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Today in the Department of Defense Friday, February 03, 2012

 Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta is traveling. 

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter has no public or media events on his schedule. 

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert speaks at 10 a.m. EST at the Navy Installations Change of Command Ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. 

Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz will brief the media at 1:15 p.m. EST in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973) on Air Force strategic choices and budget priorities.  Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the River Entrance only.  Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification.  Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building.





Lance Cpl. Nick Lacarra provides security in a field with his military working dog Coot.
U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 53 approaches the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17).
A Marine inspects an AV-8B Harrier before flight operations.
Petty Officer 2nd Class James Langley directs signalmen aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).
Secretary Panetta speaks with Gen. John Allen at the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.
Senior Airman Nathan Ritz post-flights a jet after a mission during Red Flag 12-2.
Scout swimmers push onto the beach at Okinawa, Japan.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael McAfee drills to attach a roof to a new school.
Afghan police and coalition special operations forces load a police member onto an MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
Spc. Robert Irwin conducts a security patrol in Afghanistan's Paktya province.
Seaman Jonathon Foreman splices a tattletale through a new mooring line.
 

Lance Cpl. Nick Lacarra provides security in a field with his military working dog Coot. -  U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Lacarra provides security in a field with his military working dog Coot during a patrol with Afghan Border Police in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 30, 2012. Lacarra is an improvised explosive device detection dog handler assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. DoD photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)   Hi-Res | News Photo Archive