Navy Adm. Robert F. Willard and Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating depart at the conclusion of the U.S. Pacific Command change-of-command ceremony, Oct. 19, 2001. Willard relieved Keating at the ceremony, taking charge of the Defense Department's largest geographical area of command. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 28, 2009)
A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Myoko (DDG 175) in a joint missile defense intercept test with the Missile Defense Agency in the Pacific Ocean.
The SM-3 successfully intercepted a medium-range target that had been launched minutes earlier from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.
Myoko’s crew detected and tracked the target, developed a fire control solution, then launched the SM-3.
(U.S. Navy photo Courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency/Released)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, escorts Chinese Gen. Xu Caihou, left, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Chinese People's Liberation Army, through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, Oct. 27, 2009, for security talks. DoD photo by R. D. Ward
TEL AVIV, Israel (Oct. 22, 2009) Rear Adm. John Richardson, director of Naval Forces Europe-Africa, U.S. 6th Fleet, speaks to reporters with Brig. Gen. Doron Gavish, commander of the Israeli Air Defense Corps, during a press conference for the biennial exercise Juniper Cobra 10. Juniper Cobra is designed to test the active missile-defense capabilities of both armed forces. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Dan Meyers/Released) oto by Maj. Dan Meyers/Released)
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Col. Steven Bensend (left) exchanges a handshake with Sameer Al-Haddad of the Iraqi government as Col. Martin Seifer gives Haddad a ceremonial key to the Freedom Compound in Baghdad, Iraq, Oct. 25. Photo credit Spc. Tyler Lasure
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U.S. military members, civilian agencies, Afghan officials and the people of Zabul province attend the ground breaking ceremony for the first high school for females Oct. 22, 2009, at Shajoy, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence)
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Airmen from the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron perform a force protection patrol Oct. 17, 2009, outside Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The 532nd ESFS patrols provide a security presence intended to deter anyone who would do harm to the people who live and work at the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller)
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A Chilean F-16 approaches the boom of a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission Oct. 22, 2009, over Chile. The Chilean air force hosted military members from the United States, Brazil, Argentina and France during Exercise Salitre II, a multinational exercise focused on interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Petosky)
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 26, 2009) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Chaung Pha, from Sacramento, Calif., observes as Senior Chief Operations Specialist Travis Biswell, from Fayetteville, Ark., fires an M-16 rifle during small arms qualifications aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Byron C. Linder/Released)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Oct. 25, 2009) Sonar Technician (Submarine) 2nd Class Steve Spence, from Houston, Texas, stands sentry aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760). Annapolis was anchored in the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, Md. and offered tours during a visit as part of the U.S. Naval Academy homecoming weekend. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Patrick Evans/Released)
U.S. Marines conduct a security patrol through the Nawa district in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2009. The Marines, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, are conducting security patrols to decrease insurgent activity and gain the trust of the Afghan people. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Artur Shvartsberg
Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard's 223rd Military Police Company conduct a briefing at Camp Liberty, Iraq, before an escort mission last year. Guard equipment will not be left behind in Iraq for that nation's security forces, Defense officials told a House Armed Services Committee on redeployment Oct. 21. Photo credit Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
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Senior Airman Nelson Santiago performs an hourly check on a portable tactical navigation aid during Exercise Salitre, a Chilean-led multinational exercise focused on interoperability between Chile, the United States, France, Argentina and Brazil Oct. 23, 2009, in Iquique, Chile.
The TACAN allows U.S. F-15 Eagle pilots to locate the two operating airfields involved in the exercise and orient themselves for landing.
The TACAN is typically used by combat controllers to establish airfields in austere environments.
Airman Santiago is a 23rd Special Tactics Squadron airfield systems technician.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Petosky)
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Staff Sgt. Martin Schweizer, a weapons journeyman from the German air force Flying and Training Center at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., helps perform post-flight maintenance on a PA-200 Tornado Oct. 21, 2009, during the Mountain Roundup exercise at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. Mountain Roundup is a large-force exercise running from Oct. 15 through Oct. 30 and includes participants from the German air force, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Debbie Lockhart)
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