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Military Leadership Meetings

Images depict meetings and briefings involving military leaders, with personnel in uniforms, engaged in discussions and presentations in various settings.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes the Honduran Colegio de Defensa Nacional Leadership, Students and Staff to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022. During the visit, the students were briefed by leadership and received an institutional brief by a college faculty member.

030114-F-1789V-008. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Team Dover Airmen and members of the Central Delaware Chamber of Commerce recite the pledge of allegiance during the 2024 Military Affaire event in Dover, Delaware, Feb. 13, 2024. The event gave the opportunity for CDCC members, local civic leaders and Team Dover members to network and discuss community partnership initiatives. Air Force

100108-N-0696M-073Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff greets U.S. Army Spc. Dennis Morgan, Jr. and Autumn Gustausen during a departure ceremony for Vermont National Guard in Burlington, Vt. on Jan. 8, 2010. Morgan is deploying for a year long tour to Afghanistan as a member of the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

ADM Thomas Joseph Lopez (USN), Commander IFOR. ADM Lopez answers additional questions from the news media about the opening of the Sarajevo International Airport after a news conference held in a temporary warehouse located at Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia-Herzegovina. ADM Thomas Joseph Lopez (USN), Commander IFOR. ADM Lopez answers additional questions from the news media about the opening of the Sarajevo International Airport after a news conference held in a temporary warehouse located at Sarajevo Airport, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

SGT Andrew Ramirez, waves to the press and well wishers (not shown) when he and his family and his two fellow former POW's (not shown) and their families met the press at the Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Landsthul, Germany, after being released by Yugoslavia. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force. SGT Andrew Ramirez, waves to the press and well wishers (not shown) when he and his family and his two fellow former POW's (not shown) and their families met the press at the Landsthul Regional Medical Center, Landsthul, Germany, after being released by Yugoslavia. This mission is in direct support of NATO Operation Allied Force.

Col. Sirena Morris, 88th Mission Support Group commander, places a pin on Vietnam veteran Johnny Hodges during the National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony March 29, 2023, in the Main Exchange at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Hodges was a chief master sergeant in the Air Force and served for 24 years.

Attendees tour the National Guard Readiness Center after the ribbon cutting ceremony at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Jan. 4, 2024. The nearly $16 million military construction project, 40,762 square foot state-of-the-art facility will provide the Soldiers of Bravo Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, with classroom training, administration, maintenance operations, and equipment storage. The project achieves the U.S. Green Building Councils Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification, a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement. (New Jersey National Guard

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (Feb. 29, 24) Sailors assigned to Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay enjoy the NSA Souda Bay United Service Organizations (USO) Center in the NSA Souda Bay Air Terminal during its grand opening on Feb. 29, 2024. NSA Souda Bay is an operational ashore installation that enables and supports U.S., Allied, Coalition, and Partner nation forces to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Navy

A U.S. Military veteran and Misawa community member shares his story with the attendees of the Veterans Day All-Call at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 9, 2022. Veterans Day is a U.S. federal holiday honoring military veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sep. 22, 2022)- Capt. Joshua Appezzato, a member of the safety training team assigned to Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, speaks to Commander Stephen Eckhart, commanding officer of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 105. The safety training team is a proactive response to ensure best practices are implemented in the fleet.

Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire greets Sgt. Richard Hall from Headquarters Company, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, Jan. 7, at Camp Ramadi, Iraq. Gregoire traveled to Baghdad, Ramadi and Balad during her two-day trip to Iraq to see Washington Soldiers. Approximately 2,400 members of the Washington Army National Guard are deployed to various bases across Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

051106-A-9419D-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Grand Ledge State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers, Jr., Air Force Medical Service Manpower, Personnel and Resources director, and Chief of the Medical Service Corps, Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, and Mr. Robert Goodman, Defense Health Agency deputy assistance director of Financial Operations, listen to a brief from Maj. Nam Pham, 60th Inpatient Squadron flight commander, at David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 12, 2022. Flowers and Goodman toured DGMC, met with Airmen at various clinics, and learned about the 60th Medical Groups current operations and capabilities.

061023-N-6597H-115. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MGEN Philip R. Kensinger, Jr. (left), Commander, U.S. Army South, meet with members of the Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army. (From second from left to right): Mr. J. Wallace Schoettelkotte from Winter Park, Florida, Mr. Robert G. Clarke from Randolph Center, Vermont, and Mr. Jose R. Colon from San Patricio, Puerto Rico. Base: Fort Clayton Country: Panama (PAN)

021211-F-9198D-001. State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-69. Hurricane Katrina

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks with Soldiers and civilians at Fort Bragg's Iron Mike Dining Facility Thursday during her visit to the post. The First Lady also visited the post's Praeger Child Development Center before traveling to Fayetteville to meet city leaders.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Bill Parsons (left), director of Kennedy Space Center, greets pilot Rick Svetkoff after a test flight of the Starfighter F-104. The aircraft is taking part in a series of pathfinder test missions from the space shuttle runway. Two flights will generate test data to validate sonic boom assumptions about the potential impacts of suborbital and orbital commercial spaceflight from the facility. NASA is assessing the environmental impact of such flights. Starfighters Inc. of Clearwater, Fla., will perform the flights to help in assessing suborbital space launch trajectories from the runway and paving the way for future commercial space tourism and research flights from the facility.

SAN DIEGO (March 26, 2019) Vice Adm. Richard Brown, commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, answers questions from the audience at the annual Women's Waterfront Symposium on board Naval Base San Diego. The symposium featured Capt. Jen Ellinger, commanding officer of USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), as the keynote speaker and provided Sailors an opportunity to learn about and discuss current issues facing women in the Navy.

DR 4724,September 2,2023, Lahaina, Maui, HI: From left to right: Bob Fenton, Chief Federal Response Coordinator, Army Major General Ken Hara,Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, Hawaii Gov Josh Green listen to a briefing at the Lahaina fire staging site with Congressional Members, Reps David Joyce, Jill Takuda,Jared Moskiwitz and Russ Fulcher before they tour the fire ravaged area of Lahaina, Maui, HI. Patsy Lynch/FEMA,

040805-F-7564C-072. Base: Ellerbe State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Michael L. Brooks, left, base commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico, shakes hands with Bruce Potter, right, publisher of InsideNoVa, at the MCBQ media roundtable at The Clubs at Quantico and Crossroads Event Center on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Sept. 28, 2022. The media roundtable allowed local journalists an opportunity to meet with Brooks, ask questions, and discuss MCBQs role and partnerships in the surrounding community.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tanisha Currie presented her poster to the U.S. Army Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Anthony McQueen, at the 2024 AMSUS Annual Meeting in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 12. Currie, stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, co-authored the poster titled, Leader Inspired Nutrition: A Call to Action.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Major-Brigadeiro do Ar Edson Fernando da Costa Guimaraes Outgoing Chief of Delegation of Brazil and General de Brigada Giovani Moretto Incoming Chief of Delegation of Brazil to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., July 18, 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.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael D. Stohler, Indiana Assistant Adjutant General - Air (ATAG), Indiana National Guard, is surrounded by his family as he is promoted during a joint promotion and change of command ceremony at the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Indiana, May 14, 2022. Stohler, the newly appointed ATAG, was a member of the 122FW for 37 years and wing commander since April 2018.

Roger Winter, Executive Director of Immigration and Refugee Services of America, and SGM Steven Woods, of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, field questions from the local and national media (not shown) concerning the status and morale of the 453 Kosovar after refugees (not shown) who were flown into Fort Dix, New Jersey, on May 5, 1999. Both individuals are at Fort Dix to aid Joint Task Force Open Arms which is responsible for ensuring the refugees are properly processed and taken care of until sponsor families (not shown) can be found for them. Open Arms is part of Operation Sustain Hope, the U.S. effort to bring in food, water, medicine, relief supplies, and to establish camps (not shown).... Complete Scene Caption: Roger Winter, Executive Director of Immigration and Refugee Services of America, and SGM Steven Woods, of the U.S. Army Reserve Command, field questions from the local and national media (not shown) concerning the status and morale of the 453 Kosovar after refugees (not sh

060414-N-1332Y-107. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Japan (JPN)

030524-M-9812M-030. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: U Tapao Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: USMC

031128-F-0881Z-009. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

The 151st Air Refueling Wing and ESGR brought approximately 20 employers on an appreciation air refueling mission here on August 17, 2022. The employers, nominated by their Air National Guard employees, received a briefing and safety video prior to boarding the KC-135R.

The U.S. Military Academy Equal Opportunity Office hosted the annual Black History Month Observance on Feb. 16 at the West Point Club.With the years theme, African Americans and the Arts, among the performances at the event were the Cadet Gospel Choir singing The Best is Yet to Come, and Capt. Aniya Knotts, who sang Lift Every Voice and Sing, and the Cadet Jazz Club performing musical numbers with their instruments.The guest speaker was Archie Elam, a 1976 USMA graduate, who while assigned to the 18th Airborne Corps when deployed to the Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, he led 36,000 troops to the deepest attack behind enemy lines in U.S. Army history, more than 250 miles, to cut off the Iraqi Army escaping Kuwait and helped destroy the Republican Guard.Elam spoke about his father growing up and then joining the Army and serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He talked about his experience at the academy and in the Army, and how that all intertwined with his experienc

220521-N-JC800-0004 SINGAPORE (May 20, 2022) - (From Left) U.S. Air Force Col Michael Rider, assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Singapore and Lt. Mikaela Dosen, a U.S. Navy Aviator assigned to Commander, Logistics Group Western Pacific/Task Force 73 (COMLOG WESTPAC/CTF73), give interviews during a red carpet event for the premier of Top Gun: Maverick at the Shaw Theaters.

Congressional Delegation Oversight Visit - 26-HK-7-5. Army official briefing CODEL at ATC Mobile5. Hurricane Katrina

Darren Felish, 355th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight chief of training, gives a brief before fire training exercises at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., April 6, 2023. DM hosts several training exercises per month to maintain and improve readiness.

Norfolk, Va. (June 21, 2022) - Capt. George McCarthy, left, Ship's Master, USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), briefs Craig Crenshaw, right, Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs, State of Virginia, on McLean's history prior to a tour of the ship. Crenshaw visited the ship in an effort to familiarize himself with Military Sealift Command vessels and mission capabilities.

Army visits NASA (opening) Army Supercomputing Facitlity

061209-D-7203T-024. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

061208-N-9446C-039. Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Earlier this morning, Soldiers from across Fort Hood reenlisted live on television with Fox and Friends morning show hosted by Will Cain. Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter, 1st Cavalry Division deputy commanding general of maneuver, performed the oath of enlistment.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, for tours, discussions with Bureau of Indian Affairs staff and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel meeting at the Ajo Border Patrol Station

Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mike Gilday talks with NAVFAC and water treatment plant leadership about how water is vital to the mission at NAS Lemoore during his visit on Sept. 12, 2022.

Warren Noone, academic advisor of University of Michigan's naval architecture and marine engineering department, speaks with Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) visiting the university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 2, 2022. Twelve Ford Sailors traveled to Michigan for the ships annual namesake visit to learn about the legacy of President Gerald R. Ford and connect with local community members in Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor and Albion.

Col. Daniel Dobbels, 15th Wing commander, thanks 15 WG team members during his retirement ceremony on Hickam Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 15, 2022. Dobbels, who joined the Air Force in 1998, plans to retire after having served as the wing commander since 2018.

U.S. Navy Lt. Amanda Brock, an intensive care unit nurse with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, center, describes the clinical experience she is gaining in the intensive care unit to U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Logistics Group during a tour at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California, Nov. 30, 2022. Palomar Medical Center partnered with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st MLG, for Sailors to gain clinical experience and skills in order to enhance clinical sustainment in an operational environment.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Ambassador Otavio Brandelli, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the Organization of American States to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., March 4, 2021. During the visit, the Ambassador Brandelli conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of our campus.

A welcoming Santa surprise at Naval Hospital Bremerton...Capt. Patrick Fitzpatrick, NHB director and Navy Medicine Readiness Training Command Bremerton commanding officer extends seasonal greetings with Santa, ably portrayed by Cris Larsen, standup comedian and noted local civic leader active with the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Festival at the command's annual Tree Lighting ceremony, Dec. 5, 2022 (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC Bremerton public affairs).

Airmen with the 108th Wing attend a special live broadcast of ESPNs “First Take” hosted by Stephen A. Smith, Skip Bayless and Cari Champion, Nov. 10, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The “Salute the Troops” broadcast in honor of Veterans Day was set with a backdrop of a KC-10 Extender and KC-135 Stratotanker, and various other military vehicles.

While on a TDY (Temporary Duty) for RECEPTION STAGING ONWARD MOVEMENT and INTEGRATION (RSO&I), and FOAL EAGLE at Tageu Air Base (AB), Korea, a member of the 1ST Special Operation Squadron (1ST SOS), Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, listens to US President George W. Bush speak about the war with Iraq. Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomed General Laerte de Souza Santos, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the Brazilian Armed Forces and other distinguished guests for a visit to the IADC Campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2022. During the visit, the guests conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Army Col. Harry Tunnell, 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, look into a Stryker Transport vehicle while on a tour of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division on Fort Lewis, Wash., Tuesday, July 8, 2008. U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Col. Chad Holesko, Maintenance Group Commander assigned to the Ohio National Guards 180th Fighter Wing, discusses the 180FWs homeland defense mission aera of responsibility with U.S. Senator Rob Portman during a visit to the wing, Oct. 7, 2022. Portman visited the 180FW as part of his Ohio defense tour aimed at increasing the range of capabilities for military installations throughout Ohio. The 180FW is the states only fighter unit, flying the F-16 Fighting Falcon. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker.

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.

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 13, 2016) - Aerographers Mate 3rd Class Darian Noll, a Seattle native, takes direction from Chrissy Russo, a Fox Five weather anchor, on how to navigate the green screen, during San Diego Fleet Week 2016. Fleet Week offers the public an opportunity to meet Sailors, Marines, and members of the Coast Guard and gain a better understanding of how the sea services support the national defense of the United States and freedom of the seas.

060321-A-9157N-006. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON Base: Santa Clara State: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

011018-N-0715P-001. Base: Crowley 450-10 Barge Scene Major Command Shown: CINCPACFLT

220722-N-DW158-1109 (July 22, 2022) CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore - Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro meets with Sailors in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). During Del Toros visit, he held a press conference and addressed the crew over the ships 1MC. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

Shaquille O'Neal, Center for Los Angeles Laker basketball team and musician, receives an Air Force Security Forces beret from STAFF Sergeant Andre Murray, 568th Security Forces Squardon, during his visit to Ramstein Air Base to help promote his new album "Shaquille O'Neal Presents His Super Friends Volume I". Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks with members of the Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, and members of the Army Parachute Team, the Golden Knights, at the annual Army-Navy football game, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 10, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (March 19, 2013) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Richard Tenhagen demonstrates use of a training weapon to international students from the Naval War College during a tour at the simulated arms marksmanship training (SAMT) facility at Recruit Training Command.

Master Sgt. Steven Sabato, 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, listens attentively to the request of one of the displaced residents at the shelter in Jersey City, Nov. 7. The New Jersey National Guard is providing sheltering for displaced Jersey City residents at the Jersey City armory in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (Sept. 10, 2012) Rear Adm. Robin Graf, deputy commander of Navy Recruiting Command, talks to Patrick Taney and Ginger Geoffrey, news anchors for Buffalo's ABC news affiliate WKBW, about the Navy during the morning show. This event was one of many scheduled during the Navys commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in Buffalo.

Casey Mears, driver of the National Guard's NASCAR car, takes an oath of allegiance at the Army National Guard Readiness Center in Arlington, Va., Jan. 12, 2007. Mears will drive the new number 25 National Guard GMAC Chevy Monte Carlo SS in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series.

A guest attends a Department of the Air Force Pride celebration at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 6, 2022. Guests spoke about the importance of diversity, inclusion and the contributions of LGBTQ service members in the military.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, meets with exhibitors at Modern Day Marine 2022 at the Walter E. Convention Center, Washington D.C., May 11, 2022. The Modern Day Marine expo brings together Marines, veterans, and industry partners to collaborate on the innovations and capabilities that ensure the Marine Corps remains capable of winning tomorrows battles.

NEW YORK, NY - Sgt. 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, 75th Ranger Regiment Medal of Honor recipient, conducts an interview with Fox News Latino in New York City, July 15. Petry received the Medal of Honor for his actions during a mission on May 26, 2008, serving as a squad leader with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment while conducting a mission in rural eastern Afghanistan with his unit to capture a high-value insurgent target. Early in the mission, the squad came under heavy enemy fire and Petry was shot in both legs. Despite his wounds, the Ranger gallantly continued fighting alongside his brothers in arms. When an enemy hand grenade landed just inches away, Petry grabbed it to protect fellow Rangers. As he released the grenade to throw it, the explosive detonated and he lost his right hand.

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