ARLINGTON, VA – MAY 18: L to R, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter swears in Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, during a ceremony in the Secretary’s Dining Room at the Pentagon, May 18, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. Fanning is the first openly gay leader of any U.S. military service. Fanning’s confirmation comes five years after the Obama administration repealed the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, which barred openly gay people from serving in the military and also prohibited closeted service members from revealing their sexual orientation. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Members of the 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard, took part in a historic event May 14, 2016 when they successfully launched all eight assigned C-130H aircraft for a training mission. An operation on this scale has never occurred and took immense pre-planning and coordination months prior in order to accomplish. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Leisa Grant)
Chief Construction Mechanic Jeffrey Niblo, with Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 Construction Dive Detachment (CDD) Alpha, attaches a zinc anode to an anchor chain at a work site at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 17, 2016. UCT 2 CDD provides responsive inshore and underwater construction capabilities. UCTCDD is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 75, the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and construction, and underwater construction in the U.S. 7th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy combat camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles E. White/Released)
U. S. Navy Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 land and retrieve their parachutes in Guam after a high altitude-low opening parachute jump, May 17, 2016. EODMU5 conducted counter improvised explosive device operations, renders safe explosive hazards and disarms underwater explosives. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Doug Harvey)
Marines with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve assigned to the 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, practice striking while taking a class on crowd control during exercise Platinum Wolf 2016 at Peacekeeping Training Operations Center South Base in Bujanovac, Serbia, May 12, 2016. Platinum Wolf brought together service members from the United States, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia to train in peacekeeping operations and non-lethal weapons capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sara Graham)
Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces participate in a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) demonstration during Exercise Eager Lion 16 outside of Amman, Kingdom of Jordan, May 18, 2016. Eager Lion 16 is a U.S. military bi-lateral exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan designed to strengthen relationships and interoperability between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lauren Falk)
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, assigned to the Canadian Fleet Diving Unit, inspects an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during Exercise Tricrab on Naval Base Guam, May 18, 2016. Tricrab is a multinational exercise involving military forces from five different countries focused on strengthening relationships within the Asia-Pacific region through training and information exchanges while enhancing EOD and diving related interoperability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alfred A. Coffield)
Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) provide security while other Marines conduct fast-rope inserts from a UH-1Y Huey with HMLA-267, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 9. 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (1st Anglico), I MEF, facilitated a helicopter rope and suspension technique training package for U.S. Marines and Royal British Commandos.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes/Released)
An U.S. Army Soldier, competitor in the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Commands (AAMDC) 2016 Best Warrior Competition, maneuvers across an obstacle at Baumholder, Germany on May 17, 2016. Enlisted Soldiers, Noncommissioned Officers and Junior Officers from the 10th AAMDC were tested on their physical, mental and warrior capabilities during the 4 day competition in order to be selected as the best warrior within their tier. (DoD News photo by TSgt Brian Kimball)
160515-N-PI704-030 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 15, 2016) Sailors and Marines heave line aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) during a replenishment-at-sea. The San Antonio is underway with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group participating in composite training unit exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob Mathews/Released)
U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Towne, assigned to the 396th Combat Support Hospital Company, checks a patient’s heart rate during a medical readiness exercise at San Padro, Guatemala, May 16, 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 US forces and to provide a lasting benefit to the people of Guatemala. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kelson Brooks)
A C-130 Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron conducts a night flight mission over Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 11, 2016. The C-130 provides tactical airlift worldwide. Its flexible design allows it to operate in an austere environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Yasuo Osakabe)
