Pearl Harbor, Hawaii -  Veterans of the World War II-era Wickes-class destroyer USS Ward (DD 139) are greeted aboard the guided missile frigate USS Crommelin (FFG 37) by the ship's commanding officer, Cmdr. Mark Manfredi prior to a tour.

On December 7, 1941, Ward and her crew delivered the first shot of the war in the Pacific when she intercepted and sank a Japanese miniature submarine at the entrance to Pearl Harbor one hour before the Japanese air attack on the island of Oahu.

U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class Corwin Colbert

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii -- Air Force Maj. Gen. Gary L. North, Director for Operations, PACOM (far right) and Marine Lt. Col. Marc Sehrt, Commander, Marine Corps Air Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay (far left) present Marine Maj. Maura Hennigan and her family with a check in the amount of $1,000 from the National Military Family Association (NMFA). The Hennigan family also received a donation of $500 in their name to the charity of their choice from the NMFA.
U.S. PACOM photo by Army Sgt. Tim Meyer

Blaskowski was one of several 173rd Airborne Brigade Soldiers honored during a recent ceremony in Kandahar.

Photo by Spc. Jon Arguello and courtesy of U.S. Army

Captain Derek C. Bibby, AV-8B Harrier pilot, and Cpl. Frank A. Valenzuela, powerline mechanic, both from Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz., are awarded Navy Achievement Medals by Brig. Gen. Carl B. Jensen, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 3, aboard the U.S.S. Peleliu, Dec. 7.

The Marines are receiving the award for their individual actions in preventing an AV-8B Harrier from injuring Marines and sailors, damaging other aircraft and falling off the flight deck on the evening of Nov. 7.

Photo by: Cpl. Ruben D. Calderon