Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld administers the
Oath of Enlistment to sailors aboard USS
Essex, while the ship is ported at Changi
Naval Base, Singapore, June 4, 2004. Rumsfeld
is in Singapore to attend the International
Institute for Strategic Studies Conference,
meet with regional leaders and visit with
U.S. troops. Defense
Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt.
Jerry Morrison Jr.