U.S. Army soldiers from the 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division rescue a dog from a canal while conducting a  reconnaissance mission near Forward Operating Base Heider, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2006.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Lee Klika

U.S.  Marine Corps  Pfc. Justin R. Carman pulls security for Lance Cpl. Alfred J. Lomando on a rooftop in Husayba, Iraq during Operation Rubicon, Aug. 27, 2006. 

U.S. Army soldiers, Marines and a sailor conducted a combat mission of clearing houses of insurgents and looking for weapons during Operation Rubicon.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis

(From left) Staff Sgt. Warren Johnson, Senior Airman Paul Moore, Staff Sgt. Dave Kelley and Staff Sgt. Kiel Nichols install a fuel tank on an F-15E Strike Eagle at a forward-operating base in Southwest Asia Sept. 1.

The Airmen are crew chiefs deployed from the 335th Aircraft Maintenance Unit at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.

U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. John DeGroot

President George W. Bush is greeted by military personnel following his address on the global war on terror at the Military Officers Association of America meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006, at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington. President Bush spoke about the U.S. and allies strategy for combating terrorism saying "we're confronting them before they gain the capacity to inflict unspeakable damage on the world, and we're confronting their hateful ideology before it fully takes root." Full Story

White House photo by Kimberlee Hewitt