LEAPERS

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Wolber, Spc. Dackeren Moore, and Staff Sgt. Bill Metzger begin to jump across a ditch during a route clearance patrol in Kandahar City, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2010. Wolber, Moore and Metzger are assigned to the 510th Route Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ernesto Hernandez Fonte

CO-CHAIRS

Department of Defense General Counsel Jeh C. Johnson and U.S. Army Gen. Carter Ham conduct a press briefing at the Pentagon discussing the public release of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Comprehensive Working Group report, Nov. 30, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

PRESS BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conduct a press briefing at the Pentagon discussing the public release of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Comprehensive Working Group report, Nov. 30, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

MEET THE PRESS

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers a question from ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman, who moderated the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Focus on Workplace Flexibility panel at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

PANEL DISCUSSION

Ted Childs, principal of Ted Childs, LLC; Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor and assistant to President Obama for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs; U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and ABC News correspondent Claire Shipman participate in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Focus on Workplace Flexibility panel at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

AFGHAN HORNETS

Four U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet aircraft fly over mountains during a mission in Afghanistan, Nov. 25, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin

GREEN ZONE OPERATION

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Allen, front, walks through a corn field during an operation near Forward Operationg Base Jackson, Afghanistan, Nov. 23, 2010. Zachary, an infantryman is assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. The Marines stayed in the Southern Green Zone for more than a day to observe and search for the Taliban. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ned Johnson

FLARE PATTERN

A Cougar AS3/32 helicopter tests its flares during a tactical exercise over Badghis, in western Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2010. Photo by Commander Major Ignacio Rosales de Salamanca Rodriguez