Our Top 10 Shots – not necessarily the newest or the most newsworthy, in any kind of chronological order, or even equally representing each service – depict important events, illustrate the everyday service of men and women in our armed forces, or simply strike us as being great compositions or arresting images we’ve seen during the week.
Top 10 Shots: Military Photos February 10, 2011
Brady Rusk, 12, hugs Eli at a retirement and adoption ceremony at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 3, 2011. The bomb-sniffing Labrador retriever was assigned to Brady's older brother, Marine Pfc. Colton Rusk, 20, who was killed in action in Afghanistan by Taliban sniper fire Dec. 5, 2010. The Department of Defense granted the Rusks permission to adopt Eli and allow him to join their family. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III
Capt. Dave Paland (left) and Canadian Air Force Capt. Ryan Peters land a C-130J Super Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during a routine mission to drop off cargo and passengers on Jan. 6, 2010. Both pilots were assigned to the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
Air Force pararescuemen from 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing, New York Air National Guard, and West Coast-based Navy SEALs leap from the ramp of an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft during free-fall parachute training over Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 21, 2011. The pararescuemen and SEALs parachuted from an Air Force C-17 transport aircraft over Marine Corps Base Hawaii to fulfill specialty-based sustainment training requirements. They were joined by Marines from 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division. DoD photo
An Iraqi army tanker with the 9th Armored Division drives an M1A1 Abrams tank under the instruction of soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-Center at Camp Taji, Iraq. The Iraqi army tankers were preparing for a 45-day New Equipment Operator's Course at the Besmaya Combat Training Center, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Chad Menegay, 196th MPAD, 25th Inf. Div., USD-C.
A United Arab Emirates F-16E Desert Falcon aircraft takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 3, 2011, during Red Flag 11-2. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth
The guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transits through rough seas in the Pacific Ocean, August 2010. Curtis Wilbur was under way with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group helping to ensure security and stability in the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas
A 120 mm mortar round flies out of the tube as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (left), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (center), a team leader from Williamstown, W.Va., and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandits, take cover while at Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar Province on Jan. 26, 2011. Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, 210th MPAD
An aircraft director guides an F/A-18C Hornet onto a catapult on board the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 1, 2011. The Harry S. Truman was supporting fleet replacement squadron carrier qualifications. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kilho Park, U.S. Navy
A U.S. Coast Guard rigid-hull inflatable boat and the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Aquidneck (WPB 1309) under way in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Aquidneck was operating with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason R. Zalasky
U.S. Army Capt. Jason Merchant, Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment commander from Dysart, Iowa, scans the area while on patrol on a mountainside near the village of Sigin Jan. 1, 2011. The area, near the Watangatu boys' school, has been an IED hotbed. Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson, Task Force Red Bulls Public Affairs
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