Photo Essays
Been There, Done That: Pentagon Formally Opens Combat to Women
While Pentagon rules have long barred women from close-in combat, like infantry and armor units, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is ending those rules on...
Building the Pentagon: Rare Photos
The Pentagon — and, by extension, the U.S. military — has become such a prominent and obvious symbol of American might over the years that it’s easy to forget...
Photographing the Fallen: A Brief History
Photographs have memorialized the costs of conflict since before the Civil War. But since 1991, snapping photos of fallen U.S. soldiers' coffins has been...
Year in Pictures: 2001
The World Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies produced astonishing twin images of heroism and destruction, capping a year full of photos that were truly...
