WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 13: Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) speaks during a National Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon January 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. Rep. Thornberry spoke on national security and responded to President Obama’s final State of the Union address. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) 
USAF Brig. Gen. Brian Kelly talks to Air Force Times about aviator retention pay at the Pentagon July, 1 2014. Photo: Rob Curtis/Staff 
Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert Neller and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talk to each other before a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Capitol Hill Feb. 2, 2015. The committee brought in military leaders to discuss the integration of women in the military. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff) 
Senator Patty Murray talks to Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and Under Secretary for Health, Robert A. Petzel, MD, as they testify before the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee during a hearing on the state of VA health care on Capitol Hill, May 15, 2014. Photo by Rob Curtis, Staff 
Admiral Paul Zukunft, the 25th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, speaks with the editorial board of the Military Times at the Military Times offices, Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Photo by Rob Curtis, Staff 
Eugene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States, US Government Accountability Office, testifies before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs during a hearing titled Management Matters: Creating a 21st Century Government, at the US Capitol, Wednesday, 3/12/2014. Photo by Rob Curtis, Staff
