U.S. Department of Defense

Mullen Visits El Salvador

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the Salvadoran Army's Cuscatlan Battalion who are training to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jan.18, 2008. Mullen's visit to El Salvador wraps up a five-day trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, observes a training demonstration by the Salvadoran Army's Cuscatlan Battalion who are training to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jan.18, 2008.

Salvadoran Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Horge Alberto Molina Conteras introduces U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a brief during with the high command of the Salvadoran armed forces in San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan.18, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Salvadoran Chief of Defense Gen. Eduardo Mendoza speak to the press after visiting the Salvadoran Army's Cuscatlan Battalion who are training to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jan.18, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets U.S. Navy Cmdr. Oscar Groves, commanding officer, Forward Operating Location Comalapa, El Salvador, Jan.18, 2008. FOLC operates P-3 Orion and C-130 Hercules aircraft in the war on illicit maritime narcotic trafficking in Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets U.S. Navy sailors assigned to Forward Operating Location Comalapa, El Salvador, Jan.18, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deborah, wave farewell in Comalapa, El Salvador, before boarding their aircraft at the conclusion of their five-day trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations, Jan.18, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets the Salvadoran Army's Cuscatlan Battalion who are training to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Jan.18, 2008. Mullen's visit to El Salvador wraps up a five-day trip to the U.S. Southern Command area of operations.
Defense Dept. photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley