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Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos and Lt. Col. William Swan, commanding officer of the Death Rattlers of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, stand at attention as the VMFA-323 Honor Guard parade More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ABLE SENTRY Base: Camp Able Sentry State: Skopje Country: Macedonia (MKD) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Russ Pollanen Release More

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 86th Munitions Squadron unpack a fresh shipment of munitions on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 19, 2018. The 86th MUNS recently received the largest shipment of munitions on Ramste More

A portrait is displayed during a memorial service with full military honors to remember U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Monroe, Jr., Oct. 14, 2019, in Mather, California. Monroe, who died Sept. 18 at age 83, served More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., left, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, speaks with Archil Gegeshidze, the Georgian ambassador to the U.S., during a Georgian Independence Day celebration More

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Patraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, administers the oath of re-affirmation and re-enlistment to service members during an Independen More

Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic talks with the Slovak soldiers, Dec. 15, during a visit to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Keynote speaker, Army Maj. Gen. Timothy P. McHale, U.S. Forces- Afghanistan deputy commander for support, addresses the congregation during the Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan transfer of authority ceremo More

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commanding general of the NATO International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan administers the oath of affirmation and re-enlistment to Staff Sgt. LaSonya M More

Maj. Gen. James F. Flock, commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, cuts the first piece of cake during the Navy Hospital Corps’ Birthday ceremony at Hancock Lodge, June 21. Hospital corpsmen, who observe More

Gen. George W. Casey, Army chief of staff, and wife, Sheila, stand with Lt. Col. John H. Knightstep, commander, and Soldiers of Task Force Denali during a holiday greeting video, Dec. 20. During a visit to For More

Rear Adm. Patrick J. Lorge, left, commandant of Naval District Washington, and Frank Yanick, a survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, render honors during a wreath laying ceremony at the More

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Alex Rincones, Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Commander's barge COMPACFLT), briefs the history of the COMPACFLT Admiral's Barge to Lt. Gen. Kong Jung Sik, commandant of R More

Sadullah Khan, with the Afghan Border Patrol, participates in the ribbon cutting ceremony signifying the opening of the new ANP substation in Spin Boldak. U.S. officials, the ANP, and the ABP take turns cutting More

New Task Force Kandahar commander Canadian Brig. Gen. Dean Milner speaks to reporters at Kandahar Air Field after a change of command ceremony, Sept. 9. The command of Joint Task Force Kandahar was transferred More

Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald T. Riling, U.S. Army Forces Command, command sergeant major, looks through the scope of an XM-25 Individual Airburst Weapon System Jan. 12. The XM-25 is a semi-automatic, magazine-fed g More

Brig. Gen. Reynold Hoover, outgoing commander of Joint Support Command – Afghanistan, cases his unit's colors during the Joint Sustainment Command-Afghanistan transfer of authority ceremony, Oct. 17, at Kandaha More

The 1938 Cadillac Model 75 (a full size Cadillac Series 70 V-8 car) was driven by Pfc. Horace L. Woodring (1926–2003). Gen. George S. Patton sat in the back seat on the right side, with his chief of staff, Maj. More

Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander, International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and deputy commander, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. Nick Carter commander, International Security Force Regional C More

Gen. Mirwais Khan Noorzai, deputy commander of the 404th ANP zone; District Governor Abdul Ghani; Col. Jim Edwards, Task Force Lightning Spin Boldak and an Afghan officer were among the officials attending the More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather Cope Release Status: Released t More

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Earl L. Gay, the commandant of Naval District Washington, leads German navy Vice Adm. Wolfgang E. Nolting, chief of Naval Staff, and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead past sailors More

U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, background, left, listens to German navy Vice Adm. Wolfgang E. Nolting, background, left, chief of Naval Staff, talk during a meeting at Washington, D.C., More

U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead addresses the media before answering questions during a press conference inside the press briefing room at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Feb. 12, 2008. R More

U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead answers questions from a media member prior to the Black Engineer of the Year Awards in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 16, 2008. Roughead introduced Cmdr. Richard Br More

Katherine R. Callaway receives the Shield of Sparta award from Brig. Gen. Joyce L. Stevens, the commanding general of the Texas Army National Guard, June 29 at her husband's retirement ceremony. Callaway receiv More

Brig. Gen. Wayne A. Wright will take command of the Virginia Air National Guard effective Jan. 1, 2015, following the retirement of Brig. Gen. R. Zane Johnson, according to an announcement made by Brig. Gen. Ti More

Adm. Keating (PACOM) oversees the JIATF West Change Of Command ceremony from RADM Zukunft to RDML Ratti. Ceremony took place at Marine Corps Base, Camp H.M. Smith at PACOM headquarters.

Team G work together on the litter carry obstacle on the Conditioning Course at Camp Atterbury, Ind., during the the Marchon Challenge, a battalion-wide competition held in Camp Atterbury, Ind., Oct. 18-19, 200 More

Command Sgt. Maj. James Kennedy, top non-commissioned officer of 9th Brigade, Cadet Command, brings the ROTC cadets of 13 Midwestern colleges in close for a final speech at the closing ceremony of the Ranger Ch More

Sgt. 1st Class Marion Klinghard keeps his weapon at the high ready while clearing room to room during the urban combat training portion of their mobilization training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 3, 2008. Klin More

Cadets and Soldiers march 30 km together in 25 degree weather the morning of Nov. 22, during a road march held at the University of Southern Indiana.

A Soldier evaluates a casualty as another pulls security out of a window at an old historic building at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, during a Special Forces training program held, Dec. 9, 2008.

Maj. Gen. Luis R. Visot (right), Commander, 377 Theater Sustainment Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. James M. Lambert, 377th TSC, salute to honor the colors as they are presented at the 14th Quartermaster Detachm More

Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Carpenter, acting director of the Army National Guard, right, confers with Air Force Gen. Craig R. McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, during a conference in 2009. Carpenter More

Lt. Gen. Frank G. Helmick is commanding general of the U.S. Army's 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C. Prior to assuming command of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Helmick commanded the Multi-National Security T More

A file photo of Maj. Gen Mark A. Milley. (U.S. Army Courtesy photo/Released)

British army Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff (center), deputy supreme allied commander Europe, receives a briefing from ISAF Joint Command leadership at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, Jan. 14. Shirreff vis More

U.S. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., chief of Staff of the Army, visits key leaders of Fort Carson's 43rd Sustainment Brigade, March 4, prior to the brigade's deployment to Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan.

Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief, National Guard Bureau, speaks to attendees at the State Partnership Program Workshop in Portland, Ore., March 10. Senior members of the Bangladeshi military, Oregon National Guard More

U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Force speaks to members of Task Force Bayonet during a visit to Forward Operating Base Shank, March 10. McChrystal discussed cur More

Army Maj. Gen. Frank Grass, currently the director of operations for U.S. Northern Command, speaks to National Guard officers attending a domestic operations workshop in National Harbor, Md., on March 23. He wa More

International Security Assistance Force commander, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, shakes the hand of an Afghan national police recruit at Forward Operating Base Shank, April 9. McChrystal was at FOB Shank to visit More

Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, Kentucky's adjutant general, presents a posthumous Prisoner of War Medal to the sons and daughter of a late Kentucky Air National Guard Pilot, Capt. Merlin R. "Bob" Kehrer, during a More

Rock Island, Ill., native, Col. Scott Efflandt (right), commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, receives the colors from Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, the 1st Cav. Div. commander, during the c More

Maj. Gen. David Quantock awarded 1st Sgt. Jason Williams, Bravo Company 193rd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, a certificate of appreciation for his participation in Project "Home Fr More

Leaders of the 4th Infantry Division headquarters question staff Brig. Gen. Abdulrahman Handhal Mahdi Alburghif, center, 10th Brigade commander 3rd Iraqi Army, about the challenges in Iraq that he is currently More

Commander, Naval Medical Center San Diego, Rear Adm. Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler, presents the Naval Marine Corps Achievement medal to Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Lopez assigned to Branch Medical Clinic Marin More

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp gives the keynote address at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's Castle Ball in Vicksburg; Miss., June 5. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Lisa Soule)

Senior Airman Christopher Powell, 732nd Air Expeditionary Group, executive administrator, gets the opportunity to ask Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz, a question during the session at the CSAF to More

Cmdr. Howard Warner III, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Bremerton shows Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt, commander of Combined Task Force, the periscope and uses of its new More

Spc. Jeric Reutirez, a native of Philippines, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, takes a photo with Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commanding general, United States Forces More

U.S. Army Gen. Raymond Odiero, commanding general, United States Forces - Iraq is met by U.S. Army Col. Robert Shaw of United States Forces - Iraq, Joint 3-5 Training Counterinsurgency Stability Operation Cente More

Soldiers from Civil Military Operations, 1-178th Field Artillery Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, joined Navy Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward (Front Center), Commander, Joint Task Force 435, and the A More

Navy Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward (Center), Commander, Joint Task Force 435, joins Abdul Jabar Farahi (Left of Center), Sidiqi (Far Left) Director of Afghanistan Corrections Systems, Bill Davis (Right of Center) More

Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, commander of Multinational Battle Group East, speaks to local mayors at a luncheon at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, July 9.

A Sailor assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific presents Rear Adm. Michael Giorgione with a flag during a change of command ceremony at Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters. Giorgione wa More

Rear Adm. Alton Stocks, commander of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, second from right, accepts a check for $6,026.42 on behalf of the Fisher House, a program that supports America's military in their time of More

Brig. Gen. Mark 'Red' Brown (right), Joint Staff, Joint Force Headquarters, Texas Army National Guard, talks for a moment with Gen. James Thurman (left), commanding general for the U.S. Army Forces Command, in More

Brig. Gen. Brod Veillon, assistant adjutant general for the Louisiana Air National Guard, receives the Above and Beyond award from the Special Olympics Louisiana, July 10, from Bebo Wilkes, board of directors t More

Louisiana National Guardsmen Paul Rainwater is promoted to the rank of colonel and is pinned by his wife Linda July 10, 2010. Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard an More

Afghan National Army 209th Corps Commander Gen. Murad Ali Murad said goodbye to U.S., coalition forces, and 209th Corps troops during a farewell ceremony July 10 at Camp Shaheen. Murad was recently appointed as More

Echo Company, 536th Brigade Support Battalion, 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, out of Fredericksburg, Texas, arrive at Biggs Air Field, Fort Bliss, Texas, after deploying to Camp Ashr More

U.S. Army Gen. Odierno, commanding, U.S. Forces - Iraq conducts a briefing in Camp Victory, Iraq, July 10. Odierno gave a briefing to U.S. Army officers in the Counterinsurgency Stability Operation Center build More

U.S. Soldiers pay close attention to what U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Terry Wolff with 1st Armored Division, United States Division - Central says during a briefing in Camp Victory, Iraq, July 10. Wolff gave a briefing More

Rear Adm. Kazuki Yamashita, Commander, Combined Task Force and assistant deputy for Rim of the Pacific 2010 exercise, asks Ensign Charles Cox, electrical officer, questions concerning the bridge aboard the guid More

Rear Adm. Richard J. O'Hanlon, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, speaks to Sailors assigned to the Dragon Whales of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28 at Naval Station Norfolk. O'Hanlon presented the squadr More

Ryan Crocker, former United States Ambassador to Iraq, met with Maj Gen. Eddy M. Spurgin, Commanding General, 36th Infantry Division, and the division command group, July 8, to discuss the division's upcoming d More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, provide security in an Afghan market place during a patrol at the Infantry Immersion Trainer. In squad-size elements, Marines make their way through the IIT’s m More

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead, left, Commander of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force Brig. Gen. Abdulla Saeed Al Mansoori and Commandant of Naval District Washington Rear Adm. Patrick Lorge render a h More

Rear Adm. Garry White, commander Strike Force Training Atlantic, meets with Sailors and Marines aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall. Carter Hall is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Gro More

Maj. Gen. Jerry Cannon, United States Forces-Iraq deputy commanding general for detainee operations and provost marshal general, signs a document officially transferring the Cropper Theater Internment Facility More

Iraqi Minister of Justice Dara Nur al-Deen (left) and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Nelson Cannon (right) with United States Forces - Iraq shake hands while passing the "key" during a Forward Operating Base transfer in F More

Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, Fort Bliss commanding general, gives the soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division a big Army "Hooah" during their activation and assumption of command ceremony at F More

Vice Adm. D.C. Curtis, commander of Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, presents Lt. Sophia Haberman with a plaque for her work with the Surface Warfare Officer Introduction Course during a ceremony at Nav More

Adm. James A. Winnefeld, commander of U.S. Northern Command, speaks with Maj. Gen. John P. Basilica Jr., commander of Joint Task Force 51, at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., July 16, ab More

Lt. Gen. Guy Swan III, commander of U.S. Army North, Adm. James A. Winnefeld, commander of U.S. Northern Command, and Brig. Gen. Clif Tooley, commander of Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Center for Complex Opera More

Sgt. Cadavius Summerall, a gunner for Task Force Marne Brig. Gen. Tom Vandal’s personal security detail, test fires his secondary weapon at the Contingency Operating Site Marez test fire berm. Summerall is curr More

Col. Brian Miller, commander of the 185th Air Refueling Wing, left, shares a smile with Brig. General Timothy Orr, the adjutant general for the state of Iowa, right foreground, as the senior Iowa National Guard More

A Peruvian marine lectures at a confirmation brief in the wardroom of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans about upcoming multinational joint exercises off the coast of Peru during Southern Partne More

Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, commander, United States Transportation Command, receives an overview of operations on the Motor Vessel Virginian at the Kuwaiti Naval Base, July 17. McNabb, out of Scott Air Fo More

Soldiers of the 655th Regional Support Group, hold the battalion and company guidons during the change of command ceremony that welcomed their new commander, Col. Ernest Erlandson, from Brookville, Pa. The Sold More

Sarah Boykin, of Meryville, La., greets her husband, Spc. Tommy Boykin, of Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion of the 133rd Field Artillery, 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, out of Port Arthu More

Air Force Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, commander, United States Transportation Command, receives an overview of operations on the Motor Vessel Virginian at the Kuwaiti Naval Base, July 17. McNabb, out of Scott Air Fo More

Task Force Marne Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, gives his condolences during a memorial ceremony held for two Peshmerga from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Brigade, Peshmerga Army, July 18, at Camp Zaytun More

Louisiana National Guardsmen Sgt. Kecha Alexander, 1083rd Transportation Company, is presented the Louisiana War Cross by Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau, adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard during More

Gen. Lawang, 1st Commando Brigade commander, cuts a ribbon to offically open the brigade's G3 annex July 19 at Camp Morehead. The G3 annex will house the general's staff that supports commando training and oper More

Rear Adm. Kevin D. Scott salutes the sideboys as he is piped aboard at the change of command ceremony for Expeditionary Strike Group 2 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek. (U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jonath More

Afghan National Police Brig. Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi talks about the successes and challenges at Recruit Training Center-Kandahar during a visit by U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus and NATO Secretary-General Anders More

Alan Bersin, commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the Nat More

Vice Adm. John M. Bird, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, looks through the "big eyes" aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet command ship USS Blue Ridge as the ship departs Commander, Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. Blue Ridge is u More

Gov. Gulab Mangel speaks with Col Shirin Shah, 215th Corps 3rd brigade commander, and Brig. Gen. Ghulam Farooq, 215th Corps deputy commander, during a break at an election shura at Camp Shorab, Helmand, Afghani More

Task Force Marne Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Tony Cucolo, speaks to “Golden Dragon” soldiers of 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, out of Wheeler Army Airfi More

Maj. Gen. Garry C. Dean, Commander of 1st Air Force, is given an itenerary brief for his recent visit to the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Lt. Col. Don Randle of Task Force Vigilant Horizon.

U.S. Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, talks to the press during an operational update brief at the Pentagon, July 21.

Lt. Sean Evenson salutes during the national anthem at the Southern Partnership Station 2010 closing ceremony in Guatemala. SPS-2010 is a deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command a More

The guided-missile destroyer USS Russell approaches Takamatsu Pier in Sendai, Japan. Russell, home ported in Hawaii, is serving in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility and is visiting Sendai as part of the More

Gen. Craig McKinley (left), chief, National Guard Bureau and Brig. Gen. Theodore Johnson (right), commander, Kabul Base Cluster, Task Force Rushmore, watch as five visiting U.S. governors, South Dakota Gov. Mic More

Gen. David Petraeus, International Security Assistance Force commander and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry walk with other service members after arriving to Camp Phoenix in Kabul for a meeting, J More

Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Vicens, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard, Maj. Gen. David A. Sprynczynatyk, adjutant general of North Dakota National Guard, and Capt. Angel Lopez, officer in charge of Li More