Members of a Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique (SCAT) team conduct assessments and surveys along the beach at Dauphin Island, Ala., May 9, 2010, to search for any oil washing ashore from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Watkins, U.S. Navy/Released)
President Barack Obama greets U.S. service members on the flight line of Langley Air Force Base, Va., May 9, 2010. Obama is in the area to deliver the commencement speech for a graduation ceremony at Hampton University. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Christina M. Styer, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles return to USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after splash operations and vehicle familiarization training in the South China Sea May 6, 2010, during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2010. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness (DoD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael Ard, U.S. Navy)
U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Miguel Irizzary sets up a claymore mine simulator during an Army Warrior training course on Fort Lewis, Wash., May 2, 2010. The training is part of a monthlong pre-deployment course for Sailors deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Walter M. Wayman, U.S. Navy/Released)
Gathered concentrated oil burns during a controlled oil fire in the Gulf of Mexico May 5, 2010. The U.S. Coast Guard, which is working in partnership with local residents, federal agencies and BP, conducted the burn to prevent the spread of oil following the explosion of the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon April 20, 2010. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin E. Stumberg, U.S. Navy/Released)
Members of Naval Air Station Pensacola’s Pollution Response Unit deploy an oil containment boom at Sherman Cove on the air station in Florida May 4, 2010, to protect environmentally sensitive grass beds from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (DoD photo by Patrick Nichols, U.S. Navy/Released)
A C-130 Hercules aircraft, equipped with a Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS), drops water during a training flight over North Carolina April, 30, 2010. MAFFS is a fire retardant delivery system inserted into H and J model C-130s to convert them into air tankers capable of carrying 3,000 gallons of retardant or water that can be discharged in less than five seconds. The aircraft is from the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing out of Colorado Springs, Colo. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force/Released)
