by Staff Sgt. James Harper Jr
November 28, 2005
Spc. Kyle Shelton, from 23rd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, searches for insurgents in Mosul, Iraq.

Hong Kong (Nov. 24, 2005) – The conventionally powered aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Victoria Harbor for a port visit to Hong Kong after completing Annual Exercise 2005. While in port Sailors will have a chance to sightsee, shop, enjoy recreational activities and participate in friendship-building and goodwill-generating activities such as community service projects with their hosts. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Airman Jarod Hodge

Commander Joseph Jerauld, commanding officer of Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 15, taxis an F/A-18 Hornet onto the flight line, Nov. 24, in Al Asad, Iraq. Marines from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing recently lent support to a detachment from VFA-15. The detachment came ashore to continue operations during the USS Theodore Roosevelt’s port call in Dubai. Photo submitted 11/28/2005 Taken by Cpl. Micah Snead

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Nov. 22, 2005) Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jay Bealer (right), commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray, shows Maj. Gen. Adnan Manhal (middle), the deputy assistant of the Supporting Affairs Agency and the Ministry of Interior for Iraq, how to operate some of the ships systems Nov. 22, 2005. The Iraqi officials were visiting Sector Jacksonville to learn how the Coast Guard performs some of its homeland security missions as the premier maritime law enforcement agency in the United States. Today is the first time Iraqi officials visited a Coast Guard unit in the United States. Coast Guard photograph by PA2 Bobby Nash