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Images From The War That The Media Don't Usually Show You
These are quite touching photos, and a fine display of the professionalism of our armed forces. It makes me proud as hell to be an American, and they are representing us all very well across the globe and especially in Iraq. All photo credits appropriately given on original images or in the photo description below the thumbnail.


A Special Forces warrior smells a letter from home. Note the GPS FM radio on his right shoulder, and twin grenades attached on the right side of his MOLLE Interceptor Level IV assault vest. Chemical carbon-lined anorak desert parka...	A special forces officer high fives an Iraqi youngster. Note the conspicuous lack of insignia on the officer's uniform - None on the helmet, sleeve or breast.

101st Army Airborne Senior Medical officer cradling a little Kurd girl in need of medical attention. Note the M1A1 Abrams tank dug in behind the platoon.	A very special team huddle of 101st Army Airborne in northern Iraq Kurd territory. Note the bible in one soldier's right hand.

Retired Lt. Col. Joe Rippetoe, right (above), father of Army Ranger Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, is overcome with emotion during the funeral of his son at Arlington National Cemetery Thursday, April 10, 2003. Rippetoe, 27, an Army Ranger from Arvada, Colo., and two other soldiers were killed April 4 when a car bomb exploded at an Iraqi checkpoint. Rippetoe was the first soldier from the Iraqi conflict to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. At left is Rippetoe's mother Rita. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)	U.S Army Spc. Dean Bryant (above) from Oklahoma City, OK. helps an Iraqi woman who tripped on concertina wire in the streets of Baghdad Thursday, April 10, 2003. (AP Photo/John Moore)

U.S. Army Spc. Kenneth Clark (above) from Woodward, Okla. puffs up his cheeks like the baby he was handed while being welcomed by Iraqis in Baghdad Wednesday, April 9, 2003. The soldiers from the A Company 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment took over a section of northern Baghdad with a warm welcome from many residents, but under sporadic rocket and small arms fire from irregular Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/John Moore)	Cecil Cawley, the 8-year-old son of U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, waves at his fathers casket as it is loaded into a hearse Thursday, April 10, 2003, in Bountiful, Utah. Cecil's mother, Miyuki Cawley, left, looks on. Cawley, 41, a Marine reservist from Layton, died March 29 in Iraq when struck by a coalition Humvee as he sought refuge from enemy fire. He also was a Salt Lake City Police detective and served on the department's gang unit and SWAT team. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)