Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to board a C-130J for a proficiency jump into the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday, August 15, 2015.A group of former chief master sergeants of the Air Force attend the funeral for ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Binnicker in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Aug. 14, 2015. Binnicker passed away March 21 in Calhoun, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Dan DeCook)Oregon Army National Guard, 1186th Military Police Company Soldiers move from behind a vehicle to a nearby building as they conduct security drills at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 17. The MPs also trained on how to interact with their local, national counterparts, room entry, clearing and securing and medical evacuation. (Photo by Sgt. Anita VanderMolen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard)150817-N-FN215-335 SANDAKAN, Malaysia (Aug. 17, 2015) - Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4 and members of the Royal Malaysian Navy conduct boat formation training during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2015. In its 21st year, CARAT is an annual, bilateral exercise series with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations including, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Scott/Released)150817-N-DA737-065 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 17, 2015) - Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Jon Hawkins, from Poulsbo, Wash., Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Jake Hojnowski, from Glen Head, N.Y. and Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Leslie Carlsonbeltz, from Jackpot, Nev., install shoring in a wet trainer aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Stennis uses the wet trainer to prepare its crew for fighting shipboard casualties. 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 3rd Class Jonathan Jiang / Released)TO GO WITH AFGHANISTAN-US-ARMY-CONFLICT-FOCUS BY GUILLAUME DECAMME
In this photograph taken on August 13, 2015, a US army soldier wearing a mask looks on as others talk inside coalition force Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connelly in the Khogyani district in the eastern province of Nangarhar. From his watchtower in insurgency-wracked eastern Afghanistan, US army Specialist Josh Whitten doesn't have much to say about his Afghan colleagues. "They don't come up here anymore, because they used to mess around with our stuff. "Welcome to Forward Operating Base Connelly, where US troops are providing training and tactical advice to the 201st Afghan army corps as they take on the Taliban on the battlefield. AFP PHOTO / Wakil KohsarWAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty ImagesA U.S. Soldier with the 3-509th, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25 Infantry Division, prepares to jump from a C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base, Japan, during Red Flag-Alaska at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 12, 2015. More than 60 U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1-501 Parachute Infantry Regiment and more than 20 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members jumped from multiple C-130 Hercules during the training. More than 20 allied countries have participated in RED FLAG-Alaska since its conception, improving integration, interoperability and cross-cultural competence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez/Released)South Korean and U.S. Army soldiers salute during the 39th Barrett-Bonifas memorial ceremony at the Camp Bonifas in Paju near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015. Two U.S. Army officers, Capt. Arthur Bonifas and Lt. Mark T. Barrett, were killed by axe-wielding North Korean border guards at the truce village of Panmunjom on Aug. 18, 1976. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Representatives from the Navy, Special Forces and 82nd Airborne present a wreath in front of the Iron Mike statue for National Airborne Day to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Airborne at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday, August 15, 2015.A member of the United States Navy color guard stands at attention during the playing of National Athem prior to the start of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)Navy corpsmen with the Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command put Airmen and Marines through a strenuous workout before leading them into their final evaluation during a Combat Life Saver course in Southwest Asia, Aug. 12, 2015. During the final test the students work in pairs and each pair is given a different scenario where they must assess, treat and pass along a patient to a follow-on medical provider. The SPMAGTF corpsmen provide a three-day CLS course teaching combat triage and emergency trauma care to improve the survivability of the Crisis Response Company and coalition partners.
