From left: Albert C. “Clai” Ellett, acting director of Washington Headquarters Services, Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn, and Eileen Roberson, administrative assistant to the Under Secretary of the Navy, hit the wall with sledgehammers during a demolition ceremony to commemorate the beginning of the renovation of Wedge 5 of the Pentagon, Feb. 27, 2009.

DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Molly A. Burgess