Defense Secretary Ash Carter speaks during an observance ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2016, marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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President Barack Obama places a wreath during a ceremony at the Pentagon marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2016. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Rachael Fisher, 12, reacts during a ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2016. Her grandfather, Gerald Fisher, died in the attack on the Pentagon. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with an attendee during a remembrance ceremony at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Defense Secretary Ash Carter talks with attendees at a ceremony marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2016. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
Service members stand after a ceremony at the Pentagon marking the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Sept. 11, 2016. DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley
A bouquet adorns on a bench at the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2016. Family members who lost loved ones on 9/11 attended a ceremony at the memorial marking the 15th anniversary the attacks. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro
Service members and civilians gather for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2016. The ceremony included a joint service honor guard to pay tribute to those who lost their lives 15 years ago. Air Force photo by Capt. Korey Fratini
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work; Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Michael L. Rhodes, the Defense Department's director of administration and management, honor the flag during a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 9, 2016.
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A rifle detail from Brooklyn's 6th Communication Battalion fires three volleys during a remembrance ceremony for two Reserve Marines from their unit at New York's Floyd Bennett Field, Aug. 30, 2016. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Michael S. Curtin and Gunnery Sgt. Matthew D. Garvey, first responders with the city's police fire departments, lost their lives at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones
Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, and Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar render honors after laying a wreath at the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial, Aug. 29, 2016. The two leaders also held a press conference after meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, render honors to those who lost their lives during the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2014. DoD photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
On the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta lays a wreath at the Flight 93 Memorial Plaza Wall of Names, Shanksville, Pa, Sept. 10, 2012. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
Family members sit on a memorial bench commemorating a loved one who died in the Pentagon during the 9/11 terrorist attack, following a ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial marking the ninth anniversary of the attack, Sept. 11, 2010. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates salute during the playing of the national anthem at the Pentagon Memorial during a Sept. 11, 2010, ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen
President Barack Obama greets family members attending the Pentagon commemoration ceremony marking the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 59 passengers on hijacked American Airlines flight 77 and 125 inside the building, Sept. 11, 2009. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley
President Barack Obama, center, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, salute under rainy skies during a wreath-laying ceremony during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon Memorial, Sept. 11, 2009. DoD photo by Robert Ward
Items left by visitors to the Pentagon Memorial sit near one of the park's 184 inscribed memorial benches, Sept. 12, 2008. Each bench honors a 9/11 terrorist attack victim killed in the building or aboard American Airlines Flight 77. The memorial was dedicated Sept. 11, 2008. Army photo by Pvt. Karin Leach
Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, commander, Multinational Force Iraq, addresses troops during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Al Faw Palace at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Sept. 11, 2009.DoD photo by John J. Kruzel
During ceremonies dedicating the Pentagon Memorial, representatives of police and firefighting units who were the first to respond to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, stand at the top of a large American flag suspended from the roof of the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2008, just as they stood seven years earlier. DoD photo by R. D. Ward
Soldiers lower three American flags to half-staff during a 9/11 memorial service at Camp Liberty, Iraq, Sept. 11, 2008. The soldiers were assigned to the 4th Infantry Division, Multinational Division Baghdad. Army photo by Pfc. Lyndsey Dransfield
President George W. Bush lays a wreath at the crash site of American Airlines Flight 77 at the Pentagon on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Sept. 11, 2006. DoD photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen
Family members of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon attend a five-year observance ceremony at the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2006, which included Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel
President George W. Bush thanks a first responder for his service outside the Pentagon on Sept. 12, 2001.
Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Paul Carlton Jr., then-surgeon general of the Air Force, right, Master Sgt. Noel Sepulveda, center, and Pentagon employees pitch in to help where needed after hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon, Sept. 11, 2001. Air Force photo by Jim Miller
Local police, firefighting units and first responders battle to put out the fires raging in the Pentagon after a hijacked jetliner, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed into the south face of the building, Sept. 11, 2001. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason Ingersoll