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The Ohio-classguided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) arrives for a routine port visit to the island of Crete. Florida is homeport in Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay.


ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 3, 2010) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9 flies alongside the Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Mexico (SSN 779) with the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the distance. HSC-9 is assigned to the George H.W. Bush Strike Group and is underway in the Atlantic Ocean in support of fleet training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nicholas Hall/Released)


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PACIFIC OCEAN (April 12, 2010) Quartermaster 1st Class Michael Sloan raises the Battle ensign aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) as the ship enters the San Diego harbor after returning from a three-month deployment. Bunker Hill conducted humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti during Operation Unified Response and held partnership exercises with Latin American countries as part of Southern Seas 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)


SAN DIEGO (April 12, 2010) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) disembark at Naval Air Station North Island. Carl Vinson conducted humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti during Operation Unified Response and held partnership exercises with seven Latin American countries as part of Southern Seas 2010. The ship is completing a homeport change from Norfolk, Va. to San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Stephen D. Doyle II/Released)


SAN DIEGO (April 12, 2010) The guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) returns to homeport in San Diego after a three-month deployment. Bunker Hill conducted humanitarian and disaster relief operations in Haiti during Operation Unified Response and held partnership exercises with Latin American countries as part of Southern Seas 2010. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Barker/Released)


U.S. Army Pfc. Timothy D. Prescott returns fire during an attack on Combat Outpost Bari Alai in Kunar province, Afghanistan, April 10, 2010. Prescott, a squad automatic weapon gunner, is assigned to Charlie Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment. International and Afghan forces fought off anti-Afghan attacks throughout the afternoon near Nishigam village. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte


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U.S. Navy sailors, assigned to the USS Crommelin, board the Battleship Missouri Memorial during a maritime security training exercise in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, April 14, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Logico


ARABIAN GULF (April 15, 2010) An MH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Desert Hawks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, prepares to land on the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) while operating in the northern Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Corey Barker/Released)


NORFOLK (April 16, 2010) The decommissioned Iowa-class battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is berthed at NAUTICUS in downtown Norfolk during a ceremony officially transferring Wisconsin from the U.S. Navy to the city of Norfolk. The transfer ends the requirement for the ship to be preserved for possible recall to active duty. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Pittman/Released)


An armoured vehicle from the Centurion Company, 2-1 Infantry Battalion, 5/2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team is framed by a bolt of lightning during a storm at Combat Outpost Terminator in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, April 19, 2010. (Reuters)


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A U.S. Air Force airman jumps from the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a training mission in the Gulf of Tadjoura off the coast of Djibouti, May 1, 2010. The airman, who works as a pararescueman, is assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Marc Rockwell-Pate)


Nature and technology coexist at Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida following the arrival of space shuttle Atlantis at the pad. On the STS-132 mission, the six-member crew will deliver an Integrated Cargo Carrier, or ICC, and the Russian-built Mini-Research Module-1, or MRM-1, to the International Space Station. (NASA photo by Jim Grossmann)


A two-ship of B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Squadron, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, release chaff and flares while maneuvering over New Mexico during a training mission Feb. 24, 2010. Dyess celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first B-1B bomber arriving at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)




ARABIAN SEA (May 4, 2010) A Sailor gives directions to raise the tailhook of an EA-6B Prowler assigned to the Patriots of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is deployed as a part of the on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad R. Erdmann/Released)


AFGHANISTAN (March 9, 2010) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Pukin Dogs of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143 embarked aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) refuels from an Air Force KC-10 tanker aircraft over the Kjaki Dam in Afghanistan. The strike fighter squadron is part of the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group deploymed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ben Stickney/Released)