130513-D-NI589-001 Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter receives a warm welcome from Brig. Gen. Ron Lewis as he arrives at Jalalabad Air Base in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on May 13, 2013. Lewis and other senior leaders will brief Carter on the operational and strategic-level reviews of the security transition and retrograde. Lewis is the Regional Command East deputy commanding general for support. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett. (Released)Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to Vice President Joe Biden, members of the department of defense and private industry thanking them for their work in providing Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles at the MRAP transition ceremony at the Pentagon October 1, 2012. The ceremony marks the start of the transition of the MRAP Joint Program Office from the Marine Corps to the Army and the formal establishment of an MRAP Program of Record within each service DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released)
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Deputy Secretary of Defense, Ashton B. Carter (left) and Marine Gen. James F. Amos (right), before hearing on the impacts of sequestration on February, 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Colin Kelly / Staff)Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter meets with U.S. and Ugandan troops at Kisenyi Peacekeeping Base, Uganda July 23, 2013. Official DoD photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler U.S. Marine Corps (Released)Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, right, and Vice President Joe Biden applaud after the national anthem is played before the start of the Army versus Navy football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8, 2012. (Photo By Glenn Fawcett/Released)Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter talks with U.S. Marines during a refueling stop at Souda Bay, Greece, on July 25, 2013. Carter thanked each Marine individually for their service. Carter is returning from a weeklong trip to Israel, Uganda and Ethiopia, where he met with senior government and military leaders of those nations. (DoD photo by Sgt. Aaron Hostutler, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter tours Breezy Point, N.Y., Nov. 12, 2012. with National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael C. Swezey, Assistant Adjutant General, New York National Guard. The New York beach community was the scene of widespread devastation after Hurricane Sandy struck in October. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley) Ashton B. Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics during a taping of This Week in Defense News with Vago Muradian in Washington D.C March 12, 2010. Tom Brown/ StaffLt. Col. Richard Ng (right), commander of the 1st "Dragon" Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, speaks to Ashton Carter, the deputy secretary of defense, during his visit to the Dragon motor pool Oct. 28. The visit was part of Carter's farewell tour. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bailey Kramer, 1st BCT, 1st Cavalry Division PAO)U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter, left, exchanges greetings with U.S. Army Col. Stephen Richmond, the commander of the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, upon Carter's arrival at a Turkish army base in Gaziantep, Turkey, Feb. 4, 2013. Carter was visiting the area to view Patriot missile batteries installed with assistance from U.S. troops. U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability. (Photo by Glenn Fawcett/Released)
