ENLISTED ADVISORS

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, join senior enlisted advisors representing each service branch for an inaugural wreath-laying ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., May 18, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega

ARMED FORCES DAY

Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, joins the services' senior enlisted advisors in paying respects during an Armed Forces Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega

TRUCK PULL

U.S. Navy Seabees compete in a fire truck pull exercise during a fitness and health fair on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 15, 2013. The service members, Defense Department civilian workers and contractors participated in the fitness and health fair, which included the 200-foot fire truck pull by six-person teams. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Quinlan

HANDLING TECHNIQUES

U.S. paratroopers demonstrate their enemy prisoner-of-war handling techniques to Indian soldiers as part of partnered field training during Yudh Abhyas 2013 on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 8, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

SLING LOAD

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. soldiers work with CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews during a sling-load operation on Jalalabad Airfield in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, May 10, 2013. The helicopter crews are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, and the soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class John D. Brown

LEADERS' BRIEFING

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief Pentagon reporters on a range of defense issues, including efforts to combat the problem of sexual assault, May 17, 2013. DOD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aaron Hostutler

LEADERS MEET

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter meet with French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Pentagon, May 17, 2013. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

FRENCH MINISTER

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel escorts French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to a meeting at the Pentagon, May 17, 2013. The two leaders discussed matters of mutual concern. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo