U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jessica Parrott, 354th Civil Engineering Squadron, is welcomed home by her daughter at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 18, 2006. 

Parrott was deployed to Southwest Asia in support of the Global War on Terror.

U.S. Air Force photo
by Amn Jonathan Snyder

Members of the 100th Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron perform flag detail during a retreat ceremony at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, May 18, 2006.

The 100th SFS members performed the retreat ceremony during National Police Week to honor fallen law officers.

U.S. Air Force photo
by Staff Sgt. Tyrona Pearsall

Sgt. Leno Lemus, from Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, shoots open the door of a house near Balad, Iraq, so his squad can enter and search for terrorists on the most-wanted list.

Photo by Spc. Teddy Wade and courtesy of U.S. Army

United States Vice President Richard B. Cheney greets Sailors and Marines of Expeditionary Strike Group One on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in San Diego, Calif., May 23, 2006.

Cheney praised the hard work and accomplishments of ESG 1 during their last deployment in support of the war on terror and humanitarian relief efforts in Pakistan.

U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Apprentice Joshua Valcarcel