AGGIE AUDIENCE

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the corps of cadets at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, Sept. 30, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

GAINING GROUND

U.S. Army soldiers gain ground security in Masamute Valley as they prepare to cordon and search the village of Bala in Laghman province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Spc. David A. Jackson

WELL DECK WORK

U.S. Navy sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan recover a landing craft air cushion as it approaches the ship's well deck in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 28, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Julio Rivera

MINE MELD

U.S. Army soldiers set up an M18A1 claymore anti-personnel mine during live-fire training on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 29, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

INTREPID CENTER

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah visit with U.S. Marine Cpl. Raul Olivares during a visit to the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Sept. 30, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/

SEATING ARRANGEMENTS

U.S. airmen set up seating in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Skardu Airfield in Pakistan, Sept. 24, 2010. The airman are assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which is conducting missions to deliver humanitarian aid supplies to the region and transport internally displaced persons back to Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Andy M. Kin

STATUS BOARD

U.S. Air Force Airman Nicholas D. Done maintains an aircraft status board aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 28, 2010. The Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. Done is an air traffic controller. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey H. Kyhl

EXTENDING A HAND

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, visits a road construction project in Badakshan province, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell