U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Julius Mitchell scans the area while on patrol in Ramadi, Iraq, on May 13, 2006.

Mitchell is attached to the 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company.

DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel C. Peterson, U.S Navy.

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, renders a final salute to a fallen brother during a memorial service for Sgt. Matthew J. Fenton at Camp Baharia, Iraq May 14.

Fenton, a 24-year-old from Little Ferry, N.J, was wounded in action April 26 in Fallujah, Iraq and later died of his wounds May 5.


Photo by: Cpl. Brian Reimers

Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) navigates through Apra Harbor, Guam, on May 15, 2006.

The Mercy is on a five-month deployment to areas of Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands to join with health and civic organizations to provide humanitarian assistance and conduct community improvement projects.

DoD photo by
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Allen Leonesio
U.S. Navy.

U.S. Navy Seaman Recruit Erin S. Contois updates the status board on the bridge of the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) as the ship departs Sasebo, Japan, for Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism exercises on May 16, 2006.

During the exercise the navies of various Southeast Asian nations operate with the U.S. Navy in tracking and boarding simulated rogue merchant ships. Contois is assigned as a Navy operations specialist.

DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John L. Beeman, U.S. Navy.