Images: Combat Camera, Wed. 17 May

U.S. Navy honor guardsmen render a gun salute during a burial-at-sea ceremony aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) May 13, 2006. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is currently under way in the Pacific Ocean maintaining qualifications as part of the fleet response plan. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Chris Thamann, U.S. Navy. (Released)

Lightning strikes Balad Air Base in Iraq as a C-130 aircraft taxis on the flight line May 16, 2006. DoD photo by Senior Airman James Croxon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Navy Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Gregory Badger videotapes an underway replenishment in the Pacific Ocean May 16, 2006, between the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and the MSC replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). DoD photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Edward G. Martens, U.S. Navy. (Released)

The decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA 34) sinks in the Gulf of Mexico 24 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Fla., May 17, 2006. The 32,000-ton, 888-foot ship, which took 37 minutes to sink, is the largest ship ever intentionally sunk as an artificial reef. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Jeffrey P. Kraus, U.S. Navy. (Released)

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