Army Leaders Lay Wreaths

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Army Secretary John M. McHugh, front right; Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., front center; and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston lay a wreath to honor the Army's 235th birthday during a full-honor ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Leroy Council
  • A wreath stands ready to honor the Army's 235th birthday before a full-honor ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Soldiers with The Old Guard, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, stand at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., on the Army's 235th Birthday, June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Soldiers with The Old Guard, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, stand at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., on the Army's 235th Birthday, June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Secretary John M. McHugh, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston render salutes during a full-honor ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Secretary John M. McHugh, right; Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., center; and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston render honors after presenting a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston lay a wreath at former Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. George H. Decker's gravesite on the Army's 235th birthday in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. Decker was appointed vice chief of staff of the Army in 1959, and on October 1, 1960, became chief of staff of the Army, serving in that capacity until September 30, 1962. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston salute the gravesite of former Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Bruce Palmer, Jr. on the Army's 235th Birthday in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. Casey and Preston laid wreaths at all the gravesites of the past Army chiefs of staff and sergent majors who are buried in Arlington National Cemetery. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr., left, and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Kenneth O. Preston, salute the gravesite of a former chief of staff of the Army after presenting a wreath at Gen. Omar Bradley's gravesite on the Army's 235th birthday in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • A soldier with The Old Guard, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, stands by the gravesite of former Chief of Staff of the Army Maj. Gen. Hugh Lenox Scott on the Army's 235th birthday in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., June 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen