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| <Patriotic Photos
face="Cambria" color="#FFFFFF">August 21, 2006 | |
 | 08/21/06 U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Curtis Haines of Hope, Ark., (right) stands with Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow, the adjutant general of Arkansas, and Arkansas State Sen. Percy Malone after receiving the Soldier's Medal, the nation's highest award for non-combat heroism, May 31, 2006. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chris A. Durney Read full story |
|  | 08/21/06 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brian Tomlinson, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape instructor, negotiates an obstacle during the first ever SERE Challenge held at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 10, 2006. Thirty SERE members are participating in the challenge, which includes an obstacle course, three-mile run, six-mile road march, and a variety of other events that test the strength and stamina of the participants. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Laura K. Smith |
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| 08/21/06... Three Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, stand in front of a humvee similar to those used daily in the area of operations. Cpl. Louis A. Plume, Lance Cpl. Nicolas McDonald, and Cpl. Rowdy Z. Burney were awarded Purple Hearts for injuries they sustained in combat operations in the Al Anbar Province, Aug. 13, 2006. With over 2,000 U.S. service members having died in Operation Iraqi Freedom, there is a certain appreciation for life in the mind-set of those who have walked away from IED encounters with minor injuries. “You don't think about the fact that you're going home a Purple Heart recipient. You think, ‘that was a close call, I might not be so lucky next time,'” said Burne
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Priscilla M. Juan || Read full story |
|  | 08/21/06 High-operational tempo has made the balancing act that Reserve Marines keep with their military and civilian lives much more complicated. Cpl. Kevin Roscoe and his wife Portia are just one military family that is keeping up with the times, Aug. 18, 2006. Photo by Sgt. Leo A. Salinas |
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