150417-N-KE519-110 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2015) Amphibious assault vehicles assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Forward exit the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, is participating in exercise Balikatan 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Edward Guttierrez III/Released)
150414-N-SS390-002 LEMOORE, Calif. (April 14, 2015) Two F-35C Lightning II aircraft fly in formation over the Sierra Nevada mountain range with to two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore. The flight is part of a six-day visit by the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101 to NAS Lemoore, the future basing site for the F-35C. The F-35C will complement the capabilities of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which currently serves as the Navy's premier strike fighter. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/Released)
A caisson carries the remains of missing airman from Vietnam War, U.S. Air Force Col. William E. Cooper, Thursday, April 23, 2015, during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
US Marines amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) take positions on a beachhead during an amphibious landing exercise at San Antonio in Zambales province on April 21, 2015, as part of annual Philippine-US joint maneuvers some 220 kilometres (137 miles) east of the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese "aggressiveness" in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed as a warning shot to Beijing. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images
U.S. Army Soldiers participate in close arm combatives during the Ranger Course on Ft. Benning, GA., April 20, 2015. Soldiers attend Ranger school to learn additional leadership and small unit technical and tactical skills in a physically and mentally demanding, combat stimulated environment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Nikayla Shodeen/Released Pending Review)
150422-N-CE233-457 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (April 22, 2015) The Navy's unmanned X-47B receives fuel from an Omega K-707 tanker while operating in the Atlantic Test Ranges over the Chesapeake Bay. This test marked the first time an unmanned aircraft refueled in flight. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
150418-N-TP834-183 INDIAN OCEAN (April 18, 2015) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Red Lions of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 is chained down. Carl Vinson is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the region (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)
Iraqi soldiers of the 75th Brigade, 16th Division, prepare to clear a room during a breaching assault course at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, April 18, 2015. The course, part of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve’s building partner capacity mission, was led by Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, to aid in Iraq’s fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (Photo by Sgt. Deja Borden, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs)
A US Navy handout photo released on April 21, 2015 shows an F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Thunderbolts of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 251 launching from the flight deck of the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Arabian Sea. USS Theodore Roosevelt and escort ships deploy near Yemen as the US military tracks Iranian vessels suspected of carrying weapons for Shiite Huthi rebels in Yemen. AFP PHOTO / HO / US NAVY/ JOSH PETROSINO == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "AFP PHOTO / HO / US NAVY/ JOSH PETROSINO" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==JOSH PETROSINO/AFP/Getty Images
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Special Troops Battalion exits a U.S. Air National Guard 133rd Air Wing MN ANG C-130 Hercules aircraft, April 13, 2015, over Juliet Drop in Pordenone, Italy. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands areas of responsibility within 18 hours.(U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Paolo Bovo/Released)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tyler March throws out one of the first pitches of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers, Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Seattle as part of the Mariners' Salute to Armed Services Day. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Marine Lance Cpl. Curtis E. Sledge relaxes on a rock wall before participating in a night raid on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 17, 2015. Sledge is a machine gunner assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson
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