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    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Robert T. Hastings, left, presents the certificate for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Public Service to Joey Rizzolo, a seventh grader from Paramus, N.J., at the Pentagon, May 6, 2008. Rizzolo was awarded the medal for his support of Americas's servicemembers and his ASY Freedom Walk contributions
5/11/08
 Joey Rizzolo, a 7th
grader, awarded
 Medal for Exceptional
Public Service		 An Airman from the 823rd Security Forces Squadron hugs a loved one after returning from a deployment April 29, 2008 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Members of the 823rd SFS recently returned from a six-month deployment to Iraq.
05/10/08
Airman hugs a loved
one after returning
from Iraq deployment		 Kandahar, Afghanistan (April 15, 2008) -- Marines from 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit , International Security Assistance Force , NATO, conduct a training exercise that requires them to meet and earn the trust of the local population. This exercise will better prepare the Marines while they conduct operations in support of NATO.
05/09/08
Marines meet with
locals in Afghanistan
to better prepare
for their mission
The American Flag still flaps in the in the Suffolk, Va., wind May 2, 2008, despite the fact the house it was attached to was destroyed by a tornado.
05/08/08
American Flag still
waves after house
destroyed by tornado		 Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recites the oath of allegiance to 15 University of Kentucky Reserve Officers Training Corps students during a visit to the school's campus in Lexington, Ky., May 2, 2008.
05/07/08
Univ. of KY Reserve
Officers Training
Corps students recite
oath of allegiance		 Aaron Cheerman of Manchester, CT was given the Marine Corps League’s Highest Honor - the Marine of the Year Award. On his left is his wife of 43 years, Sylvia. To the right is Major General James Williams, the Commanding General of all Marine Reserve units of the 4th Marine Division, which is now engaged in the war on terrorism. Major General Williams flew in from his Headquarters in New Orleans to attend the ceremony and serve as guest speaker.
05/06/08
 The Marine Corps
League's Marine
of the Year		 Bikers and enthusiasts look over the Orange County Patriot Chopper owned by the Army National Guard at the second annual National Capital Region Joint Services motorcycle safety event at the Pentagon, May 2, 2008. The custom-made motorcycle will make its debut in its rally as part of the Rolling Thunder Memorial Day weekend event here.
05/05/08
 Orange County Patriot
Chopper owned by the
Army National Guard		 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with members of the press after touring the Restoration and Resilience Center on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, May 1, 2008. Gates discussed a change to the defense department's security questionnaire to encourage those who need counseling to seek it. The center helps treat soldiers who return from combat with post traumatic stress syndrome.
05/02/08
 Defense Secretary
Gates speaks about
 Restoration and
Resilience Center
Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Hartless accepts a number of handmade quilts intend for wounded service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center from Docia Fuller of the Quilts for Warriors Project. Each of the quilts were made by children at quilt shops around the U.S.
05/01/08
Soldier accepts quilts
handmade by children
for wounded troops		 The battleship USS Missouri Memorial is illuminated in red, white and blue for the 23rd annual Hawaii Military Appreciation Month opening ceremony, April 24, 2008. The ceremony kicked off a month-long celebration to express appreciation and "mahalo" to Hawaii's servicemembers for their everyday sacrifices here and abroad.
04/30/08
The battleship USS
Missouri Memorial is
illuminated in red,
white and blue		 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mark Ostrander talks to a young boy during a foot patrol in Charikar, Afghanistan, April 22, 2008. Ostrander is assigned to the police advisory team of the Charikar Provincial Reconstruction Team and is deployed from the 55th Security Forces Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
04/29/08
Airman talks to
young Afghani boy		 Staff Sgt. Federico Hudson cleans the nose art on a static C-54 aircraft on display at the Berlin Airlift Memorial site at the former Rhein Main Air Base near Frankfurt International Airport in Germany. Sergeant Hudson and a team of approximately 30 volunteers from Ramstein AB spent three days cleaning the display aircraft for refurbishing in prepartion for a Berlin Airlift 60th Anniversary Celebration to take place there in June.
04/28/08
Airman cleaning
C-54 aircraft at the
Berlin Airlift Memorial		 President George W. Bush smiles as he delivers remarks to the Members of the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride Thursday, April 24, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House. The ride provides rehabilitative cycling events for severely injured service members, affording many of the combat-wounded veterans a way to return to an active lifestyle.
04/26/08 (2)
 President G.W. Bush
delivers remarks at
Wounded Warrior
Project's Soldier Ride
U.S. Army Major Jasen Johnson takes a break with his three children, son Caleb, 9, to his right, and daughters Jenna, 5, sitting on his knee, and Janey, 6, holding a creative art balloon, in the Pentagon’s courtyard,on Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, April 24, 2008.
04/25/08
Army Major Jasen
Johnson with his
three children		 From left to right, Congresswoman Betty Sutton (OH), Justin Brown, Jeremy Stengel, Armed Forces Foundation President Patricia Driscoll, and Marine Brig. Gen. Michael Regner pause during a celebration of the passing of House Resolution 1020. The event was was held at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Apr. 16, 2008 to pay tribute to U.S. service members and this legislation honoring their efforts.
04/24/08
 Celebrating passing
House Resolution
1020 honoring troops		 Marine Corporal Ian Dollard received the Silver Star on March 21, 2008 for heroic actions in Iraq on June 24, 2007.
04/23/08
Marine Silver Star
Recipient		 Admiral William J. Fallon and his wife, Mary, depart through side boys at the end of his retirement ceremony onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt at Norfolk Naval Station, Va., April 18, 2008.
04/22/08
Adm. William Fallon's
retirement ceremony		 U. S. Air Force students maneuver a log during the "monster mash" event during a Combat Control School exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., April 9, 2008. The monster mash is an endurance event to build stamina and encourage teamwork.
04/21/08
 Air Force students
maneuver log during
the "monster mash"
Service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, as well as three Gold Star mothers, were invited to join homefront group Tennessee's Helping Hearts on their parade float, Apr. 11, 1008, in Pigeon Force, TN
04/19/08
TN's Helping Hearts,
troops & Gold Star
mothers in parade		 Ben Stein, actor, writer and economist, accepts the Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Public Service Award from Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England on April 15, 2008. The ceremony took place at the Pentagon before the inaugural TAPS Honor Guard Gala held in Washington. TAPS also honored Stein during its gala.
04/18/09
Ben Stein accepts
DOD's Exceptional
Public Service Award		 President George W. Bush and Laura Bush applaud as Pope Benedict XVI acknowledges being sung happy birthday by the thousands of guests Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at his welcoming ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.
04/17/08
Three photos of
Pope Benedict XVI
at the White House		 U.S. Army Pfc. Adam Bobler, of 3rd Platoon, Delta Company from the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, kicks down a door during a three-day air assault mission to search for weapons caches and high value insurgents in Upper Dugmut, Iraq, on April 4, 2008.
04/16/08
 Soldier kicks down
door during search
for weapons in Iraq		 NEW ORLEANS, April 11, 2008 - (From Left) Vice Admiral Brian Peterman, commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presents the Eighth Coast Guard District Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year Award to Petty Officer 1st Class Victor M. Swansey, along with Rear Admiral Joel R. Whitehead, commander of the Eighth Coast Guard District, during a ceremony here today.
04/15/08
Eighth Coast Guard
District Reserve
Enlisted Person of the
Year Award recipient
Sixty-two service members from 25 different countries place their right hand above their hearts as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance signifying their commitment to the United States during a Naturalization Ceremony, April 5, 2008.
04/14/08
 Sixty-two service
members pledging in
citizenship ceremony		 On Saturday, Apr. 5, 2008, Operation Care Package received a donation of 10,500 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, worth about $42,000. Each box will be sent to deployed servicemembers with a personal color page or thank you note attached. The cookies were collected by Girl Scouts from the Fox Valley Council in Geneva, Ill. and driven in a donated moving van to Operation Care Package in nearby Joliet, IL.
04/11/08
Operation Care
Package received
10,500 boxes of
Girl Scout cookies		 Sgt. Aaron Letteer, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, is welcomed home by his family here April 4, 2008. Letteer was deployed to Iraq with the battalion for more than six months.
04/10/08
Marine with his
family after return
from Iraq deployment		 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sean Murphy, an E-4B aircraft pilot assigned to the 1st Airborne Command Control Squadron, prepares for an aerial refuel with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over Italy, April 5, 2008.
04/09/08
Air Force pilot
refueling his
 E-4B aircraft		 Louisiana State University Tigers' running back Jacob Hester stands next to President George W. Bush after presenting him with a football during a visit to the White House Monday, April 7, 2008, by the 2007 NCAA Football Champions.
04/08/08
President Bush
with LSU Tigers,
2007 NCAA
Football Champions