Paratroopers assigned with 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, move to their loading zone as rotor wash from a UH-60 black hawk caused a dust cloud. The UH-60’s are assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, in support of Operation Red Fury. The 1-508th PIR will conduct an air assault into their objective. The training helped to increase the unit’s interoperability between the ground and aviation units.
An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank crew with Company A, 4th Tank Battalion, fires its 120 mm main gun during the company’s pre-qualification tank gunnery at Range 500, Aug. 4, 2015. The live-fire exercise tests tank crews on their ability to work together on target acquisition and accuracy. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Julio McGraw/Released)
A female Army Ranger student lifts a rucksack onto her back on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Two out of 19 females have made it to the final phase of Army Ranger training which ends at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
150804-N-EH218-152 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 4, 2015) – Ships from the John C. Stennis Strike Group conduct a show-of-force transit. The Sailors from the John C. Stennis Strike Group are undergoing Composite Training Unit Exercise and Joint Task Force Exercise (COMPTUEX/JTFEX), the final step in certifying to deploy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Ryan J. Batchelder/Released)
U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-14 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, take part in an indirect fire drill in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connolly near Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
Drill Instructor Sgt. Zacharous R. Polite, motivates recruits of Platoon 3077, Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, to move faster on an obstacle course Aug. 3, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. The course is one of many physical training tools used to help Marine recruits improve their strength and stamina. Polite, 29, is from Savannah, Ga. Kilo Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 9, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
Czech soldiers of the 73rd Tank Battalion, 7th Mechanized Brigade load their T-72 Main Battle Tank onto a flat bed truck while conducting railhead operations during exercise Allied Spirit II at the train station in Parsberg, Germany, Aug. 3, 2015. Allied Spirit II is a multinational decisive action training environment exercise that involves over 3,500 Soldiers from both the U.S., allied, and partner nations focused on building partnerships and interoperability between all participating nations and emphasizing mission command, intelligence, sustainment, and fires. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Allen/Released)
Soldiers share a light moment with Army 1st Lt. Shane Yingling as they toss the executive officer into the Arkansas River during Operation River Assault 2015 on Fort Chaffee, Ark., Aug. 4, 2015. The exercise involves Army engineers and other support elements to create a modular floating bridge. The soldiers are assigned to the Army Reserve’s 310th Engineer Company. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret
Soldiers practice wildfire hand crew techniques with instructors from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on Camp Roberts, Calif., Aug. 4, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to the California National Guard’s 578th Brigade Engineer Battalion and the 1st Battalion, 18th Cavalry, 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. This was the final phase of a three-day training event preparing the guardsmen to participate in firefighting efforts in northern California.
California National Guard photo by U.S. Army Spc. Sigmund W. Rakiec
U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-14 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division play football in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connolly in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
A security forces Airman plunges into the combat water survival test at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., July 17, 2015. The event was part of a daylong course for Airmen across the Front Range area to determine if they are physically and mentally ready to attend the U.S. Army Pre-Ranger Training Assessment Course, a prerequisite to attending U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Gutierrez)
