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Afpak Photo War
Archive 5
2 September 2009
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A U.S. Marine carry team moves the transfer case of U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Hall during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on September 2, 2009 in Dover, Deleware. Lance Cpl. Hall of Elyria, Ohio, died August 31 while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Getty

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U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the Oval Office as he walks toward the Marine One for his departure from the White House September 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama continued his vacation at Camp David and he will return to Washington on Sunday. Getty

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Coalition forces and members of Task Force Khowst react to small arms fire near Khost, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2009, as an OH-58D Kiowa helicopter flies overhead. Members of the task force and Afghan commandos are participating in Operation Raven, a joint operation to search for an improvised explosive device-making cell in the area. (DoD photo by Spc. Matthew Freire, U.S. Army/Released)Date Posted: 9/2/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Michael Kuiper, center, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, briefs Marines before a security patrol at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 9/2/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jay Lappe, operations officer, right, briefs Staff Sgt. Jason Black, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, on a convoy route at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 9/2/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Mullins, with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a patrol in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 9/2/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Greensage provides security [with a sock over his googles] during a reconnaissance patrol in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan Aug. 29, 2009. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Phillip Elgie, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) Date Posted: 9/2/2009
1 September 2009
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Soviet BMP-1 mechanised infantry combat vehicles move through Afghanistan. Photographer's Name: UNKNOWN Location: UNKNOWN Date Shot: 8/26/1988 [Department of Defense]

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Helicopter-tank operation in Afghanistan. Courtesy of Soviet Military Power, 1984. Photo No. 130, page 116. Photographer's Name: Unknown Location: UNKNOWN Date Shot: 5/23/1984 [Department of Defense]

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A text describing the 1986 Soviet limited withdrawal from Afghanistan. Photographer's Name: UnknownLocation: UNKNOWN Date Shot: 1/1/1987 [Department of Defense]

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A member of the Military Airlift Command's 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron speaks with Ismail Dafdani, one of 25 Afghan civilians being transported to the US Air Force Regional Medical Center at Weisbaden, West Germany, for specialized medical treatment following injuries incurred as a result of Afghanistan's civil war. The civilians, who will later be evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical assistance, are being transported by C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Photographer's Name: MSGT Patrick Nugent Location: UNKOWN Date Shot: 5/9/1986

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Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check on a wounded Afghan rebel before he is taken aboard an aircraft for a flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment. Photographer's Name: Staff Sgt. F. Lee Corkran Location: ISLAMABAD Date Shot: 11/4/1989

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers (left) and U.S. Secretary of Defense The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld brief reporters during a Pentagon press briefing, Oct. 9, 2001. The briefing covered battle damage assessment of the second day of bombing raids and an analysis of the delivery of humanitarian food aid to regions in Afghanistan during operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jim Varhegyi) (Released) Location: PENTAGON Date Shot: 10/9/2001

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Crew members from the 366th Air Expeditionary Wing, 391st Fighter Squadron, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, return to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from their first bombing missions in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM into Afghanistan and are welcomed back by their fellow airmen. The 366th AEW is one of the Air Force's "on-call 911" fighter wings, ready to deploy at a moments notice. Photographer's Name: MSGT DAVE NOLAN, USAF Location: AL UDEID AIR BASE Date Shot: 10/17/2001

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An Air Force weapons loader from the 28th Air Expeditionary Wing preps a Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) based on a BLU-109 2,000-pound bomb for loading into a B-1 bomber during Operation Enduring Freedom. Air Force B-2 Spirit, B-1 Lancer, and B-52 Stratofortress, bombers expended more than 80 percent of the tonnage dropped on combat missions over Afghanistan to date. The Air Force flew more than 600 sorties including strike missions against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan. These targets include early-warning radar systems, ground forces, Command-and-Control facilities, al Qaeda infrastructure, airfields and aircraft. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Photographer's Name: SSGT Shane Cuomo, USAFLocation: UNKNOWN Date Shot: 10/22/2001

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As the crewchief (rear) pulls safety pins from the weapons pylons, Lieutenant Colonel (LCOL) Gart "Batman" Batinich, 466th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah, pilot, checks the GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 laser guidance systems as he preflights his F-16C before the mission. This is the first time Air Force Reserve Command fighter pilots will fly Operation ENDURING FREEDOM strike missions into Afghanistan from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Photographer's Name: MSGT DAVE NOLAN, USAF Location: AL UDEID AIR BASE Date Shot: 10/22/2001

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A close-up view of GBU-12 500-pound bombs with CCG MAU-169 guidance systems, with a Fire Department City of New York sticker. The munitions are for a strike in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Photographer's Name: MSGT DAVE NOLAN, USAF Location: AL UDEID AIR BASE Date Shot: 10/22/2001

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Near a US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter, an infantryman with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) carries a full combat load, including an FNMI 7.62 mm M240 Machine Gun, while moving into a security position after seizing a forward operating base in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Photographer's Name: SGT JOSEPH R. CHENELLY, USMC Location: unknown Date Shot: 11/25/2001

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Five soldiers of the United States Special Forces, four United States Army and one United States Air Force (right), injured during the prison uprising in Quala-Jangi, Afghanistan, pose for a picture after receiving their Purple Heart medals at Landstuhl Army Regional Medical Center, Germany. Photographer's Name: SGT JOHN P. SNOW, USAF Location: LANDSTUHL ARMY REGIONAL MED CNTR Date Shot: 12/1/2001

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Canadian Forces Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3PPCLI) take a break as they move through the hill during an air assault on an objective north of Qualat, Afghanistan while participating in Operation Cherokee Sky, while supporting Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Photographer's Name: SSG ROBERT HYATT, USA Location: QUALAT Date Shot: 1/7/2002

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Unidentified family members of U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant William Cahir wipe their tears during his burial service at Arlington National Cemetery August 31, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Cahir was killed on August 13, 2009 by enemy gunfire while he was deployed in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Getty

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Brig. Gen. William Freeman, left, hands a flag to Shelby Summers, daughter of Army Sgt. 1st Class Severin West Summers III, of Bentonia, Miss. , at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, August 31, 2009 in Arlington, Va. Summers was killed in Afghanistan on Aug. 2, 2009. From left, Freeman, Tammy Summers, wife of Severin West Summers III, and Shelby Summers. AP

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An Army Corps carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Pfc. , Eric W. Hario, of Monroe, Mich. , during a casualty return ceremony at Dover Air Force Base, Del. , Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Hario, died during Operation Enduring Freedom. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez. AP

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President Barack Obama waves as he walks to the 18th green as he plays golf at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. , Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. AP

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31 August 2009
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An undated photo provided by CBS News shows CBS radio correspondent Cami McCormick. The military and CBS Radio News say McCormick, wounded in eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 28, has been flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany for additional medical treatment. McCormick was wounded when the Army vehicle she was in struck a roadside bomb in Logar province. AP

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Lal Mohammad, 40, whose nose and ears were cut off by the Taliban on the Afghan presidential and provincial council election day, is seen in a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. Taliban cut off Lal Mohammad's nose and ears after finding a voting card with him on his way to a polling station. Lal Mohammad is from Shiran village of Daykundi a province in central Afghanistan. AP

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Bo the pet dog of U.S. President Barack Obama and his family is photographed as he is walked off Air Force One by White House aide Sam Sutton at Andrews Air Force base near Washington, August 30, 2009. President Obama and his family returned to the White House following a week-long vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. AP

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US Vice President Dick Cheney (C) and his wife Lynne(L), participate in the opening session of the Afghan Parliament 19 December, 2005, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's first popularly elected parliament in more than three decades convened Monday, marking a major step toward democracy following the ouster of the hardline Taliban. Cheney flew in to attend the opening session. Getty

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In this Oct. 2, 2007, file photo, Blackwater USA founder, Erik Prince, testifies before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The private contractor had won the government's confidence by handling security and training operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the decision, revived by CIA in 2004, to use the private contractor as part ofits now-abandoned secret program to kill or capture terrorists in sensitive overseas operations, struck some former agency officials as highly unusual. AP

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Germany's President Horst Koehler talks to soldiers during a training break at a combat training center in Letzlingen, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. The German soldiers prepare for their Afghanistan campaign as a Quick Reaction Force. AP

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the ISAF Quick Reaction Force (QRF) check their weapons during a night drill in the Marmal mountains near Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, September 16, 2008. Reuters

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German Bundeswehr army soldiers of the ISAF Quick Reaction Force (QRF) attend a night drill in the Marmal mountains near Masar-i-Sharif, north of Kabul, September 16, 2008. Picture is taken through a night vision device. Reuters
August 29, 2009
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U.S. Soldiers with 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division arrive at Camp Stone in Herat, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2009. The 82nd Airborne Division will assume responsibility for operations in the western and southern regions of Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane/Released)Date Posted: 8/28/2009

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U.S. Army Cpl. Casey Manahan, assigned to 118th Military Police Airborne Company, 3rd Brigade, Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, uses binoculars to seek out Taliban, in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. 1st Class Richard W. Jones Jr./Released) Date Posted: 8/25/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Black, with Jump Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a foot patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 8/26/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gilberto Bravo, with Jump Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security during a foot patrol in the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2009. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released) Date Posted: 8/27/2009

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Cruz, deployed with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, patrols with Afghan National Security Forces through the streets of Asadabad city, Konar province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 19, 2009. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith, U.S. Army. (Released) Date Posted: 8/24/2009

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U.S. Army Capt. Kourtlawn Richardson looks across a courtyard outside the headquarters of the Afghan National Police in Herat, Afghanstan, Aug. 19, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane/Released) Date Posted: 8/24/2009

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A member of a coalition force adjusts his automatic weapon before a patrol in the city of Khost in Afghanistan's Khost province Aug. 18, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Matthew Freire/Released) Date Posted: 8/24/2009

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U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment airs his gun on a security patrol through the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg/Released) Date Posted: 8/28/2009

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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, center, looks inside a British Army armoured vehicle at Camp Bastion in Lashkar Gah in Afghanistan, Saturday Aug. 29, 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown flew Saturday to the city of Lashkar Gah, where British troops have been waging a tough fight against Taliban insurgents. Brown promised British troops more help to overcome the threat of Taliban roadside bombs that have killed and wounded many British soldiers this summer. AP

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In this Aug. 28, 2009, file photo U.S. Marine Lt. Malachai Bennett, right, and Lt. Kim of Golf Company 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, look for the source of gunfire from Taliban while out on patrol in the village of Dahaneh, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Marines on the front lines across southern Afghanistan, who also fought in Iraq, told The Associated Press in late August 2009, that the enemy in Afghanistan is a smaller, smarter force, not as religiously fanatic as its Iraqi counterparts, that tends to spread out, and use anonymous attacks, like hiding in fields or planting IEDs on roads. AP

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U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, run over open ground to take position behind a building after being fired upon by Taliban while on patrol in the village of Dahaneh, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. AP

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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Will Betz, trains his M249 machine gun on Taliban positions after being fired upon during a patrol with Golf Company 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. AP

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Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith, left, and Lance Cpl. Carlos Orosco with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, search two civilians who approached on a motorcycle in the village of Dahaneh, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. AP
August 28, 2009
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Civilian Human Resources, from left, Marine Lt. Col. Eugene Robinson and Air Force Colonel Sharon Bannister, Commander 436th Medical Group, look on as the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan arrive at Dover Air Force Base, DE Friday August 28, 2009. AP

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A carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Marine Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan, 20, of San Clemente, CA, off of a transport airplane at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del. , Friday, August 28, 2009. According to the Department of Defense, Hogan was killed August 26, 2009 in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. AP

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard Weinmaster, a squad automatic weapon gunner with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, speaks to Col. Wes Weston, assistant chief of staff, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), after being awarded the Navy Cross at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 20, 2009. Weinmaster was awarded the Navy Cross, which is the second highest award given in valor, for protecting several Marines in his unit from an enemy grenade during a patrol in Afghanistan July 8, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelsey J. Green/Released) Date Posted: 8/21/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Brian Hlywiak and Seth Martens, combat engineers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, use metal detectors to search for improvised explosive devices and weapons caches during a security patrol through the Nawa district of Helmand province, Afghanistan Aug. 25, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg/Released) Date Posted: 8/28/2009

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A U.S. Marine with Jump Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, mans the gunner?s turret during a mounted vehicle patrol, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 8/26/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason Black, an infantry unit leader with Jump Platoon, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducts a convoy brief at Patrol Base Jaker in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 8/26/2009

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Gen. James Conway in Nawa District, commandant of the Marine Corps, is photographed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2009. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremy Harris/Released)Date Posted: 8/26/2009

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Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Carlton Kent speaks with the Marines of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2009. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jeremy Harris/Released) Date Posted: 8/26/2009
August 27, 2009
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John MacAleese (L), former member of the SAS, reacts as a hearse containing his son Paul's coffin is driven through the streets of Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire in south west England August 27, 2009. Serjeant Paul MacAleese of the 2nd battalion The Rifles was killed in Afghanistan this week and repatriated today. Reuters

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) rides a bike with his friend Eric Whitaker (R) and a Secret Service agent in Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard, August 27, 2009. Reuters

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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Lawrence Nicholson, left, and 2nd MEB Sgt. Major Hooph pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard during a memorial service at a forward operating base with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in Now Zad in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Bernard was mortally wounded during a Taliban ambush on Aug. 14.

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Mohammed Jawad, one of the youngest detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, speaks during a news conference in Kabul after he returned to Afghanistan August 27, 2009. Jawad was accused of throwing a grenade that injured two U.S. soldiers and their interpreter in Kabul in 2002. Reuters

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An American Marine stands in an 18th century castle captured from the Taliban in Khan Neshin, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the furthest south of any coalition troops and near the border of Pakistan Wednesday Aug. 26, 2009. AP
August 26, 2009
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Henry Schermer and Lance Cpl. Anthony Sotelo, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, grapple each other in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Phillip Elgie/Released) Date Posted: 8/18/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Nicholas Fonseca, with Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team (RCT) 3, tests his night vision goggles during live-fire training at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released) Date Posted: 8/26/2009

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U.S. Army Spc. Beth Bradford, assigned to 118th Military Police Airborne Company, 3rd Brigade, Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, pulls security, during a fire fight with Taliban, in Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. 1st Class Richard W. Jones Jr./Released) Date Posted: 8/25/2009

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U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment provide security while on a patrol through the streets of Asadabad city, Konar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 19, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Smith/Released) Date Posted: 8/24/2009

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Smith, an amphibious assault vehicle crewman, keeps a count of Marines returning to their vehicles during a census patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released) Date Posted: 8/20/2009

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An Afghan National Army soldier watches a British soldier exercise at Patrol Base Jaker, in Nawa district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 16, 2009. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. William Greeson/Released) Date Posted: 8/18/2009

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Army Cpl. Nick Roush's family say their final goodbyes over his casket at Mount Hope Cemetery in Middleville, Mich. Tuesday Aug. 25, 2009. Roush, 22, died Aug. 16 in Herat, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. AP

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U.S. President Barack Obama leaves the Sweet Life Cafe after dinner there with friends in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard August 25, 2009. Reuters [Secret Service agent at left.]

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Family members watch receive the casket of Army Staff Sgt. Clayton Bowen, 29, after arrival in San Antonio, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Bowen was killed in action Aug. 18 after he was struck by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Bowen, 29, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska. AP

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American soldiers evacuated a wounded comrade in Nuristan Province on Tuesday. Oleg Popov/Reuters

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Private 1st Class Justin Streng, front, holds the unit guidon for Company B, of the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, during a company photo shoot with servers from the local Hooters bar after a deployment ceremony at Fort Lewis, Wash. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. The departure of 4th Brigade to Iraq means about 18,000 of Fort Lewis' 31,000 troops will be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan by this fall. Hooters is the company's community partner in the Brigade's Adopt a Company program. AP

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U.S. President Barack Obama's advisor Valerie Jarrett leaves the Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard August 25, 2009, following dinner with President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and friends. Reuters
August 25, 2009
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks off the first tee among secret service agents as he plays golf at Farm Neck Golf Course at Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 24, 2009. Reuters

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Airman Mercedes McCoy-Garrett closes the door of a transfer vehicle holding transfer cases containing the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Lobosco, pictured, and Army Cpl. Darby T. Morin, not pictured, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lobosco, 29, of Somerville, N.J. , died Aug. 22 in Yakhchal, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit and Morin, of Victoria, British Columbia, died while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

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An Army carry team carries a transfer case containing the remains of Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Lobosco Monday, Aug. 24, 2009 at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Lobosco, 29, of Somerville, N.J. , died Aug. 22 in Yakhchal, Afghanistan of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit. AP

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In this undated photo released by Department of Defense, Army Sgt. Matthew L. Ingram is shown. The Defense Department says Ingram of Pearl, Miss. , died Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, in Kunar Province when a bomb went off near his vehicle and his unit came under small-arms fire. The 25-year-old Ingram was assigned to Fort Carson's 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The military says Ingram was serving his second tour of duty and had been in Afghanistan since May. His first tour was in Iraq from August 2004 to July 2005. AP

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Lance Cpl. Stephen Peters, of Warwick, N.Y. , uses his scope to monitor a spot inside the village bazaar where Taliban insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade and several AK-47 rounds at him and other Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, 2nd MEB, 3rd MEF, while on watch on top of the command outpost in the village of Dahaneh, Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. AP

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United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide (C) arrives amidst tight security at the Electoral Complaints Commission in Kabul on August 24, 2009. Reuters