• JanuaryStaff Sergeant Joe Jones and Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta go on tandem parachute jump
  • FebruarySoldiers air assault into village inside Afghanistan
  • MarchSoldier returns fire with a M249 light machine gun during combat operations in the valley of Barawala Kalet, Kunar province, Afghanistan
  • AprilStaff Sergeant Hector Hoyas and Senior Airman Matthew Phillips turn away from the CH-47 Chinook helicopter prop wash
  • MayA Soldier of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) places small American flags in front of a headstone in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
  • JuneA Soldier walks through a valley during a patrol through Malajat, Afghanistan
  • JulyPresident Barack H. Obama awards the Medal of Honor to United States Army Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry for his valor in Afghanistan at the White House
  • AugustA lone Tomb Guard with the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), walks in humble reverence during Hurricane Irene at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery
  • SeptemberHailee Cook, daughter of fallen Specialist Michael Cook Jr., sits near the Global War on Terror monument at Fort Riley, Kansas, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony
  • OctoberMajor General David L. Mann (right) holds the hand of Captain Ivan Castro, a blind runner, while they approach the finish line at the 2011 Army Ten-Miler
  • NovemberUnited States Army Chief of Staff General Raymond T. Odierno presents a Bronze Star Medal and the Army Chief of Staff coin to George Joe Sakato at the World War II Nisei Veterans Program National Veterans Network tribute
  • DecemberSpecialist Christopher Pawson leads his artillery battery in a footrace through the forests of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, during a team-based competition