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<item><title><![CDATA[PARADE SALUTE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salutes midshipmen marching past during the color parade at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., May 23, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-003a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-003a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PARADE SALUTE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_122305-F-UN972-003a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-003a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACADEMY GRADUATE]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama congratulates Air Force Cadet 1st Class Timothy Jefferson on graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy during the graduation ceremony at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 23, 2012. Jefferson was the starting quarterback for the Air Force Falcons football team.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-042c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-042c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ACADEMY GRADUATE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-F-ZJ145-042c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-042c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GRADUATE KUDOS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, congratulates a midshipman on his performance during the color parade at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., May 23, 2012. Winnefeld attended the event with his father, retired Rear Adm. James A. Winnefeld  Sr., a 1951 Naval Academy graduate who later became commandant of  midshipmen.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-002a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-002a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GRADUATE KUDOS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_122305-F-UN972-002a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_122305-F-UN972-002a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CADET GIFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama receives a gift from senior ranking cadets after delivering the commencement address to the U.S. Air Force Academy's class of 2012 at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-840c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-840c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CADET GIFT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-F-ZJ145-840c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-840c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMENCEMENT SPEECH]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama speaks at the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 23, 2012. Obama called the academy's class of 2012 "exceptional" for the spirit embodied in its class motto: "Never Falter, Never Fail." ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 17:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-776c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-776c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMMENCEMENT SPEECH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-F-ZJ145-776c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-F-ZJ145-776c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ALLEN BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, briefs the media at the Pentagon, May 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 18:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-E.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-E.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ALLEN BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-D-TT977-E.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-E.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PARATROOPER PATROL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army paratroopers provide overwatch for fellow paratroopers in a village below them on patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 19, 2012. The soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, use several long-range weapons to increase their combat effectiveness in the country's open spaces.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:42:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-3108M-010d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-3108M-010d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PARATROOPER PATROL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-A-3108M-010d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-3108M-010d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry of Massachusetts, right, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, ranking member, present a newspaper add supporting the Law of Sea Treaty during a committee hearing in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified at the hearing.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-079d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-079d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-D-TT977-079d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-079d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMPSEY TESTIMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies on the Law of the Sea Convention before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton looks on in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-124c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-124c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEMPSEY TESTIMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-D-TT977-124c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-124c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PANETTA TESTIMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta testifies on the Law of the Sea Convention before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-139d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-139d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PANETTA TESTIMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-D-TT977-139d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-139d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LAW OF THE SEA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify on Law of the Sea Convention before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., May 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-053e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-053e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LAW OF THE SEA]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120523-D-TT977-053e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120523-D-TT977-053e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNSET CHECK]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Navy sailor performs maintenance checks before evening helicopter operations on the flight deck aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge under way in the Java Sea, May 21, 2012. The sailor, an airman, is assigned to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 51.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Fidel C. Hart]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-N-CP762-285c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-N-CP762-285c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUNSET CHECK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521-N-CP762-285c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-N-CP762-285c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESS BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pentagon Press Secretary George E. Little briefs the press at the Pentagon, May 22, 2012.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 08:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-101e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-101e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESS BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120522-D-BW835-101e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-101e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[INSURGENT FIREFIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Afghan soldier directs fellow soldiers during a firefight near Combat Outpost Giro while a U.S. Army paratrooper fires on insurgent positions in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:40:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-022c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-022c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[INSURGENT FIREFIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-A-3108M-022c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-022c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHEERFUL EXCHANGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Pvt. Richard Mitchell visits with children who received humanitarian aid in northern Qalat, Afghanistan, May 16, 2012. Mitchell is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Turner]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-129c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-129c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHEERFUL EXCHANGE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-F-QE261-129c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-129c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RANGER FACE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A soldier transforms 7-year-old Kayiah into a camouflaged Army Ranger at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion's annual open house on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 12, 2012. The event enabled the public to learn how Rangers train and operate, showing dive equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo and zodiac boats.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:14:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr.]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-f-oc707-013c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-f-oc707-013c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RANGER FACE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-f-oc707-013c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-f-oc707-013c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left center, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, far left, meet with acting Iraqi Defense Minister Sadun al-Dulaymi, right center, at the Pentagon, May 22, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:48:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-069c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-069c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120522-D-BW835-069c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-069c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GUEST MESSAGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta watches as acting Iraqi Defense Minister Sadun al-Dulaymi writes a message in the guest book at the Pentagon, May 22, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-056c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-056c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GUEST MESSAGE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120522-D-BW835-056c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-056c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHAIRMAN GREETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets acting Iraqi Defense Minister Sadun al-Dulaymi at the Pentagon, May 22, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-046d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-046d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHAIRMAN GREETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120522-D-BW835-046d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-046d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON CORDON]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta escorts acting Iraqi Defense Minister Sadun al-Dulaymi  through an honor cordon at the Pentagon, May 22, 2012. The two defense leaders were to meet on issues of mutual concern.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 09:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-033c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-033c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON CORDON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120522-D-BW835-033c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120522-D-BW835-033c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OUTPOST OVERWATCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Army paratrooper provides overwatch security to fellow paratroopers and Afghan soldiers after a firefight in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 17, 2012. The paratrooper is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. Insurgents use the agricultural areas surrounding Combat Outpost Giro for various activities.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:36:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-025c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-025c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OUTPOST OVERWATCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-A-3108M-025c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-3108M-025c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[APOLLO 13 COMMANDER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki pose for photos with retired Navy Capt. James A. Lovell, NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander, at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2012. Panetta and Shinseki toured the facility, which is the first of its kind to bridge the gap between DOD and VA needs by serving active duty service members and retirees.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-418c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-418c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[APOLLO 13 COMMANDER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521-D-TT977-418c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-418c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NAVY RECRUITS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta greets Navy recruits at the USS Red Rover facility at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2012. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki toured the facility, which provides complete medical and dental examinations to all recruits before entering Great Lakes Recruit Training.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-426c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-426c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[NAVY RECRUITS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521-D-TT977-426c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-426c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HEALTH CARE QUESTIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki answer questions about their efforts to launch a unique electronic system to combine health records from both departments during a press conference at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., May 21, 2012. Panetta and Shinseki toured the facility, which is the first of its kind to bridge the gap between DOD and VA needs by serving active duty service members and retirees.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-290d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-290d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HEALTH CARE QUESTIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521-D-TT977-290d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521-D-TT977-290d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELICOPTER HOIST]]></title><description><![CDATA[An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter hoists Air Force Capt. Yuriza Castillo-Aguirre, who plays a downed pilot, before returning to base during training for combat search and rescue from the Air Force Weapons School near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 17, 2012. Castillo-Aguirre is assigned to the 960th Airborne Air Control Squadron.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Harris]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-F-RM405-259c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-F-RM405-259c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HELICOPTER HOIST]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-F-RM405-259c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-F-RM405-259c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUMMIT VIEW]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama appears on monitors as he makes opening remarks during the meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[NATO photo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-022c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-022c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUMMIT VIEW]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521120521a-022c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-022c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPENING REMARKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama makes opening remarks during the meeting on Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 21, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, center, U.S. Navy Adm. James G. Stavridis, far right, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, back left, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, back center, joined Obama.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 07:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[NATO photo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-021.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-021.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OPENING REMARKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120521120521a-021.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120521120521a-021.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARABIAN LIGHTS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Leon Simmons signals to an SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter during deck-landing qualifications on the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter under way in the Arabian Gulf, May 19, 2012. Simmons is a boatswain's mate. The Porter is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility to conduct maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex R. Forster]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-N-WO496-007c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-N-WO496-007c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ARABIAN LIGHTS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-N-WO496-007c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-N-WO496-007c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMANDER'S PITCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, winds up to throw the first pitch during the Cubs vs. White Sox game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, May 19, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 17:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cameron Boyd]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-TH742-243d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-TH742-243d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMMANDER'S PITCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-A-TH742-243d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-TH742-243d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HANDSHAKE HELLO]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Marc Sheie, right, greets a village elder in northern Qalat, Afghanistan, May 16, 2012. Sheie, who commands Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, discussed future projects with the village elder.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Turner]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-293c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-293c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HANDSHAKE HELLO]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-F-QE261-293c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-F-QE261-293c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIDE BY SIDE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's flight demonstration squadron, perform for thousands of people at the 2012 Joint Service Open House and Air Show on Andrews Air Force Base, Md., May 19, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-AO884-100c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-AO884-100c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SIDE BY SIDE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-A-AO884-100c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-A-AO884-100c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SILVER STAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, awards Army Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Ahern the Silver Star at the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago, May 19, 2012. Ahern received the Silver Star for saving the lives of his injured teammates in Afghanistan in 2009. Ahern is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Christopher A. Garibay]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-xxxxG-002.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-xxxxG-002.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SILVER STAR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-D-xxxxG-002.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-xxxxG-002.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOUSE SEARCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. Ryan Henderson and Satin, his military working dog, search an Afghan home in the village of Spine Gundey in the Gelan district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 10, 2012. Henderson is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Baker]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-A-Ni188-042c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-A-Ni188-042c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HOUSE SEARCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-A-Ni188-042c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-A-Ni188-042c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ROUNDTABLE REMARKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks at a CEO roundtable during the NATO summit in Chicago, May 20, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 20:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-139a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-139a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ROUNDTABLE REMARKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120520-D-TT977-139a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-139a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH DEFENSE CHIEF]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with British Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Sir David Richards at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 20, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:38:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-266a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-266a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRITISH DEFENSE CHIEF]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120520-D-TT977-266a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-266a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 20, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-234a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-234a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120520-D-TT977-234a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-234a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO HONORS TROOPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, U.S. President Barack Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen observe a NATO color guard before a moment of silence honoring service members killed or wounded in Afghanistan at the NATO summit in Chicago, May 20, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:40:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-068a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-068a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[NATO HONORS TROOPS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120520-D-TT977-068a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120520-D-TT977-068a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRENCH MINISTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta escorts French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian into the Pentagon, May 19, 2012. Panetta and Le Drian met to discuss defense issues of mutual concern.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 10:19:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-BW835-019a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-BW835-019a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FRENCH MINISTER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120519-D-BW835-019a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120519-D-BW835-019a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEREMONIAL CANNONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marines fire ceremonial 40mm cannons during an evening parade in honor of Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at Marine Barracks Washington on May 18, 2012, in Washington D.C. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:58:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-006.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-006.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CEREMONIAL CANNONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-D-BW835-006.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-006.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREAT JOB]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanks the director of the "Commandant's Own" Drum and Bugle Corps after an evening parade in the secretary's honor at Marine Barracks Washington May 18, 2012, in Washington D.C.  
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-008.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-008.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GREAT JOB]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-D-BW835-008.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-008.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PARADE ESCORT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos and his wife Bonnie escort Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta his wife Sylvia, along with their dog Bravo, down center walk during an evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, May 18, 2012, in Washington D.C.  
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-012.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-012.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PARADE ESCORT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-D-BW835-012.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-BW835-012.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HORNET LAUNCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln under way in the Arabian Sea, May 17, 2012. The Abraham Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions . ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:41:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-N-WD757-166a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-N-WD757-166a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HORNET LAUNCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-N-WD757-166a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-N-WD757-166a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[METAL GEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Force Staff Sgt. Evan Kidd performs a magnetic particle inspection on bolts used on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., May 9, 2012. The inspection tests for fractures in the metal. Kidd is a non-destructive inspector with the 437th Maintenance Squadron. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dennis Sloan]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-F-LR006-929a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-F-LR006-929a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[METAL GEAR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-F-LR006-929a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-F-LR006-929a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SECOND LIEUTENANT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fellow Marines help to pin on the 2nd Lieutenant rank to University of Maryland ROTC graduate Shari Aletha Peters during a commissioning ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2012. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, administered the commissioning oath to the graduating class of 27 midshipmen from The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:38:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-006a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-006a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SECOND LIEUTENANT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-F-UN972-006a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-006a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MIDSHIPMEN AT ATTENTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Midshipmen from The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps stand at attention before being commissioned by Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2012. More than 200 family and friends joined the Navy and Marine Corps graduates and senior leaders at the event.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-004a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-004a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MIDSHIPMEN AT ATTENTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-F-UN972-004a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-004a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GRADUATION SPEECH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the graduating class of 27 midshipmen from The George Washington University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps before commissioning them during a ceremony at the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Va., May 18, 2012. More than 200 family and friends joined the Navy and Marine Corps graduates and senior leaders at the event.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:40:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-002a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-002a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GRADUATION SPEECH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-F-UN972-002a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-F-UN972-002a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHINA REPORT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Asia Pacific Security Affairs David Helvey briefs the media on the Defense Department's report to Congress on "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2012" in the Pentagon, May 18, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-NI589-066b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-NI589-066b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHINA REPORT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120518-D-NI589-066b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120518-D-NI589-066b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[INDUCTION CEREMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, far left, Army Secretary John M. McHugh and Army Chief of Staff Ray Odierno present a framed photo and the award citation to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Medal of Honor recipient Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and George Sabo, Sabo's brother, during a ceremony to induct the Vietnam-era soldier into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, May 17, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:17:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-AO884-199d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-AO884-199d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[INDUCTION CEREMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-A-AO884-199d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-A-AO884-199d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONOR FLAG]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta presents the Medal of Honor Flag to Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Army Medal of Honor recipient Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and George Sabo, brother of Leslie Sabo, during the ceremony to posthumously induct the Vietnam-era soldier into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon May 17, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:54:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-255c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-255c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONOR FLAG]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-NI589-255c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-255c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[UNVEILING THE NAME]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and Sabo's brother, George Sabo, clap during the unveiling of a wall placard featuring the name of the Vietnam-era soldier as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno look on at the Pentagon, May 17, 2012. The unveiling was part of Sabo's posthumous induction into the Hall of Heroes.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 17:32:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-527c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-527c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[UNVEILING THE NAME]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-NI589-527c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-527c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HALL OF HEROES]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, widow of Medal of Honor recipient Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., and George Sabo, Sabo's brother, receive a framed picture and letter honoring Sabo as defense leaders posthumously induct the Vietnam-era soldier into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, May 17, 2012. Army Secretary John M. McHugh, far left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno participated in the ceremony.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 16:19:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-232c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-232c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HALL OF HEROES]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-NI589-232c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-NI589-232c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DISTINGUISHED CROSS BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Force Col. Christopher Barnett and Maj. John B. Creel brief the press, May 17, 2012, on the Distinguished Flying Cross medals with valor that officials will award at the Pentagon. The medals recognize airmen who flew through firefights and blinding sandstorms to evacuate critical casualties in Afghanistan in 2009. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:58:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-086c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-086c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DISTINGUISHED CROSS BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-BW835-086c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-086c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESS QUESTIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[George E. Little, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, briefs the press on a range of issues, including a meeting between U.S. Defense Secertary Leon E. Panetta and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, at the Pentagon, May 17, 2012. Little also answered questions on Panetta's upcoming trip to Chicago for the NATO summit.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:27:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-018f.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-018f.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESS QUESTIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-BW835-018f.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-BW835-018f.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MUD FACE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Naval Academy freshman, or plebe, carries his classmate during the academy's annual Sea Trials in Annapolis, Md., May 15, 2012. The endurance exercise for the academy's freshmen also serves as a leadership challenge for upper classmen, who direct each event.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:48:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexia Riveracorrea]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-AC575-053a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-AC575-053a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MUD FACE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120515-N-AC575-053a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-AC575-053a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONORING A HERO]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. and presents it to Sabo's widow, Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in action in Cambodia in 1970 while saving the lives of fellow soldiers during the Vietnam War.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Eboni Everson-Myart]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-A-WP504-55e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-A-WP504-55e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONORING A HERO]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-A-WP504-55e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-A-WP504-55e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON WELCOME]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta escorts Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak through an honor cordon into the Pentagon, May 17, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 11:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-TT977-027d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-TT977-027d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON WELCOME]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120517-D-TT977-027d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120517-D-TT977-027d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAMILY GREETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greet the family of Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr. before honoring Sabo posthumously with a Medal of Honor at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2012. Obama welcomed Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, Sabo's widow, and  Kathleen Starkey, far left, Sabo's sister-in-law, while the First Lady embraced Frances Buccelli, Sabo's mother-in-law. Sabo was a rifleman assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and was killed in Cambodia during the Vietnam War.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[White House photo by Pete Souza]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p051612ps-0305c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p051612ps-0305c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FAMILY GREETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_p051612ps-0305c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p051612ps-0305c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RENDERING HONORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta lays his hand over his heart rendering honors as colors are placed during the observance of the Marine Corps Aviation Centennial in Arlington, Va., May 16, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-453b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-453b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RENDERING HONORS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-D-NI589-453b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-453b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AVIATION CENTENNIAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta delivers remarks during the observance of the Marine Corps Aviation Centennial in Arlington, Va., May 16, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:34:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-535b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-535b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AVIATION CENTENNIAL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-D-NI589-535b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-535b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEDAL OF HONOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama presents Rose Mary Brown, widow of Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., 101st Airborne Division, the Medal of Honor awarded posthumously to Sabo, a Vietnam-era veteran, during a White House ceremony in Washington,  D.C. May 16, 2012. Sabo was killed in action on May 10, 1970.

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joel Lemaistre]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_581651.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_581651.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MEDAL OF HONOR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_581651.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_581651.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WEIGHTY WORK OUT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Spc. Lance Love and Army Pvt. Chase Greer work out between convoy missions on Forward Operating Base Warrior in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 12, 2012. Love and Chase, truck drivers, are assigned to Company A, 307th Brigade Support Battalion.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 17:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-3108M-002c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-3108M-002c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WEIGHTY WORK OUT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-A-3108M-002c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-3108M-002c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONOR ARRIVAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Blair, a World War II veteran, shakes hands with supporters as he and other veterans arrive on an "honor flight" at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., May 12, 2012. The veterans visited the area to see the memorials dedicated to those who fought for freedom. The Honor Flight Network is a nonprofit organization created to honor America's veterans for their sacrifices.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Brownlow]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-QQ623-001c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-QQ623-001c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONOR ARRIVAL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-F-QQ623-001c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-QQ623-001c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARFIGHTING CONFERENCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks about the shaping of Joint Force 2020 during the 2012 Joint Warfighting Conference in Virginia Beach, Va., May 16, 2012. Dempsey said the future calls for a military capable of deterring, denying and defeating threats across the entire spectrum of conflict.

]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:03:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20120516-A-SR101-484f.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20120516-A-SR101-484f.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WARFIGHTING CONFERENCE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_20120516-A-SR101-484f.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20120516-A-SR101-484f.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[REFUELING RAPTOR]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Air Force F-22 Raptor pulls into position to accept fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker off the East Coast, May 10, 2012. The F-22 is assigned to the 1st Fighter Wing on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., and the Stratotanker is assigned to the 756th Air Refueling Squadron on Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility, Md.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by: Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-JQ435-053c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-JQ435-053c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[REFUELING RAPTOR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-F-JQ435-053c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-JQ435-053c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIVERINE EXERCISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy sailors board a Riverine patrol boat during a live-fire training exercise on Fort Knox, Ky., May 10, 2012. Squadron members completed a three-day field exercise to prepare for their final evaluation problem to qualify for deployment. The sailors are assigned to Riverine Squadron 1.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Hoskins]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-LW591-232c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-LW591-232c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RIVERINE EXERCISE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-N-LW591-232c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-LW591-232c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DISTANCE SIGNALS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ebrima Jagne signals the distance of an ammunition load aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a replenishment-at-sea mission in the Pacific Ocean, May 15, 2012. The George Washington successfully completed a six-month, routine maintenance period and is now underway conducting sea trials. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brian H. Abel]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-ZT599-013.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-ZT599-013.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DISTANCE SIGNALS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120515-N-ZT599-013.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-N-ZT599-013.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SNIPER'S SCOPE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alyssa Gomez peers down the scope of her M24 Sniper Weapon System at the Nevada Test and Training Range on Nellis Air Force Base, Nv., May 11, 2012. Gomez, a sniper assigned to the 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, is the ninth female in Air Force history to become a sniper after graduating from a 19-day sniper course on Fort Bliss, Texas.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:18:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hughes]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-F-AQ406-072d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-F-AQ406-072d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SNIPER'S SCOPE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120511-F-AQ406-072d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-F-AQ406-072d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARMY CHANGES]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno addresses the press about future changes in the Army's structure and size, including the expansion of women's roles in combat forces, at the Pentagon, May 16, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:34:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-134c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-134c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ARMY CHANGES]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120516-D-NI589-134c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120516-D-NI589-134c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISSION SMILE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Shirly Polk chats with Maria, 4, during a donation mission at the Mother Teresa Orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2012. Polk is a member of the International Security Assistance Force headquarters volunteer community relations program, which distributes donations, supplies and clothes to area organizations for residents.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:40:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[International Security Assistance Force photo by Frency navy Master Chief Christian Valverde]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-FN-xxxxV-001c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-FN-xxxxV-001c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MISSION SMILE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-FN-xxxxV-001c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-FN-xxxxV-001c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLIPPING OUT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Brown performs a back flip off the stage during a performance for Indonesians at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, May 13, 2012. Brown is a musician with the U.S. 7th Fleet Band, Orient Express, which is in Jakarta with the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge for a port visit. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:16:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Colin Sheridan]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-N-TC096-146c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-N-TC096-146c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FLIPPING OUT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120513-N-TC096-146c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-N-TC096-146c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OFFERING FOOD]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Afghan villager offers food to U.S. Army Capt. Robert Gacke and several of his troops during a meeting with village elders in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Gacke, a company commander, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-004c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-004c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OFFERING FOOD]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120505-A-3108M-004c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-004c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FARAH MISSION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Spc. Terry Proud pulls security during a mission in Farah City in Afghanistan's Farah province, May 12, 2012. Proud is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, whose members met with Farah City citizens to gather information and opinions about the living conditions there.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-298c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-298c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FARAH MISSION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-F-YA200-298c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-298c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[George E. Little, left, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs, and Navy Capt. John F. Kirby, Pentagon spokesman, brief the press on new developments with the F-22 Raptor and other current Defense Department issues at the Pentagon, May 15, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:57:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-NI589-127d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-NI589-127d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120515-D-NI589-127d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-NI589-127d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WALL WATCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army 1st Lt. Randal Krebs provides security as members of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar staff conduct quality checks and speak to Afghan citizens as part of a patrol in Afghanistan's Kunar province, May 12, 2012. Krebs, a platoon leader, is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar, security force element, and is deployed from Company A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry, Airborne.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 18:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-042a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-042a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WALL WATCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-F-NG741-042a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-042a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHEERFUL CHAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Yesunas chats with children while members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar conduct quality checks and speak to residents as part of a patrol in Afghanistan's Kunar province, May 12, 2012. Yesunas, a naval helicopter pilot, is the team's commander.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:14:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-070c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-070c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHEERFUL CHAT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-F-NG741-070c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-NG741-070c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON MEETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, second from left in back, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter, far left, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with senior Defense Department officials and combatant commanders at the Pentagon, May 15, 2012. The meeting focused on issues that affect the military and diplomacy around the world.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-028c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-028c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON MEETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120515-D-BW835-028c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-028c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE AND DIPLOMACY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with senior Defense Department officials and combatant commanders at the Pentagon, May 15, 2012. The meeting focused on issues that affect the military and diplomacy around the world.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-044e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-044e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE AND DIPLOMACY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120515-D-BW835-044e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120515-D-BW835-044e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LITTLE TROOPER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Staff Sgt. Janelle Flottmeyer holds her nephew during the welcome home ceremony for her unit at Riggs High School in Pierre, S.D., May 12, 2012. Flottmeyer is assigned to the 200th Engineer Company, South Dakota Army National Guard. The unit completed a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:22:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Maj. Anthony Deiss]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-1234X-001a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-1234X-001a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LITTLE TROOPER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-A-1234X-001a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-1234X-001a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUPERSONIC SIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[An FA-18C Hornet flies supersonic over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power demonstration in the Pacific Ocean, May 14, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 2.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-GZ832-600c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-GZ832-600c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUPERSONIC SIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120514-N-GZ832-600c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-GZ832-600c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRIENDLY GREETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S.Navy Chief Warrant Officer Jody Olson greets an Indonesian girl at Yayasan Pendidikan Banglin school during a community service event in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 14, 2012. Port visits represent an opportunity for U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge crewmembers to serve as goodwill ambassadors, promoting peace and stability in the region and demonstrating their commitment to regional partnerships.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 11:42:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mel Orr]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-XG305-746c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-XG305-746c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FRIENDLY GREETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120514-N-XG305-746c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120514-N-XG305-746c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMBAT MEDIC]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Pfc. Kristina Batty dons a headscarf to meet with female Afghan villagers in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 5, 2012. Batty, a medic for a female engagement team, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-003c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-003c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMBAT MEDIC]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120505-A-3108M-003c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-A-3108M-003c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ELLIS ISLAND CEREMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno attends the Ellis Island Medal of Honor ceremony on Ellis Island in New York, May 12, 2012. Odierno was one of 107 Americans to receive the award, which recognizes citizens who have contributed to the national identity while preserving the values and heritage of their ancestors.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-AO884-156c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-AO884-156c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ELLIS ISLAND CEREMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-A-AO884-156c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-A-AO884-156c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDENTITY DEVICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mick Miller shows an Afghan villager how to place his finger on a handheld identity detection device to scan his fingerprint in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Miller, a squad leader, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:38:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-016c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-016c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[IDENTITY DEVICE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-A-3108M-016c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-016c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAT TOSS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Norwich University graduates toss their hats into the air after official ceremonies at the university in Northfield, Vt., May 13, 2012. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave the university's commencement address.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-11c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-11c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HAT TOSS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120513-A-TT930-11c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-11c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the commencement address at Norwich University in Northfield, Vt., May 13, 2012. Norwich is the nation's first private military university and the birthplace of Army ROTC.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:01:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-03c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-03c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120513-A-TT930-03c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-03c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA['TAR BUCKET' TOUCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a "tar bucket" from Richard W. Schneider, Norwich University president, during the university's graduation in Northfield, Vt., May 13, 2012. Norwich is the nation's first private military university and the birthplace of Army ROTC. Dempsey gave the university's commencement address.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-06c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-06c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA['TAR BUCKET' TOUCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120513-A-TT930-06c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120513-A-TT930-06c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEETING MOMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers shakes the hand of an Afghan boy during a meeting with the boy's father, a village elder, in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Dean, a infantryman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20504-A-3108M-014d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20504-A-3108M-014d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MEETING MOMENT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_20504-A-3108M-014d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_20504-A-3108M-014d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TOPSIDE SOUNDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Francisco performs at Institut National Superieur des Arts et de l'Action Culturelle in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, May 10, 2012. Francisco is a member of the U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, Topside, which is embarked aboard High-Speed Vessel Swift and participating in Africa Partnership Station 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Garcia]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-VZ366-161c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-VZ366-161c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TOPSIDE SOUNDS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-F-VZ366-161c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-F-VZ366-161c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISS AMERICA AUTOGRAPH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Teresa Scanlan, Miss America 2011, signs autographs for sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George in the Arabian Gulf, May 8, 2012. The Cape St. George. deployed as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, is conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:42:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher S. Johnson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-VY256-389c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-VY256-389c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MISS AMERICA AUTOGRAPH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-N-VY256-389c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-VY256-389c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FARAH'S CHILDREN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Children gather as members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah pull security during a mission in Farah City in Afghanistan's Farah province, May 12, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-464c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-464c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FARAH'S CHILDREN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120512-F-YA200-464c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120512-F-YA200-464c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIVERBED PATROL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army paratroopers and Afghan soldiers move along a riverbed during a foot patrol in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 8, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:05:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-015c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-015c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RIVERBED PATROL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-A-3108M-015c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-015c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OVERWATCH POSITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army paratroopers set up a machine gun overwatch position during a foot patrol in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 8, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-009c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-009c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OVERWATCH POSITION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-A-3108M-009c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-009c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ELDER EXCHANGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Scott Shepro, left kneeling, meets with village elders during a foot patrol in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, May 8, 2012. Shepro, a platoon sergeant, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-018d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-018d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ELDER EXCHANGE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-A-3108M-018d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-3108M-018d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUSPECTED FACTORY]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Afghan villager unlocks the door of a suspected homemade explosives factory for U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Rodgers in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. Rodgers is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-009c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-009c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUSPECTED FACTORY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-A-3108M-009c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-009c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIR ASSAULT MISSION]]></title><description><![CDATA[As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army paratroopers and Afghan soldiers travel aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 4, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-003d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-003d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AIR ASSAULT MISSION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-A-3108M-003d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-003d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE ISSUES]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa at the Pentagon, May 11, 2012. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual concern.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-055c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-055c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE ISSUES]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120511-D-BW835-055c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-055c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CROWN PRINCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, escorts Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to a meeting at the Pentagon, May 11, 2012. The two leaders were scheduled to discuss issues of mutual concern.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-014c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-014c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CROWN PRINCE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120511-D-BW835-014c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-014c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON HONOR CORDON]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta escorts Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa through an honor cordon at the Pentagon, May 11, 2012. The two leaders were scheduled to discuss issues of mutual concern.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-005c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-005c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON HONOR CORDON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120511-D-BW835-005c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120511-D-BW835-005c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[METAL MUSCLE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Force Airman 1st Class Justin Morris cuts a bushing out of an unserviceable B-1 Lancer bell crank housing in the metals technology shop on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., May 2, 2012. Morris is a 28th Maintenance Squadron metals technology apprentice.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kate Thornton]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-F-YG608-925c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-F-YG608-925c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[METAL MUSCLE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-F-YG608-925c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-F-YG608-925c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWO EXTENDERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[A KC-10 Extender refuels another KC-10 during a training mission over the Atlantic Ocean, May 3, 2012. The aircraft, both assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., conducted aerial refueling operations to maintain proficiency for worldwide duties.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:52:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Tech. Sgt. Edward Gyokeres]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-CA540-943d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-CA540-943d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TWO EXTENDERS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-F-CA540-943d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-CA540-943d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOCTOR'S DELIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, talks with children from military families during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:57:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-034-2.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-034-2.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DOCTOR'S DELIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653H-034-2.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-034-2.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COOKIE CHEFS]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama talks with children from military families as they frost cookies during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-012Hc.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-012Hc.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COOKIE CHEFS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653-012Hc.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-012Hc.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MOM MOMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[A military mom gets a hug during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event for military families hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-011Hc.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-011Hc.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MOM MOMENT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653-011Hc.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653-011Hc.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[THREE GENERATIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama celebrates three generations of military families after Jennifer Pilcher, a Navy spouse, introduced her during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-035.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-035.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[THREE GENERATIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653H-035.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-035.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CELEBRATING MILITARY MOTHERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, join the children of military mothers as they make gifts at a Joining Forces Mother's Day event at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-033-1.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-033-1.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CELEBRATING MILITARY MOTHERS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653H-033-1.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-033-1.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GIRL'S GIFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[A girl holds a plant decoration she will present to her military familiy during a Joining Forces Mother's Day event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012. Children of military families later joined their mothers and grandmothers for a tea in the East Room.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 03:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Linda Hosek]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-031.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-031.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GIRL'S GIFT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-0653H-031.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-0653H-031.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WILD BLUE YONDER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy claps and sings along with "The U.S. Air Force," also known as "Into the Wild Blue Yonder," during the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:34:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-008b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-008b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WILD BLUE YONDER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-M-HZ646-008b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-008b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COAST GUARD SPOUSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deborah Leavitt, wife of the master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, right, and Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O'Hara, vice commandant of the Coast Guard, present Jennifer Bassett, center, with a medal recognizing her as the 2012 Coast Guard Spouse of the Year during the 2012 Military Spouse of the Year ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., May 10, 2012. Bassett is the wife of Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Josh Bassett.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:30:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-004b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-004b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COAST GUARD SPOUSE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-M-HZ646-004b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-M-HZ646-004b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATER REMOVAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Capt. John Fuson removes his uniform top during water training in Southwest Asia, May 3, 2012. Fuson is the officer-in-charge assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Members of the EOD flight swim as part of their training routine to stay in top physical condition.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:22:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-NH180-992b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-NH180-992b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WATER REMOVAL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-F-NH180-992b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-F-NH180-992b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRIEFING ROOM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conduct a press briefing at the Pentagon, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-460c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-460c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRIEFING ROOM]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-460c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-460c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESS QUESTIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, answers questions from the press in the Pentagon press briefing room, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:48:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-335b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-335b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESS QUESTIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-335b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-335b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON Q &amp; A]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, conduct a press conference in the Pentagon press briefing room, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-254b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-254b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON Q &amp; A]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-254b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-254b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOINT BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talk to reporters during a press conference at the Pentagon, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-110b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-110b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[JOINT BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-110b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-110b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LANGUAGE LESSON]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cossairt teaches English to Afghan security guards during a language class on Observation Post Mustang in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. Cossairt is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Red Warrior. The language class is a daily event that develops a stronger bond between the U.S. Army Soldiers and Afghan guards.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jenny Lui]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-058c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-058c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LANGUAGE LESSON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-A-TT389-058c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-058c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIRDROP RIGGING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army joint airdrop inspection riggers rig static lines for an airdrop on a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 4, 2012. The U.S. Air Forces Air Mobility Division uses the C-17 as one of two aerial resupply platforms. In 2011, the division directed the dropping of more than 58,000 bundles of critical supplies to personnel in austere combat outposts. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Biondo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-F-FA171-086c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-F-FA171-086c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AIRDROP RIGGING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-F-FA171-086c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-F-FA171-086c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[QALAT CONVERSATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Cpl. Jeff Baker talks with Qalat City residents while on patrol in Afghanistan's Zabul province, May 6, 2012. Baker, a civil affairs specialist, gathers direct atmospherics from the population as part of his role.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:28:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Turner]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-F-QE261-056c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-F-QE261-056c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[QALAT CONVERSATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120506-F-QE261-056c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-F-QE261-056c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BACKPACK PLUS]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. paratrooper patrols as the sun rises in a village in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 22:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-004c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-004c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BACKPACK PLUS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-A-3108M-004c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-A-3108M-004c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANGEL UPKEEP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nathaniel Stuart conducts a turnaround inspection on an F/A-18 Hornet during a morning turns evolution in Pensacola, Fla., May 8, 2012. Stuart is an aviation ordnanceman and crew chief assigned to the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron the Blue Angels.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Johnson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-BA418-021b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-BA418-021b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ANGEL UPKEEP]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-N-BA418-021b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-BA418-021b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREYHOUND TAXI]]></title><description><![CDATA[A C-2A Greyhound assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 taxis across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, May 8, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Andrew K. Haller]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-UT411-761b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-UT411-761b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GREYHOUND TAXI]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-N-UT411-761b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-N-UT411-761b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OFFICIAL WELCOME]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, center right, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, hosts an honor cordon to welcome Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie to the command's headquarters in Miami, May 8, 2012. Liang has been visiting U.S. military installations and meeting with U.S. military leaders to discuss U.S.-China cooperation in areas of mutual interest. Liang met with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta at the Pentagon, May 7, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Philip]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-BS728-011.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-BS728-011.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OFFICIAL WELCOME]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-A-BS728-011.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-A-BS728-011.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CAMP LEJEUNE VISIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Christopher Owens, right, accompanies Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie on a tour of Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 9, 2012. Owens is  the deputy commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force. Liang is visiting U.S. military bases at the invitation of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryan Nygaard]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-M-PH073-1601.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-M-PH073-1601.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CAMP LEJEUNE VISIT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-M-PH073-1601.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-M-PH073-1601.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON WELCOME]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, escorts Finnish Defense Minister Stefan Wallin through an honor cordon at the Pentagon, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-058b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-058b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON WELCOME]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-058b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-058b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with Finnish Defense Minister Stefan Wallin during a meeting at the Pentagon, May 10, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:41:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-025b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-025b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-025b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-025b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIGNING IN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finnish Defense Minister Stefan Wallin signs the guestbook as U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta looks on at the Pentagon, May 10, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:40:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-080d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-080d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SIGNING IN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120510-D-NI589-080d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120510-D-NI589-080d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[POST MUSTANG]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Pfc. Jeffery Penning and an Afghan security guard pull security during a roving patrol on Observation Post Mustang in Afghanistan's Kunar province, May 3, 2012. Penning is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jenny Lui]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-014c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-014c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[POST MUSTANG]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-A-TT389-014c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-A-TT389-014c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter thanks civilian Defense Department employees for their hard work and dedication at the Spirit of Service awards at the Pentagon, May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:53:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042I.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042I.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-BW835-042I.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042I.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONVENTION HANDSHAKE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska shakes hands with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta shortly before Panetta and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, deliver remarks as the keynote speakers at a forum on the Law of the Sea Convention in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-439c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-439c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CONVENTION HANDSHAKE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-NI589-439c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-439c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMPSEY REMARKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks at a forum on the Law of the Sea Convention in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:55:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-103c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-103c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEMPSEY REMARKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-NI589-103c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-103c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LAW OF THE SEA]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta delivers the keynote address at a forum on the Law of the Sea Convention in Washington, D.C., May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-255d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-255d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LAW OF THE SEA]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-NI589-255d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-NI589-255d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLACK HAWK SUNRISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Norma Garza conducts a pre-flight inspection on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter as the sun rises in on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. Garza is a pilot assigned to 1st Cavalry Division's Company A, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_69987308227c15517d36oCc.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_69987308227c15517d36oCc.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BLACK HAWK SUNRISE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_69987308227c15517d36oCc.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_69987308227c15517d36oCc.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter thanks Defense Department civilian employees for their hard work and dedication at the Spirit of Service awards at the Pentagon, May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-081c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-081c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-BW835-081c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-081c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPIRIT AWARDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter thanks civilian Defense Department employees for their hard work and dedication during the Spirit of Service awards at the Pentagon, May 9, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SPIRIT AWARDS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120509-D-BW835-042e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120509-D-BW835-042e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLUE ANGEL BURST]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, shoot off in different directions during the 2012 Robins Air Show over Robins Air Force Base, Ga., April 29, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:55:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Joel Cooke]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-F-JS538-911c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-F-JS538-911c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BLUE ANGEL BURST]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120429-F-JS538-911c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-F-JS538-911c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NIGHT LIGHTS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marines and Afghan troops watch as illumination rounds light up the sky near Combat Outpost Fiddler's Green in Afghanistan, May 6, 2012. 

]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:20:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120221-M-MM918-006b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120221-M-MM918-006b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[NIGHT LIGHTS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120221-M-MM918-006b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120221-M-MM918-006b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PEARL HARBOR EXERCISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Lt. James E. Lamb, left, and Sgt. Ryan Eskandary exercise aboard the USS Pearl Harbor, May 6, 2012. Lamb and Eskandary serve with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's command element. The unit embarked the USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego, Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Horn of Africa and Middle East regions.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tommy Huynh]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-M-IS773-086b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-M-IS773-086b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PEARL HARBOR EXERCISE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120506-M-IS773-086b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-M-IS773-086b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MANATEE RESCUE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Capt. Miriam Lovell, the officer-in-charge of the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Rader prepare an orphaned 3-day-old manatee for transport by aircraft to Puerto Rico, May 3, 2012. The calf was taken to the Manatee Conservation Center located at Interamerican University in Bayam, Puerto Rico, where it will stay for two years before being returned to Cuban waters and tracked.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Terence R. Peck]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-N-ZZ999-001b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-N-ZZ999-001b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MANATEE RESCUE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-N-ZZ999-001b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-N-ZZ999-001b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAND IN HAND]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carl Coles hands out magazines while greeting children and other members of the community during a mission in Afghanistan's Farah province, May 8, 2012. Coles is a civil affairs soldier assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:38:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-F-YA200-030.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-F-YA200-030.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HAND IN HAND]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120508-F-YA200-030.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120508-F-YA200-030.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BOARDING EXERCISE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Seaman Julius McGowan climbs down to a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a boarding exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, May 6 2012. McGowan is assigned to the ship-control team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham, which is conducting a training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class William Jamieson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-N-OV802-434c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-N-OV802-434c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BOARDING EXERCISE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120506-N-OV802-434c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120506-N-OV802-434c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CARGO REPLENISHMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter delivers cargo to the USS Makin Island during a replenishment-at-sea mission with the USNS Patuxent under way in the Gulf of Aden, May 4, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique Pineiro]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-PB383-413b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-PB383-413b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CARGO REPLENISHMENT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-N-PB383-413b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-PB383-413b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHIANOUKVILLE SUNSET]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge anchors off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, May 1, 2012. The Blue Ridge is on patrol in the Asia-Pacific and in Sihanoukville for a port visit.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 13:22:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Sarah A. Stancati]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-ZZ999-003b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-ZZ999-003b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHIANOUKVILLE SUNSET]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-N-ZZ999-003b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-ZZ999-003b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEADERSHIP AWARD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, helps to accept the 2012 Distinguished Military Leadership Award on behalf of the entire active and reserve enlisted force during the annual Atlantic Council Awards Dinner in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:50:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Army Master Sgt. Terrence L. Hayes]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_DSC_8444b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_DSC_8444b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LEADERSHIP AWARD]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_DSC_8444b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_DSC_8444b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONOR SALUTE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, hosts an honor cordon to welcome Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie to the Pentagon, May 7, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-046.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-046.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONOR SALUTE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120507-D-TT977-046.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-046.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOINT BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta conducts a joint press briefing with Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie at the Pentagon, May 7, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-202a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-202a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[JOINT BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120507-D-TT977-202a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-202a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESS BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta conducts a joint press briefing with Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie at the Pentagon, May 7, 2012. Liang has been visiting U.S. military bases and meeting with U.S. military leaders to discuss U.S.-Chinese cooperation in areas of mutual interest. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-162a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-162a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESS BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120507-D-TT977-162a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-162a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OFFICIAL PHOTO]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, poses for official photos with Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie at the Pentagon, May 7, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-067a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-067a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OFFICIAL PHOTO]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120507-D-TT977-067a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-067a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONOR CORDON]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, left, hosts an honor cordon to welcome Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie to the Pentagon, May 7, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-057a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-057a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONOR CORDON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120507-D-TT977-057a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120507-D-TT977-057a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PEP TALK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Adm. Mark E. Ferguson III, vice chief of naval operations, visits with members of the Navy/Coast Guard team during the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 5, 2012. More than 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Special Operations Command and British Armed Forces competed in the annual competition, which concluded May 5. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Danals]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-583b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-583b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PEP TALK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-N-QF368-583b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-583b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NAVY RACER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retired Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Nathan DeWalt races during the track and field events at the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 4, 2012. The games concluded May 5. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Danals ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-138c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-138c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[NAVY RACER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-N-QF368-138c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-138c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DISCUS TOSS ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Petty Officer 2nd Class Max Rohn tosses a discus during the track and field events at the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 4, 2012. The competition concluded May 5. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:52:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Danals]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-205c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-205c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DISCUS TOSS ]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-N-QF368-205c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-QF368-205c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FAST ROPE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Marine assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit fast ropes from the back of a helicopter onto the aircraft elevator of the USS Makin Island in the Arabian Sea, May 4, 2012. The Makin Island is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Daniel J. Walls]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-EK905-052b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-EK905-052b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FAST ROPE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120504-N-EK905-052b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120504-N-EK905-052b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[USS LEXINGTON VET]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harry Frey, a World War II veteran, discusses his time serving aboard the USS Lexington with sailors assigned to the USS Halsey in Brisbane, Australia, May 5, 2012. Frey survived a bombing aboard the Lexington during the Battle of Coral Sea. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Farrington]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-998b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-998b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[USS LEXINGTON VET]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120505-N-ZF681-998b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-998b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BATTLE ANNIVERSARY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivers remarks during a 70th anniversary ceremony honoring the men and women who served during the Battle of Coral Sea at Newstead Park in Brisbane, Australia, May 5, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 13:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Farrington]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-599b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-599b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BATTLE ANNIVERSARY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120505-N-ZF681-599b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-ZF681-599b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHINESE DELEGATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt, commander of U.S. Naval Surface Forces, discusses humanitarian assistance efforts conducted by the U.S. Navy with Chinese Minister of National Defense Gen. Liang Guanglie on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., May 5, 2012. Liang is visiting U.S. military bases and meeting with U.S. military leaders to discuss U.S.-Chinese cooperation in areas of mutual interest including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief and counter-piracy measures.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 13:18:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Rick Chernitzer]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-GA145-526b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-GA145-526b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHINESE DELEGATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120505-N-GA145-526b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120505-N-GA145-526b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BASIC TRAINING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta watches as soldiers in basic training run an obstacle course on Fort Benning, Ga., May 4, 2012. Panetta later addressed the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a town hall address. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921309_1795f11985_oB.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921309_1795f11985_oB.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BASIC TRAINING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_7143921309_1795f11985_oB.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921309_1795f11985_oB.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OBSTACLE COURSE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with soldiers in basic training shortly after they ran through an obstacle course on Fort Benning, Ga., May 4, 2012. Panetta later addressed the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a town hall address. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921431_f26fee05f8_C.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921431_f26fee05f8_C.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OBSTACLE COURSE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_7143921431_f26fee05f8_C.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921431_f26fee05f8_C.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TOWN HALL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Service members of the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division listen as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addresses them during a town hall meeting on Fort Benning, Ga., May 4, 2012. Panetta urged the soldiers to always display the strongest character, the greatest discipline and the utmost integrity in everything they do.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921821_bc72e84c47_oB.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921821_bc72e84c47_oB.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TOWN HALL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_7143921821_bc72e84c47_oB.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143921821_bc72e84c47_oB.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARM WELCOME]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Robert Brown, center, greets Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta as he arrives for a visit with troops on Fort Benning, Ga., May 4, 2012.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143920701_594950200e_oB.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143920701_594950200e_oB.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WARM WELCOME]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_7143920701_594950200e_oB.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_7143920701_594950200e_oB.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TROOP ADDRESS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addresses the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team of the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division during a town hall meeting on Fort Benning, Ga., May 4, 2012. Panetta urged the service members to always display the strongest character, the greatest discipline and the utmost integrity in everything they do. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_6997835666_c28b813003_oB.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_6997835666_c28b813003_oB.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TROOP ADDRESS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_6997835666_c28b813003_oB.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_6997835666_c28b813003_oB.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PASSIONATE PLAYERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony McDaniel defends a charge by two Army players during the Marine Corps versus Army wheelchair basketball game of the 2012 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 3, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:01:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[ U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572132a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572132a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PASSIONATE PLAYERS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_572132a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572132a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHARP SHOOTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Veteran Marine Corps Cpl. Angel E. Gomez aims in during the air-rifle portion of the shooting competition in the 2012 Warrior Games at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 3, 2012. The All-Marine Warrior Games shooting team took eight gold, seven silver and five bronze medals, claiming 20 out of 24 medals for the second year in a row.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[ U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_571791a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_571791a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHARP SHOOTER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_571791a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_571791a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AIR PISTOL COMPETITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Veteran Justin Miller takes aim during the 2012 Warrior Games during the Air Pistol Competition at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Colo., May 3, 2012. Miller took third place in the SH1 category with a total score of 427.8. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 17:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Raymond Piper]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572127a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572127a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AIR PISTOL COMPETITION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_572127a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_572127a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GRAVEYARD SHIFT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Spc. Jon Saladin walks past an Afghan graveyard during a combined patrol clearing operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 30, 2012. Saladin is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-3108M-003b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-3108M-003b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GRAVEYARD SHIFT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-A-3108M-003b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-3108M-003b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIOT CONTROL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marines conduct a scenario-based riot control exercise during Non-Lethal Weapons Tactics training in Stone Bay, N.C., April 26, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the ground combat element of Security Cooperation Task Force Africa Partnership Station 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jemssy Alvarez Jr.]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120426-M-FG262-199b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120426-M-FG262-199b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RIOT CONTROL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120426-M-FG262-199b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120426-M-FG262-199b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHOOTING COACH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roger Withrow, a shooting coach for the All-Marine team, cheers for his Marines during the shooting portion of the 2012 Warrior Games at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, May 3, 2012. The Marines destroyed the competition winning 20 out of 24 medals for the second year in a row.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:38:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-M-EV637-052b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-M-EV637-052b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHOOTING COACH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120503-M-EV637-052b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120503-M-EV637-052b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNRISE INSPECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Norma Garza conducts a pre-flight inspection on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at sunrise on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. Garza is a pilot assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company A, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, Task Force Lobos.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:41:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Armas]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-GT185-114b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-GT185-114b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUNRISE INSPECTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-A-GT185-114b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-GT185-114b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[VETERAN RUNNER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Martin Oliver, a U.S. Army veteran, runs with Marine Corps Cpl. Rob Velasquez and members of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit during the Fort Lauderdale Rotary U.S. Military 5K at Dania Beach, Fla., April 29, 2012. Marines and sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are currently providing support to Fleet Week Port Everglades in order to showcase the strength and flexibility of today's Navy-Marine Corps team. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:18:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-M-SO289-011b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-M-SO289-011b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[VETERAN RUNNER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120429-M-SO289-011b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-M-SO289-011b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIRE PLAY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marines extinguish a fire during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 27, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melissa Eschenbrenner]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-XW721-240.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-XW721-240.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FIRE PLAY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120427-M-XW721-240.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-XW721-240.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHARING LUNCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. paratroopers join Afghan soldiers in a traditional Afghan lunch following a combined clearing operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 29, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-008c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-008c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHARING LUNCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120429-A-3108M-008c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-008c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[IRIS SCAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Pfc. Patrick Davis, left, and Staff Sgt. Joshua Tyree, right, shield an Afghan man's eyes from bright sunlight as Davis scans his iris with a handheld identity detection device during a combined clearing operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 29, 2012. Davis and Tyree are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:17:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-007c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-007c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[IRIS SCAN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120429-A-3108M-007c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120429-A-3108M-007c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELPING HAND]]></title><description><![CDATA[Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelo Anderson lends a helping hand to retired Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Oswald Gould during the cycling event at the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 2012. Anderson is a hospital corpsman and Gould was an aviation machinist's mate. More than 200 wounded, ill or injured service members from the U.S. and British armed forces are competing in the games, which run until May 5.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:14:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Danals]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-QF368-272c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-QF368-272c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HELPING HAND]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-N-QF368-272c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-QF368-272c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLIGHT PREPARATIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aircraft taxi on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower as they prepare for flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, May 1, 2012. The Eisenhower, the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 8, is conducting a training exercise.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:18:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Nathanael Miller]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-YX169-121c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-YX169-121c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FLIGHT PREPARATIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-N-YX169-121c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-YX169-121c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AFGHAN GIRLS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Smith talks to a group of Afghan children during a combined patrol clearing operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 28, 2012. Smith is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:19:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-012c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-012c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AFGHAN GIRLS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120428-A-3108M-012c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-012c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOLD GLEE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leigh Jones, right, the mother of Marine Corps Cpl. Justin Jones, and Nayelli, Jones' wife, rejoice after seeing the corporal win the gold medal in the compound bow portion of the 2012 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 2, 2012. Marines won four medals in the archery competition, including two golds and two bronzes.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-300d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-300d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GOLD GLEE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-M-EV637-300d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-300d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BALL BUMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Sgt. Stephen K. Lunt bumps the ball to a teammate as the all-Marine team plays the United Kingdom team in a sitting volleyball match during the 2012 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 2, 2012. The undefeated Marines won the match in two games, continuing their 3-0 winning streak.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:18:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-II268-002e.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-II268-002e.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BALL BUMP]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-M-II268-002e.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-II268-002e.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANNUAL RECEPTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks with Fred Krupp, left, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, and Carl Ferenbach, right, chairman of the its board of trustees, at the annual reception for the organization at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2012. Panetta thanked the organization for recognizing Defense Department efforts to make military bases and equipment more efficient and environmentally friendly.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 13:10:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-195c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-195c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ANNUAL RECEPTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-BW835-195c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-195c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENTAL RECOGNITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks at an annual reception for the Environmental Defense Fund at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2012. Panetta thanked the organization for recognizing Defense Department efforts to make military bases and equipment more efficient and environmentally friendly.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 18:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-146c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-146c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENTAL RECOGNITION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-BW835-146c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-BW835-146c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMPOUND BOW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Cpl. Justin Jones competes in the compound bow portion of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 2, 2012. Jones took the gold in the competition, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Marines won four medals in the archery competition including two golds and two bronzes.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-154c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-154c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMPOUND BOW]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-M-EV637-154c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-M-EV637-154c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHILD CHAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Smith chats with an Afghan boy during a combined patrol clearing operation in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 28, 2012. Smith is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:03:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-011c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-011c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHILD CHAT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120428-A-3108M-011c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-011c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GHAZNI PATROL]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. paratrooper uses his weapon's scope to scan the area while pulling security during a combined patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 28, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:03:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-008c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-008c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GHAZNI PATROL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120428-A-3108M-008c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-008c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[VILLAGE QUESTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army 1st Lt. Timothy Harting stands by as an Afghan soldier questions a villager about the presence of insurgents in the area during a combined patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 28, 2012. Harting, a platoon leader, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:10:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-001d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-001d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[VILLAGE QUESTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120428-A-3108M-001d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120428-A-3108M-001d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SILVER STAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno presents the Slver Star Medal to Sgt. M. Joshua Laughery during a ceremony on Fort Polk, La., May 1, 2012. Laughery received the medal for his actions during a battle in Afghanistan's Wardak province on Sept. 12, 2011.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 18:27:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-AO884-042c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-AO884-042c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SILVER STAR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-A-AO884-042c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-AO884-042c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRAVO AWARD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta receives the Bravo Award from Jonathan H. Cofer,deputy director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, during the agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established as on May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:29:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0344d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0344d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRAVO AWARD]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0344d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0344d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[POLICE DOG PAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta pauses to greet a police dog after receiving the Bravo Award from Jonathan H. Cofer, deputy director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, during the agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established on May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:29:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0355d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0355d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[POLICE DOG PAT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0355d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0355d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMMEMORATIVE POSTERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signs commemorative posters before the Pentagon Force Protection Agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established on May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:29:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0304c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0304c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMMEMORATIVE POSTERS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0304c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0304c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON FORCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency and other guests look on as Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta delivers remarks at the agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established on May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:30:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0169d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0169d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON FORCE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0169d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0169d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HONOR CORDON]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta walks through an honor cordon before going to the Pentagon Force Protection Agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established on May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:30:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0267c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0267c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HONOR CORDON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0267c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0267c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOCAL TALKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Ellington talks to a local Afghan boy in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012. Ellington's platoon partnered with Afghan soldiers in a clearing operation throughout the area. He is a team leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:14:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Lenzo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120424-M-PC317-326b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120424-M-PC317-326b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LOCAL TALKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120424-M-PC317-326b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120424-M-PC317-326b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ANNIVERSARY REMARKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta delivers remarks at the Pentagon Force Protection Agency's 10th anniversary event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2012. The agency was established May 3, 2002, in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and the October 2001 anthrax attacks.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 19:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0105c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0105c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ANNIVERSARY REMARKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-D-NI589-0105c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-D-NI589-0105c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHARKS AND MINNOWS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Jesse Delrosario and Seaman Crystal Booth chase Cambodian children in a game of sharks and minnows during a community service event at a children's home in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, May 1, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:47:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Mel Orr]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-XG305-768b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-XG305-768b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHARKS AND MINNOWS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-N-XG305-768b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-XG305-768b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TROOP VISIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hands and greets troops on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan's Parwan province, May 2, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:08:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Bill Gowdy]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-N-XC874-095b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-N-XC874-095b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TROOP VISIT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-N-XC874-095b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-N-XC874-095b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOSPITAL VISIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama greets hospital personnel in the ICU at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012. Obama presented 10 Purple Hearts, three in the ICU. Obama met with troops after announcing he had signed a strategic partnership agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai detailing the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan as the war there nears an end. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[White House photo by Pete Souza]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p050112ps-0870a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p050112ps-0870a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HOSPITAL VISIT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_p050112ps-0870a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_p050112ps-0870a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEAP OF FAITH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Valdez, left, extends a helping hand to U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick Mireles as he jumps a stream during a security patrol in Durzay, Afghanistan, April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:47:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-009b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-009b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LEAP OF FAITH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-M-MM918-009b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-009b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIT DOWN]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Sgt. Ryan Brown, right, uses his interpreter to converse with Hajji Ayatollah, left, a village elder in the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district, inside Ayatollah's compound while on a security patrol in Durzay, Afghanistan, April 30, 2012. On the final patrol of their seven-month deployment, the Marines toured the Durzay region of Helmand province's Garmsir district to disrupt possible insurgent activity. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:16:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-006b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-006b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SIT DOWN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-M-MM918-006b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-M-MM918-006b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEET AND GREET]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama interacts with troops on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. Obama made a surprise visit to the air base, where he announced that he signed a strategic partnership agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai detailing the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan as the war there nears an end. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:10:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Roland Hale]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_050212-A-PP425-0051.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_050212-A-PP425-0051.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MEET AND GREET]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_050212-A-PP425-0051.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_050212-A-PP425-0051.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BAGRAM ADDRESS ]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to troops serving on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, during a surprise visit there, May 2, 2012. Obama announced that he signed a strategic partnership agreement with Afghan President Hamid Karzai detailing the relationship between the United States and Afghanistan as the war there nears an end. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Roland Hale]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-PP425-001b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-PP425-001b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BAGRAM ADDRESS ]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120502-A-PP425-001b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120502-A-PP425-001b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[THUMBS-UPS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Airman Jonathan Teeple signals that an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft is ready to taxi after performing pre-flight checks on the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson under way in the Indian Ocean, May 1, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Teeple is assigned to the Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 125.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 17:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-DR144-160b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-DR144-160b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[THUMBS-UPS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-N-DR144-160b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-N-DR144-160b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FORWARD RUSH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army competitors rush forward from the starting line as they compete in the men's handcycle 10K during the first day of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 2012. The Army won first and third places in the race.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Cody Starken]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-xxxxx-081c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-xxxxx-081c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FORWARD RUSH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-A-xxxxx-081c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-xxxxx-081c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CYCLING PRACTICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marines laugh during cycling practice for the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 23, 2012. The event, which runs from May 1 through May 5, offers competitions for wounded warriors in swimming, track and field, cycling, shooting, archery, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120423-M-EV637-024c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120423-M-EV637-024c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CYCLING PRACTICE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120423-M-EV637-024c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120423-M-EV637-024c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDENTITY CHECK]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Markle uses a handheld identity detection device on an Afghan man on Contingency Operating Post Pirtle King in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 18, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 20:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Trey Harvey]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120418-A-LK610-051c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120418-A-LK610-051c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[IDENTITY CHECK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120418-A-LK610-051c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120418-A-LK610-051c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEMPSEY ADDRESS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., May 1, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 22:53:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-TT930-01c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-TT930-01c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEMPSEY ADDRESS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120501-A-TT930-01c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120501-A-TT930-01c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OBAMA IN KABUL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the nation on the way forward in Afghanistan during a whirlwind visit to Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:22:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[The Pentagon Channel Live Shot]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_Obama-Kabul-12-05-01c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_Obama-Kabul-12-05-01c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OBAMA IN KABUL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_Obama-Kabul-12-05-01c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_Obama-Kabul-12-05-01c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIGGER ROUTINE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Airman Kaley R. Vercande, left, rigs a sling on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during an ordnance transfer with the USNS Lewis and Clark, a dry cargo and ammunition ship, in the Atlantic Ocean, April 30, 2012. The George H.W. Bush was conducting carrier qualifications.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:53:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brian Read Castillo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-XE109-188c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-XE109-188c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RIGGER ROUTINE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-N-XE109-188c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-XE109-188c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TEAM DETECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Cpl. Sean Grady and Ace, a military working dog trained to detect improvised explosive devices, provide security during a patrol in the Khan Neshin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 27, 2012. Grady, a dog handler and pointman assigned to Echo Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Ace have located 16 roadside bombs, the most of any team in their battalion since arriving in the province last October.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:52:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-PH863-008c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-PH863-008c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TEAM DETECTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120427-M-PH863-008c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-M-PH863-008c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ONE ON ONE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, talk with Air Force cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:28:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-007d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-007d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ONE ON ONE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-VO565-007d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-007d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LUNCH CROWD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, waves to Air Force cadets before lunch during his visit to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-006c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-006c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LUNCH CROWD]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-VO565-006c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-006c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LIGHTING CEREMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell performs the torch-lighting ceremony with Royal Marine Capt. Simon Maxwell to kick off the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. The U.S. Olympic Committee hosts the sporting competition for wounded members of the armed services.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:24:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tierney P. Nowland]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-HQ178-155d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-HQ178-155d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LIGHTING CEREMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-A-HQ178-155d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-A-HQ178-155d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CARRYING THE TORCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[Retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell and Royal Marine Capt. Simon Maxwell carry the torch after lighting the cauldron to kick off the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:11:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-011c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-011c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CARRYING THE TORCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-VO565-011c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-011c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GREETING WARRIORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets participants at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 12:22:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-016c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-016c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GREETING WARRIORS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-VO565-016c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-016c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACADEMY WALK]]></title><description><![CDATA[Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks with Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould, superintendent of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 08:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-001c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-001c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ACADEMY WALK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-VO565-001c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-VO565-001c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLAG FLIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Woods flys an 800-square-foot American flag during a rehearsal for the Lauderdale Air Show in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., April 27, 2012. Woods is assigned to the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Chief Keith Pritchett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-N-LF001-0311c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-N-LF001-0311c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FLAG FLIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120427-N-LF001-0311c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120427-N-LF001-0311c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUPER DIRECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwayne Foster directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet onto an aircraft catapult in the Indian Ocean, April 30, 2012. Foster is assigned to the air department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, which is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 81.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:06:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Dean M. Cates]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-RG587-095c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-RG587-095c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUPER DIRECTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-N-RG587-095c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-N-RG587-095c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PENTAGON GUEST]]></title><description><![CDATA[Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin signs the guest book as U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta looks on at the Pentagon, April 30, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 08:01:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD Photo By Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-NI589-0631.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-NI589-0631.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PENTAGON GUEST]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/thmb_120430-D-NI589-0631.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-05/hires_120430-D-NI589-0631.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OFFICIAL PARTY]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, applaud as members of the Marine team make their way down the Olympic pathway during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 13:06:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi Agostini]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-950c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-950c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OFFICIAL PARTY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-M-0944A-950c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-950c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPENING CEREMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[First Lady Michelle Obama, right, watches as retired Army veteran Melissa Stockwell, center, and British Royal Marine Capt. Simon Maxwell, left, serve as the honorary torchbearers who lit the cauldron to kick off the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 30, 2012. Maxwell is from Croydon, England.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Heidi Agostini]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-046a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-046a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OPENING CEREMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-M-0944A-046a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-M-0944A-046a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FILIPINO MEETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center left, meet with Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:19:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0075d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0075d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FILIPINO MEETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-NI589-0075d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0075d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Leon E. Panetta, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meet with Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:20:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0259c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0259c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-NI589-0259c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0259c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[STATE DEPARTMENT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, far right, speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Filipino Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, far left, and Filipino Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario after meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 07:20:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0191d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0191d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[STATE DEPARTMENT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-NI589-0191d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-NI589-0191d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[OBAMA BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda brief the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 30, 2012. During the briefing, Obama referred to Japan as "one of America's closest allies in the Asia-Pacific region" and around the world.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:27:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[White House photo by Pete Souza]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p043012ps-0435c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p043012ps-0435c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[OBAMA BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_p043012ps-0435c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p043012ps-0435c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ELDER GREETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ian J. Duncan greets an Afghan elder during the opening of the Green School in the Marjah district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 25, 2012. Duncan is assigned to Civil Affairs Detachment, Regimental Combat Team 5. The school was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the district governor.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:42:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Michael Snody]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-MM392-019c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-MM392-019c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ELDER GREETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-M-MM392-019c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-MM392-019c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SITUATION TRAINING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soldiers patrol through a village during a situation training exercise at Kamal Jabour, a mock Afghan village located on a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas, April 26, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Wilbanks ]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-A-DU849-007a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-A-DU849-007a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SITUATION TRAINING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-A-DU849-007a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-A-DU849-007a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[AQUA MAN]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Marine with the Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment swims the breaststroke during practice, April 26, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo., in preparation for the 2012 Warrior Games scheduled for April 30 - May 5, 2012. The Warrior Games is an annual event allowing wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans to compete in Paralympic sports including archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field and wheelchair basketball. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-152.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-152.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[AQUA MAN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-M-EV637-152.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-152.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RED WAVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL candidate waves a flare during a simulated dive casualty drill during training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., April 26, 2012. Dive training is the second training phase that BUD/S candidates must complete. The Navy SEALs are the maritime component of special operations forces and are trained to conduct a variety of operations from the air, land and sea.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:07:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique M. Canales]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-KK330-288b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-KK330-288b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RED WAVE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-N-KK330-288b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-KK330-288b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRACTICE SWIM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps veterans who were wounded in combat swim during practice for the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 26, 2012. The annual event allows wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans to compete in paralympics sports, including archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, track and field, swimming and wheelchair basketball.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 15:26:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-131c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-131c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRACTICE SWIM]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-M-EV637-131c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-M-EV637-131c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE CONVERSATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Giampaolo Di Paola, Italian defense minister, at the Pentagon, April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-050a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-050a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE CONVERSATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-BW835-050a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-050a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE TALKS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Giampaolo Di Paola, Italian defense minister, at the Pentagon, April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-043a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-043a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE TALKS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-BW835-043a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-043a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ITALIAN MINISTER]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta escorts Giampaolo Di Paola, Italian defense minister, to a meeting at the Pentagon, April 30, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:57:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by Erin Kirk-Cuomo]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-026a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-026a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ITALIAN MINISTER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120430-D-BW835-026a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120430-D-BW835-026a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPECIAL FORCES VISIT ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chilean Defense Minister Andres Allamand  and U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speak with Chilean special forces soldiers after a demonstration of their capabilities on Los Candores Air Base in Iquique, Chile, April 27, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-092b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-092b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SPECIAL FORCES VISIT ]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120427-D-TT977-092b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-092b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOUTH AMERICAN DEPARTURE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta boards a C-17 Globemaster on Los Candores Air Base in Iquique, Chile, April 27, 2012. Chile is the final stop on a five-day trip to the region meeting with counterparts and military officials to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-171b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-171b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SOUTH AMERICAN DEPARTURE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120427-D-TT977-171b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120427-D-TT977-171b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE ORDER]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama signs an executive order as First Lady Michelle Obama watches on Fort Stewart, Ga., April 27, 2012. The order will help ensure all of America's service members, veterans, spouses and other family members have the information they need to make informed educational decisions, and are protected from aggressive and deceptive targeting by educational institutions.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:39:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[White House photo by Lawrence Jackson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_20120427-ftstewart-signingc.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_20120427-ftstewart-signingc.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[EXECUTIVE ORDER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_20120427-ftstewart-signingc.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_20120427-ftstewart-signingc.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA['MUDDER' CHALLENGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. soldier faces water spray as he climbs a hill during the Tough Mudder Centurion Challenge on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 21, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Couffer]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-AX263-525c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-AX263-525c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA['MUDDER' CHALLENGE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120421-A-AX263-525c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-AX263-525c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOT COMPETITION]]></title><description><![CDATA[A firefighting team participates in a damage-control competition during 2012 Fleet Week Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., April 26, 2012. Four Navy ships, a submarine and a Coast Guard cutter are participating in fleet week activities, which are designed to increase awareness of the Navy in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:42:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Greg Johnson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-UA460-105c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-UA460-105c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HOT COMPETITION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-N-UA460-105c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-N-UA460-105c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TROOP TALK]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and internaitonal forces in Afghanistan, speaks to U.S. Army Sgt. Maria Rodriguez, left, and Spc. Mellanie Harber in Zarin village in the Andar district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 23, 2012. Rodriguez and Harber are assigned to the Female Engagement Team, 172nd Infantry Brigade.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Kap Kim]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113350943a792eee89doa.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113350943a792eee89doa.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TROOP TALK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_7113350943a792eee89doa.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113350943a792eee89doa.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[VILLAGE VISIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, goes on a patrol with soldiers to Zarin village in the Andar district of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 23, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army Photo by Master Sgt. Kap Kim]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113348691b3d2d163a0oa.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113348691b3d2d163a0oa.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[VILLAGE VISIT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_7113348691b3d2d163a0oa.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_7113348691b3d2d163a0oa.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHILE BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta addresses the media during a press conference with Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand in Santiago, Chile, April 26, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-190c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-190c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHILE BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-TT977-190c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-190c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PALACE DEPARTURE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand leave the Chilean Presidential Palace after meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera in Santiago, Chile, April 26, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-274f.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-274f.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PALACE DEPARTURE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-TT977-274f.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-274f.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRENCH DIALOGUE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, meets with his French counterpart, Adm. Édouard Guillaud, during the North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels, April 26, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-0193C-006a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-0193C-006a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FRENCH DIALOGUE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-D-0193C-006a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-0193C-006a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[NORTH ATLANTIC DELEGATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, center, joins the U.S. North Atlantic Council delegation for a photo at the NATO headquarters following a meeting in Brussels, April. 26, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:21:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-005a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-005a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[NORTH ATLANTIC DELEGATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-0193C-005a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-005a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE DIALOGUE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, talks with Brendan Nelson, Australia's ambassador to the European Union, at a North Atlantic Council meeting in Brussels, April 26, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-003a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-003a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE DIALOGUE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-0193C-003a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-0193C-003a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESIDENTIAL PALACE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, second from left, shakes hands with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as U.S. Ambassador to Chile Alejandro D. Wolff, far left, and  and Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand look on at the Presidential Palace in Santiago, Chile, April 26, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:16:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-172c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-172c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESIDENTIAL PALACE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-TT977-172c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-172c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WELCOMING CEREMONY]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, and Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand review Chilean troops during a welcoming ceremony in Santiago, Chile, April 26, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:16:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-032c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-032c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WELCOMING CEREMONY]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-TT977-032c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-032c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHILEAN CONVERSATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta meets with Chilean Defense Minister Andrés Allamand in Santiago, Chile, April 26, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:16:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-141d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-141d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CHILEAN CONVERSATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120426-D-TT977-141d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120426-D-TT977-141d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BLUE GERONIMO]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Redfern provides security while on patrol during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village, Khost province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Redfern is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amber Leach]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-A-LP603-127b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-A-LP603-127b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BLUE GERONIMO]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120414-A-LP603-127b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-A-LP603-127b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BELOW BAHRAIN]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Devon Headley conducts dive operations off the coast of Bahrain, April 19, 2012. The Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2 is deployed with Commander Task Group 56.1, which provides mine counter-measures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage and diving, counterterrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shane Tuck]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-N-IZ904-104c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-N-IZ904-104c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BELOW BAHRAIN]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120419-N-IZ904-104c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-N-IZ904-104c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOYALTY LIVES ON]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Derick Clark, a kennel supervisor with Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, comforts Yeager, an improvised explosive device detection dog, as they wait for the beginning of a memorial service in honor of Lance Cpl. Abraham Tarwoe, Yeager's handler, on Combat Outpost Duluth, Afghanistan, April 22, 2012. Tarwoe, who was assigned to Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, was killed in action during a dismounted patrol in support of comba]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-M-PH863-002b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-M-PH863-002b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[LOYALTY LIVES ON]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120422-M-PH863-002b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-M-PH863-002b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BEST WARRIORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. soldiers conduct an Army physical fitness test as the first challenge for competitors in the Best Warrior contest on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, April 24, 2012. The 364th Expeditionary Sustainment Command hosted the competition in which participants throughout the Army Central Command area of responsibility came to participate and prove that they are the best of the best.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:43:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Bigelow]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-A-PF724-021b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-A-PF724-021b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BEST WARRIORS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-A-PF724-021b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-A-PF724-021b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COMBINE CORPORAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alex Robinson exits a camouflage net tunnel in a river during the Civilian Military Combine at Bryce Resort, Va., April 21, 2012. The Combine, a weight lifting competition followed by a mountainous 6-mile obstacle course, was the fourth event in the 2012 Commander's Cup Challenge series.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:33:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-M-HZ646-009b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-M-HZ646-009b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COMBINE CORPORAL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120421-M-HZ646-009b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-M-HZ646-009b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELMAND HANDSHAKE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Steve Rimmer, the commander of 4th Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, greets an Afghan boy while on a security patrol with Afghan police in the Garmsir district of Afghanistan's Helmand province, April 17, 2012. U.S. Marines patrolled areas outside the district during community council elections while Afghan police officers secured the voting site.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:13:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120417-M-MM918-009b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120417-M-MM918-009b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[HELMAND HANDSHAKE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120417-M-MM918-009b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120417-M-MM918-009b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COLOR CHANGE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. sailors prepare to shift colors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson as the ship anchors for a port visit in Perth, Australia, April 24, 2012. The Carl Vinson and embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:52:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Andrew K. Haller]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-UT411-347b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-UT411-347b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COLOR CHANGE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-N-UT411-347b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-UT411-347b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WATER WARRIORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marines take a break during swim practice for the 2012 Warrior Games at Colorado Springs, Colo., April 25, 2012. The Warrior Games is a competition between wounded warriors from all military branches and includes swimming, track and field, cycling, shooting, archery, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball. The competition will run May 1-5, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-EV637-024b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-EV637-024b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WATER WARRIORS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-M-EV637-024b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-M-EV637-024b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MUD JUMPER]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Army soldier participates in a dance-off competition after the Pat Tillman run on Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 21, 2012. More than 200 runners participated in the run which raises awareness of the Pat Tillman Foundation and pays tribute to the fallen comrade.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amber Leach]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-LP603-151b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-LP603-151b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MUD JUMPER]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120421-A-LP603-151b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-A-LP603-151b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[CRYSTAL CLEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Lebel checks a patient's eyes during a medical civic assistance project at Kandis Elementary School as part of Exercise Balikatan 2012 in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, April 18, 2012. Balikatan is an annual bilateral training exercise aimed at improving interoperability between U.S. and Philippine military forces.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Troyer]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120418-M-IJ457-015b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120418-M-IJ457-015b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[CRYSTAL CLEAR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120418-M-IJ457-015b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120418-M-IJ457-015b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SEXTANT STANCE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Ensign Kellye Quirk uses a stadimeter sextant to take a range finding from the port bridge wing of the guided-missile frigate USS Underwood during a training exercise with the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut and the guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City in the Atlantic Ocean, April 24, 2012. After the exercise, Underwood will deploy to Central and South America and the Caribbean to support Southern Seas 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:09:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stuart Phillips]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-NL541-130c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-NL541-130c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SEXTANT STANCE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-N-NL541-130c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-NL541-130c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[JOINT MANNING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy sailors and Marines man the rails aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp as the ship arrives in Port Everglades, Fla., to participate in Fleet Week Port Everglades 2012, April 25, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:56:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Betsy Knapper]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-N-DU438-057b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-N-DU438-057b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[JOINT MANNING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-N-DU438-057b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-N-DU438-057b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MARINE OBSERVATION]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta observes a Brazilian Marine Corps demonstration with Adm. Ferando Antonio at Governor's Island Marine Base, Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:51:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-375a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-375a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MARINE OBSERVATION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-D-TT977-375a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-375a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[MEMORIAL DEPARTURE ]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta departs Brazil's World War II Memorial after a wreath laying ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-071a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-071a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[MEMORIAL DEPARTURE ]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-D-TT977-071a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-071a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[GUEST BOOK]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signs a guestbook at a memorial honoring Brazil's contributions to Allied efforts during World War II in Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:02:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-313a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-313a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[GUEST BOOK]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-D-TT977-313a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-D-TT977-313a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[COLLEGE SPEECH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks to students at Brazil's Superior War College in Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:04:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-249a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-249a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[COLLEGE SPEECH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_0425-D-TT977-249a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-249a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WREATH LAYING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta lays a wreath at Brazil's World War II Memorial in Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperation. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:53:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-292a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-292a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WREATH LAYING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_0425-D-TT977-292a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_0425-D-TT977-292a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRISON TOUR]]></title><description><![CDATA[Afghan Lt. Col. Abdul Qayoum Azami, Farah City prison warden, center, leads members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah on a tour of the prison in Farah province, Afghanistan, April 24, 2012. The team visited the prison to observe and provide recommendations to improve conditions.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:23:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-II659-134b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-II659-134b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRISON TOUR]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-N-II659-134b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-N-II659-134b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SECURITY CHAT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marines and an interpreter listen to an Afghan man during a security patrol in Kajaki, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012, as their squad begins a foot patrol. The Marines are assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Reiriz]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-085c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-085c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SECURITY CHAT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120414-M-JI376-085c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-085c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIVER ROUTE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Grant departs Patrol Base Virginia, an Afghan National Civil Order Police position in Kajaki, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012, as his squad begins a foot patrol. Grant, a rifleman, is assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The Marines recently transitioned security authority for the area to Afghan forces. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Reiriz]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-059a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-059a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RIVER ROUTE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120414-M-JI376-059a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120414-M-JI376-059a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BICENTENNIAL ANGELS]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, practices over Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, La., April 20, 2012, as part of the bicentennial celebration of the War of 1812. The bicentennial events were part of Fleet Week New Oreleans 2012 that featured participationi from the crews of nine ships from the United States, France, Canada, Great Britain, Ecuador and Indonesia.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth Robinson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-IL826-004a.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-IL826-004a.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BICENTENNIAL ANGELS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120420-N-IL826-004a.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-IL826-004a.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SANDBAG TOSS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army soldiers stack sandbags on their gun emplacement at sunset on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, April 25, 2012. The artillerymen are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:12:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-A-3108M-001c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-A-3108M-001c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SANDBAG TOSS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120425-A-3108M-001c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120425-A-3108M-001c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIREFIGHT]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Shout uses his weapon's scope to scan the nearby ridge following an engagement with anti-Afghan forces on Forward Operating Base Wright in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 19, 2012. Shout is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar security forces. The unit took small-arms fire during a routine patrol and suppressed the enemy with the assistance from Afghan troops.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:29:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-NG741-107c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-NG741-107c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FIREFIGHT]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120419-F-NG741-107c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-NG741-107c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[PRESIDENTIAL GREETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[Air Force Col. Daniel Dant, second from left, 460th Space Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. William Ward, 460th Space Wing command chief, left, greet President Barack Obama on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., April 24, 2012. Obama stopped on the base on his way to speak on student loan interest rates at the University of Colorado Boulder.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:52:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Riley Johnson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-F-BD327-087c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-F-BD327-087c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[PRESIDENTIAL GREETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-F-BD327-087c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-F-BD327-087c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ENGINE ELEMENTS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Lucero checks the components of an F119-PW-100 jet engine on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., April 19, 2012. Lucero, an aerospace propulsion engineer, is assigned to the 49th Maintenance Squadron. The F119-PW-100 jet engine is the primary propulsion system for the F-22 Raptor.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:31:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-YJ486-147c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-YJ486-147c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ENGINE ELEMENTS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120419-F-YJ486-147c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120419-F-YJ486-147c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE LEADERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, greets Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-165c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-165c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE LEADERS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-D-TT977-165c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-165c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRASILIA ARRIVAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Thomas A. Shannon Jr., left, greets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta upon his arrival in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:44:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-160c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-160c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRASILIA ARRIVAL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-D-TT977-160c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-160c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[DEFENSE DEPARTURE]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta leaves the Brazilian Ministry of Defense in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:45:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-184c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-184c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[DEFENSE DEPARTURE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-D-TT977-184c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-184c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRAZILIAN BRIEFING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, briefs the press with Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:47:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-077c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-077c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRAZILIAN BRIEFING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-D-TT977-077c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-077c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRAZIL MEETING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, right, meets with Brazilian Gen. José Elito Carvalho Siqueira, Minister of Institutional Security, in Brasilia, Brazil, April 24, 2012. Panetta is on a five-day trip to the region to meet with counterparts and military officials in Colombia, Brazil and Chile to discuss an expansion of defense and security cooperations. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:46:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-194c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-194c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[BRAZIL MEETING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120424-D-TT977-194c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120424-D-TT977-194c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SPECIAL FORCES INFO]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a mountaintop brief from U.S. and Afghan special forces on Camp Morehead, Afghanistan, April 23, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:21:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-D-0193C-005d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-D-0193C-005d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SPECIAL FORCES INFO]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120423-D-0193C-005d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-D-0193C-005d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[RAINY DAY PATROL]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Devoe and other paratroopers return to Forward Operating Base Arian from a patrol in the rain along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's southern Ghazni province, April 20, 2012.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:35:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-029d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-029d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[RAINY DAY PATROL]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120420-A-3108M-029d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-029d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[TROPHY TEAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama strikes the Heisman pose after accepting a football from quarterback Tim Jefferson, left, during the Commander-in-Chief Trophy presentation to the U.S. Air Force Academy football team in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2012. The Air Force team beat Army and Navy teams in 2011 to claim the trophy for the 18th time.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:10:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[White House photo by Pete Souza]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p042312ps-0424c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p042312ps-0424c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[TROPHY TEAM]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_p042312ps-0424c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_p042312ps-0424c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SHY SHAKE]]></title><description><![CDATA[A shy Afghan boy shakes hands with a U.S. paratrooper on patrol along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 20. 2012. Highway 1 is the country's main thoroughfare between Kabul to the north and Kandahar to the south.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:49:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-012c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-012c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SHY SHAKE]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120420-A-3108M-012c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-A-3108M-012c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[WARRIOR WHEELS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony McDaniel races around the track during practice for the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 23, 2012. McDaniel suffered a bilateral leg and partial hand amputations from an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan 2010. He is competing in track and wheelchair basketball. ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:25:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Wetzel]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-M-AR635-621d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-M-AR635-621d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[WARRIOR WHEELS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120423-M-AR635-621d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120423-M-AR635-621d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIST BUMP BUDDIES]]></title><description><![CDATA[A U.S. Army paratrooper teaches Afghan boys how to do the "fist bump" in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team, and is part of a patrol securing Highway 1, the country's main highway between Kabul and Kandahar.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:47:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-3108M-001b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-3108M-001b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FIST BUMP BUDDIES]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120422-A-3108M-001b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-3108M-001b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[FLAG REFLECTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[The American flag reflects in the glasses of an U.S. Army officer as he reenlists as a paratrooper on Combat Outpost Qara Baugh in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 22, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:27:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Reed Knutson]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-HG822-001d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-HG822-001d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[FLAG REFLECTION]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120422-A-HG822-001d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120422-A-HG822-001d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARMOR CLEANING]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Zachary Hinna, left, and Bradley Engelman, right, clean a light armored vehicle at Camp Pendleton, Ca., April 21, 2012. The Marines serve with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:29:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-OO345-207c.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-OO345-207c.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[ARMOR CLEANING]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120421-OO345-207c.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120421-OO345-207c.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SAILOR SAVIORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy sailors evacuate a simulated casualty during aircraft firefighting drills on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Indian Ocean, April 20, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:37:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-DR144-237b.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-DR144-237b.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SAILOR SAVIORS]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120420-N-DR144-237b.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120420-N-DR144-237b.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title><![CDATA[SUNSET WATCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[U.S. Navy Seaman Sara Schmid stands watch on the signal bridge as the sun sets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Indian Ocean, April 15, 2012. ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:34:00 EST</pubDate><author><![CDATA[U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans]]></author><link>http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120415-N-DR144-266d.jpg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120415-N-DR144-266d.jpg</guid><media:description><![CDATA[SUNSET WATCH]]></media:description><media:thumbnail url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/thmb_120415-N-DR144-266d.jpg'/><media:content url='http://www.defense.gov//dodcmsshare/homepagephoto/2012-04/hires_120415-N-DR144-266d.jpg' type="image/jpeg" /></item></channel></rss>
