Military Leadership and Engagements

Images of military personnel in discussions and briefings, reflecting leadership and strategic planning during significant events like Hurricane Katrina.

Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials presiding
Department of the Interior-hosted dinner event honoring wounded veterans, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and other senior officials presiding
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061207-N-4856G-230. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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020914-F-2828D-002. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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031205-F-1851U-005. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III provides keynote remarks at the Veterans Day Observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 40th anniversary of the memorial's dedication, Nov. 11, 2022. (DoD photos by Chad J. McNeeley)
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Dr. Andrew Moutu, director of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (NMAG), left, tours the Pacific Aviation Museum as a part of a Papua New Guinea operations summit hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 11, 2022. The summit, which included participants from Australia and the United States, both government and non-governmental entities, reinforced stakeholder relationships and strengthened the Agencys robust network of external partners to augment and support DPAA operations and all efforts applied towards case progression. 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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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii for commemorative events on the 65th anniversary of the Japanese attack
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Former astronaut Bob Crippen places a rose in the fence surrounding the Space Mirror Memorial at the KSC Visitor Complex. The Space Mirror was designated as a national memorial by Congress and President George Bush in 1991 to honor fallen astronauts. Their names are emblazoned on the monument's 42-1/2-foot-high by 50-foot-wide black granite surface as if to be projected into the heavens.
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051224-N-0696M-399. Base: Forward Operating Base Courage State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Visit from Prince Bernhard on the open day in the airbase Deelen, also his 60th birthday. BLS Lgen van Rijn in conversation with a gentleman in raincoat.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Boston, Massachusetts, for tour of harbor and the historic U.S. Naval vessel, U.S.S. Constitution
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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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Sen. Tom Carper poses for a photo on the crew steps of a C-5M Super Galaxy at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Aug. 25, 2022. Throughout his visit, Carper discussed the Airmens role in security assistance missions in support of U.S. partners and allies.
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The National Best Warrior Competition kicked off, July 24, 2022 with an opening ceremony aboard the General Jackson Showboat in Nashville, Tennessee. Fourteen National Guard Soldiers are competing in the All-Guard National Best Warrior Competition July 24-29, 2022, primarily at Camp Smyrna, Tennessee. The top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from the New York, Rhode Island, West Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Oregon, Hawaii, and Utah National Guards will compete in more than 30 events that will test their military skills, physical strength and endurance. The annual Army National Guard Best Warrior competition determines which junior enlisted Soldier and NCO from the United States of America's 54 states and territories will represent more than 330,000 guardsmen at the Army Best Warrior competition this fall. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)
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041231-F-0944H-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)
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021114-D-3208N-001. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NETCOM-NE
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120908-N-FE728-436DETROIT (Sept. 8, 2012) Dr. Jeff Pierce, chairman of War of 1812 events committee, surprises Rear Adm. Gregory M. Nosal, commander of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2, with a Detroit Lions jersey at a reception aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-Class frigate USS De Wert (FFG 45) during the NavyÕs commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in Detroit. This celebration coincides with Detroit Navy Week, one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The weeklong event commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy.