Defense Secretary Visits USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • The USS Arizona Memorial stretches across the water in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta approaches it by boat for a wreath-laying ceremony, March 9, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta observes a a moment of silence as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. Panetta was in Hawaii to attend a change-of-command ceremony for U.S. Pacific Command. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, and Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, observe a moment of silence during a wreath-laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial, March 9, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Office 2nd Class David Kolmel
  • Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, Defense Secretary Leon Panett, center, and Daniel A. Martinez, chief historian at the USS Arizona Memorial, stand in the shrine during a wreath-laying ceremony at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. The shrine bears the names of the men who lost their lives on the USS Arizona following the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Kolmel
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta looks over the names of service members killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta looks over the names of the fallen as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta listens to the story of the Pearl Harbor attack told by National Park Service Ranger Daniel Martinez, left, and Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, right, as he visits the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Navy Adm. Cecil Haney prepare to re-enlist service members at the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta adminsiters the oath of enlistment to members of each branch of service while visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. Panetta was in Hawaii to attend the U.S. Pacific Command change-of-command ceremony. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta adminsters the oath of enlistment to members of each branch of service while visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Left to right: Army Staff Sgt. Jason Lasley, Air Force Senior Airmen Seth Harrier, Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Barnachea and Marine Corps Sgt. Pierre Barton receive the oath of enlistment from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Kolme
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta boards Admiral Cecil D. Haney's boat after visiting the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, and Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney sit in the fantail of Haney's boat after a visit to the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, March 9, 2012. Pentagon spokesman George Little, far left, Natonal Parks Service Ranger Daniel Martinez and Marine Corps John F. Kelly, right, senior military advisor to the secretary of defense, also rode in Haney's boat as they returned to shore. DOD Photo by Glenn Fawcett
  • Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, left, and Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, discuss the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor after a wreath-laying ceremony at the USS Arizona, March 9, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Kolmel