Salute For The Fallen at Dover

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft assigned to the 18th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 6, 2014, during RED FLAG-Alaska 15-1. RF-A is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford Jr./Released)

President Barack Obama, in the process of saluting, participates in a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Aug. 9, 2011, for the dignified transfer of U.S. and Afghan personnel who died in Afghanistan on Aug. 6. According to a White House official traveling with the President, 38 transport cases were carried off of two C-17 transport planes into a hanger bay, passing by 250 family members, and the Official Party who saluted as each case was carried off plane and loaded into a transport van by military bearers of various service branches. The Official Party included President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Adm. Mike Mullen (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff), Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, Adm. Gary Roughhead (Chief of Naval Operations), Adm. William McRaven (Commander of SOCOM),  Gen. Peter Chairelli (Vice Chief of Staff of the Army), Gen. Philip Breedlove (Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force), Undersecretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton, Secretary of the Army John McHugh, and Col. Thomas Joyce, Commander, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base. The ceremony, was closed to the media. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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