Our Soldiers - pics

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A US marine smokes a cigarette at a military camp in the restive city of Fallujah. US President George W. Bush will sign a key funding bill for US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan possibly as early as Friday, White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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U.S. soldiers receive medical assistance by medics of the 299th F.S.B. 2BCT in Riva Ridge AID station, after hitting an improvised explosive device (IED), in a military base in Baghdad May 25, 2007



U.S. medic soldiers of the 299th F.S.B. 2BCT in Riva Ridge AID station await orders in a military base in Baghdad May 24, 2007. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (IRAQ)



U.S. soldiers receive medical assistance from medics of the 299th F.S.B. 2BCT in Riva Ridge AID station in a military base in Baghdad May 25, 2007. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (IRAQ)


In this undated picture released by a colleague on Thursday May 24, 2007, Pvt. Byron W. Fouty, 19, of Waterford, Mich., of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment is seen in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, from Lawrence, Mass. and Pvt. Fouty are still missing twelve days after a May 12, 2007 ambush in Iraq left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead. Their comrade, Pfc. Joseph Anzack, 20, from Torrance, Calif. was found floating in the Euphrates river Wednesday May 23, 2007. (AP Photo/ Sgt. Michael Morse, HO)
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In this undated picture released by a colleague on Thursday May 24 2007, Spc. Daniel Courneya , center, holding arm, from Vermontville, Michigan of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment is seen in Quarghuli village near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Couneya was killed in a May 12, 2007 ambush in Iraq which left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead. Their comrade, Pfc. Joseph Anzack, 20, from Torrance, Calif. was found floating in the Euphrates river Wednesday May 23, 2007. Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, from Lawrence, Mass. and Pvt. Fouty are still missing. (AP Photo/Sgt. Michael Morse, HO)
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Soldiers from Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division watch a televison news report eleven days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Iraqi police reported finding a body clothed in an American military uniform about 40 miles south of Baghdad in the small city of Mussayib, which is known as a haven for Sunni insurgents. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Staff Sgt. Nathan Brooks, 25, from Vergennes, Ill. of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division rests after a long mission eleven days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Iraqi police reported finding a body clothed in an American military uniform about 40 miles south of Baghdad in the small city of Mussayib, which is known as a haven for Sunni insurgents. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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A soldier from Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division is seen outside the barracks eleven days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Iraqi police reported finding a body clothed in an American military uniform about 40 miles south of Baghdad in the small city of Mussayib, which is known as a haven for Sunni insurgents. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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Pfc. Samuel Rhodes, 25, from Albuquerque, N.M. of Delta Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division cuddles the company's mascot, Pork Chop, eleven days after a May 12 attack that left four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi soldier dead and three comrades missing in Quarghuli village, near Youssifiyah, 12 miles (20 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, May 23, 2007. Iraqi police reported finding a body clothed in an American military uniform about 40 miles south of Baghdad in the small city of Mussayib, which is known as a haven for Sunni insurgents. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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No words.

As the individuals they are.

.................apologies if I am being rude but I see a certain James Dean thing going on....may he come home safely....with the rest of them.

Nice to see our Soldiers not in the usual negative light.

and yes, thanks for posting this.