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ROMEOVILLE, Ill. - Fisheries biologists from the state of Illinois and federal agencies use electric probes in the waters along the Chicago Sanitary Ship Canal to ferret out Asian carp near the electric fish b More

LOCKPORT, Ill. -- Pictured here is a Bighead Carp, an invasive species fish, caught by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport, Ill. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The A More

Chief Boatswain's Mate (SW/AW) Donald Walker explains master control for the 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator, USS Trayer (BST 21), at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Dec. 4. Walker escorted More

Officers from the Royal Australian Navy walk down the pier next to the 210-foot-long Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator, USS Trayer (BST 21), at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Dec. 4. The officers were par More

LOCKPORT, Ill. -- Pictured here is a Bighead Carp, an invasive species fish, caught by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport, Ill. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The A More

LOCKPORT, Ill. -- Pictured here is a Bighead Carp, an invasive species fish, caught by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lockport, Ill. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The A More

CHICAGO - A member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and members of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw help offload Christmas trees at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5, 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Macknaw del More

CHICAGO - A member of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw slides a tree down the Mackinaw's ladder for offload by more than 100 volunteers aboard the 240-foot icebreaker at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5 More

CHICAGO - A member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and members of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw help offload Christmas trees at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5, 2009. The Coast Guard Cutter Macknaw del More

CHICAGO - Volunteers and a member of the Coast Guard Auxiliary help offload Christmas trees aboard the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5, 2009. The Coast Guard More

CHICAGO - Volunteers help offload Christmas trees aboard the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw at the Navy Pier in downtown Chicago, Dec. 5, 2009. The Macknaw delivered more than 1,000 Christmas trees fro More

Rear Adm. Cliff Sharpe, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), welcomes more than 100 Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Professors of Naval Science, Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training More

Ensign BoMee Sin and Ensign Christopher Thomas of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest answer questions from students at Simeon Career Academy during the school's Black History Month celebration. Sin an More

Along with Chicago Bulls' mascot, Bennie the Bull (left), 85 new Navy recruits wait to recite the Oath of Enlistment at the United Center, the home court of National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls, here More

Ship's Serviceman 1st Class (SW/AW) Laura Perez, a Recruit Division commander from the Navy's ony boot camp, Recruit Training Command at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., assists third-grader Ciera Bell with her More

Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician (Collection) (SW/SS/AW) David Twiford, USS Constitution command senior chief, presents a helm used aboard “Old Ironsides” to ship six during a ceremony at Recruit Training Co More

Senior Airman Roberto Villalobos and Master Sgt. David Wilcox, both with the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron's Personnel Support for Contingency Operations Office, go over the creation of a new check More

Mark Schultz, environmental director for Naval Facilities Engineering Command Midwest, explains to students at North Chicago Community High School about electric vehicles and other environmentally friendly mean More

LANSING, Ill., -- Illinois Department of Natural Resources personnel prepare to set fishing nets in the lower portion of the fish-sampling zone the Little Calumet River near the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam before More

LANSING, Ill., -- Illinois Department of Natural Resources personnel conduct fish-retrieval operations in the Little Calumet River near the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam after Rotenone application during the multi- More

LANSING, Ill., -- Boat crews depart the Operation Pelican staging area in the Little Calumet River near the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam after Rotenone application during the multi-agency sampling operation here, More

LANSING, Ill., -- SET Environmental Group personnel conduct fish-sorting and disposal operations near the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam after Rotenone application during Operation Pelican, the multi-agency sampling More

LANSING, Ill., -- Representatives of agencies involved in Operation Pelican escort Congresswoman Judy Biggert, 13th District of Illinois, after a tour of the operational area aboard an Illinois Conservation Pol More

LANSING, Ill., -- Capt. Luann Barndt, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and Army Col. Vincent Quarles, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District, brief Congresswoman Judy Biggert, 13th More

LANSING, Ill., -- Steve Shults, Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Incident Commander, Operation Pelican, Capt. Luann Barndt, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan and Army Col. Vincent Quarles, More

A C-130 Hercules is parked on the flightline at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on March 1. The C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission for the Department of Defense. The aircr More

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Mark Ferguson, the chief of naval personnel, salutes the crowd before tossing out the first pitch at the 25th annual Chicago White Sox Navy Night, at U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, Ill., June More

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Nelson "Gene" Blakey of Moweaqua, Ill., retired in June 2010 after 56 years of service with the Illinois Army National Guard. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael Camacho)

Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., spill response team members install shade covers while other team members label the boom, all of them waiting for direction from incident command post, June 25. "We left Great L More

Petty Officer 1st Class Orlando Caruso, aviation electrician's mate left, a facilitator aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer simulator USS Trayer, prepares recruits to fight a compartment fire. The firefig More

U.S. Pacific Fleet Force Master Chief Petty Officer Eric W. Page, hones his sharp shooting skills using the M-16A1 rifle in the firearms trainer simulator at the Gunner's Mate "A" school. The school is part of More

Debra Rogers, Field Operations Directorate associate director at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, administers the oath of citizenship to Sailors from Kenya, Nepal and France during a naturalization More

Members of the 933rd Military Police Company, Illinois Army National Guard, execute a 21-gun salute as part of the Chicagoland Korean War Veterans, 60th Anniversary of the Korean War Ceremony, July 27, 2010. T More

Vice Adm. Peter H. Daly, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, listens as instructor Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Cruz reviews the computer based training curriculum at Mentor Associated Basic Engi More

Vice Adm. Peter H. Daly, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, throws the ceremonial first pitch to start the Chicago Cubs vs. Cincinnati Reds baseball game. The event was part of Navy Week Chicago, on More

Vice Adm. Peter Daly, deputy commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, tosses the coin before the game during Navy Night with the Chicago Fire soccer team during Chicago Navy Week. Chicago Navy Week is one of 20 More

Members of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, wave to spectators after parachuting during the opening ceremony of a Chicago White Sox baseball game at U.S. Cellular Field during Chicago More

Rear Adm. Kenneth Carodine, deputy commander of Navy Warfare Development Command, meets the president and CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange as part of Chicago Navy Week. Chicago Navy Week is one of 20 N More

Command Master Chief Brad Shepherd, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, answers questions about the fleet from Navy recruits of Division 319 at Recruit Training Command.

Seaman Ryan Brown, from Cape May Courthouse, N.J., explains his computer based training curriculum to the Juan M. Garcia III, assistant secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, at the Center for More

Juan M. Garcia, III, assistant secretary of the Navy, center, stands at attention during the national anthem at the Pass-in-Review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) where he was the Reviewin More

Rear Adm. Kenneth Carodine, deputy commander of Navy Warfare Development Command, gives a Navy necklace to a patient at a children's hospital as part of Caps for Kids during Chicago Navy Week. Chicago Navy Week More

Sixty sailors assigned to the Training Support Center in Great Lakes, Ill., participate in the 81st Annual Bud Billiken Parade in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. Led by Rear Adm. Kenn More

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force, so do divorce rates, suicide rates and other negative trends. This demands more than just another program, but a new culture and way of thinking, Air Mobilit More

Capt. Bill Wilson, left, commander of Naval Special Warfare Center, receives a brief from training coach Kyle Schlicher while visiting Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Preparatory school in Great Lakes, Ill. Wi More

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force, so do divorce rates, suicide rates and other negative trends. This demands more than just another program, but a new culture and way of thinking, Air Mobilit More

Rear Adm. Joseph F. Kilkenny, commander of Naval Education and Training Command, addresses a graduating class of Culinary Specialist "A" School students at the Center for Surface Support during a visit to Train More

Rear Adm. Joseph F. Kilkenny, right, commander of Naval Education and Training, speaks to recruits and family members as the reviewing officer at the Pass In Review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Comma More

Rear Adm. Joseph F. Kilkenny, right, commander of Naval Education and Training, salutes during arrival honors at the weekly Pass In Review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill. Ki More

Master Sgt. John Gorsuch, C-130 Hercules loadmaster and instructor for Air Mobility Command's Detachment 5 at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center at St. Joseph, Mo., checks the set up of an airdrop con More

CHICAGO - Aboard the tall ship Europa, (left to right) U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jack Hambidge of Marine Safety Unit Chicago talks with the Europa's Captain, Klass Gaastra, about safety equipment o More

CHICAGO - (Left to right) Aboard the tall ship Royaliste, Wayne "Lord Pirate Captain Marcato" Marquardt listens as U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jack Hambidge of Marine Safety Unit Chicago explains the More

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses questions of leadership style from Junior ROTC students who attend Chicago Public Schools during the Hyman G. Rickover Leadership Series at the More

Sgt. 1st Class Katrice Byrd, a Kankakee, Ill., native and S-1 non-commissioned officer-in-charge with the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), is congratulated on her accomplishments by Command Sgt. Maj. Ro More

Rear Adm. Arthur Johnson, commander of Naval Safety Center, speaks with students at the Sue Duncan Children's Center. Johnson visited Chicago to engage and connect with local students, cadets, educators, admini More

Leading Seaman Ronnie Neymour, left, from the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, studies his course material on a computer-based training terminal at the Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit's Quartermaster "A" Sch More

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Claimancy Command Master Chief Mark Flemon proudly displays the SPAWAR flag flying outside the USS Kennedy, which is the boot camp ship that the SPAWAR sponsored recruits More

A pilot guides a vintage Russian-built MiG 17 jet during an aerial demonstration for the 2010 Airpower Over the Midwest Airshow, Sept. 11, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Tens of thousands of people attended the More

A C-17 Globemaster III from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., is parked on the flightline at Scott AFB, Ill., Sept. 11, 2010. The C-17 and the airmen who fly and maintain it were on han More

A pilot guides an F-16 Fighting Falcon through an aerial demonstration during the 2010 Airpower Over the Midwest Airshow, Sept. 11, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Tens of thousands of people attended the two-day airshow.

People attending the Airpower Over the Midwest Airshow look at a static display of a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., Sept. 11, 2010, at Scott AFB, Ill. Tens of thousands of visitors stopped a More

The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform aerial maneuvers over Scott Air Force Base during the Airpower Over the Midwest air show as part of St. Louis Navy Week. St. Louis Navy Week is More

An A-10 performs during the 2010 Airpower Over The Midwest Airshow, Sept. 11, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Tens of thousands of people attended the two-day airshow.

The U.S. Navy's Blue Angels aerial demonstration team performs during the 2010 Airpower Over the Midwest Airshow Sept. 11, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Tens of thousands of people attended the two-day airshow.

An aircrew flies a B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., over the airfield as part of an aerial demonstration for the 2010 Airpower Over The Midwest Airshow, Sept. 11, at Scott AFB, Ill. Tens of thousan More

The U.S. Navy flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, perform a low-level pass in tight formation at the Airpower Over the Midwest air show during St. Louis Navy Week. St. Louis Navy Week, which runs from S More

People attending the Airpower Over the Midwest Airshow line up to look at a static display of a KC-10 Extender from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., while a B-2 Spirit from More

A recruit trains on the Virtual Environments for Ship and Shore Experiential Learning system at Recruit Training Command. The system is a computer game-based, first person role-playing training system that prep More

Attendees to Air Mobility Command's Phoenix Stripe leadership conference are pictured Sept. 17, with (front row, left) Chief Master Sgt. David E. Spector, AMC Command chief master sergeant, and (front row, righ More

Ed Brown, director of military outreach for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, provides advanced leadership training to more than 30 youth coordinators from Air Mobility Command bases during a training sessio More

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, speaks during a ceremony, Sept. 23, at the “Walk of Fame” at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., as part of a presentation by the Airlift-Tanker Association Ha More

Members of the 375th Air Mobility Wing complete the two-mile run during the Commanders Challenge at Scott AFB, Ill., Oct. 1, 2010. Physical fitness is one of the four pillars of Airman Comprehensive Fitness.(U. More

Retired Capt. James A. Lovell, a NASA astronaut, center, cuts the ribbon to officially open the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago as several members of Congress look on. The center is More

Retired Capt. James A. Lovell, left, a NASA astronaut, speaks to more than 750 guests at the official opening of the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in Chicago. The center is the nation's first More

This graphic highlights the importance of employer support with Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard Airmen. Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., thanked More

Underwater structures, known as parasitics, are placed into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal as part of the electric barriers project in October 2010. The electric barriers deter the inter-basin establishmen More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Melania Mezei, an aviation machinist's mate, left, inspects Seaman Recruit Quade Butler during a division inspection at Recruit Training Command while Seaman Recruit Joshua Baker, a recr More

Master Sgt. Jason Shamis, from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Shamis was the base-level winner at Charleston and comp More

Senior Airman Rachel Kleist from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21, 2010. Kleist was the base-level winner at Joint B More

Staff Sgt. Tim Herrman, from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott AFB, Oct. 21. Sgt. Johnson was the base-level winner at Scott and was among 11 competitor More

Rear Adm. Robert Kamensky, vice commander of Submarine Force, looks over the physics work of a Navy Junior ROTC freshman cadet at Hyman G. Rickover Naval Academy. Rickover is a naval high school academy with mo More

Staff Sgt. Aisha Smith, from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Smith was the base-level winner at MacDill and beat out More

Senior Airman Naomi Scott, from Dover Air Force Base, Del., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Scott was the base-level winner at Dover and earned sec More

Tech. Sgt. Eric Bailey, from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Bailey was the base-level winner at Grand Forks and More

Staff Sgt. Abigail Foster, from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Foster was the base-level winner at Fairchild and More

Staff Sgt. Brenda Johnson from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21, 2010. Johnson was the base-level winner at McConnell More

Staff Sgt. Jay Tarnate, from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21. Tarnate was the base-level winner at Travis and was amo More

From left to right: Master Sgt. Keyser Voigt, Maj. Susie Dietz, Maj. Kris Rowe, Lt. Col. Duncan Smith, and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Rumph, discuss the details of aeromedical evacuation missions planned for the day on t More

Staff Sgt. Clint Yager, from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., sings during the Air Mobility Command Icon competition at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Oct. 21, 2010. Yager was the base-level winner at Little Rock More

Commodore Stephen P. Woodall, Royal Australian Naval Attache, inspects the drill team during a graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command. Woodall was the reviewing officer for the ceremony and addressed 1 More

Recovery of Vought F4U-1 “Birdcage” Corsair Fighter, Nov. 8, 2010 (Photo courtesy of A and T Recovery).

Mooseheart High School science teacher Curt Schlinkman hands out homework to his students, who are also Navy Junior ROTC cadets. Mooseheart High School has the only Navy Junior ROTC unit where the cadets live on campus.

Timmothy Lashley, a ceramist with the U.S. Air Force 375th Dental Squadron, stacks a new set of ceramic pieces to build a bridge at the Scott Dental Clinic laboratory on Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Nov. 10, 201 More

Rear Adm. David Steindl, commander of Naval Service Training Command, inspects a drill team during a graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command. Steindl was the reviewing officer for the first time since a More

Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Johnson, utilitiesman (left), a Recruit Division Commander at Recruit Training Command, explains a simulated damaged berthing compartment aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer More

This photo shows a portion of the John L. Hennessy Trophy that is given to the top dining facilities in the Air Force. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., will represent Air Mobility Command in the single f More

Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Lukasiewicz, aviation ordnanceman, leads a discussion with recruits in the Personal Applied Skills Streaming program at Recruit Training Command. Lukasiewicz was named the 2010 Na More

Then-Staff Sgt. Crystal Moronta, a command post controller for the 618th Air and Space Operations Center, coordinates an Air Mobility Command airlift mission, Dec. 1, from the 618th AOC's operations floor at Sc More

CHICAGO -- Ens. Ben Wiest gives local 4th grade students a tour of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw at the Navy Pier, Dec. 3, 2010. Mackinaw is carrying more than 1,200 Christmas trees that will be distribu More

CHICAGO -- The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw lies at the Navy Pier carrying more than 1,200 Christmas trees destined for deserving Chicago families, Dec. 3, 2010. The trees will be offloaded by volunteers fr More