From left: Col. Arthur Wittich, the oldest Soldier serving in the Military District of Washington; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno; Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel; Army Secretary John M. McHugh; Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III and P...

Spc. Edwine Kilcline of the 237th Military Police Co, New Hampshire National Guard, briefs Secretary of the Army John McHugh about the ammunition abatement process used on combat vehicles as part of retrograde
operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanist...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh pays his respects to late Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, July 23, 2013. Prior to the gravesite visit, McHugh, along with Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general of U.S....

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno presents the Purple Heart medal to Spc. Thomas Wirthlin during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Azzizullah, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2013. Odierno visited with leaders and Soldiers and re...

President Barack Obama awards Staff Sgt. Ty M. Carter the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Aug. 26, 2013. Visit www.army.mil/medalofhonor/carter/index.html to learn more about Staff Sgt. Carter and to view the "ba...

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno attends the Wake Forest versus Army Football game at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Sept. 21, 2013. Before and during the game, Odierno met and spoke with West Point Cadets, and he provided t...

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Secretary of the Army John McHugh, and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno render honors as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Pfc. Cody Patterson who died in Afghanistan, during...

From left to right, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Army Secretary John
McHugh, former Army Capt. William D. Swenson, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray
Odierno and Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III present Capt.
Swenson with a framed plaque in ...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh presents former Capt. William D. Swenson his framed Medal of Honor citation at a ceremony inducting Swenson into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Oct. 16, 2013, as Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno looks on. Swenson...

Secretary of the Army John McHugh today transferred the eternal flame to its permanent position at the grave site of President John F. Kennedy at
Arlington National Cemetery. Cemetery officials completed restoration of the
presidential memorial, and ...

Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal talks with retired Lt. Col. David Viens, a representative of a small business that makes defense and security robots, at the 2013 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition, in W...

Under Secretary of the Army Dr. Joseph W. Westphal presents framed mementos to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), and the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own," at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., Nov. 4, 2013, in appreciation f...

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno speaks with David Letterman of the Late Show, Nov. 11, 2013, in Manhattan, New York. Odierno was in New York to take part in Veterans Day activities, including administering the Oath of Enlistment to a group ...