Almost Home
September 13th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
IC3 Vijay Kataria takes a face full of wind as the USS Enterprise, CVN 65, heads toward Norfolk as she returns from a six-week cruise on Thursday, September 9, 2010. Enterprise is the fastest carrier in the Navy, so it can get pretty windy outside on the o-11 level when the crew is looking forward to returning home. (Sheila Vemmer/staff)
Looking out for the Big E
September 10th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Masters-at-arms from the USS Enterprise, CVN 65, stand a force protection watch on the bow of the ship as “The Big E” returns to Norfolk from a six-week cruise on Thursday, September 9, 2010.
Colors
August 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Members of the Robert Cole High School JROTC perform color guard duties during a naturalization ceremony at the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio, TX, on Thursday, August 26, 2010. All four of the students are military dependents – the school is located at Ft. Sam Houston.
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
July 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Carlton Kent at the Sergeants Major Symposium held at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, on Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
Don’t Rain on My Parade
July 20th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Every Tuesday throughout the summer, Marine Barracks Washington conducts a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA. The parade on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 started as normal, but drizzle began to fall as members of the Commandant’s marched across the field playing a medley from the musical “Hair.” Umbrellas were passed out, and as the musicians sang the chorus from “Let the Sun Shine In,” the skies opened up. The Silent Drill Team managed to make it through their portion of the parade, but officials decided to call the event shortly after colors passed the reviewing party.
The Littlest Marine
July 15th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Staff Sgt. David Vogt, III, the 2010 Marine Corps Times Marine of the Year, holds his seven-week old son, Joseph, during the 10th Annual Service Member of the Year Awards, held in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (Sheila Vemmer/staff)
Say Cheese!
July 15th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
If there is any way of making some of the most powerful men in the military look like a bunch of first-graders getting ready for a class portrait…I think I may have accidentally done it. Chief of Staff of the Army General George W. Casey, Chief of Staff of the Air Force General Norton Schwartz, Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Robert Papp, Jr., and Chief of the Navy Reserve Admiral Dirk Debbink during the 10th Annual Military Times Service Member of the Year awards at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. It is either a really good thing or a really bad thing that I didn’t get Marine Corps Director of the Reserve Affairs Division Major General Darrell Moore in the photo.
Protect our Flight
July 6th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
An Our Lady of Loretto medallion hangs from a kneeboard of a 10th Combat Aviation Brigade Dustoff member, 10th Mountain Division, as he runs through a rock drill for a night-time air assault at Ft. Carson, Colorado, during High Altitude Mountain Environmental Training on June 10, 2010. Our Lady of Loretto is the patron saint of many people involved in aviation.
Navy wife, mother, warrior
July 3rd, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
Yoko Takeuchi, wife of Lt. Cmdr. Robert Shu, practices kendo, a modern Japanese martial art of sword-fighting based on traditional Japanese swordsmanship, at Capitol Area Budokai in Alexandria, VA, on Sunday, June 27, 2010. Takeuchi’s sons are interested in the sport, and she laughingly says she wants them to learn so “when they have too much energy they can fight each other.” (Sheila Vemmer/staff)
Scout retrieval
June 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
A 10th CAB, 10th Mountain Division scout is pulled out of an impending storm during HAMETS (High Altitude Mountain Environmental Training Strategy) in the mountains near Ft. Carson, Colorado.