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Army Maj. Gen. Perry Wiggins, deputy commanding general, Army North and Fort Sam Houston, thanks city and state government representatives for their support on the construction of the bridge over Interstate Highway 35 during the Texas Department of Transportation’s Walters Street Bridge Ribbon Cutting Ceremony May 25 to officially open the “New Gateway to Fort Sam Houston.”

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Senior Airman Robert Amburgey provides watch over the main gate at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center during an operational readiness inspection May 20, 2010, in Gulfport, Miss. Amburgey is an M-60 gunner from the 123rd Airlift Wing's security forces squadron.

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Members of the 123rd Airlift Wing render first-aid to an Airman from the 317th Airlift Group after a simulated attack on their shared facilities during an operational readiness inspection May 20, 2010, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss.

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Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Ludke up-channels information during an evacuation of his building following a simulated attack during an operational readiness inspection May 20, 2010, at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. Ludke is the nuclear, biological and chemical warfare cell chief from the 123rd Airlift Wing.

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Ambulances from local hospitals pull up next to the disaster aeromedical staging facility to offload simulated patients during an evacuation exercise May 20, 2010, at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, La. The exercise was controlled by officials from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals with the help of multiple military counterparts including Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

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Members of the disaster aeromedical staging facility carry a simulated patient into the facility during an evacuation exercise May 20, 2010, at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport, La. The exercise was controlled by officials from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals with the help of multiple military counterparts including Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command members from Scott Air Force Base, Ill.

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Medical personnel from New York,Tennessee, and Hawaii Disaster Medical Assistant Team (DMAT), and U.S. Air Force join together to carry litter patient to a C-130 during an exercise on 20 May 2010. Soldiers, Airmen, Seamen, and Civilians participate in the USNORTHCOM Exercise Ardent Sentry 10.

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Tech Sgt. Eric Emmett from 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, California and Capt. Juvelyn Chua from 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, treat a mannequin onboard a C-130 during an exercise on 20 May 2010. Soldiers, Airmen, Seamen, and Civilians participate in the USNORTHCOM Exercise Ardent Sentry 10.

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Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, gives his remarks during the commands' change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., May 19. Winnefeld spoke of the exceptional partnership between the U.S. and Canada and the connection between the work of NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM and that of U.S. and allied forces fighting overseas.

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Members of the audience salute as the Canadian and U.S. national anthems are played at the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., May 19. Navy Adm. James Winnefeld assumed leadership of the commands from Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates presents the U.S. Northern Command flag to Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander, during the commands' change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base May 19.

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Explosives aboard a small boat are detonated to convey the reality of a small boat terrorist attack during Citadel Protect 2010. Citadel Protect is a series of training exercises to assess the Navy's capability to protect waterborne assets against threats in Navy ports. Citadel Protect is a coordinated event between U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Navy Installations Command.

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The plaque of the new 9-11 memorial describes the design of the memorial and its three parts, the steel beam representing the World Trade Center, the five-sided planter representing the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania soil representing crash site of Flight 93. The memorial will be commemorated in a ceremony at 1 p.m. May 18.

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Explosives are detonated to convey the reality of a terrorist attack during Citadel Protect 2010. Citadel Protect is a series of training exercises to assess the Navy's capability to protect waterborne assets against threats in Navy ports. Citadel Protect is a coordinated event between U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Navy Installations Command.

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A Navy port security craft investigates a suspicious boat as part of a training scenario during Citadel Protect 2010(CP10). CP10 is part of the Navy's regular training designed to asses the Navy's capability to protect waterborne assets against vessel borne and/or Improvised Explosive Device (IED) threats in Navy ports. CP10 is a coordinated event between U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC).

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Canadian Gen. Walt Natynczyk, Chief of the Canadian Defence Staff, presents the North American Aerospace Defense flag to Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, NORAD and U.S. Northern Command commander, during the commands' change of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base May 19.

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The new 9-11 memorial on the grounds of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command headquarters includes a steel beam from the World Trade Center donated to NORAD and USNORTHCOM by the National Homeland Defense Foundation which forms the heart of this new memorial. The memorial will be commemorated in a ceremony at 1 p.m. May 18.

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Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, holds his final scheduled press conference at NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM headquarters May 13. During the press conference, Renuart discussed the two commands' successes and the challenges they face in the next decade.

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Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command commander, holds his final scheduled press conference at NORAD and U.S. NORTHCOM headquarters May 13. During the press conference, Renuart discussed the two commands' successes and the challenges they face in the next decade.

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Sailors off-load oil spill containment equipment from a C-17 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NAS JRB) New Orleans. Air Force C-17s, from Anchorage, Alaska, delivered the equipment to support Deepwater Horizon oil spill response. Deepwater Horizon was an ultra-deepwater oil rig located 130 miles southeast of New Orleans that exploded April 20 and sank April 22, causing a massive oil spill threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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