U.S. Navy Lt. Santo P. Cricchio and Marine Corps Maj. Philip E. Hynes hand out school supplies to students of the Aecole Boules Catholic Primary School in Djibouti, Africa, on Sept. 7, 2005. American school children and Camp Lemonier military members donated the supplies. Cricchio is a Catholic chaplain and Hynes is a future operations officer.

DoD photo by
Staff Sgt. Stacy L. Pearsall, U.S. Air Force.

Gulfport, Miss. U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Navy Construction Battalion One (NMCB-1) help clear trees downed by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulfport area.

The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.

U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Ja'laon A. Rhinehart

A lone bugler plays taps during a memorial service for retired Vice Adm. James B. Stockdale during a memorial service held aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76).

Hundreds of friends, family members and shipmates gathered to remember the former prisoner of war and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient who died July 5 in Coronado, Calif.

U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate Airman Sarah Foster

Biloxi, Miss. – U.S. Navy Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion Two (ACB-2), clean-up debris from Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.

U.S. Navy photo by Lithographer 1st Class Edward S. Kessler