Gates Visits Red River Army Depot

Department of Defense Photo Essay

  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives a greeting upon his arrival in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, center, tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines at Red River Army Depot with Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, the depot's commander, and Davis May, right, tactical division chief, during a visit to the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours Red River Army Depot with Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, depot commander, and Danny Martin, right, rubber products division chief, during a visit to the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Danny Martin, center, rubber products division chief at Red River Army Depot, briefs Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates about his operation as Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, depot commander, looks on during a tour of the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates watches a Humvee Egress Assistance Trainer demonstration during a visit to the Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines at Red River Army Depot with Davis May, right, tactical division chief, during a visit to the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines at Red River Army Depot with Davis May, right, tactical division chief, during a visit to the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, left, tours the tactical and combat vehicle production lines during a visit to Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets a worker in the HMMWV Tactical Division during a visit to Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A sign hangs from the ceiling as a reminder that the troops out in combat zones depend on the workers' efforts in the Bradley Transmission and 25-millimiter gun production facility at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the Bradley Transmission and 25-millimiter gun production facility with Joe Bell, turret and final test section chief, at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with a worker at the Bradley transmission and 25-millimiter gun production facility at Red River Army Depot , during a tour of the facility with Joe Bell, turret and final test section chief, in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates meets with a worker at the Red River Army Depot's Bradley transmission and 25-millimiter gun production facility during a tour of the turret and final test section at in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Richard Bratton, left, gives Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates a tour of the Bradley transmission and 25-millimiter gun production facility at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates tours the fluidized bed building at Red River Army Depot with Army Col. Douglas Evans, left, the depot commander, and Danny Martin, right, Rubber Products Division Chief, during a visit to the facility in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A worker in the fluidized bed section at Red River Army Depot works in the Rubber Products Division in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A worker in the fluidized bed section at Red River Army Depot works in the Rubber Products Division in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates watches as rubber is placed on the tires in the Fluidized Bed section of Rubber Products Division at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A worker in the fuidized bed section works in the Rubber Products Division at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with members of the press after touring Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen
  • A member of the press raises her hand to ask Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates a question at Red River Army Depot in Texarkana, Texas, May 2, 2008. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie Cullen