SecDef visits Israel - May 15-16, 2014. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon lay a wreath at the grave of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in Jerusalem May 16, 2014. Hagel laid the wreaths to commemorate Israeli Independence Day. DoD Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo (Released) The saluting officer behind is believed to be Yaakov Ayash, teh IDF detach in Washington.