Bridgeman Education

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District chief Abdul Qayum center speaks to Afghan elders during a shura in Zabul province Afghanistan. Qayum discussed security in the district and the upcoming parliamentary elections. Sept. 8 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection

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U.S. Marines with conduct a census patrol in Sangin Afghanistan a Taliban stronghold to suppress enemy activity and gain the trust of the people., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Southern Alliance fighters outside the Kandahar International Airport during the first months after the al Qaeda 9/11 terrorist attacks. Jan. 14 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Medical personnel of USS Bataan treat wounded Pashtun soldier from Afghanistan Dec. 6 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection

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An Special Operations infantryman takes bite to eat while scanning the Afghan desert for enemy forces after the seizure of a forward operating base on Nov. 26 2001 as U.S. lead war against the ruling Taliban government begins., Photo by:Everett Collection

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3000 pounds of bombs left behind by the Soviets go up in smoke. Confiscation and destruction of weapons was a major task of U.S. lead coalition forces., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Firefighters work to put out the flames moments after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the Pentagon at approximately 9 30 AM on Sept. 11 2001., Photo by:Everett Collection

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13 metric tons of drugs worth more than 220 million were seized by the U.S. Navy Coast Guard in 2008 smuggled from Latin America and the Caribbean., Photo by:Everett Collection

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U.S. Soldier stands watch in a guard tower at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba June 8 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Watch tower security teams at Camp X-Ray man positions during a rehearsal for handling incoming detainees Jan. 10 2002. Camp X-Ray the holding facility for suspected Taliban and Al-Qaeda combatants to be held at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay Cuba., Photo by:Everett Collection

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U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Cuba is located on 45 square miles of land and water at the southeastern end of Cuba. May 6 2010., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Donald H. Rumsfeld U.S. Sec. of Defense greets Hamid Karzai right chairman of the Afghan Interim Administration to replace the recently defeated Taliban government brought down by CENTCOM forces. Washington D.C. Jan. 28 2002., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division land at Palmerola Air Base in Honduras. Honduran and U.S. Army Special Forces conducted exercises to counter Nicaragua's attempts to raid Contra safe havens in Honduras. Jan. 1.1988., Photo by:Everett Collection

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U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Robert Brown right of Multi-National Division watches an exhibition soccer game with Iraqi military leaders during Iraqi Security Forces training. Oct. 6 2009., Photo by:Everett Collection

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Photojournalists in the traveling press pool transmit their photoswhile traveling to New York City with President and Michelle Obama May 30 2009. From center-left Mandel Ngan of Agence France-Presse Jonathan Ernst of Reuters and J. Scott Applewhite of the Associated Press.,

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Ruins of the US Marine Barracks at Beirut International Airport. 241 Marines lost their lives when the building was attacked by a suicide bomber in truck loaded with explosives on Oct. 23 1983

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Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger at a press conference at Landing Zone One in Beirut Lebanon where US forces were part of a multinational peacekeeping force following deadly conflict between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Dec. 1 1982

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Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq after the 1991 Gulf War during which they rebelled unsuccessfully against a weakened Hussein. An estimated 400 000 Kurdish refugees sought sanctuary in Turkey. US military conducted Operation Provide Comfort establishing tent cities along the Turkish border. Apr. 1 1991

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The main bridge in An Nasiriyah Iraq where intense fighting occurred between US Marines and Iraqi soldiers from March 23-April 1 2003 during the Second Gulf War. The bridge was on the vital supply route to northern Iraq. Apr. 1 2003

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F-14 Tomcat fighter just after take-off from the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA is armed with missiles mounted on wing pylons. 1984

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Tomahawk Sea Launch Cruise Missile in flight. Nov. 26 1980

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Political humorist Stephen Colbert tackles Basic Training. Army Private for a day Colbert rests atop an obstacle course wall rather than aiding his fellow Soldiers. June 2009