1.........ATLANTIC OCEAN (MAY 14, 2007) - Naval Special Warfare watercraft lands in the ocean after being released by two C-130s during a Maritime Craft Air Delivery System (MCADS) drop. Elements of Special Operations Command Europe, USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51), USS Kauffman (FFG 59) and the Sixth Fleet flagship USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) conducted the MCADS operation during exercise Flexible Leader 07. Flexible Leader is a joint exercise designed to increase speed and cohesiveness when standing up a Joint Forces Maritime Component Command (JFMCC). U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eddie D. Harrison


2.........04/10/07 - Three A-10 Thunderbolts from the 103rd Fighter Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, trail behind a KC-135R Stratotanker on April 10, 2007. The aircraft are traveling across the country to their new home with the 188th Fighter Wing at Fort Smith, Ark., as part of the Base Realignment and Closure reorganization. DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Meneguin, U.S. Air Force.


3..........Soldiers with the latest Stryker brigade to arrive in Iraq pull security in the Taji area, May 15. The Soldiers are with the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, from Fort Lewis, Wash. The 4-2 SBCT is the fourth of five brigades to arrive in Iraq as part of the President's "surge" of troops into the Baghdad area. The brigade assumed official responsibility for the area north of Baghdad including parts of deadly Diyala province, May 15.