U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Graham Goodman, Jimmy Nettavong and Steven Jacobs, all members of the Provisional Security Company, compete in a firing drill during the East African Armed Forces Rifle Championship held at Stony-Athi Range in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 23, 2005.

DoD photo by
Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall
U.S. Air Force.

The nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) returns to Norfolk, Va., Naval Station Sept. 27, 2005, after a six-month deployment.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist Mark O. Piggott

U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Higgins stands watch overlooking the water near her .50 caliber machine gun in case of any hostile threats to the vessel she is riding on, the Logistics Support Vessel-06, the Specialist Four James A. Loux, as it arrives in the Port of Djibouti, Sept. 17, 2005. The Specialist Four James A. Loux is being loaded with supplies and equipment then continuing to sail to Manda Bay, Kenya, in support of a U.S. military mission in the area.

U.S. Air Force photo by
Staff Sgt. Stephen Schester

ALI BASE, Iraq -- Senior Airman Jamie Lugo (left) and Staff Sgt. Chad Poeth change the alternator on a generator here. They are assigned to the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron power production element.

U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Maurice Hessel