Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Martin E. Dempsey

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen Martin E. Dempsey meets with sailors of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout in Souda Bay , Greece, Dec 7, 2013. "Having the Stout out here, on point for the nation, allows me to have a certain amount of confidence that we will manage through anything," Dempsey said. "What I hope the sailors get out of my visit here is a sense of how deeply we appreciate what they are doing. This really sophisticated piece of equipment is really only as good as the men and women who man it, so I want to make sure that I get a chance to tell them personally how much I appreciate what they are doing." (Department of Defense photo by D. Myles Cullen)