Photo Essays

February 2013

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02/15/2013

Week in Photos 2/9 - 2/15

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chester Thomson runs up an embankment during a security patrol in a remote village of Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2013. Thomson is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Zach Holden

02/15/2013

U.S., Thai Marines Work on School During Cobra Gold

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shane Holum, left, applies stucco to the wall of a two-room building being constructed at Ban Nam Chiao Elementary School in the Laem Ngop district of Trat province, Thailand, Feb. 3, 2013, as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. Holum, a combat engineer, is assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Cobra Gold is an annual joint exercise hosted by the U.S and Thai militaries with participation from several countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Troyer

02/15/2013

U.S. Marines Conduct Site Survey in Helmand Province

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Donnie Bridges provides security at an Afghan police checkpoint in the Kajaki district of Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2013. Bridges is assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye

02/15/2013

Pentagon Workers Applaud Panetta for Accomplishments

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta departs his office for what was expected to be the last time at the Pentagon, Feb. 14, 2013. Panetta will remain secretary of defense until his successor is confirmed and sworn in. As he walked through Pentagon hallways, he and his wife, Sylvia, and dog, Bravo, greeted cheering Defense Department workers and military members, wishing them well. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

02/15/2013

Panetta Receives New Service Medal from CIA Acting Director

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, stands with Michael Morell, acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as a citation is read in Morell's honor at the CIA in McLean, Va., Feb. 14, 2013. Before servicing as defense secretary, Panetta was CIA director, overseeing the raid that led to Osama bin Laden’s death. Panetta is preparing to retire but will remain secretary of defense until his successor is confirmed and sworn in. DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett

02/14/2013

Panetta, Dempsey Honor Clinton in Pentagon Ceremony

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton and Dempsey's wife, Deanie, share a few laughs before the start of the ceremony at the Pentagon, Feb. 14, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega

02/14/2013

U.S. Soldiers Patrol in Khwost Province

U.S. soldiers pull security in the remote village of Kote Kheyl during a security patrol to link up with Afghan soldiers and Afghan police counterparts in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division’s Troop B, 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Zach Holden

02/14/2013

Defense, Government Officials Testify on Sequestration on Capitol Hill

Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, left, shakes hands with Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, right, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, before his testimony on sequestration at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Feb. 14, 2013. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

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