Leadership Events in Defense

Images of military leaders engaging in ceremonies and discussions at defense colleges, emphasizing leadership and collaboration in the military.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the annual POW/MIA recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.
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Science and Technology Acedemies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE), a Department of Defense youth program opens its first facility on Fort Drum, N.Y., Sep 16, 2022. STARBASE was created to expose youth to innovative hand-on activities in science, technology and mathematics within the aviation field.
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The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Ambassadors Rock Band performs at Katowice City of Gardens in Katowice, Poland, Oct. 15, 2022. The USAFE Band partnered with the U.S. Consulate-Krakow to travel across southern Poland from Oct 11-20, 2022, conducting performances that celebrated the shared spirit of freedom and enduring friendship between the U.S. and Poland. By transcending language and cultural barriers through the universal power of music, military bands promote peace, build relationships, and strengthen unity among people.
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Inter-American Defense College held its World Situation Conference on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 8-10, 2023. During their conference Participants engaged in a strategic-level analysis organized by Brazilian Army and professor Col. Fábio Araújo. The conference offered students a global and sub-regional understanding of geo-politics, enabling them to analyze various aspects such as politics, socio-cultural factors, economics, defense, security, science, technology, key nations, state actors, regional alliances, and governmental or international non-governmental organizations. The focus of Committee I involves an in-depth examination of national and sub-regional security, defense, and development policies, along with strategic trends that will influence the Western Hemisphere in the next 10 years.
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U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May held an all-hands briefing on base in the William R. Flores Gymnasium, Nov. 17, 2022. During the gathering Capt. Warren Judge, the commanding officer, spoke on his core values and expectations and recognized personnel for their dedicated efforts. In addition, division officers provided updates on programs being implemented base-wide. Training Center Cape May serves the American public by leveraging the talent and passion of our staff to produce high-quality, mission-ready recruits that enable mission success for our service.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo
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U.S. Air Force Col. D. Landon Phillips, right, 501st Combat Support Wing commander, speaks with distinguished guests after a Ceremony of Remembrance at Stanwick Lakes, England, Feb. 22, 2024. U.S. and U.K. leaders gathered to honor 17 Airmen who died in a midair collision on Feb. 22, 1944, involving B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 303rd Bombardment Group at RAF Molesworth and the 384th Bombardment Group at RAF Grafton Underwood. The Airmen were part of Operation Argument, or "The Big Week," targeting enemy industrial sites and aircraft facilities in Central Europe to secure Allied air superiority for the upcoming landings in France in June 1944. Air Force
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks visits Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets at Purdue University, West Lafayette, In., Aug. 18, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
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Inter-American Defense College Staff, Faculty and Students welcome dignitaries and sponsors during a Class 62's orientation on Sept. 28, 2022. The event provides the students a chance to meet with their representatives regarding the upcoming school year and the challenges of completing a demanding Master's Degree curriculum while living with their families in a new country.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets cadets at The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. on November 11, 2019.
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Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander, and Lt Col. Emily Kubusek, Detachment 645 operations flight commander, inform the AFROTC cadets of their future military career and what they should expect pending graduation from the program April 14, 2022 at Ohio State University. College students interested in joining the Air Force or Space Force go through a four-year program which allow them to attend AFROTC classes along with other college courses to receive elective academic credit.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomes Brazilian General Sergio Negraes, Brazilian Armys Secretary of Finance and Economics to the IADC campus at Ft. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 11, 2022. During the visit General Novaes spoke to students and was inducted into the IADC Hall of Honor. Additionally, he participated in an office call with leadership, received a college briefing and took a tour of the campus.
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Two men mourn the loss of 18 Virginia Air National Guard and three Florida Army National Guard members killed in a March 3rd C-23 Sherpa plane crash in Unadilla, Georgia, pay tribute to the men at a memorial service in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The memorial, which took place at Rock Church, was attended by Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul D. Wolfowitz (not shown) and various other civilian and military dignitaries and over 4000 members of the community. The 18 airmen were assigned to the 203rd Red Horse Flight at Camp Pendleton State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia and were returning from temporary duty at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The three soldiers were assigned to the .... Complete Scene Caption: Two men mourn the loss of 18 Virginia Air National Guard and three Florida Army National Guard members killed in a March 3rd C-23 Sherpa plane crash in Unadilla, Georgia, pay tribute to the men at a memorial service in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The memorial, which took pl
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U.S. Air Force Col. D. Landon Phillips, 501st Combat Support Wing commander, salutes while taps is played during wreath laying at a Ceremony of Remembrance at Stanwick Lakes, England, Feb. 22, 2024. U.S. and U.K. leaders gathered to honor 17 Airmen who died in a midair collision on Feb. 22, 1944, involving B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 303rd Bombardment Group at RAF Molesworth and the 384th Bombardment Group at RAF Grafton Underwood. The Airmen were part of Operation Argument, or "The Big Week," targeting enemy industrial sites and aircraft facilities in Central Europe to secure Allied air superiority for the upcoming landings in France in June 1944. Air Force
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Inter-American Defense College Staff, Faculty and Students tour Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa., Sept. 23, 2022. The Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. There are 43,000 American Civil War artifacts that are displayed in the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center. The Visit It is an academic field study that is part of the master's program offered by the college.
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Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin poses with 2nd Lts. Hannah Fletcher, right, and Allyson Burba before a ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 7, 2023. Fletcher and Burba were named the 2021 and 2022 Cadet of the Year.
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Rear Adm. Lex Walker, Commander, Navy Recruiting Command, right, attends a meeting with Dr. Russ Wigginton, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, left, during Memphis Navy Week. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase awareness in metropolitan areas that do not have a significant Navy presence.
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FRA - POLITIQUE - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, à RennesFlorence Parly, ministre des Armées, se rend jeudi 3 octobre 2019 au quartier Stéphant à Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35 ), où elle inaugurere le premier btiment du Commandement de la cyberdéfense ( COMCYBER ), spécifiquement conçu pour répondre aux besoins techniques et opérationnels du COMCYBER et accueillir ses différentes unités.FRA - POLITICS - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, in RennesFlorence Parly, Minister of the French Armed Forces, will visit the Stéphant district in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35) on Thursday, October 3, 2019, where she will inaugurate the first building of the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER), specifically designed to meet the technical and operational needs of the COMCYBER and accommodate its various units.
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 24, 2016) French Rear Adm. Olivier Lebas speaks to officers aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) Sept. 24, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is providing multi-warfare defense support to Charles de Gaulle carrier-based operations in the Eastern Mediterranean against identified ISIL positions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
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Jacqui Ireland, right, UK Community Relations Adviser, discusses event details with U.S. Air Force Col. D. Landon Phillips, left, 501st Combat Support Wing commander, and Nadia Norman, center, Heritage Coordinator at Stanwick Lakes before a Ceremony of Remembrance at Stanwick Lakes, England, Feb. 22, 2024. U.S. and U.K. leaders gathered to honor 17 Airmen who died in a midair collision on Feb. 22, 1944, involving B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 303rd Bombardment Group at RAF Molesworth and the 384th Bombardment Group at RAF Grafton Underwood. The Airmen were part of Operation Argument, or "The Big Week," targeting enemy industrial sites and aircraft facilities in Central Europe to secure Allied air superiority for the upcoming landings in France in June 1944. Air Force
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Uruguayan dignitaries for a Uruguayan Independence Day event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.
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New York Army National Guard Lt. Col. David Myones, deputy commanding officer of the 369th Sustainment Brigade discusses the story behind the Medal of Honor of Sgt. Henry Johnson on display at the Harlem Regiment Armory, New York, N.Y. with the granddaughters of legendary Harlem Hellfighter James Reese Europe - Lynn Europe Cotter, Theresa Europe and Patricia Europe Pearson, Feb. 24, 2024. Army National Guard
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Inter-American Defense Board Leadership and guest celebrate the boards 80th anniversary at the Organization of American States building, Washington, D.C., March 30, 2022. During the celebration An Ordinary Meeting of the Council of Delegates was held in the Hall of the Americas of the Organization of American States. The meeting was attended by OAS authorities, Ambassadors of the Member States, Permanent Representatives, Secretaries of Defense and Commanders of the armed forces of the hemisphere, Delegates to the IADB and of the Observer Countries and the Inter-American Defense College, both in person and remotely.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Decio Rui Pialarissi, Brazilian federal revenue service agency chief to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2022. During the visit, Mr. Pialarissi attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.
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Charles Alexander, Jr. (left), superintendent, Arlington National Cemetery, speaks with Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the U.S. Air Force Internal Affairs Maj. Gen. Julian C. Cheater outside of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 28, 2023. All were at ANC for a Public Wreath-Laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Italian Air Force. The event included a flyover of four T6 aircrafts.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Paraguayan General Brigadier Néstor Daniel Zalazar Echauri, Incoming Chief of Delegation of Paraguay to the Inter-American Defense Board for a campus Tour on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2022. During the visit, The General attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.
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220615-N-AS200-6421 POINT MUGU, Calif. (Jun. 15, 2022) - Capt. Robert Barr Kimnach III, commanding officer, Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), foreground, presents a base brief during a meeting with Ms. Carmen Ramirez, Ventura County Supervisor for District 5, center, Jun. 15. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2C Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants.
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Senior Airman Caden A. Soper, 2022 Outstanding Airman of the Year representing Pacific Air Forces, listens to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., give the State of the Air Force address at the Air and Space Forces Associations Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2022. Soper was recognized as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year based upon superior leadership, job performance and personal achievement.
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Brig. Gen. Dan Dent, Commanding General of the Washington Army National Guard shows Rep. Brandy Donaghy, Washington House of Representatives member from the 44th District the plans for the Snohomish Armory upgrades on May 18, 2022 at the Armory in Snohomish, Wash.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Uruguayan dignitaries for a Uruguayan Independence Day event hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country and food from the same.
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. John Lamontagne, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa deputy commander speaks with Tunisia Air Force Academy cadets and personnel at the Tunisia International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2022 in Hammamet, Tunisia, Oct. 12, 2022. The Department of Defense works with partners to strengthen regional relationships and uses event like the Tunisia IADE to share ideas and develop positive working relationships with our African and international partners.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi, for touring, participation in events highlighting the restoration project--funded jointly by the National Park Service and the Friends of the Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative--aimed at replacing interpretive battlefield markers and conserving the array of bronze statuary and stone monuments at the Civil War site. Joining Secretary Kempthorne for the events, including the unveiling of the first group of 22 metal markers identifying the specific locations of various Union and Confederate artillery batteries during the siege and defense of Vicksburg, were National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III, and country music star Trace Adkins, among other dignitaries.
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Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Craig Manson, left, with Colonel Roger Duff of the U.S. Army Reserve Special Forces and the Bureau of Reclamation, on hand for Department of Interior headquarters ceremony marking adoption by Department employees of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division and the 10th Mountain Division as wartime focal points for volunteer activities
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Paraguayan General Brigadier Néstor Daniel Zalazar Echauri, Incoming Chief of Delegation of Paraguay to the Inter-American Defense Board for a campus Tour on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2022. During the visit, The General attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Mr. Michael Jones, Implementation Agency for Crime and Security Executive Director to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., July 27, 2022. During the visit, the guest conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus with.
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220724-N-IT121-1451 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 24, 2022) U.S. Navy Rear Adm. J.T. Anderson, Commander, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3, left, and Commodore Paul OGrady pose for a photo during a gift exchange aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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Tim Frank (right), historian, Arlington National Cemetery, gives a tour to Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo (center), chief of staff, Indonesian Air Force of the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 19, 2022.
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At the Gagarin Museum at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 57 prime and backup crewmembers pose for pictures Sept. 17 as part of traditional prelaunch activities. From left to right are prime crewmembers Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos and backup crewmembers Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency. Hague and Ovchinin will launch Oct. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft for a six-month mission on the International Space Station...Andrey Shelepin and Irina Spektor/Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
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The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Ambassadors Rock Band performs at Katowice City of Gardens in Katowice, Poland, Oct. 15, 2022. The USAFE Band partnered with the U.S. Consulate-Krakow to travel across southern Poland from Oct 11-20, 2022, conducting performances that celebrated the shared spirit of freedom and enduring friendship between the U.S. and Poland. By transcending language and cultural barriers through the universal power of music, military bands promote peace, build relationships, and strengthen unity among people.
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U.S. Central Command Chief Technology Officer Schuyler Moore and U.S. Army Sgt. Mickey Reeves, the winner of CENTCOMs 2022 Innovation Oasis, conduct a press briefing on artificial intelligence and unmanned systems at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Chiefs of Delegation and Alumni from 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 for a 60th anniversary Celebration on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. During the celebration visitors participated in a campus tour, a Panel on Ethics and Strategic Leadership, a BBQ and an Alumni Recognition Ceremony, including the release of the 60th Anniversary Book Strengthening Strategic Leadership in the Americas.
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Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro signs the guest book of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Headquarters as part of a building tour on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 18, 2022. Del Toro received a tour from DPAA leadership to highlight the many roles and responsibilities the agency serves. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.
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U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Nicole Tesoniero, U.S. Coast Guard Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) commanding officer, presents a Coast Guard rugby ball to U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji Marie C. Damour aboard the Harriet Lane while moored in Suva, Fiji, Feb. 20, 2024. The U.S. Coast Guard has a bilateral agreement with Fiji to support maritime law enforcement operations, including patrols to counter illegal fishing in Fijian waters. Coast Guard
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240207-N-WM182-1050 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 7, 2024) Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Mr. Krišjānis Kariņš and Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, exchange gifts aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Navy
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Air Chief Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo, chief of staff of the Indonesian Air Force, walks with Jennifer Beckett, director of protocol for the secretary of the Air Force, before a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 19, 2022. Prasetyo met with Kelli Seybolt, deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for international affairs, to discuss partnership between their services. This image has been altered to obscure security badges.
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Governor Ned Lamont, First Lady Annie Lamont and Maj. Gen. Francis Evon debate the correct pronunciation of a name while awaiting the arrival of Vice President Kamala Harris and others at Bradley Air National Guard Base, East Granby, CT on October 5, 2022.
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PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. - Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman, addresses the audience during the first-ever all Space Force SNCO graduation at the Vosler NCO Academy on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, June 30, 2022. Towberman stressed the importance of having respect for success and encouraged the audience to applaud each person in recognition of their hard work and achievements.
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Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, speaks at a memorial service for Gen. Richard I. Neal, at St. Joseph's Church in Washington, D.C. on July 6, 2022. Gen. Neal, who served as the 26th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, passed away on June 17, 2022.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Sept. 8, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) James Honea, center, hugs his dad, Jim Honea, while standing before family with his wife, Evelyn Honea, after taking the oath of enlistment before the MCPON Change of Office ceremony held at Mahan Hall, United States Naval Academy, Sept. 8, 2022. Honea relieved MCPON Russell Smith to become the 16th MCPON.
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Col. Andrew L. Roddan, 374th Airlift Wing commander, left, and Chief Master Sgt. Jerry Dunn, 374th Airlift Wing command chief, right, cut cake with the longest serving and newest enlisted Airmen, center, during Yokotas Air Force Ball for the 75th U.S. Air Force Anniversary at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2022. It is Air Force tradition for the newest Airman and longest serving Airman to cut the cake.
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Celeste Wallander, right, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, greets a member of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. Ministers of defense and leaders from 50 countries attended the meeting in person and virtually to discuss support from NATO Allies and partners.
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Dr. Brian Lein, MD, assistant director for Healthcare Administration at the Defense Health Agency is provided a behavioral health assessment with Mental Health Department at Naval Hospital Bremerton, May 18, 2022. Lein was welcomed by NHB command leadership along with Col. Jonathan Taylor, Puget Sound MHS Market director and Madigan Army Medical Center commander, to meet and greet with NHB staff at several locales including Mental Health department and the Main Operating Room before convening with top hospital officials for a round table meeting to discuss such topics as current hiring practices, transition of administration and management to DHA and joint service cooperation. We can never lose the focus of what were here for. Were here because of the uniform that youre wearing. The president of the United States can call you up today and say I need you to go someplace tonight. And if youre not ready then our Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Marines will not make it home. Thats your sole
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jsc2019e067107 - Outside the headquarters of the Russian space agency Roscosmos in Moscow, NASA astronaut Nick Hague (right) receives the medal of the Order of Courage from the head of Roscosmos, Dmitri Rogozin Dec. 2. The awarding of the medal to Hague accompanied the unveiling of the Soyuz spacecraft in front of Roscosmos headquarters building in which Hague and crewmate and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin launched on Oct. 11, 2018 on an aborted mission to the International Space Station. About two minutes after launch, a booster separation problem triggered a launch abort, resulting in Hague and Ovchinin flying free of their Soyuz booster and landing safely in their Soyuz capsule downrange on the steppe of Kazakhstan. Hague and Ovchinin were reassigned to fly again, launching on March 15, 2019 for a mission that spanned 203 days in space...
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Capt. Douglas S. MacKenzie, Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonellas commanding officer, speaks to an officer from the Swedish navy June 3, 2022, in Stockholm, Sweden, prior to the beginning of exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 22, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4 2017.
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Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes the Brazilian Defense Ministrys Escola Superior de Defesa Leadership, Students and Staff to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022. During the visit the students were briefed by leadership and received an orientation class by a college faculty member.
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From left, U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Rebana, former command master chief of II Marine Expeditionary Force, Suzanne Rebana, retired U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman master chief, Stacie Black, retired U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt., and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy Black, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman, pose for a group photo during U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Rebanas retirement ceremony at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 16, 2024. Rebana enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1994 and since has served in various leadership billets including command master chief of 3d Medical Battalion, 2d Marine Logistics Group, 2d Marine Division, and II Marine Expeditionary Force. Marine Corps
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Gen. John W. Jay Raymond, left, Chief of Space Operations, speaks during the Global Air and Space Chiefs Conference in London, England, July 14, 2022. During the GASCC, Raymond served as a keynote speaker and discussed maintaining our edge in space as well as the Department of the Air Force commitment to NATO allies and European security.
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Karen Durham-Aguilera (front row right), executive director, Army National Military Cemeteries, Minister of Defense of The Republic of North Macedonia Slavjanka Petrovska (front row center), and others pose for a photo on the West Steps of the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 1, 2022. While at ANC, Petrovska participated in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.