Green smoke envelops Marines during a nonlethal weapons training exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 25, 2015. The Marines are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fatmeh Saad U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Charles Detz III fires a tracer round from an M240B during a live-fire training exercise in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, March 24, 2015. The Marines, stationed on Moron Air Base in southern Spain, conducted several training missions to maintain their infantryman skills. Detz is a machine gunner assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response Africa.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher Mendoza Louis Jordan, right, walks from the Coast Guard helicopter to the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., after being found off the North Carolina coast, Thursday, April 2, 2015. His family says he sailed out of a marina in Conway, South Carolina, on Jan. 23, and hadn't been heard from since. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Steve Earley) British Royal Marine Commandos practice shooting and moving drills during live-fire training at a shooting range in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, March 9, 2015. The training was part of exercise Lisa Azul, a trilateral exercise conducted to master and sustain unit core capabilities between U.S., British and Spanish Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Esdras Ruano/Released)Soldiers and airmen position a M109A6 Paladin to be loaded onto a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft during a air movement at Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss, Texas, March 28, 2015.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. George Gutierrez US President Barack Obama greets base personnel and well-wishers upon arrival at Hill Air Force Base on April 2, 2015 in Utah. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty ImagesU.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David E. Jefferson, a motor transport operations chief assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, secures straps to a crane during an aircraft salvage during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI 2-15) at K-9 Village, Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., March 30, 2015. WTI is a seven-week event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), cadre. MAWTS-1 provides standardized tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jodson B. Graves 2d MAW Combat Camera/Released)In this March 31, 2015 photo, helicopter crew members secure their aircraft to the deck of the USS Blue Ridge, flagship of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, during a port call at Yokohama, near Tokyo. U.S. and Japanese military officers say they hope new defense guidelines may soon free up the Japanese navy to play a more active role in the Pacific and beyond, plying some of the worldÕs most hotly contested waters. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)Navy Chief Petty Officer Alexander Thomas shuffles across an obstacle during the 2015 Goat Locker Challenge on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Norfolk, Va., March 30, 2015. The event commemorates the 122nd birthday of the rank of chief petty officer in the Navy.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Danian C. Douglas Jasmine Perry, Chasity Kuczer and Laurel Cox compete in the first womenÕs archery category in Warrior Games history during the Army Trials on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 31, 2015. The event will determine who will compete in the Department of Defense Warrior Games 2015 in June.
DoD photo by EJ Hersom
The new funding — the largest tranche of USAI aid sent to date - will include a wide array of munitions for air defense, such NASAM, HIMARS and Patriots.
They should possess the same autonomy and authority as special prosecutors or attorneys general to carry out their duties without fear of interference.
