Panetta Praises 'Outstanding' Walter Reed Employees
DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
A year after the dedication of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta honored more than 300 health care professionals for their outstanding performance, calling them "miracle workers," in a speech at the facility, Dec. 4, 2012.
President Addresses Nuclear Threats at NDU Symposium
DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
President Barack Obama warned Syria against using biological or chemical weapons against its citizens during the annual Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2012.
Secretary Honors Nunn, Lugar for Reducing Nuclear Threats
DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta spoke at the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Symposium at National Defense University, Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2012. Panetta honored former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, of Georgia, and U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar, of Indiana, with the department's highest civilian award for their work in denuclearization.
Greenert Participates in USS Enterprise Inactivation Ceremony
U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Julianne Metzger
Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of Naval Operations, was piped aboard ship during the inactivation ceremony for the USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, in Norfolk, Va., Dec. 1, 2012. The Enterprise has served the nation for 51 years.
Secretary, Chairman Honor Photographers' Work
DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, honored 12 photography winners, selected from more than 3,000 submissions, for their participation in the Arts in Embassies Program during a recognition ceremony at the Pentagon, Nov. 30, 2012.
U.S. Troops Deliver Humanitarian Aid in Zabul
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Patrice Clarke
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Midla, left, and U.S. Army Sgt. Paul Rothfeld, top, helped unload humanitarian aid supplies at the Zabul provincial governor's compound in Zabul City in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Dec. 1, 2012. Midia and Rothfeld are assigned to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction Team.