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Gates Visits Fort Campbell, Ky.
A security agent waits with an umbrella as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrives on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 1, 2008. Gates is heading to the brigadier general promotion ceremony for Army Col. Mark Milley on Fort Campbell, Ky. Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, is a former military assistant to Gates. Army Lt. Col. Scott Dierlam, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates' trip coordinator, makes a last-minute schedule adjustment for a trip to Fort Campbell, Ky., while waiting out a weather delay aboard an aircraft on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 1, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates walks with Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser, commander of the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, upon arrival on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Gen. Richard A. Cody, Army vice chief of staff, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Alexander Milley, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, places his hand over his heart during the playing of the national anthem at the start of the promotion ceremony for his son, Army Col. Mark Milley, to brigadier general on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stands with Army Col. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, during his promotion ceremony to brigadier general on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience during the promotion ceremony of Army Col. Mark Milley to the rank of brigadier general on Fort Campbell, Ky. Feb. 1, 2008. Gen. Richard A. Cody, Army vice chief of staff, administers the oath of office to newly promoted Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, during a promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Gen. Richard A. Cody, Army vice chief of staff, addresses the audience during the promotion ceremony of newly sworn in Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, addresses the audience during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Hollyanne Milley, wife of newly promoted Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, holds a program and listens as her husband addresses the audience during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Gen. Richard A. Cody, Army vice chief of staff, and Hollyanne Milley, wife of Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, smile at the Milleys' children, Peter and Mary, as their father speaks about them during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, gives flowers to his wife, Hollyanne, and thanks her for her support during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, gives out his first general's coin to his father, Alexander Milley, during his promotion ceremony at Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Just-promoted Brig. Gen. Mark Milley, center, stands with his family and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, far right, during his promotion ceremony on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Pictured from left to right: Milley's daughter, Mary Milley; his son, Peter Milley; his father, Alexander Milley; his wife, Hollyanne Milley and Gates. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with spouses of deployed troops during a visit to Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with deploying troops during a visit on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. The troops are set to deploy to Afghanistan within a month. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with members of the press after talking confidentially with deploying troops and their spouses on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Army Sgt. Maj. David Allard gives Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates a tour of the Warrior Transition Facility on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Army Sgt. Maj. David Allard shows Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates one of the rooms at the Warrior Transition Facility on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008. Army Sgt. Maj. David Allard speaks with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a tour of the Warrior Transition Facility on Fort Campbell, Ky., Feb. 1, 2008.
A security agent waits with an umbrella as Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrives on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 1, 2008. Gates is heading to the brigadier general promotion ceremony for Army Col. Mark Milley on Fort Campbell, Ky. Milley, deputy commander of operations for the 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, is a former military assistant to Gates.
Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby