Military Photos...

And in honor of our military, as well as others around the world, here are a few photos!

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 14 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Mitchell/Released)


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EASTERN PACIFIC (Jan. 22, 2010) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS McClusky (FFG 41) conduct helicopter in-flight refueling training with an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Wolfpack of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 45. McClusky and HSL-45 Detachment 3 are conducting counter-illicit trafficking missions in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Austin Long/Released)



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NEPLY, Haiti (Jan. 24, 2010) Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) carry injured Haitian medical evacuees to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26 to be transported off the ship for further medical care. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rachael L. Leslie/Released)



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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) Staff Sgt. Stephen Key and Sgt. Randy Mackey, Army divers assigned to the 544th Engineer Dive Team, prepare to conduct underwater pier inspections after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake damaged the port in Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010. A U.S Navy and Army joint-service dive task force is assessing the damage to port facilities for possible repair as part of the humanitarian and disaster relief Operation Unified Response. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Lussier/Released)



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SAN DIEGO (Jan. 24, 2010) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Cody Abadie, from McComb, Miss., stands the aft rover watch on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Patrick Dille/Released)



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PETIT TROU DE NIPPES, Haiti (Jan. 23, 2010) The guided-missile cruised USS Normandy (CG 60) performs maneuvers while an assessment team evaluates the conditions at Petit Trou De Nippes, Haiti, as part of continuing relief efforts. Normandy is part of Operation Unified Response, a multi-national humanitarian and disaster relief operation, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake which caused severe damage in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)



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PETIT TROU DE NIPPES, Haiti (Jan. 23, 2010) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) carries a Haitian child during a site assessment. Normandy is part of Operation Unified Response, a multi-national humanitarian and disaster relief operation, following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that caused severe damage in Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)



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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2010) Sailors assigned to the fast-attack submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) man the rails one last time during the boat's decommissioning ceremony at the Port of Los Angeles. Los Angeles will transit to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Wash. to begin the inactivation process. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Jeffrey Wells/Released)



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Haitian earthquake victims beat a looter in Port-au-Prince on January 21, 2010 following the massive 7.0-magnitude quake that shattered the country.



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A U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne help a man with shotgun wounds to the head during patrols in Port-au-Prince, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. The soldiers found the man at the scene in a wheelbarrow, after he was shot while allegedly looting items from the roof of a damaged store downtown, according to people at the scene.(AP)



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Soldiers with Charlie Company 1/ 325th avoid rotor wash as a Navy helicopter lifts off from the lawn of the heavily damaged Presidential Palace in Port-au- Prince, Haiti, Tuesday. Jan. 19, 2010. (Chuck Liddy / MCT)



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Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne land with Sea Hawk helicopters at the garden of the damaged Presidential Palace in Port-au-Prince January 19, 2010. Thousands more U.S. troops will help U.N. peacekeepers keep order on Haiti's increasingly lawless streets as tens of thousands of survivors wait desperately for aid. (Reuters)



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Young adults carry banners offering free hugs walk past policemen on patrol in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 20, 2010. Around 30 participants took part in the event, which is part of an international campaign offering hugs to strangers. (Reuters)




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Members of the Indian Border Security Force mounted on camels rehearse for "Beating the Retreat", during preparations for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010. India will celebrate Republic Day on Jan. 26. (AP)



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Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers ride their camels during the rehearsal for the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony in New Delhi January 21, 2010. The ceremony, held every year on January 29, marks the official end of the Indian Republic Day celebrations. (Reuters)



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A paramilitary soldier stands guard in Srinagar, India, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Thousands of police and paramilitary soldiers with automatic weapons searched vehicles in Indian Kashmir as part of beefed up security aimed at preventing attacks by Islamic separatists ahead of India's Republic Day celebrations. (AP)