Military Leadership Events

Images depicting military leaders in formal meetings, ceremonies, and engagements, showcasing diplomacy and command structure.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts British Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles during a trilateral defense ministerial meeting at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts British Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace, and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles during a trilateral defense ministerial meeting 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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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa deputy commander, gives a keynote speech on "Implications and challenges for 5th generation fighters in a Joint All Domain Operation (JADO) environment" during the Future Generation Fighter Symposium at the Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace Tradeshow in Berlin, June 24, 2022. U.S. military participation in ILA Berlin plays an important role in supporting U.S. European Commands theater strategy by demonstrating U.S. commitment to European Allies and Partners, and highlighting U.S. capabilities to diverse audiences. NATOs strength lies in its unity, which has never been greater than it is today. Together with our Allies and Partners, the U.S. continues to transform and modernize our military forces to enable alliance and coalition operations.
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Expedition 41 Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman of NASA is helped out of a Russian search and rescue helicopter after being flown from his Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landing site near Arkalyk to Kustanay, Kazakhstan, Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Wiseman landed in the soyuz capsule with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) a few hours earlier. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst spent more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.
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060225-A-1211S-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Warhorse State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A
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Rob Gainer (left), historian, Arlington National Cemetery, gives a tour of the Memorial Amphitheater Display Room to U.S. Army Col. (ret.) Gregory Gadson (right) at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 4, 2022. Gadson was at ANC to speak to employees as part of the National Disability Employment Awareness Month. He also participated in a Public Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Gadson has dedicated himself to the work of Wounded Warriors, veterans, and other groups who support employment and betterment of person with disabilities.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - PHOTOS OF BRIGADIER GENERAL JACK KELLY AND CHINESE DELEGATION
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken thanks his U.S. Marine Security Guard detail as he departs Paris, France en route to Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken thanks his U.S. Marine Security Guard detail as he departs Paris, France en route to Rome, Italy on June 27, 2021.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is welcomed to Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 9, 2022. by Czech Minister of Defense Jana Cernochova. Austin is visiting the NATO ally after hosting the Ukraine Defense Contact Group with other NATO and international counterparts at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This is the the fifth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
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Returnee roll call of the Sudan evacuation unit, Bundeswehr deployment at the air base in Wunstorf. Federal Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, SPD, Wunstorf, Germany, Europe
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220927-N-DK722-1004 OXFORD, United Kingdom (Sept. 27, 2022) Adm. Stuart B. Munsch, left, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR-NAVAF), tours Hertford College with Tom Fletcher, principal of Hertford College, during an academic leadership engagement in Oxford, U.K., Sept. 27, 2022. Engagements between defense leadership and academic scholars strengthens allied relationships, and builds greater understanding of the U.S. Navy among future international leaders.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., to view Marine Corps Evening Parade, deliver remarks, and attend reception at the site, a National Historic Landmark
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Ichiro Aisawa, left, a member of the National Diet of Japan, House of Representatives and the president of the Parliamentary League for Iwo To, Philip Roskamp, center, the counselor of public affairs at U.S. Embassy Tokyo, and Tetsuro Teramoto, right, president of the Iwo To Association of Japan, pose for a photograph at the 2022 Reunion of Honor on Iwo To, Japan, Dec. 10, 2022. The Reunion of Honor is an annual ceremony that commemorates the sacrifices made by both Japanese and American service members who fought during World War II on Iwo To.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III welcomes his counterpart, Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová, to the Pentagon during an enhanced honor cordon ceremony, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)
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Fred Stecher, WWII veteran from Fayetteville, Ark., stands for the raising of the Congressional Medal of Honor flag during a remembrance ceremony for the 81st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans Dec. 7, 2022. Civilians, veterans and service members came together to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who perished during the attack on Dec. 7, 1941, and to thank the service members who fought bravely during WWII.
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a NATO family photo at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on March 23, 2021.
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U.S. Army Col. Kevin Pierce (left), director of the 18th Financial Support Center, presents a unit coin to the National Bank of Kuwait Relationship Officer Talal Q. Yousef AlQatami (right) during a key leader engagement in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Jan. 25, 2023. The engagement concentrated on new capabilities to provide operational flexibility in funding the U.S. Central Command theater.
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Senior Airman Mathew Urban, 509th Bomb Wing protocol specialist explains the capabilities of the B-2 Spirit to congressman Mark Alford, representing of the 4th district of Missouri, during Alfords first official visit to Whiteman Air Force Base, MO., February 16, 2023. Alford learned about the roles the B-2 Spirit plays in strategic deterrence.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Canadian Minister of National Defence Anita Anand participate in a bli-lateral meeting prior to Austin delivering keynote remarks at the 2022 Halifax International Security Forum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Nov. 19, 2022. The Forum is centered on the efforts to build a more resilient security architecture in concert with Allies and partners across the Indo-Pacific and Europe.(DoD photos by Chad J. McNeeley)
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is greeted by U.S. Marines stationed in Guatemala on June 22, 2011, in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
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New Bundeswehr base Bernsdorf, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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A colleague embraces Air Force Capt. Taylor Bye after a ceremony at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., May 11, 2022. Bye was awarded the 2020 Koren Kolligian Jr. Trophy to recognize her outstanding airmanship when her A-10C attack aircraft suffered a catastrophic gun malfunction and she safely performed a belly landing with the loss of the aircraft landing gear and canopy.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Japan's Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2022.
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On Thursday 8th October 2020, Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, visits two defence companies essential to the economic fabric of the Brittany region. The Minister of the Armed Forces then visits SABENA TECHNICS, a company specialising in aeronautical maintenance, aircraft conversion and cabin fittings. Half of this company's turnover is in the military sector. SABENA TECHNICS will benefit from the government's aeronautics support plan with, in particular, the anticipation of the order for a light surveillance and intelligence aircraft (ALSR). Saint-Lunaire on 2020-10-08.Le jeudi 8 octobre 2020, Florence Parly, ministre des Armees, visite deux entreprises de defense essentielles au tissu economique de la region Bretagne. La ministre des Armées visite ensuite la societe SABENA TECHNICS, spécialisee dans la maintenance aeronautique, la transformation davions et laménagement des cabines. La moitie du chiffre daffaire de cette entreprise concerne lactivite militaire. SABENA
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New Bundeswehr base Bernsdorf, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Annalena Baerbock (Buendnis 90 Die Gruenen), Bundesaussenministerin, aufgenommen im Rahmen ihrer Reise nach Texas, USA. Hier beim Besuch des Taktischen Ausbildungskommandos Luftwaffe auf dem US Luftwaffenstuetzpunkt Sheppard in Wichita Falls. Hier vor ei
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New Bundeswehr base Bernsdorf, Bernsdorf, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 12, 2022. This is the the sixth such meeting of defense leaders from around the world since Russias unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
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Events honoring Eugene Melanson, departing Law Enforcement Specialist and Commander of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the U.S. Park Police
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Brig. Gen. Mark Crosby, Assistant Adjutant General-Air and Commander of Joint Domestic Operations for the Oregon National Guard, speaks to distinguished guests and participants during the Bangladesh Pacific Resilience Disaster Response Exercise and Exchange (DREE) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Oct. 30, 2022. This multinational DREE focuses on civil-military collaboration for disaster preparedness and response between the U.S. Army Pacific Command, the Bangladesh Armed Forces Division, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief and other organizations and countries.
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Norwegian Ministry of Defense State Secretary Bent-Joacim Bentzen speak to reporters during a visit on the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter, Oslo, Norway, May 24, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III welcomes his counterpart, Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová, to the Pentagon during an enhanced honor cordon ceremony, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)
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Tetsuro Teramoto, the Iwo Jima Association of Japan president, bows during the 2022 Reunion of Honor on Iwo To, Japan, Dec. 10, 2022. The Reunion of Honor is an annual ceremony that commemorates the sacrifices made by both Japanese and American service members who fought during World War II on Iwo To.
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France, Brittany, Medreac on 31/03/2022/ Official posters of the presidential campaign in the commune of Medreac in Brittany.France, Bretagne, Medreac le 31/03/2022/ Affiches officielles de la campagne presidentielle dans la commune de Medreac en Bretagne.
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Anefo photo collection. Command IDB WTC. March 25, 1988. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland