SENATE TESTIMONY

From left to right, Sens. Joseph Lieberman, Carl Levin and John McCain listen to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify about operations in Libya during a Senate Armed Services Committee, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011. DOD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

PLOTTING POINTS

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Michael Bever plots points from a map during the Best Warrior Competition at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, March 25, 2011. The competition, hosted by the 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, March 24-27, 2011, included reserve soldiers from Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin. The soldiers went through a series of challenges, to include a road march, written test, appearance board, land navigation. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Scotten

ELECTRONIC CHECKS

U.S. Marines conduct electronic checks on a CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopters before taking off to rescue a downed Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and weapons officer in the Mediterranean Sea, March 21, 2011. The aviators experienced mechanical problems while supporting Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Danielle M. Bacon

LEADERS GREETING

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, greet Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman and Sen. Carl Levin before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on operations in Libya at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011. DOD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

HASC TESTIMONY

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on operations in Libya at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

MULLEN ON THE HILL

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on operations in Libya at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

OPENING DAY

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel Ledesma, left, delivers the game ball to Washington Nationals' opening day starting pitcher Livan Hernandez at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., March 31, 2011. Ledesma and several other wounded warriors and Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans participated in the Nationals' 2011 season opener against the Atlanta Braves. DOD photo by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden

SCHOOL DAYS

U.S. Air Force Commander Lt. Col. Andy Veres and Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul senior engineer Capt. Christopher Bulson talk with a sub-contractor of the Daychopan district school, Zabul, Afghanistan, March 29, 2011. The school, currently under construction, should be completed this summer. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson