Dragoon Troopers assigned to Nemesis Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment assemble after finishing their Zone Lane training to conduct an After Action Review with their Observer Controller Trainers during their unit’s Situational Training Exercise at Hohenfels Training Area located in Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 18, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to conduct multinational training as well as improving allied interoperability between U.S. and NATO forces.
Friends and family members of U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) wait for the return of their Marines from deployment at the 26th MEU command post, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 13, 2015. The Marines were deployed in support of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Andrew D. Pendracki/Released)
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ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 13, 2015) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)
Spc. Raven Attaway, a fuel handler with the 101st Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lifeliners, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, deployed in support of Operation United Assistance, leads the way with fuel hoses onto the tailgate of a Cargo Helicopter 47 (CH-47) Chinook during a fuel handler’s class at Roberts International Airport outside of Monrovia, Liberia, Jan. 15, 2015. The training teaches Soldier how to implement the versatile Cargo Helicopter 47 (CH-47) Chinook extended range fuel system, known as the “Fat Cow,” which is used in environments where there is an urgent need for fuel distribution. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mary Rose Mittlesteadt, 101st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs/Released)
1st Lt. William Tidd, center, from Angola, Indiana, briefs the plan to help rebuild and aid a simulated village that has been struck by a flood Jan. 13 at Camp Hansen. The Marines are practicing scenarios as part of the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team. The team is typically sent into a country after a natural disaster occurs in order to assess the damage and determine the amount of supply and resources are needed. Tidd is the Engineer Platoon commander for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei/ Released)
Senior Airman Kendrick Woodson, 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, fires the M240-B during the heavy weapons qualification firing Jan 10, 2015 at Duke Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. Jasmin Taylor)
Special Tactics Airmen from the 24th Special Operations Wing jump out of an MC-130H Talon II at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Jan. 7, 2015. The Airmen were from various special tactics career fields, including special operations weathermen, combat controllers, pararescuemen and tactical air control parties. The 24th SOWÕs mission is to provide Special Tactics forces for rapid global employment to enable airpower success. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Callaway)
The Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Md., completes repairs Jan. 16, 2015, on the 65′ harbor tug CAPSTAN after a successful 14-week planned maintenance availability. CAPSTAN will return to its homeport in Philadelphia to conduct critical ice breaking missions on the Delaware River. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Charles Wilson)
A U.S. paratrooper collects his chute after jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over Juliet drop zone in Pordenone, Italy, Jan. 13, 2015.
U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo
U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks next to his Italian counterpart, Navy Adm. Luigi Binelli-Mantelli, during a pass and review ceremony in Rome, Jan. 19, 2015.
DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen
