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)

Challenge Coin: WHMO (Version 1)

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)

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)

SecDef'13 pre-conference dinner - Lord John Reid, Claude-France Arnould and Gen. Philip M. Breedlove

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a bilateral exchange with Colombian Minister of Defense Pedro Sánchez in Tampa, Florida, May 6, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

Challenge Coin: WHMO Plans, Policy, Requirements

SecDef'13 pre-conference dinner - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Co-president SDA with Ton von Osch, Former Director General of EUMS

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth participates in a live virtual interview with "Fox and Friends" from the Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, on June 6, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller deliver remarks while meeting 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)

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses National Guard leaders at the National Guard's 2011 Joint Senior Leadership Conference at National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 8, 2011. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)

Challenge Coin: SMA Jack Tilley (version 1)

SecDef' 13: Redrawing the security map - Plenary Session I: Transatlantic security: Tactical and strategic challenges - Hüseyin Diriöz, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller deliver remarks while meeting 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)

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses National Guard leaders at the National Guard's 2011 Joint Senior Leadership Conference at National Harbor, Md., on Nov. 8, 2011. (Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill) (Released)

Challenge Coin: VPOTUS Richard Cheney

Navy. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Tragedy Assistance Program from Survivors (TAPS) National Military Survivor Seminar in Crystal City, Va. on May 29, 2011. (Department of Defense photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)

Challenge Coin: SMA Robert Hall

Challenge Coin: CMC Michael Hagee (Version 1)

Defense Secretary Ash Carter listens to remarks during the U.S. Southern Command change of command ceremony at SOUTHCOM headquarters in Doral, Fl. Jan. 14, 2016. U.S. Navy Admiral Kurt W. Tidd is the new SOUTHCOM commander succeeding U.S. Marine Corps General John F. Kelly. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)

The Joint Armed Forces Chorus performs “Amazing Grace” 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)

US President Joe Biden 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)

Challenge Coin: SMA Jack Tilley (version 1)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu during the Normandy American Cemetery ceremony, Colleville-sur-Mer, France, June 6, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

SECDEF Laird has a cup of milk aboard APL-30 Nha Be RVN 6 Nov 1971

Detail of a door at Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense, as U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Indonesia’s Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Military members and families of the 184 lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attack at the Pentagon sit in attendance of 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)

Detail photo from wall art at Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense, as U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Indonesia’s Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Indonesia’s Minister of Defense Ryamizard Ryacudu delivers remarks during a meeting with U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, at the Ministry of Defense, Jakarta, Indonesia, May 30, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to students partaking in the United States Senate Youth Program at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 7, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

SecDef' 13: Redrawing the security map - Parallel session I: Maritime security around the world

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2021. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

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)

Challenge Coin: CMC Michael Hagee (Version 2)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a fitness check with Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Pentagon Athletic Center, Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Challenge Coin: CSA Dennis Reimer

Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper meets with the Uzbekistan Minister of Defense Bakhodir Kurbanov at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., July 12, 2019. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signs a flag officer memorandum at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)

Challenge Coin: Under SECAF Carol Dibatiste

Harold Brown held an awards ceremony for all ASDs to award them DCSM medals. Robert Komer spoke.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a fitness check with Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Pentagon Athletic Center, Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Challenge Coin: CJCS Henry Shelton (Version 1)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a fitness check with Secretary of Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the Pentagon Athletic Center, Washington, D.C., Aug. 13, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

SecDef'13 pre-conference dinner - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Co-president SDA with Ton von Osch, Former Director General of EUMS