U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs a pennant signifying the completion of the 25,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle produced in Charleston, S.C., June 3, 2010. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad McNeeley Read full story
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Andrew Jenkins, with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, takes a photo of himself and his girlfriend on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, May 26, 2010. Jenkins returned to Hawaii following a seven-month deployment to the Helmand province of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen and his wife, Deborah, speak with Jillian Coughlin, the valedictorian of Saint Mary's High School class of 2010, prior to commencement exercises in Annapolis, Md., May 27, 2010. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)
A U.S. Soldier conducts a joint patrol with Afghan National Police in the Paktika province of Afghanistan May 22, 2010. During the patrol, the group discovered military uniforms believed to be used by insurgents to disguise themselves as Afghan National Security Forces. The Soldier is assigned to 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment.
(DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Hughes, U.S. Army)
Commander of the Afghan National Army Air Corps Maj. Gen. Mohammad Dawran salutes as he and U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen Lorenz, commander of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC), arrive at AETC headquarters on Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, May 21, 2010. (DoD photo by Rich McFadden, U.S. Air Force/Released)
Sailors from the Guatemalan navy special forces participate in a pistol familiarization course taught by U.S. Sailors from Naval Special Warfare Command at a pistol range on Base Naval Del Pacifico in San Jose, Guatemala, May 18, 2010. The training is part of a five-week joint combined exchange training exercise to build military capacity through a partnership with the Guatemalan military. (DoD photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mykel Thaete, of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, Detachment Hawaii, runs for concealment after popping an M18 green smoke hand grenade at Kahuku Training Area in Hawaii on May 19, 2010. Thaete participated as opposition force in an attack and defend field exercise as part of School of Infantry West's Infantry Squad Leader Course. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
