Lance Cpl. Martin Babich, Lance Cpl. John Lacy and Cpl. Christopher Rankin speak with employers during the Hiring Heroes Career Fair at the South Mesa Staff Noncommissioned Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 13. The Hiring Heroes Career Fair is a part of the Department of Defense’s Civilian Personnel Management Service, Recruitment Assistance Division’s outreach program that provides specialized transition assistance to wounded, ill and injured service members whose careers have been cut short. - Lance Cpl. Martin Babich, Lance Cpl. John Lacy and Cpl. Christopher Rankin speak with employers during the Hiring Heroes Career Fair at the South Mesa Staff Noncommissioned Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 13. The Hiring Heroes Career Fair is a part of the Department of Defense’s Civilian Personnel Management Service, Recruitment Assistance Division’s outreach program that provides specialized transition assistance to wounded, ill and injured service members whose careers have been cut short.

Cindy and Scott Pyeatt, parents of Sgt. Lucas T. Pyeatt, receive the Intelligence Community Medal for Valor on behalf of their son from James R. Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, June 29, 2011 at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Headquarters in McLean, Va. Sgt. Pyeatt, a signals intelligence team leader, was killed in action in Afghanistan February 5, 2011. - Cindy and Scott Pyeatt, parents of Sgt. Lucas T. Pyeatt, receive the Intelligence Community Medal for Valor on behalf of their son from James R. Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, June 29, 2011 at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Headquarters in McLean, Va. Sgt. Pyeatt, a signals intelligence team leader, was killed in action in Afghanistan February 5, 2011.