Combat Camera: Defend America for 25 Nov. 2006

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. William J. Gainey, center, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and country music singer Michael Peterson, seated on Gainey's right, eat Thanksgiving dinner with servicemembers on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, Nov. 23, 2006. Peterson visited troops and conducted concerts through the USO. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher DeWitt

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Travis J. Schellpeper, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 3, Multi-National Division - Central South, searches the home of a suspected insurgent during a cordon and search in Naimi, Iraq, Nov. 20, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price

An Iraqi policeman leads a joint patrol of U.S. and Iraqi forces during a mission to hand out educational flyers in the village of Ambulshabi, Iraq, Nov. 20, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Geers, left, second squad leader, Detachment 7, 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, inspects weapons at Victory Base, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2006. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Steve Cline

President Bush Expresses Thanksgiving Appreciation to Troops
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2006 –- President Bush expressed thanks in his radio address today to the troops who are risking their lives far from home this Thanksgiving holiday to protect the rights the Pilgrims celebrated that first Thanksgiving Day. Read it.

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