The 49th Annual U.S. Senate Youth Program delegates listen intently as U.S. Army MG Joseph Anderson, Director of Operations, Readiness and Mobilization, explains global Army operations during their afternoon at the Pentagon on March 11, 2011.

The 104 delegates also heard from Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Douglas B. Wilson. Two students from each state and two from the DoD Education Activity are selected each year.

Photo by Jakub Mosur, U.S. Senate Youth Program photographer