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U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Robert M. Gates, met with coalition troops at ISAF Joint Command headquarters June 7 in Kabul. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, answers a question from a service member during his troop address October 30, 2015 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. More than 200 people were in attendance. (U.S. Army Photo/Sachel Harris)
SecDef' 13: Redrawing the security map - Parallel session II: Information sharing as the key to counter-terrorism - Ilkka Salmi, Director, EU Intelligence Analysis Centre, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter addresses Soldiers and Airmen October 30, 2015 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. During the visit, Secretary Carter met with senior military leaders and senators during various roundtable discussions focusing on operations in the Pacific. (U.S. Army photo/Sachel Harris)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan talks with Canada’s Minister of National Defense Harjit Sajjan, during a ministerial discussion and lunch at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore, June 1, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
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President Barack Obama addresses audience members at the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in honor of retiring Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2011. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
SecDef' 13: Redrawing the security map - Parallel session III: EU-NATO: The search for a common cyber-strategy
SECDEF makes opening remarks.
18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey joined Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Robert Hale to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Department of Defense to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense, Jun. 18, 2014. DoD photo by SSG Sean K. Harp, USA
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., May 12, 2016, to transport Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and members of his staff after their visit to the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC). Carter visited Schriever AFB to participate in discussions on space issues with U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, U.S. Strategic Command commander; Ms. Betty Sapp, National Reconnaissance Office director; U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, Air Force Space Command commander; and leaders from the JICSpOC and U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic (SMDC/ARSTRAT). The JICSpOC became operational in October 2015 through the partnership and collaborative efforts of USSTRATCOM, the National Reconnaissance Office, Air Force Space Command, and the intelligence community to enable a greater unity of effort between DoD and the intelligence community as they confront the challenges of operating in space. These capabilities enable a greater unity of effort between DoD and the intelligence community as they confront the challenges of operating in space. One of nine DoD unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions, assigned through the Unified Command Plan, which include strategic deterrence; space operations; cyberspace operations; joint electronic warfare; global strike; missile defense; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; combating weapons of mass destruction; and analysis and targeting. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Kathryn Calvert)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael deliver remarks to the press while touring multi-domain autonomous displays at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
La X Conferencia de Ministros de Defensa de las Américas (CMDA) se está llevando a cabo en Punta del Este, del 6 al 10 de octubre.
Foto: reunión del Secretario de Defensa de EE.UU., Leon Panetta con el Ministro de Defensa Nacional de Uruguay, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro.
[U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi / Copyright info]
Vice President JD Vance meets with National Guard troops positioned at Union Station as part of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force, Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates arrives with the official party at the U.S. Northern Command/ North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Change of Command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. on May 19, 2010. U.S. Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart was relieved by Navy Adm. Sandy Winnefeld at the Colorado Springs ceremony. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan is welcomed to Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense with an honor guard arrival ceremony, ahead of a meeting with Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Robert M. Gates, met with coalition troops at ISAF Joint Command headquarters June 7 in Kabul. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
La X Conferencia de Ministros de Defensa de las Américas (CMDA) se está llevando a cabo en Punta del Este, del 6 al 10 de octubre.
Foto: reunión del Secretario de Defensa de EE.UU., Leon Panetta con el Ministro de Defensa Nacional de Uruguay, Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro.
[U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi / Copyright info]
SecDef' 13: Redrawing the security map - Plenary Session I: Transatlantic security: Tactical and strategic challenges - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Co-president Security & Defence Agenda and Giles Merritt, Director, Security & Defence Agenda
Army Chaplain Col. James J. Foster delivers the invocation during the 21st 9/11 Pentagon Observance Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
Ms. Laura Holgate moderates a discussion with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (third from right) Senator Sam Nunn (second from right) and Senator Richard Lugar (right) during a ceremony commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program at the Pentagon May 9, 2016.(DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan speaks to the Vietnam War Commemorative Advisory Committee during their farewell ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 10, 2019. Shanahan also pinned certain members with the Distinguished Public Service Award for their work while on the committee. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)
Harold Brown and his wife hosted a Christmas reception with many important officials from his time as Sec Def. Brown talks to Togo West, General Counsel.
U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Robert M. Gates, met with coalition troops at ISAF Joint Command headquarters June 7 in Kabul. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks during the 21st 9/11 Pentagon Observance Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)
Defense Secretary Ash Carter lays a wreath during a remembrance ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial in Arlington, Va., Sept. 11, 2015. The ceremony was attended by family members of those killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley)
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth meets with Finland’s Minister of Defense Antti Häkänen and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew G. Whitaker prior to the 31st Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Oct. 15, 2025. (DoW photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Robert M. Gates, met with coalition troops at ISAF Joint Command headquarters June 7 in Kabul. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts Jacksonville Jaguars NFL Player and U.S. Naval Academy Graduate U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Rayuan Lane III and his family at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 2, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Indonesia’s Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu, at the Ministry of Defense, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with troops from 3rd Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (3/10 MTN) Warriors and the Foreign Legion Force Poland Battle Group in Powidz, Poland, Feb. 15, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander C. Kubitza)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a teleconference with NFL players Aaron Jones and Elijah Higgins during their visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Kuwait from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., April 2, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work awards Lindsay Chaney of the Defense Intelligence Agency the David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award during the 61st Annual Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Awards Nov. 3, 2016, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)
U.S. Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Robert M. Gates, met with coalition troops at ISAF Joint Command headquarters June 7 in Kabul. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Pomrenke)
Names of the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack at the Pentagon are read aloud during the 21st 9/11 Pentagon Observance Ceremony on Sept. 11, 2022, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)