PACIFIC EXERCISE

U.S. Navy sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it passes the USS Missouri and USS Arizona memorials in Pearl Harbor, June 28, 2010. The Ronald Reagan is participating in the 22nd Rim of the Pacific exercise, the world's largest multinational maritime exercise. The exercise is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dylan McCord

POLLYWOGS

U.S. Navy Ensigns Joseph Davis and Jeremy Sukup, and other sailors and Marines who have not yet crossed the equator, nicknamed "pollywogs," assemble on the flight deck of the USS New Orleans to call for Flipper the dolphin during a traditional ceremony commemorating their first crossing in the Pacific Ocean, June 26, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho

SINGLE FILE

Sailors and Marines of the USS Ronald Reagan stand at attention before manning the rails on the flight deck in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 28, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Oliver Cole

EASY DOES IT

U.S. Army Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Schmidt works out during the unit's morning physical training, Norfolk, Va., June 29, 2010. Schmidt is a mass communication specialist, operations chief assigned to Expeditionary Combat Camera. U.S. Army photo by Chief Petty Officer Spike Call

MAP READING

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Hilderbrand, left, writes down grid coordiantes off a map from Staff Sgt. Kevin Sentieri, right, during a break while patroling across a plateau in search of a weapons cache outside Combat Outpost Sangar in Zabul province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2010. Hilderbrand and Sentieri are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Eric Cabral

BOOK SIGNING

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signs the guest book after touring the Colombian frigate ARC Almirante Padilla in Cartegena, Colombia, June 30, 2010. Mullen visited the South American country to reaffirm the commitment between the two countries in their ongoing war against narco-terrorism. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

UNITED AGAINST DRUGS

Colombian Gen. Freddy Padilla, chief of defense, right, explains the markings on a seized brick of cocaine to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in Cartegena, Colombia, June 30, 2010. Mullen visited the South American country to reaffirm the commitment between the two countries in their ongoing war against narco-terrorism. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

GREETING SAILORS

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets sailors assigned to the Colombian frigate ARC Almirante Padilla in Cartegena, Colombia, June 30, 2010. Mullen visited the South American country to reaffirm the commitment between the two countries in their ongoing war against narco-terrorism. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley