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Minnesota National Guard Soldiers from the Moorhead-based 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry drive a Humvee and a five ton truck through rushing water down Minnesota Highway 1 into Oslo on April 16, 2011. The small Minnesota town on the Red River of the North is surrounded by water, so the Minnesota National Guard provides a safe method of coming and going into Oslo. Official Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundso

Ian Field, 7, joins his squad leader, 1st Sgt. Brandon McGuire, as they make their way back to their Humvee following a "battle" on the expert infantryman badge course

Col. Joseph Wawro, 4th IBCT commander, enlists Ian Field, 7, with the help of 1st Sgt. Brandon McGuire during a ceremony April 14 in front of 1st Infantry Division headquarters. U.S. Army Photo by Mollie Miller

Command Sgt. Maj. Ian Field, 7, stands with his squad during a farewell award ceremony April 15, 2011, at Barlow Theater on Fort Riley, Kan. The Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division worked with the Make-A-Wish Foundation to grant Ian's wish to become a Soldier. Ian is currently battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Hector Hoyas (right), an aerial delivery field service department instructor, and Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Phillips, turn away from the rotor wash as a Nevada National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off with a Humvee at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., during sling-load training on April 15, 2011. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

U.S. Army Spc. Ahren Blake, a combat medic from Clinton, Iowa, with Company D, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, holds two puppies he found at an observation post in the Aziz Khan Kats Mountain Valley range near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, April 15. The puppies have been living with the Afghan National Army Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 201st Infantry Corps, which man the Ops that 3rd Platoon visited.

Staff Sgt. Ricardo Mendoza, non-commissioned officer in charge for a 81 mm mortar system assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, helps an Iraqi soldier align his mortar sight during a live fire exercise at Destiny Range, April 17, 2011.

U.S. Army soldiers with 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Focused Targeting Force, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Khowst province, Afghanistan, on March 29, 2011. DoD photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins, U.S. Army. (Released)

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses soldiers on Camp Liberty, Iraq, April 22, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade and the U.S. Division Center. Mullen is visiting the Central Command area of operation to support a USO tour and visit counterparts and service members in the area. U.S. Division Center.U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Stoutamire

U.S. Army Sgt. Jeffery Harisch, a Brainerd, Minn., native, now a team leader with 4th Platoon, C Company, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, walks past the bazaar at Shor Tepah in Northern Balkh Province, Afghanistan, during a patrol, April 14.

Spc. Mustafa H. Valadanzouj, a San Antonio native, now an M249 machine-gunner with 3rd Platoon, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team along with other 3rd Platoon soldiers survey an area near Gerdab, Afghanistan, April 14.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addresses service members assigned to U.S. Forces-Iraq at Al-Faw Palace on Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq on April 22, 2011. Mullen is visiting the Central Command area of operation supporting a USO tour to the region and visiting counterparts and service members stationed in the area. (Department of Defense photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off after picking up U.S. Army soldiers upon completion of their mission at the Spera District Center, Khowst province, Afghanistan, May 17, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 3rd Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Donald Watkins

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers speak with a village elder during a Convoy Reconnaissance Patrol at Badamak, in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, May 23, 2011. The purpose of the patrol is to build relationships and trust with local citizens and assess safety, security, and insurgent threats in the area. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Simon Lee

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

Sgt. Shane Warren, escorted by Papa Dog, checks on his soldiers as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Arghandab detachment, make their way back to Forward Operating Base Lane, May 27. Sergeant Warren is assigned to the PRT's security force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

Soldiers with 1st Platoon, Battery C, 1st Battalion, 37th Field Artillery Regiment, pull security May 22 after entering into a mock village during a three-week exercise at Yakima Training Center in Central Washington State. The battalion, which is a 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division asset, is currently immersed in a brigade-wide approach to training called full-spectrum operations, which allows the entire brigade to practice tactics that encompass all forms of warfare, from conventional fighting to insurgency threats. The exercise has field artillerymen not only staying up on their cannon systems, but mounted and dismounted infantry techniques as well. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher M. Gaylord, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

U.S. Army Spc. Joseph Wilhelm (right), with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, patrols a grape vineyard with members of the Afghan National Army during Operation Mountain Cougar, in Char Shaka, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on April 28, 2011. Operation Mountain Cougar is intended to disrupt and reduce Taliban activity. DoD photo by Pfc. Justin A. Young, U.S. Army. (Released)

Soldiers from 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, launch a TOW missile during TOW gunnery training at Yakima Training Center May 28.

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

Soldiers make their way through Alaska's Chugach Mountain Range during an air assault training exercise on May 12, 2011. The Soldiers are assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment. DoD photo by Senior Airman Christopher Gross, U.S. Air Force.

Spc. Myles Gaudet, left, and Spc. Matthew Tempesta pull security as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, Arghandab detachment, meet with elders from Deh Afghanan village, May 27. Specialists Gaudet and Tempesta are assigned to the PRT's security force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)(Released)

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, is downloaded off of a U.S. Air Force C-5 Aircraft. Once fully assembled and mission ready, the cargo helicopter will be utilized for missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Division Public Affairs)

Sgt. Sean C. Fleming, a recruiting noncommissioned officer assigned to the U.S. Army Career Center South Shore on Staten Island, duels against 16-year-old David Lawal, a student at the Bronx's Fordham Leadership Academy for Business and Technology, at Manhattan's Pier 86 during Fleet Week New York City 2011. Photo by T. M. Beller, U.S. Army Public Affairs Specialist

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bruce Harrington (left), Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force team leader from Buzzards Bay, Mass., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joseph Lampron (right), Kandahar PRT SECFOR squad leader from Rumford, R.I., look at their route during a project assessment of the Dahla Dam Sept. 20. The PRT works with government officials at the district and provincial levels to build sustainable infrastructure capacity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team)

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Marshall, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force from Grennville, R.I., scans his area during a visit to the Dahla Dam Sept. 20. The PRT SECFOR supplied security during a dam assessment with the Canadian International Development Agency Sept 21. The Kandahar PRT is a civilian-military organization whose mission is to improve security, governance and infrastructure capacity throughout Kandahar Province. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sean Martin, Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team)

Soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment fired the howitzers on their M109A6 Paladins during the first-ever firing of the Modular Artillery Charge System in the combat zone by an entire Paladin battery March 13 on Camp Taji, Iraq. The MACS is a newly refined propellant that pushes projectiles out of the barrel of the howitzers . The MACS will be used in conjunction with the soon to be fielded Excalibur precision guided munition that the Batt. A Soldiers are expected to receive within the next few months. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jon Cupp, 1st BCT, 1st Cav. Div. Public Affairs

Soldiers attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Mountaineering Program conduct Senior Course Level II training near Fort Carson, Colo., after completing the Basic Course (Level III) where team members learned 15 basic tasks, including navigating in mountainous terrain, rope commands, transportation of a casualty on an improvised litter and rappelling techniques. During Level II, the soldiers are expected to know and pass a hands-on test on the basic fundamentals of rock climbing throughout the course. Among the 17 tasks in the Senior Course they must be proficient at constructing a belay point, rappelling point and setting up rescue systems should they need to assist a stranded climber. The soldiers were also taught basic animal care of pack animals and procedures on properly loading and securing heavy equipment and weapons onto mules by wranglers at a working ranch at lake George,Colo. Throughout the training soldiers recovered weapons caches from the top of mountains and abandoned mine shafts using a variety of rope techniques. In October 2011, the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School will hold an activation ceremony officially turning the Mountaineering Program over to A Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (A), Fort Bragg, N.C. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Russell Klika.

Army Spc. Yuroslav Prikhodko fires his M4 assault rifle from an alternative firing position during a marksmanship course on Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 14, 2011. Prikhodko is a truck driver assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company G, 1st Brigade Combat Team, which provides logistics and sustainment for 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

...en España NOS gusta mucho el "rollo" secretismo y dar una aureola grandiosa a lo que desonocemos. A las unidades se las debe valorar por lo que se conoce que hacen, lo demás es falsa mitología.-