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)
U.S. Navy personnel use special effects to simulate a small boat terrorist attack during Citadel Protect (CP) 2010 in Norfolk, Va., May 18, 2010. CP is part of regular training designed to assess the Navy's capability to protect waterborne assets against vessel-borne and other improvised explosive device (IED) threats in ports. The event is coordinated between U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Navy Installations Command. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristin L. Grover, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Airmen load medical supplies, hygiene kits and water onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan May 21, 2010, in support of flood relief efforts for Tajikistan. The region has requested international aid following the flash floods and mudslides that have devastated the area and caused more than 40 deaths. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ, U.S. Air Force/Released)
