Let's Thank Our Vets......all of them (campus, renewal, live in)

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U.S. Marines with the Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 266 Reinforced (VMM-266 REIN), 26th Marine
Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) land in a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter in a flood affected area to deliver food
during flood relief operations in Pano Aqil, Pakistan, October 12, 2010. Courtesy of Department of Defense.

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Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) pay honors to 1st Lieutenant Vernon J. Baker during
his burial at Arlington National Cemetery September 24th, 2010. Courtesy U.S. Army.

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GENERATIONS WILL REMEMBER - Stephanie Walters and her daughter, 3-month-old Piper, attend a ceremony
honoring fallen military medical personnel at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, March 16th, 2010.
Walters' husband, Army Sergeant Richard Walters, a nurse, was killed in Iraq. The Military Health System’s 2nd
Annual Remembrance Ceremony for Fallen Military Medical Personnel honored medical service members who died
supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom from 2001 through December 31st, 2009. Courtesy DoD,
photo by Elaine Wilson.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Norman Rutter posts the Air Force flag during the Veterans Day ceremony at Camp
Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan, November 11th, 2009. Ten countries were represented during the commemoration
ceremony honoring service members past and present. Rutter is deployed from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base,
North Carolina. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Larry E. Reid Jr.

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U.S Navy Veteran. Veterans Day Ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial, Albuquerque, November 11th,
2009. Photo by Rich Sanchez.

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Charles Chibitty was a Comanche code talker who used his native language to relay messages for the Allies during
World War II. Chibitty, and 15 other Comanches had been recruited by the U.S. military for this purpose since
Comanche was a language that was entirely unknown to the Germans, who were unable to decipher it. (The Navajos
performed a similar duty in the Pacific War.)Chibitty was born on November 20, 1921, in a tepee 16 miles west of
Lawton, Oklahoma. He attended high school at the Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas and enlisted in the
U.S. Army in 1941. He served in the Army's Fourth Signal Company in the 4th Infantry Division. He earned the World
War II Victory Medal, the European Theater of Operations Victory Medal with five bronze stars, the
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.

In 1989, Chibitty and the other two surviving code talkers - Roderick Red Elk and Forrest Kassanavoid - were
presented with the Chevalier of the Ordre National du Mérite by the French government. Chibitty was invited to the
Pentagon three times, in 1992, 1999 and 2002, in honor of his service to the nation as a World War II code talker.
Chibitty received the Knowlton Award from The Pentagon, which recognizes outstanding intelligence work. By the
time this recognition came around, In interviews with the media he would name all of his Comanche colleagues, so
that they would not be forgotten. They were Larry Saupitty, Willie Yackeschi, Morris Sunrise, Perry Noyobad,
Haddon Codynah, Robert Holder, Clifford Ototivo, Forrest Kassanavoid, Roderick Red Elk, Simmons Parker, Melvin
Permansu, Ellington Mihecoby and Elgin Red Elk.

Chibitty died on July 20, 2005 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 83. When buried on July 26, a friend wrote in the
eulogy, "Charlie's life has no foreshadowing or ending. As long as wind blows, his life and legacy will continue to
twist and turn along courses only wild horses know."

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Airmen from an Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team unload supplies for mobile hospital March 10th, 2010,
in Angol, Chile. The EMEDS staff and members of the Chilean army built the hospital to help augment medical
services for nearly 110,000 Chileans in the region. The EMEDS team is equipped and staffed to provide surgical,
primary care, pediatric, radiological, gynecological, laboratory, pharmaceutical and dental services. U.S. Air Force
photo by Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca.

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Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Rio Rancho, New Mexico honoring those who have served. May 25th,
2009 . Photo courtesy of Candace E. Sanchez

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Major General Will Grimsley, senior commander at Fort Hood addresses hundreds gathered for a Remembrance
Ceremony at Fort Hood, Texas Friday, November 5th, 2010. The ceremony commemorated the tragic shooting on
November 5th, 2009 which left 13 dead and dozens more wounded. Grimsley said it was a time to reflect, honor the
fallen, pay tribute to the families and show the Army's commitment to never forget. Photo courtesy U.S. Army, taken
by Private First Class Samantha D. Hall.

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Army leaders bow their heads in reflection during a moment of silence on Fort Hood, Texas Friday. The entire
installation paused at 1:41 p.m., one year, to the minute, after the tragic November. 5th, 2009 shooting incident in
remembrance of the 13 people who lost their lives that day. Hundreds attended the ceremony held on Cameron Field.
Photo courtesy U.S. Army, taken by Private First Class Samantha D. Hall.