U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zeus Lee pushes a palette of cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III onto a 60K loader at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, on Dec. 14, 2008. Lee is a load crew team chief from the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. DoD photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Warren Burton, a combat correspondent, fires a 60-mm mortar system during live-fire training outside of Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, on Dec. 12, 2008. Burton is with the command element for the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force ñ Afghanistan, deployed in support of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan. DoD photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender tanker pilot Capt. Justin Simms from the 908th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron pilots the aircraft on a combat mission over Afghanistan on Dec. 15, 2008. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)