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| Patriotic Photos
October 2, 2006 | |
 | 10/02/06 The nation's first Littoral Combat Ship, Freedom, makes a spectacular side launch during her christening at the Marine shipyard in Marinette, Wis., Sept. 23, 2006. The agile 377-foot Freedom will help the U.S. Navy defeat growing littoral, or close-to-shore, threats and provide access and dominance in coastal water battle space. Courtesy photo from
Lockheed Martin |
|  | 10/02/06 U.S. Navy Seaman Samuel L. Blanco, a hospital corpsman plays with Iraqi children during a combat patrol near Husayba, Iraq, Sept. 23, 2006. He and the Marines of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment paused the patrol to spend time with the kids. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis Read Story |
|  | 10/02/06 U.S. Army Sgt. Leigh Hester, the recipient of the 2006 USO Service Member of the Year Award, is congratulated by senior Department of Defense leaders during the 65th Annual World Gala at the National Building in Washington, D.C., Sept 28, 2006. Hester is the first woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star for valor in combat. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force. |
|  | 10/02/06 U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Floro Cellona embraces his son at the homecoming ceremony for the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy in San Diego, Calif., Sept. 29, 2006. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Cale Bentley |
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