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"Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy - or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively."
- Mel Brooks
U.S. troops speak with residents, May 22, 2010, in Omarkhel, Afghanistan. Approximately 100 U.S. airmen and soldiers working with representatives from the U.S. State Department, U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Agency of International Development worked hand-in-hand with the Zabul Provincial Governor Mohommad Asraf Naseri to develop projects focused on assisting and meeting Afghan citizen's needs throughout 11 districts in the region.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez
"Living in the present moment is the full awareness and appreciation of the life we have, right here and right now."
- Shannon Duncan
U.S. Army soldiers provide security as a convoy passes through a valley in southern Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. De'Yonte Mosley
"We organize information on maps in order to see our knowledge in a new way. As a result, maps suggest explanations; and while explanations reassure us, they also inspire us to ask more questions, consider other possibilities."
- Peter Turchi
An Afghan man offers a cup of tea to U.S. Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, during a meeting with village elders and Afghan National Army members in Adira, Afghanistan, in April 2010.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O'Donald
"I believe that balance - this marvelous, almost unbelievably complicated thing our bodies do - is so important to ouur well-being that it demands to be elevated to its rightful position among the other five senses."
- Scott McCredie
Army Staff Sgt. Dean Issacs, a disabled soldier suffering from a spinal cord injury, lays a wreath at the Pentagon Memorial, May 5, 2010, in honor of the victims of Sept. 11, 2001. The ceremony was part of the celebration for the inaugural Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. Rolling Thunder Inc., a veterans advocacy group known for their motorcycle rides across the country, also participated.
DoD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden
