Rainy day at Arlington
November 11th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
"I'll love you forever."
Veterans Day service for Tech Sgt. Matlovich
November 9th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
The SLDN (Servicemembers Legal Defense Network) held a memorial service in honor of Veterans Day at the gravesite of Tech Sgt. Leonard Matlovich, "one of the first to challenge the military’s exclusion of GLBT people from the armed forces," at the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.
Minister of Defense, Estonia
November 3rd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian Minister of Defense, at the Estonian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Monday, November 2, 2009. Estonia has soldiers in Afghanistan, but this time they are on the Afghan's side. Much different than 30 years ago.
Your new Secretary of the Army
November 2nd, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
John M. McHugh, 21st Secretary of the Army, speaks during his Arrival Ceremony at Conmy Hall, Ft. Myer, VA, on Monday, November 2, 2009.
Out & In
October 7th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
On stage at the AUSA annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 5, 2009.
AUSA’s large and international following
October 5th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
An international group of military attendees at the opening ceremony of the AUSA annual meeting and exposition in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 5, 2009.
So, About That Missing Russian Freighter….
September 21st, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hosts an honor cordons to welcome Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak to the Pentagon.
Read the Fine Print
September 10th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Army Linguist Payam Abrarahadi, 22, from Tehran, Iran, examines his naturalization certificate after a citizenship ceremony at the Pentagon.
Shadowland
July 30th, 2009 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
Former deputy chief of the KGB station at the Soviet embassy in Washington, DC, KGB Maj. Gen. Oleg Kalugin (Ret.) – reflected in a window – speaks at the Spy Museum about his 32-year long career in the intelligence trade. He oversaw Moscow’s spy network in the United States, and as head of KGB foreign counter-intelligence, he directed the KGB’s most valuable clandestine agents inside the United States, most notably the Walker case.
John Walker was a Navy communications specialist who gave the Soviets significant intelligence for almost twenty years – and was recruited simply when he walked into the Soviet embassy in DC, looking to sell a radio cipher.
Kalugin’s book has just been reissued, and Kalugin – now a U.S. citizen and a professor at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies – spoke about one of the differences between Russian & Chinese spy services versus the U.S. “We would recruit young students, and invest in a long term view. One of my students eventually joined the State department…..they take a long view of the trade, and don’t worry about the money being spent on that investment. Here, it’s like a Starbucks culture, you have to have instant results when the CIA spends money.”