
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in an AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle dock aboard USS Rushmore (LSD 47) off the coast of San Diego Jan. 23, 2015. The 15th MEU was embarked aboard the three ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group – the USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and USS Rushmore – from Jan. 22-25, to familiarize themselves with the ships as they continue to prepare for their upcoming deployment this spring. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/Released) 
Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Command General Hulusi Akar (L) salutes after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2015, with Major General Jeffery Buchanan (2nd L) and US Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno (3rd L). AFP PHOTO/JIM WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images 
U.S. troopers, assigned to Bravo Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, move a M777 Howitzer to firing position for a live-fire exercise at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 23, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released) 
150120-N-IK388-056 RED SEA (Jan. 20, 2015) Sailors fire M9 service pistols during a live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22). San Diego, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, is deployed in support of maritime and theater security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stacy M. Atkins Ricks/Released) 
Airman Max Ramos responds to the question of the day on the Òdaily flapÓ Jan. 10, 2015, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. The daily flap is a mentoring initiative that began about six months ago. The question of the day was, Òhow do you want people to remember your service?Ó Ramos is a 92nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Veronica Montes) 
Critical Skills Operators with Bravo Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, saw through a steel door during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training near Naval Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 15. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Donovan Lee/released) 
Ramp operations underway at Stewart ANGB on the eve of Winter Storm Juno, Jan 26, 2015.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Michael OHalloran/Released) 
Spc. Daniel Huntley, from Clayton, Calif., assigned to the 97th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), 10th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), controls the direction of the fire hose while Pfc. Samantha Van Leer, from Berlin, N.J., and Sgt. Douglas Henry, from Strasburg, Pa., braces their teammate during a simulated fire drill aboard the Landing Craft Utility Corinth at Kuwait Naval Base, Jan. 24. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Gene Arnold, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment) 
A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island boatcrew catches up to fleeing poachers aboard a Mexican lancha near the U.S.-Mexico maritime border Jan. 25, 2015. The poachers were apprehended, and their catch was released. An Air Station Corpus Christi MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew spotted the poachers and began the pursuit. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station Corpus Christi) 
150126-N-UK306-055 SAN DIEGO (Jan. 26, 2015) The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO 187) transits San Diego Harbor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Timothy Schumaker/Released)



