to eliminate illegal weapons and criminal elements, July 8, 2008, in Husseniaya, northeast of Baghdad. Landry is the senior Military Transition Team advisor assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division Quick Reaction Force.
07/12/08
 Marine Lt. Col. Chris
Landry says hello
to children during
joint operation		 A boy says goodbye to USS Kitty Hawk as it departs Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 8, 2008, to participate in Rim of the Pacific 2008. RIMPAC is a biannual exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Fleet that brings together military forces from Australia, Canada, Chile, Peru, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.
07/11/08
 A boy says goodbye
to USS Kitty Hawk as
it departs Naval Station
in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii		 Lt. Gen. John F. Goodman (left), commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and Sgt. Maj. Evans McBride (right), sergeant major MarForPac, accept the 2007 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas check from Renee Acosta on behalf of Pacific Family Support and Youth Programs July 8 at the MarForPac, Headquarters Building, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. The check represented money donated by service members in the Hawaii-Pacific area during the 2007 Combined Federal Campaign. Acosta is the president and chief executive officer of Global Impact.
07/10/08
Check from donations
by service members
in the Hawaii-Pacific
area during the
2007 Combined
Federal Campaign		 Army Master Sgt. Isaac Alexis of Houston performs “We Gotta Go,” a song about soldiers leaving their homes to serve in Iraq, during an open-mic night at Camp Liberty, Iraq, June 7, 2008.
07/09/08
Army Sgt. Isaac Alexis
performs “We Gotta
Go,” while in Iraq