From left, U.S. Navy Adm. Mark Ferguson, the vice chief of naval operations, presents the USO Sailor of the Year award to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Gregory F. Gaylor as Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers and Sloan Gibson, the president of the USO, look on during the 2012 USO Gala in Washington Nov. 2, 2012. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega, U.S. Army/Released)