Images: Combat Camera, Fri. 16 June

An F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to the Sidewinders of Strike Fighter Squadron Eight Six launches from the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) June 13, 2006, which is deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of the war on terror. DoD photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Marshall James, U.S. Navy. (Released)

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment fire an M198 155mm Howitzer during a live-fire exercise at Contingency Operating Base Speicher in Iraq June 10, 2006. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Alfred Johnson, U.S. Army. (Released)

From left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace; Jim Laychak, president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund; Rosemary Dillard, vice president of the Pentagon Memorial Fund; Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Pentagon Memorial concept designers Julie Beckman and Keith Kaseman unveil the memorial stone during a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of work on the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon June 15, 2006. The memorial will stand at the site where 184 lives were lost Sept. 11, 2001, and is scheduled to be completed in Sept. 2008. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Gary Hilliard, U.S. Army (Released)

Yuma Border Patrol Chief Ronald Colbore addresses the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security Paul McHale and other government officials about Arizona/Mexico border security issues June 13, 2006, on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. DoD photo by Sgt. Jemssy Alvarez Jr., U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)

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