
2nd Lt. Anthony Pandolfi, student, Infantry Officers Course 2-15, posts security after entering Range 220 during exercise Talon Reach V aboard the Combat Center, March 25, 2015. Talon Reach is a culminating exercise that reinforces Marine Air Ground Task Force operations, introduces air assault planning considerations while leveraging innovative technology. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/Released) 
Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Bannister, center, commander of the 10th Mountain Division, and Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Lewis, right, welcome Defense Secretary Ash Carter to Fort Drum, N.Y., March 30, 2015. Carter gave a troop talk there about the force of the future, and how the military can retain its best people and their battle-tested skills. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett 
Lance Cpl. Taylor Trion, native of Tulsa, Okla., and Pfc. Joseph Tweedy, native of San Diego, assaultmen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, set up security behind a boulder during Mountain Training Exercise 2-15 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, March 23, 2015. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Charles Santamaria/Released) 
FAILAKA ISLAND, Kuwait (March 25, 2015) A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet conducts a simulated bombing run during a simulated amphibious assault on Failaka Island during Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015. The exercise affords 29 partner nations the opportunity to address the regional challenges associated with asymmetric and unconventional warfare in a multi-national environment. This is the Government of Kuwait’s first time hosting Eagle Resolve, the premiere Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Region exercise between the United States; Gulf Cooperation Council nations and other international partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jared Marquis/Released) 150325-F-NJ768-005 Join the conversation: http://www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil http://pinterest.com https://plus.google.com 
Spc. Justin Bell, a horizontal construction engineer with the 294th Engineer Company out of Carthage, Mo., clears refuse from a construction site for a clinic during this year’s Beyond the Horizon mission with Task Force Northstar March 30 here. Beyond the Horizon is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for several months and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cliff Coy) 
Coast Guard Station Honolulu crew members conduct tactical small boat training in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, March 25, 2015. Crew members conducted training on two 25-foot Response Boat-Small vessels and a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium vessel to work on tactical coaxswain and crew checkride certifications to conduct ports, waterways and coastal security missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle) 
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) break down a rapid ground refueling during the Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) near 29 Palms, Calif., March 27, 2015. WTI is a seven week event hosted by 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 Sgt. Daniel D. Kujanpaa/Released) 
Six candidates compete for Best Soldier and Best Noncommissioned Officer of the Year of Colorado Army National Guard, at Centennial Training Command, Fort Carson, Colo., March 27 to 29, 2015. 
U.S. soldiers conduct foot patrols near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 24, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler 
A US army soldier helps a kid on top of a stryker armored vehicle during a stop of his convoy in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The “Dragoon Ride” convoy started last week from Estonia and passed through Latvia, Lithuania and Poland before entering the Czech Republic on a return journey to a German base. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) 
Cub Scouts from left to right, Nicolai Kasch, Hayden Krantz, Jalen King and Gabriel Stevens salute as an Honor Guard from Eglin Air Force Base presents the colors during a memorial service at the Destin Executive Airport in Destin, Fla., Tuesday. March 31, 2015. The memorial was for the 11 service members killed March 10, in a helicopter crash near this Florida panhandle community. (AP Photo/Northwest Florida Daily News, Devon Ravine)



