A U.S. Army aircrewman sits at the rear hatch of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a transit from Baghdad International Airport, April 20, 2016. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro)
An Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) launches from the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a live-fire missile exercise in the Atlantic Ocean April 21, 2016. The Eisenhower was underway preparing for a scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado)
U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Jose Casillas, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Tim Shay, paratroopers with the 307th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, carry a 250-pound crate during the Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pull a rope attached to a Latvian Mi-17 helicopter as they land during special purpose insertion extraction training, Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia, April 21, 2016. Allies from Latvia, Canada, Lithuania and Germany participated in the event, which included cold and hot load training on UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and fast rope insertion extraction exercises. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paige Behringer)
Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron use the Jaws of Life to tear apart a vehicle’s roof to remove a mock victim during a combat search and rescue demonstration at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, April 21, 2016. Pararescuemen and members of the 48th Security Forces Squadron demonstrated the rescue during a Chief of Staff of the Air Force Civic Leader Program visit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)
Army Staff Sgt. Paul Cimino, right, observes Army Sgt. William Harpe firing at targets with an M240B machine gun during an aerial gunnery training exercise over Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., April 15, 2016. Cimino is master gunner and Harpe is a crew chief assigned to the New Jersey Army National GuardÕs 150th Assault Helicopter Battalion. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform aerial maneuvers during the AirPower over Hampton Roads Open House at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 24, 2016. Originally scheduled to perform three times at the open house, the team only performed once due to weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)
U.S. Air Force Col. Daniel Tulley, Commander, 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Toronto Blue Jays in St. Petersburg, Fla., Sunday, May 1, 2016. The Blue Jays won 5-1. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
A self-driving, 132-foot military ship sits at a maritime terminal Monday, May 2, 2016, in San Diego. The Pentagon’s research arm is launching tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board. (AP Photo/Julie Watson)
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. James Atkinson greets a local resident before an upcoming Medical Readiness Exercise in La Blanca, Guatemala, April 29, 2016. Task Force Red Wolf and Army South conducted Humanitarian Civil Assistance Training with the Guatemalan Government and non-government agencies in order to improve the mission readiness of U.S. Forces and to provide a lasting benefit to the people to Guatemala. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Glenaj Washington)
U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Swanker, assigned to the 1194th Engineer Company, 682d Engineer Battalion, carries the American Flag during the 25K Danish Contingency, or DANCON, ruck march at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, May 3, 2016. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Megan Doran)
Members of the 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons from the Alaska Air National Guard took part in a simulated casualty evacuation training exercise off the coast of Homer, Alaska, April 27. The scenario involved an injured member of a fishing vessel that required immediate treatment and extraction from the boat. Pararescuemen with the 212th RQS loaded into an HC-130 King aircraft flown by the 211th RQS, and launched out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson to conduct the training. Upon finding the vessel on the waters near Homer, the pararescuemen parachuted into the water, and linked up with the fishing vessel using a small watercraft they also dropped in with a parachute. When they reached the boat, they located the casualty, and then assessed and treated his injuries. Afterwards, an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter flown by the 210th RQS hovered over the boat, hoisted the patient and pararescuemen onboard, and then transported them back to Homer. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released)
