World Wrestling Entertainment superstars Paul Wight, also known as “The Big Show,” and John Cena perform Saturday for troops deployed to Camp Victory, Iraq.
Professional World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) celebrity Kurt Angle signs autographs for ship’s crewmembers. The show was hosted by the United Service Organization (USO) in hangar bay one aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier and featured the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, actor/comedian Robin Williams, and NASCAR driver Mike Wallace. Enterprise is underway in the Arabian Gulf conducting missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the continued war on terrorism.
A Coast Guard 25-foot defender class boat from Station Seattle enforces a security zone around a ferry Monday in Elliot Bay. Due to the heightened level of security, the Coast Guard stepped up patrols in ports and waterways.
Soldiers from Oklahoma Army National Guard’s 45th Infantry Brigade patrol Tuesday through this winter’s first snow on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. The soldiers are training the new Afghan National Army.
Second Lt. John Hicks, from Birmingham, Ala., with Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, holds a puppy an Iraqi abandoned along the side of the road in Samarra, Iraq. Soldiers rescued the dog Thursday and made her a unit mascot.
Spc. Alexander Ruiz, from Yuma, Ariz., with Team 2, Recon Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, poses Friday for a picture with an AK-47 assault rifle his team captured in a raid on a home in Samarra.
Soldiers on Saturday investigate the burned hulk of a Stryker destroyed by an improvised explosive device during an attack at Forward Operating Base Pacesetter. Guerilla forces ambushed a Stryker patrol near Samarra, destroying one vehicle — the first Stryker to be lost to hostile fire. The four-soldier crew escaped, but one soldier was injured in the attack.
Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Miss, right, helps Army Sgt. Maj. Mike Gideons, from Mobile, Ala., cook 1,000 pounds of shrimp donated to soldiers at Camp Wolverine, Kuwait, on Saturday. The shipment of shrimp, 900 pounds of catfish, 240 gallons of gumbo and 500 pounds of cookies was delivered by a congressional delegation headed by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md., and cooked by soldiers of the 814th Replacement Company out of Starkville, Miss.
Spc. Christopher Wilson, left, and Sgt. Randall Davis, a sniper team for Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 20th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, hold sniper rifles used during operations in and around Samarra. Leaders maintain that the Stryker brigade’s abundance of snipers is ideal for limiting collateral damage and civilian casualties during guerilla-style fighting.
Sniper Sgt. Randall Davis peers down the holographic scope of the M-14 sniper rifle he used during operations in and around Samarra. Since mid-December, Davis has been credited with eight confirmed kills and two “probables,” a count no soldier in the brigade has matched.
Wayne Newton reaches out from the stage to soldiers at an undisclosed location in the Mideast. Newton’s 23-member troupe went to Kuwait and Iraq.
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan - Cpl. Alexander Craig settles in behind the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle getting ready to fire as the helicopter approaches a small, uninhabited island off the coast of Okinawa during advanced sniper training
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan - Pfc. Josh Freeman aims in on the island he is targeting with the PVS 10 day/night scope attached to the M40A3 sniper rifle during advanced sniper training.