Marine Capt. Daniel Zappa from Pittsburgh, Pa., gives his six-day-old son, Charlie Zappa, a kiss on the forehead as his wife, Aimee Zappa, looks on after his return from Iraq to Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Wednesday.
The Captain's distant cousins Moon Unit and Dweezil were unable to make the reception.
Nebraska Army National Guard Spc. Cory Cooper with the 134th Infantry Divisions Long Range Surveillance Detachment plays with his puppy, Rocky, during a farewell and good luck ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday. Cooper has been mobilized with other Nebraska Army National Guardsmen for extended duty in Iraq.
Meanwhile Rocky is getting ready for his upcoming role in Rocky XII, the Housebreaker!
Nebraska Army National Guard Spc. Ross Haselhorst, with the 134th Infantry Divisions Long Range Surveillance Detachment, enjoys a moment with his girlfriend, Jenny Wobing, during a farewell ceremony in Lincoln, Neb., on Wednesday. The Nebraska Army National Guard has been mobilized for extended duty in Iraq.
Honey, I see that you shrunk your hairline!
Sgt. Luther Starks from Jacksonville, Fla., assigned to Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Division, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, sounds the Shofar (Rams horn) to call the angels of redemption in observance of Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah at Hurricane Point, Iraq, on Thursday.
A CBS Preview of next years edition of the reality Television program, Survivor: Jerusalem!
Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 64th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division stand beside a flatbed truck carrying concrete barriers which are to be laid by the troops at polling sites in southeastern Baghdad on Wednesday, in advance of the upcoming referendum.
Critics have said that the new nuclear powered flat bed trailers are not cost effective, and that the cooling towers are not ascetically pleasing.
Mason Williams holds a pair of flags to his head as he waits for his father, Staff Sgt. Warren McCrary, to return to the 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Tuesday. The elder McCrary deployed to Kunsan, South Korea, in May.
Oh no, the Patriots lost again?
1st Lt. Josh Westenkirchner, 24, of Marysville, Ill,. The commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment, attached to the 48th Brigade Combat Team, displays an information card that Iraqi citizens can call if they see terrorist activity in the area on Thursday.
Lottery tickets in Iraq are still sold the old fashioned way as the Government computer networks are still somewhat not "state of the art"
A C-130 airdrops soldiers during the Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., 50th Anniversary Air Show on Sunday.
Sargent Airborne is still working on perfecting the latest paratrooper sky writing techniques.
Gail Halvorsen, 84, gives thumbs up in front of a C17 Globemaster before a ceremony marking the end of U.S. stewardship of Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, on Monday. A hub of U.S. military activity for decades, Rhein-Main is being given back to Germany and its logistical functions taken over by bases at Ramstein and Spangdahlem. Halvorsen, an Air Force pilot during the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift, gained fame for dropping packages of candy to German children as his aircraft was landing. He now lives in Spanish Fork, Utah.
Critics of the American occupation of Germany have accused the former pilot of contributing to the tooth decay of German children during the 1950s and 60s.
BAGHDAD Under heavy security, millions of Iraqis streamed to the polls Saturday to vote on a proposed constitution that would create a permanent, democratic government.
Got Democracy?