Photo Essays

September 2007

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09/28/2007

Training Warriors

A student in the Air Force Phoenix Warrior Training Course 07-6 participates in convoy training Aug. 21 on a range at Fort Dix, N.J. The course is taught by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron where Air Force security forces airmen practice expeditionary combat skills. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol

09/27/2007

Pace Bids Farewell to Pentagon Workers

Men and women of the Defense Department line the halls and applaud Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace on his last official day at the Pentagon, Sept. 27, 2007. Pace retires Sept. 30 after more than 40 years of service. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

09/27/2007

Kirkuk Gets New Playground

Banners of appreciation from the community adorn the front entrance of the Tisin Playground, located in the ethnically mixed northwest neighborhood of Kirkuk, Iraq. The project is part of a larger plan that will include gardens, lighted walkways and 24-hour security. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Mike Alberts

09/27/2007

Gates, Pace Testify on Global War on Terror Funding

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski prior to testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, Sept. 26, 2007. Gates was joined by Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Tina Jonas. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

09/25/2007

All in a Day's Work

U.S. Army soldiers eat a hasty meal prior to an early morning presence patrol in the Dora area of Southern Baghdad, Iraq, on Sept. 20, 2007. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jonathan Doti

09/23/2007

Mullen Visits Naval Post Graduate School

Local media interview Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen during his visit to the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, Calif., Sept. 21, 2007. Mullen was the guest speaker at the commencement ceremony for the school, frocked three new chief petty officer selectees and visited the Defense Language Institute. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

09/21/2007

Defense Leaders Pay Tribute to POWs, MIAs

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Patricia Scharf, widow of Col. Charles Scharf, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace, leave the Pentagon to attend a POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon Parade Field, Sept. 21, 2007. The colonel, an F-4C Phantom II pilot, was shot down over Vietnam, Oct. 1, 1965. Fragments of Scharf's remains were identified last year using DNA from love letters he had sent to his wife. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

09/20/2007

Pace Thanks Troops at Pentagon

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace thanks enlisted troops for their service and bids them farewell, at the Pentagon, Sept. 20, 2007. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby

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