F ocus on Defense: WASHINGTON, March 11, 2009 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will await the results of a thorough review process before making decisions about major defense systems, keeping U.S. security interests at the forefront, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters today. â...

In this December 2008 file photo, the guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) visits Naval Station Pearl Harbor on the return leg of its historic first deployment as a Trident guided-missile submarine. This will be the final stop before returning to its home port of Bangor, Wash. The submarine ...

NORFOLK (Feb. 18, 2009) Cmdr. Wesley R. Guinn, commanding officer of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756), and Chief of the Boat Master Chief Machinist's Mate Steven Nordman inspect the crew in the new Navy working uniform. Scranton is the first submarine all crew members eq...

This cell phone was rigged as a detonator for an improvised explosive device. The detonator was recovered undamaged after having been successfully jammed by electronic warfare personnel using Counter Radio-Controlled IED Electronic Warfare equipment funded by the Joint Improvised Explosive Device De...

NORFOLK (Jan. 10, 2009) F/A-18 aircraft assigned to Air Wing 1 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. perform a flyover during the commissioning ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The Navy's newest, and final, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier is named after World War II naval av...

Unmanned aerial vehicles like the Warrior, pictured, are mission essential to Army aviation in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Warrior, outfitted with its own weapons system, provides Soldiers situational awareness through communications relay and reconnaissance capabilities. (U.S. Army courtesy photo.) F...

In this file photo, Airman Ryan Miller, left, Quartermaster 1st Class Christopher Dorner and Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Ryan Jones, assigned to the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) prepare to be the first crewmembers to hoist the American flag ...

In this 2006 file photo, Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard workers flood the drydock where the future USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) was berthed. (Photo by Mr. John Whalen courtesy Northrop Grumman Ship Building.) F ocus on Defense: WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2008 -- The future USS George H.W. Bush, (...

In this file photo, the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) transits the Pacific Ocean at the culmination of ANNUALEX 2008, November 19, 2008. The permanently forward deployed George Washington Carrier Strike Group concluded its bi-lateral training operations in the Pacific Ocean with Japan Ma...

Unexploded ordnance is detonated by the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's explosive ordnance disposal Marines shortly after being wired with C4 at a training site in the Middle East, Nov. 18, 2008. The MEU's EOD Marines safely cleared hundreds of pounds of unexploded ordnance found on a range, which ...