Amphibious assault vehicle

U.S. Marines sit in their amphibious assault vehicle in the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) while under way in the Atlantic Ocean July 15, 2010. The Marines are with Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion and attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise (CP) 2010. CP is an annual humanitarian civic assistance operation that provides humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to nations throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America. (DoD photo by Sgt. Samuel R. Beyers, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Assault exercise in Ancon, Peru

Peruvian marines assault a beach with service members from 10 different nations during a large-scale multinational amphibious beach assault exercise in Ancon, Peru, July 19, 2010. The service members are deployed in support of operation Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. (DoD photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Provides security during a shura

U.S. Army Cpl. Daniel Lehman, a rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, provides security during a shura at a village in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on July 19, 2010. DoD photo by Senior Airman Nathanael Callon, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

Afghan National Police (ANP) officer during a tour

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, speaks with an Afghan National Police (ANP) officer during a tour of the ANP’s Regional Training Center in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 19, 2010. Petraeus visited the center along with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Bradley Lail, U.S. Army/Released)

Adm. Mike Mullen meets with Gen. Han Min-goo

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen meets with South Korean army Gen. Han Min-goo, newly-appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a visit to Seoul, South Korea, July 20, 2010. Mullen is in Korea with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to participate in counterpart talks underscoring the alliance between the two nations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)