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August 11, 2007

Let's Visit Our Awesome Military


A flight medic assigned to the 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) stands by as a UH-60A Black Hawk shuts down on the flight line in Balad, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2007. The flight medic will standby until the aircraft is entirely shut down to ensure that the area around the Blackhawk is clear, and that the main and tail rotor are slowing down properly. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maryalice Leone


Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with five Navajo Code Talkers who served as U.S. Marines in World Warll, at the Pentagon, Aug. 10, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen


Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin, Air Force chief of chaplains, helps distribute humanitarian aid packages to women and children, Aug. 7, 2007, at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Craig Seals


U.S. Army Spc. Bryan J. Lowney, a crew chief assigned to the 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) sits atop a UH-60A Black Hawk as he checks the main rotor blades while stopped at Al Taqqadum, Iraq, Aug 6, 2007. These checks are done to ensure that the UH-60A Black Hawks have not sustained any damages and that they are ready at any moment to take off. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maryalice Leone


U.S. Army Spc. Megan M. McKinzie, a crew chief assigned to the 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance) straps her helmet in preparation for a run up aboard Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 6, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maryalice Leone


Posted by Wild Thing at August 11, 2007 12:45 AM


Comments

Yea Our Guys, and Gals! Past, Present and Future.

Posted by: TomR at August 11, 2007 02:14 PM


Thank you Tom.

Posted by: Wild Thing at August 12, 2007 12:53 AM