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Flood Relief Efforts The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Army soldiers from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, arrive to Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of flood relief efforts, Sept. 1. The 16th CAB also brought two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters along with personnel. Flying Status a Go The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Army soldiers from the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, Ft. Wainwright, Ak., work to get their helicopter back to flying status at Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan on Sept. 2, 2010. The 16th CAB is in Pakistan in support of flood relief efforts all over the country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin / Released) Some Serious Maneuvering The U.S. Army posted a photo: Hovering with only the rear wheels touching the edge of a cliff, pilots from Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, perform a maneuver called a pinnacle in a CH-47F Chinook helicopter during a training flight, here, Aug. 26. The pinnacle allows the pilots to drop of ground forces in areas too dangerous or too difficult to fully land in. Empty Shells The U.S. Army posted a photo: 5.56 and 7.62 brass; taken at FOB Adder south Iraq. (Photo Credit: Sgt Brendan Young) Sandstorm The U.S. Army posted a photo: Sand storm at Air Base TQ. (Photo Credit: Sgt Brendan Young) All Alone The U.S. Army posted a photo: South of FOB Wilson in abandoned compond. (Photo Credit: Sgt Brendan Young) Flying High The U.S. Army posted a photo: Southern Afghanistan, east of FOB Terminator. (Photo Credit: Sgt Brendan Young) Flag Bearer The U.S. Army posted a photo: Iraqi Army Sgt. Mortada Ali Mansour holds the Iraqi and USF-I flags as he awaits his fellow U.S. Color Guard members to rehearse for the USF-I change of command ceremony in Baghdad, Sept. 1, 2010. Photo by Lee Craker, USF-I Public Affairs. Grand Entrance The U.S. Army posted a photo: Iraqi and U.S. flags decorate the entrance to Al Faw Palace on Baghdad’s Camp Victory, welcoming dignitaries and guests to the USF-I change of command ceremony, Sept. 1, 2010. Photo by Lee Craker, USF-I Public Affairs. Operation New Dawn The U.S. Army posted a photo: Today Operation Iraqi Freedom transitions to Operation New Dawn. The new mission signals a formal end to U.S. combat operations. During the past several years, the U.S. military has been steadily transitioning toward stability operations as the Iraqi Security Forces proved increasingly capable. Ready, Aim, FIRE! The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Army Live fire training at Galloway Range, Fort Benning, GA. C Co 2nd Btn 11 Infantry Regiment. Photo by John D. Helms Vice President Biden in Iraq The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden is greeted by Gen. Raymond Odierno, United States Forces-Iraq commanding general, and James Jeffrey, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, after landing at Sather Air Force Base, Aug 30. Soldier Keeping a Promise The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicole Olcott, of Daytona Beach, Fla., a flight missions planner with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Lighthorse, poses with children after she donated two boxes of school supplies to them, August 14. The children were living in an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in the Beshood District of eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. Olcott received donations from the Matthew Freeman Foundation, the Adopt-A-Soldier program and Olcott's own non-profit foundation, Operation New Start. Army Guard Father, Son Fly Together The U.S. Army posted a photo: Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Gary Button reads the pre-flight checklist as his son, Army Warrant Officer 1 Daniel Button, checks the gauges of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. Rapid-Response Evacuation The U.S. Army posted a photo: C Company, 6th Battalion, 101 Combat Aviation Brigade provides continuous, rapid-response medical evacuation capabilities to coalition forces, Afghan National Security Forces and the local populace of Afghanistan. The company consists of pilots, crew chiefs, flight medics and flight operations personnel who provide 24/7 medevac coverage from five sites across Regional Command (South) and RC (Southwest). The company’s UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters are the primary medical evacuation platform. A medevac crew consists of two pilots, one flight medic and one crew chief with additional medical aid provided by a flight surgeon or critical care nurse on select missions. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment, the flight medics perform rapid assessment, vital enroute care and thorough patient hand-off to higher level care. Standard launch time from notification to wheels-up for an urgent patient is seven to eight minutes. Receiving treatment The U.S. Army posted a photo: A U.S. Army medic (left) attached to Legion Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team treats an Afghan flood victim and prescribes medicine at the Nerkh District Center near Combat Outpost Nerkh in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Aug. 11, 2010. DoD photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt, U.S. Army. (Released) 101st Combat Aviation Brigade medevac company The U.S. Army posted a photo: C Company, 6th Battalion, 101 Combat Aviation Brigade provides continuous, rapid-response medical evacuation capabilities to coalition forces, Afghan National Security Forces and the local populace of Afghanistan. The company consists of pilots, crew chiefs, flight medics and flight operations personnel who provide 24/7 medevac coverage from five sites across Regional Command (South) and RC (Southwest). The company’s UH-60A Black Hawk helicopters are the primary medical evacuation platform. A medevac crew consists of two pilots, one flight medic and one crew chief with additional medical aid provided by a flight surgeon or critical care nurse on select missions. Equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment, the flight medics perform rapid assessment, vital enroute care and thorough patient hand-off to higher level care. Standard launch time from notification to wheels-up for an urgent patient is seven to eight minutes. Getting Ready for School The U.S. Army posted a photo: U.S. Army Cpl. Joshua A. Poindexter, of San Diego, Calif., a team leader with 2nd Squad, 1st Platoon, 630th Military Police Company, Task Force Spartan, shakes hands with young villagers after helping pass out donated school supplies in the Beshood District of Eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, Aug. 14. The event was coordinated by Staff Sgt. Nicole Olcott, of Daytona Beach, Fla., a flight missions planner with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Lighthorse. The two boxes of school supplies came from the Matthew Freeman Foundation, the Adopt-A-Soldier program and Olcott's own non-profit organization, Operation New Start. Operation Copper Cactus The U.S. Army posted a photo: An Arizona National Guard Soldier performs push-ups during training for Operation Copper Cactus at an undisclosed location in Arizona on Aug. 26, 2010. Operation Copper Condor is the Arizona National Guard's contribution to the up to 1,200 National Guard troops being deployed to support the Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the four Southwest border states. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released) Joint Security The U.S. Army posted a photo: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan –U.S. Army Specialist David Reaves, from Hartsville, S.C., provides security alongside an Afghan National Army Soldier at an ANA compound in Parwa’i village in eastern Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, Aug 26. Specialist Reaves serves on the infantry platoon for the provincial reconstruction team and provides force protection through base defense, personal security on missions and multiple roles on a convoy to include driver, gunner, vehicle commander and dismount. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Steven R. Doty, Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team Public Affairs)