Fireworks explode and highlight an F/A-18A Hornet, assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the "Blue Angels," at the Mid-South Air Show at the Millington Municipal Airport, Tenn., Sept. 31, 2005.

This year's air show showcased the Blue Angels and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds flight teams.

U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 2nd Class
Jayme Pastoric

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tommy McGee (right) hugs his wife, Michelle, and his daughter after arriving home with fellow members of the Louisiana Army National Guard's 256th Brigade Combat Team on Sept. 10, 2005.

Many members of the Louisiana Army National Guard from the New Orleans area are returning home uncertain about the fate of family members and homes following Hurricane Katrina.

DoD by photo by
Tech. Sgt. Roger M. Dey, U.S. Air Force.

U.S. Army Soldiers with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry, 2nd Platoon, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provide an over watch while Army and Marines use force to look for weapons cache and people that oppose the coalition forces east of the Syrian boarder by the Euphrates River Oct. 2, 2005.

U.S. Air Force photo by
Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bill Hatzman with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 14th Cavalry calls in information on the movement of local Iraqis as he provides an over watch for Army soldiers and Marines looking for weapons caches east of the Syrian border near the Euphrates River on Oct. 4, 2005.

DoD photo by
Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force.