GREETING THE GOAT

Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, a former Navy secretary, waves to the U.S. Naval Academy mascot, Bill the Goat, during a pep rally at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2007, two days before the 108th Army-Navy football game. Defense Dept. photo by John Kruzel

ARMY PEP RALLY

The Army West Point Pep Band marchs through the Pentagon during a pep rally Nov. 30, 2007, in anticipation of the upcoming Army-Navy football game. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess.

NAVY SPIRIT

A cadre of Navy drummers, buglers and cheerleaders hold a pep rally Nov. 29, 2007, in the main concourse of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., two days ahead of the 108th Army-Navy football game. Defense Dept. photo by John Kruzel

GO ARMY!

An Army fan stirs up spirits during a pep rally at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30, 2007, ahead of the 108th Army-Navy football game. Defense Dept. photo by John Kruzel

HONORING A MARINE

Marine Corps Maj. Mike J. Corrado leads a platoon of 32 Marines to the home of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Daniel Gilyeat, wounded while serving with the 24th Marine Regiment. The Marines' Nov. 10, 2007, salute was part of the final ceremony of an episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" in which Gillyeat's Leavenworth, Kan., home was remodeled. Marines Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Eberly

KEEPING WARM

A U.S. Army soldier from the Bagram Provincial Reconstruction TeaAm gives a young girl from Afghanistan's Kapisa Province Orphanage a blanket from during a humanitarian aid mission Nov. 29, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jordan Carter

REPLENISHMENT AT SEA

The fast-combat support ship USNS Arctic sails alongside the USS Harry S. Truman, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, during a vertical replenishment-at-sea, Nov. 29, 2007, in the Mediterranean. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Kevin T. Murray Jr.

WAITING PATIENTLY

While waiting to receive aid from a U.S. Navy medical team from the USS Kearsarge, two young girls peer through a split in the wall of a make-shift emergency room in Bangladesh, Nov. 29, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe