U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, upon his arrival to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 24. 2015. Stone, along with childhood friends Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, was recently honored by French President François Hollande with the French Legion of Honour for subduing an armed gunman when he entered their train carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a box cutter. Stone is an ambulance service technician with the 65th Medical Operations Squadron stationed at Lajes Field, Azores. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Timothy Hanson, Marine Corps Installations East Regional Brig, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, demonstrates detainee extraction procedures on U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jamie Fleetwood, 530th Military Police Battalion, at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 24, 2015. The 84th Training Command’s third and final Combat Support Training Exercise of the year hosted by the 86th Training Division at Fort McCoy, Wis. is a multi-component and joint endeavor aligned with other reserve component exercises including Diamond Saber, Red Dragon, Trans Warrior, and Exportable Combat Training Capability. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Robert Farrell/Released)
Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members deploy a rosette device designed to collect water samples Aug. 23, 2015, taking special care to keep ice floes away from the device. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of Geotraces, an international effort to study the distribution of trace elements in the world’s oceans. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)
A U.S. Army Rangers demonstrates hand to hand combat skills during a Amry Ranger school graduation Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Fort Benning, Ga. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sprints to his next objective point during squad-level training. Elements of the 15th MEU are ashore in Kuwait for sustainment training to maintain and enhance the skills they developed during their pre-deployment training period. The 15th MEU is embarked on the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released)
Team FastTrax and a solo member of the Army Golden Knights perform a tribute jump during the funeral service for Master Sgt. Corey Hood, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015 in West Chester, Ohio. Hood died Sunday, Aug. 16 in a Chicago hospital of injuries suffered in an accident during a parachute stunt Saturday at the Chicago Air & Water Show. The 32-year-old Army veteran served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and earned numerous awards, including two Bronze Stars. (Greg Lynch/The Journal-News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Lance Cpl. Noah Soliz fires his M240-B medium machine gun during a live-fire squad attack course August 22 during Exercise Crocodile Strike at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin are conducting bilateral training with the Australian Defence Force for two weeks, including dry and live-fire exercises with air and ground elements.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kathryn Howard/Released)
Soldiers assigned to 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade, practice techniques used to form a fire break during wildland firefighting training near Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Aug. 20, 2015. The “First Round” Soldiers received two days of guidance consisting of classroom and hands-on training to prepare them to suppress wildfires burning across the Pacific Northwest.
150822-A-ZA034-034 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Aug. 22, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Damien Richardson, a native of Landover, Md., assigned to Branch Health Clinic Norfolk, Va., examines a patient at a medical site established at Parque del Este in support of Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tomarius Roberts/Released)
SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan (Aug. 19, 2015) Sailors from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) load gear from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during disaster relief efforts in Saipan. Ashland and the embarked 31st MEU are assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released) 150819-N-KM939-269
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to, 2nd Cavalry Regiment participate in the physical fitness event during their units Spur Ride at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 20, 2015. During the two day competition, Troopers must complete a series of warrior tasks and drills in order to obtain the right to wear the cavalry’s coveted silver spurs. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nathanael Mercado/ Released)
