WELCOME HOME HUGS Senior Airman Mike Cordano, from the 111th Fighter Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Willow Grove, Pa., gets hugs from his children, after returning home from his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Air Foce photo by Master Sgt. Patrick Cashin INCH BY INCH U.S. Air Force crews from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., and Travis Air Force Base, Calif., load a tractor trailer into a C-5 in preparation to be delivered to an undisclosed forward location in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. With clearance coming as close as four inches at one point, the trailer took approximately five hours to complete loading. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristi Hare DEMONSTRATION Ex-Iraqi army officers demand pay in a peaceful demonstration outside a government building in Mosul, Iraq, occupied by the U.S. Army in the morning of May 15. U.S. Army photo by Army Pfc. Mary Rose Xenikakis HUMAN FLAG Students and faculty of Akers Elementary School aboard NAS Lemoore show their appreciation for the military forces May 13 by constructing a human U.S. flag. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Gregory E. Badger. U.S. Army photo by Army Pfc. Mary Rose Xenikakis SECURITY CHECK A policewoman of the 3rd Infantry Division assists checkpoint operations in Baghdad, Iraq. The 3rd Infantry Division military police are helping bring security and stability to Baghdad streets. U.S. Army photo by Spc. James B. Smith Jr.
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