Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a static-line jump from an MV-22B Osprey during realistic urban training aboard Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Dec. 9, 2014. These Marines are part of the 15th MEU’s Maritime Raid Force. The purpose of RUT is to provide the MEU an opportunity to conduct training in unfamiliar environments in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)
Lieutenant General Richard P. Mills thanks President Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama for delivering and sorting gifts donated to the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling on December 10, 2014 in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Army paratroopers rehearse for a live-fire exercise during Exercise Rock Proof III on Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, Dec. 2, 2014.
U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo
Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin Cooper competes in the Load Crew of the Year Competition on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Dec. 5, 2014. Cooper is a weapons loader assigned to the 354th Maintenance Squadron.
U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks to troops stationed at Baghdad International Airport, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Hagel, who flew to Baghdad to get a first-hand report on progress against the Islamic State militants, held a series of meetings with top Iraqi government officials and conferred with American military commanders. Al-Abadi told Hagel on Tuesday that his army is taking the offensive against the Islamic State group but needs more air power and heavy weaponry to prevail. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)
Members of Joint Forces Command – United Assistance and international aid organizations tour a new Ebola treatment unit being built in support of Operation United Assistance in Zwedru, Liberia, Dec. 10, 2014. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation to provide command and control, logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brien Vorhees, 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) / Released)
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Goulden, left, Air Force Senior Airman Kris Gleason, center, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Erin Raggio, right, sing to residents with 47 fourth graders from the Seaview Elementary School in Linwood, N.J., during the 14th Annual Holiday “Songfest” at the Veterans Memorial Home on Vineland, N.J., Dec. 9, 2014. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen
Sailors conduct a burial at sea for deceased service members aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 6, 2014. The Bataan is conducting an underway evolution in preparation for a planned maintenance availability.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class RJ Stratchko
In this photo taken on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, volunteers placed nearly 2,000 decorative wreaths on graves at Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa. In its ninth year, nearly 2,000 wreaths were laid by the Sgt. Mac Foundation, in memory of Gettysburg native Marine Sergeant Eric McColley who died in service in 2006. (AP Photo/The Evening Sun, Jeff Lautenberger)
