10-Day Afghan Tour

It will be wheels up on July 4 -- destination: Afghanistan -- for Pentagon Acquisition Executive Ashton Carter, according to his spokeswoman, Cheryl Irwin. This will be his third trip to that theater, and one that will focus in part on his role as the Pentagon's chief civilian logistician, Irwin explained in an e-mail.

He will look at a number of things including the logistics aspect of moving equipment from Iraq to Afghanistan.