U.S. troops walk to the Department of Public Works facility and a water distribution point to inspect a project in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2012. The troops are assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. The project is set to be complete in two weeks. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Hill, left, directs villagers to his Mi-17 helicopter in Shewa village in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Jan. 24, 2012. Hill is an Mi-17 helicopter engineer assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo
U.S. Navy sailors prepare to rappel from an MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis waiting below during a training exercise in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 14, 2012. The sailors are explosive ordnance disposal technicians. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley
U.S. Army soldiers lean against a mud wall during a break from combat operations in Kandahar province's southern Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan on Jan. 9, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 504th Battlefield Brigade's 38th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Squadron. DoD photo by Spc. Crystal Davis, U.S. Army. (Released
A U.S. Marine steers a rigid-hull inflatable boat as it transports Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers during an amphibious training exercise as part of Iron Fist 2012 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 22, 2012. Iron Fist is a three-week bilateral training event held annually between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force designed to increase interoperability between the two services, while aiding the Japanese in their continued development of amphibious U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III
Navy Chief Warrant Officer Keith Pritchett, lower left, administers the oath-of-enlistment to Petty Officer 1st Class Michelle Turner during an in-air reenlistment ceremony over Jamul, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012. Pritchett is the officer-in-charge of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, and Turner is a mass communication specialist. The Leap Frogs perform aerial parachute demonstrations across America in support of Naval Special Warfare. U.S. Navy photo by James Woods
