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A group of Afghan Uniform Police recruits stand in

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service soldiers listen as

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant General (LGEN) T. Michael Moseley (center), Commander, Combined Forces Air Component is greeted by USAF Colonel (COL) Timothy Scott, Commander, 384th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) and other command personnel as he arrives at an undisclosed forward deployed location during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. During his visit LGEN Moseley presented Distinguished Flying Crosses to four Airmen of the 384th AEG for their bravery and heroism during an aerial refueling mission over Iraq

Col. Adrian Tonea (left), commander, Brigada 282nd

Iraqi policemen from Al Rashad IP Station, pump air

Members of the Al Khadaar Iraqi Police Precinct walk

Soviet Armed Forces CHIEF of STAFF Marshal Sergei Akhromeyev, left, is escorted to a waiting helicopter by Admiral (ADM) Lee Baggett, supreme allied commander, Atlantic/commander in chief, US Atlantic command, center, ADM William J. Crowe, chairman of the

Sgt. David W. Dixon, patrol leader, 3rd platoon, Alpha

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 1ST Marine Division, account for the flak jackets given to the Hadithah Iraqi Police Department in Hadithah, Iraq (IRQ). The USMC is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq

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US Air Force COL C. Russell, Base Commander at Mogadishu Airport, explains the air operation to Marine Corps Commandant, GEN Carl Mundy, during a short tour. Also pictured is Marine Corps MGEN Marvin Hopgood Junior, Director Operations, J-3, US Pacific Command. General Mundy was visiting Somalia to visit with troops assigned to the mission of Operation Restore Hope

LT. GEN. Henry H. Shelton, Commander XVIII Airborne Corps, visits the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and Fort Stewart

US Marine, LGEN Robert Johnston, Commander, Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope, stands on the tarmac of Mogadishu Airport with US Congressman John Murtha, Democrat from Pennsylvania; to his left. Pennsylvania Congressman Curt Weldon stands at the left of the frame and Ambassador Robert Oakley is to Weldon's left. They're in Somalia to visit troops assigned to Operation Restore Hope

LGEN William F. Kernan (right, forward), Commander, XVIII Corps and Fort Bragg, North Carolina and MGEN James C. Riley (behind LGEN Kernan), Commander, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, talk with soldiers from 2-7 Infantry Battalion during Dismounted Infantry Training

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lieutenant General (LGEN) Wallace C. Gregson, Jr., left, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Okinawa, Japan, greets US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Thomas B. Fargo, Commander, US Pacific Command (USPACOM), to Kadena Air Base (AB), Okinawa, Japan during a command visit

Commandant of the Marine Corps GEN Carl Mundy, poses for a picture with members of the US Air Force Fire Department assigned to Mogadishu Airport. General Mundy was visiting Somalia to visit with troops assigned to the mission of Operation Restore Hope

LT. GEN. Henry H. Shelton, commander, 18th Airborne Corps, during President William Jefferson Clinton's visit to Fort Drum

Brig. GEN. Fredric N. Buckingham, vice commander, 21st Air Force, Military Airlift Command, greets GEN. Hansford T. Johnson, U.S. commander-in-chief, Transportation Command and commander-in-chief, Military Airlift Command, upon Johnson's arrival during Operation Desert Shield

During his visit to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, General Henry H. Shelton (center), Chairman Joint Chiefs of STAFF, talks to United States Air Force Air Ground Operations Commandant, Colonel Thomas D. Entwistle (right), while Lieutenant Colonel Richard Scarbrock (left), 57th Operations Group, Joint Firepower Control Course Commander observes

US Army LGEN Henry Shelton, Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, right, speaks with LCOL Rupert, Sword Base Commander at Sword Base, Mogadishu, Somalia. GEN Shelton was in Mogadishu to visit troops participating Operation Continue Hope

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Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE

Base: Sword Base, Mogadishu

Country: Somalia (SOM)

Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jeffery Allen

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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A close-up of two C-5s on the flight line, soon to be on their way to Mogadishu, Somalia

US Army SPECIALIST Michael Boguth, Alpha Company, 2nd of the 14th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York, demonstrates one of the four firing positions of a AT-4 (Anti-tank Variation Four); the sitting position. The others are standing, kneeling and another sitting position. The class was given at Range #6 just outside of Mogadishu Airport. Straight on shot of an abandoned and dilapidated building with overturned Soviet trucks inside. The building is located at an abandoned Soviet Base north of Sword Base and is being prepared for destruction. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

General (GEN) Jack I. Gregory, commander in chief, Pacific Forces, and Lieutenant General (LGEN) Edward L. Tixier, commander, US Forces, Japan, and commander, 5th Air Force, Pacific, stand during ceremonies prior to an Air Force Association luncheon at th

The body of Army LCOL Charles Ray is being carried from a VC-137 Stratoliner aircraft upon arrival. Ray was killed by terrorists in Paris

Combat ready US Army (USA) soldiers, from Fort Stewart, Georgia arrive at Kuwait City International Airport and are greeted by the US Ambassador, the Honorable James A. Larocco, Lieutenant General (LTGEN) Tommy R. Franks, Deputy Commanding General, US Army Forces Command (AFC) and CHIEF of STAFF Kuwaiti Armed Forces, LTGEN Ali Mohammed Hassan Al-mumin

MGEN Edward C. Peter, commander of 5th Infantry Division (in background), presides over activation ceremonies for the 105th Battalion. LCOL Jay Vaugh, commander of the 105th Battalion (right), exchanges battalion colors with Command SGM Andrew Abernathy (left)

Outgoing Commander Stabilization Force (COMSFOR) US Army (USA) Lieutenant General (LGEN) William E. Ward, reviews Stabilization Force (SFOR) Multi-National Division troops along with Commander In CHIEF (CIC) Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) US Navy (USN) Admiral (ADM) Gregory G. Johnson and incoming COMSFOR USA Major General (MGEN) Virgil L. Packett II, during a Transfer of Authority ceremony

U.S. Marines with Regional Command (Southwest) RC(SW))

US Army (USA) High-ranking Officer visit the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Military Academy training site located near Kabul, Afghanistan, where USA Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG) are helping to train new recruits in the ANA. Pictured are USA Brigadier General (BGEN) John H. Kern (bottom left), ander, 352nd Civil Affairs and (CFC); (USA) National Guard BGEN Dean A. Youngman, Kentucky (KT) Adjutant General; USA Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) McDonnell; USA Lieutenant General (LGEN) Bryan D. Brown, ander, USA Special Operation and (SOC); also USA Major General (MGEN) Geoffrey C. Lambert (upper right), anding General, USA Special Forces...

Some of the genuine Old West possessions displayed inside a bunkhouse, a small railroad office moved to the location and converted for ranch use, on a ranch owned by Annie Young Shelton and Ferol Shelton near Clarendon in the Texas panhandle

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith, commanding general of III Marine

LCOL Robert Muldrow, B-1B aircraft program element monitor, discusses the bomber with COL James W. Evatt (seated), special assistant for the B-1B in the office of the Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Research, Development and Acquisition

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