A Vermont Company serving in Iraq poses for photos withVermont Adjutant General Martha Rainville.
 

Members of Bravo Company, Task Force Green Mountain, are given the opportunity to talk with Vermont Adjutant General Martha Rainville during her visit to the Vermont troops at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait.
 

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait Melanie Morgan, radio talk show co-host on The Lee Rodgers and Melanie Morgan Show from San Francisco, conducts an over the phone interview with MAJ Jane Nealy, 461st Personnel Services Battalion a reserve unit from Decatur, Ga.
Pic: PFC Michael Noggle
 

The Soldiers of Task Force Freedom stationed at Mosul Airfield during some off duty time. Pic: SSG Michele. A. Uitermarkt.
 

1LT Patrick Mugg, 1st Battalion, 15th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, detains a man for questioning during a raid of a suspected terrorist cell leader's house in Taji. Pic: Technical Sgt. Russell E. Cooley IV, USAF
 

An Iraqi Army Soldier from B Company, 3rd Platoon, 4th Battalion, questions civilians about terrorist activity in the area during a routine patrol in the town of Albu Suker. Pic: Staff Sgt. Suzanne M. Day, USAF
 

U.S. Marines from the Camp Fallujah Regional Detention Facility conduct a detainee handling demonstration aimed to inform Iraqi Police Academy trainees humane detainee handling procedures at the Babel Province Police Academy in Hillah. Pic: LCpl Michael J. O'Brien.
 

Soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division slow down for the ducks while patrolling Mosul. Pic: SGT David Nunn
 

President George W. Bush was among the first to congratulate more than 140 U.S. service members who received their American citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at Al-Faw Palace on Camp Victory. Pic: SGT Michael J. Carden
 

More than 140 U.S. service members receive their American citizenship during a naturalization ceremony at Al-Faw Palace on Camp Victory. Pic: SGT Andy Meissner
 

Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District visit the Nasiriyah power plant and receive an update on the project from the prime contractor. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District is providing quality assurance on the project. Pic: B.J. Weiner
 

Iraqi boys enjoy a drink of water at the opening of a Compact Water Unit in Sadr City. Each water unit produces 15,000 liters of clean drinking water each day.
Pic: MAJ Russell Goemaere
 

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld greets U.S. service members at Logistics Support Area Anaconda in Balad. Rumsfeld held a question and answer forum for the troops during a town hall meeting. Pic: Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force
 

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld looks over Iraq from an HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter. Rumsfeld met with senior Iraqi and U.S. officials during an unannounced visit to Baghdad where he urged Iraqis to finish their draft constitution. Pic: Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force
 

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld applauds Iraqi army soldiers for their service and continued fight on counteracting insurgents. Rumsfeld met with senior Iraqi and U.S. officials during an unannounced visit to Baghdad where he urged Iraqis to finish their draft constitution. Pic: Tech. Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald, U.S. Air Force.
 

Soldiers from the 256th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, practice urban warfare tactics at a training facility in western Baghdad. Photo by SSG Jorge Rodriguez.
 

Soldiers, of 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, stand at attention during a Purple Heart Medal ceremony at Camp Taji. The Soldiers were awarded the medals for being wounded in combat in Iraq.
Pic: SPC Matthew Wester
 

PVT Derrick Hinely (right), an armored crewman for 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division from Gassaway W.Va., is presented with the Purple Heart Medal by COL David Bishop, 3rd Brigade commander, during a ceremony at Camp Taji. Hineman earned the award for being wounded in combat in Iraq. Pic: SPC Matthew Wester

 

PV2 Fernando Gonzalez (right), a medic for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division from Austin, Texas, is presented with the Purple Heart Medal by COL David Bishop, 3rd Brigade commander, during a ceremony at Camp Taji. Gonzalez earned the award for being wounded in combat in Iraq.
Pic: SPC Matthew Wester 

PFC Timothy McFadden (right), a medic for A Company, 1st Battalion, 13th Armored Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division from Dupo, Ill., is presented with the Purple Heart Medal by COL David Bishop, 3rd Brigade commander, during a ceremony at Camp Taji. McFadden earned the award for being wounded in combat in Iraq. Pic: SPC Matthew Wester

 

PFC Jacob Crown (right), a combat engineer for 70th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division from Salem, Utah., salutes COL David Bishop, 3rd Brigade commander, during a Purple Heart ceremony at Camp Taji. Crown earned the award for being wounded in combat in Iraq
Pic: SPC Matthew Webster
 

Arabic translator Ali Badie translates for Coalition Forces and local fisherman in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway in the Persian Gulf. Coalition Forces are working with Iraqi patrol vessels in an effort to jointly thwart the use of the KAA for illegal activity as part of Maritime Security Operations. Pic: Photographer's Mate 1st Class Aaron Ansarov, U.S. Navy
 

Iraqi police recruits walk a driver away from his vehicle while training on checkpoint security at Forward Operating Base Fallock. Pic: Senior Master Sgt. Kim M. Allain, U.S. Air Force
 

Soldiers from the 155th Brigade Combat Team assist Iraqi women in the physical readiness portion of the Iraqi Police Entrance Exam, held at an Iraqi Army compound in Iskandariyah. Pic: Chief Petty Officer Edward Martens
 

Breathing, squeezing the trigger and keeping the enemy in site are just a few of the technical shooting techniques taught by 1st. Sgt. Amir Jabar Taleb of the 1st Iraqi Army Brigade, 6th Division, to the first 27 female Soldiers inducted into the new Iraqi Army. For the first time in Iraq?s history, Iraqi leadership at an Iraqi base conducted an all female Iraqi basic training course. Over the past two weeks, female recruits have had intensive training to learn the necessary skills to become a Soldier
Pic: SGT Thomas Benoit