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Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies alongside Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dec. 1, 2015.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center right, walks with Malaysian Minister of Defense Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, center left, through an honor cordon at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Jan. 17, 2014. (DoD photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, April 20, 2017, for a two-day visit where he will meet top Israeli government officials. Secretary Mattis was greeted by IDF MG Michael Edelstein, US Embassy chargé d'affaires Leslie Tsou and US Embassy Deffense Attache General Rupp
Photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies alongside Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dec. 1, 2015.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, center, stands in the Hall of Names with the Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon, left, Dr. Robert Ozzett, right, the director of libraries at Yad Vashem, and his son, Ziller, during a tour of Yad Vashem, the official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, in Jerusalem, Israel, April 21, 2013. Hagel spent several days in Israel meeting with counterparts on a six day trip to the Middle East. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released)
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) David L. Norquist, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony on the DOD posture and fiscal year 2019 budget request to the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. April. 26, 2018. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, civilians and spouses assigned to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., during a town hall meeting at the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) Command and Control Facility, Feb. 20, 2020. During the event, Secretary Esper thanked USSTRATCOM, 55th Wing, tenant units, and their families for their service, and took their questions about a variety of topics on their minds, from the mission to supporting their families. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie R. Matyascik)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Vietnam’s Minister of Defense NgĂ´ XuĂ¢n Lịch, at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore, June 1, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
PEARL HARBOR (Aug. 31, 2020) Cmdr. George Howell, right, commanding officer of the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780), and Rear Adm. Blake Converse, center, commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, show Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper Missouri's control room during a submarine tour. The visit is part of a key leader engagement to demonstrate Joint Force combat readiness and resilience during a global pandemic. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda R. Gray/Released)
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, on April 22, 2013, visited Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, where he surveyed an Israeli Honor Guard, participated in a joint meeting with Minister of Defense Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon, and held a joint press conference with the Minister.
photo credit: Matty stern/U.S. embassy Tel Aviv
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies alongside Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dec. 1, 2015.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington D.C. Sept. 22, 2016. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, on April 22, 2013, visited Israeli Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, where he surveyed an Israeli Honor Guard, participated in a joint meeting with Minister of Defense Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon, and held a joint press conference with the Minister.
photo credit: Matty stern/U.S. embassy Tel Aviv
Deputy Secretary of Defense hosts an enhanced honor cordon for acting Minister of National Defense for Afghanistan Lt. Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami Nov. 20, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (DOD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)
Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies alongside Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Dec. 1, 2015.
Commander of the troops and Commander of 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Col. Johnny K. Davis, left, escorts Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during the Armed Forces Farewell Tribute in Honor of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Jan. 28, 2015, in Conmy Hall on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. U.S. President Barack H. Obama hosted the ceremony with co-hosts U.S Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO photo by Rachel Larue)
Defense Secretary James Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, update the media on the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during a joint press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. (Dept. of Defense photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)
Defense Secretary James Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, update the media on the campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria during a joint press conference at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., May 19, 2017. (Dept. of Defense photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrived at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, April 20, 2017, for a two-day visit where he will meet top Israeli government officials. Secretary Mattis was greeted by IDF MG Michael Edelstein, US Embassy chargé d'affaires Leslie Tsou and US Embassy Deffense Attache General Rupp
Photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter provide testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee on counter-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant operations and Middle East strategy at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington D.C., Apr. 28, 2016.. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel visit today Yad Vashem (Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust) memorial with Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, he was escorted by Dr. Robert Rozett from Yad Vashem.
Photo Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis speaks with staffers before providing testimony on the Fiscal Year 2018 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of Defense to members of the House Armed Services Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington D.C., June 12, 2017. (Dept. of Defense Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens as Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, speaks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Department of Defense fiscal year 2017 budget hearing, on Capitol Hill, April 27, 2016. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
Dr. Robert Gates, President of Texas A&M University presents at the Mays Business School CNVE Aggie 100 awards.
UPDATE: Dr. Robert Gates was nominated by President George Bush for the Defense Secretary post after Donald Rumsfeld resigned November 8th, 2006. Read the NY Times story here and the NowPublic story here.
Also posted with Aggie President Wants to Be SECDEF on Houstonist. Strange world.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work checks out the cockpit of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Paris Air Show June 19, 2017, in Paris, France. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)
U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan arrives for a meeting with Thailand’s Minister of Defense Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue, Singapore, June 1, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, congratulates Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III during Welsh's retirement ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hold a press conference at the Pentagon, Mar. 25, 2016. During the press briefing it was announced ISIL's 2nd in command and minister of finance Abd ar-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli (also known as Haji Imam) was killed during a U.S. military operation. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks with Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Senior Enlisted Leaders of the Armed Forces before a working breakfast at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.(DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/Released)
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, who arrived in Israel last night (April 20), was received by a full honor guard of IDF soldiers at the Ministry of Defense and IDF headquarters in Tel Aviv, April 21, 2017. He then met with Israeli Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman and other senior defense officials.
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Gen. Colin Powell address the audience at the 2011 National Memorial Day Concert at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 29, 2011. (Department of Defense photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel visit today Yad Vashem (Israel's official memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust) memorial with Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon, he was escorted by Dr. Robert Rozett from Yad Vashem.
Photo Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv
36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford and 37th Commandant of the Marine CorpsGen. Robert B. Neller stand in formation during the U.S. Marine Corps passage of command ceremony held at Marine Barracks, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, 2015. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford relinquished command to Gen. Robert B. Neller. Gen. Dunford will take over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sept. 25, 2015. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
Left to right: Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd; Defense Secretary Ash Carter; Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly stand during the change-of-command ceremony for the U.S. Southern Command at the command's headquarter in Miami, Jan. 14, 2016. DoD photo by EJ Hersom
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work poses with awardees during the Presidential Rank Awards ceremony June 21, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. The awards were presented to senior career employees with a sustained record of exceptional professional, technical, and/or scientific achievement recognized on a national or international level. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, deliver remarks at the retirement ceremony for Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Welsh was commissioned as an Air Force officer in June 1976, and became chief of staff in August 2012. DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro