Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, addresses the audience during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon on Sept. 16, 2005. Myers joined Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and guest speaker, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, in reminding Americans of the sacrifices military personnel and their families are sometimes required to make in the service of freedom. The ceremony was attended by many veterans of earlier wars and by representatives of all the nation's veteran service organizations.