Military working dog handler Sgt. Veronica Pruhs, 520th Military Working Dog Detachment, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th MP Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and her K-9 partner Jerry, prepare to lower themselves down a rope during an obstacle course event in the 2015 Hawaiian Islands Working Dog Skills Challenge hosted by the 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th MP Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, here, July 27-31.Rct. Joshua J. Carlson, Platoon 2078, Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, records his shots in his data book during marksmanship training Aug. 25, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits use data books to plot their shots and track progress. Carlson, 19, from Gainesville, Fla., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 2, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)A U.S Paratrooper from Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade marches with paratroopers from Folgore Regiment, Italian Army on Balchik Air Base, Bulgaria, as part of Swift Response 15, Aug. 25. Swift Response 15 is a large-scale multinational airborne exercise involving 4,500 troops from 11 NATO nations and takes place across Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Cody Harding, Operation Atlantic Resolve Public Affairs)150825-N-DQ503-021 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 25, 2015) – Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Darrian Ashton, from Bowie, Md., stands watch on the fantail on board forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor A. Elberg/Released)U.S. Marine tanks, artillery, and light-armored reconnaissance vehicles have arrived in Bulgaria to support NATO allies and international partner countries. The heavy equipment, assigned to the Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, arrived in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 25, 2015. The tanks, artillery, and light armored reconnaissance vehicles were loaded on trains and moved across Europe demonstrating our allies’ and international partners’ ability to move heavy equipment across the region to support operations during a crisis. The equipment will allow the Marines to participate in mechanized regional multinational exercises in Eastern Europe.M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle crew with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (CBCT) discuss an enemy target location while in a battle simulation exercise at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 25, 2015. Today was the fourth and final day of a brigade-size force-on-force simulated battle between the 116th CBCT and opposing forces (OPFOR) of the 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR. (U.S. National Guard photo by Maj. W. Chris Clyne, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)Fire team leader Sgt. Dustin Schwarz uses his magnified weapon sight facilitating a request for indirect fire on an enemy position at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 25, 2015. Today was the fourth and final day of a brigade-size force-on-force simulated battle between the 116th CBCT and opposing forces (OPFOR) of the 2nd Squadron, 11th ACR. (U.S. National Guard photo by Maj. W. Chris Clyne, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/Released)150825-N-DA737-033 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 25, 2015) - Sailors conduct training on the engine of an MH-60R Sea Hawk assigned to the Raptors of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). 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)An E-3C Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft flown by reservists from the 513th Air Control Group takes off on Aug. 24 from Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, Calif. Maintenance and operations Airmen from the 513th supported naval operations by providing airborne command and control to ships and aircraft during Joint Task Force Exercise 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Wanzer)U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sergio Fortich, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron petroleum oils and lubricants mobile distribution operator, pulls a hose from an R-11 refueling truck, Aug. 26, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The hoses are pressurized and required to be checked for leaks monthly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Areca T. Wilson/Released)Sgt. Michael Wilder, essential personnel services non-commissioned officer, 1st Sustainment Command (Theater), is reunited with his three-month-old son Jaxson during a redeployment ceremony at Pope Army Airfield, Aug. 24, 2015. Wilder deployed to Kuwait with the Blue Team and has returned home after a nine-month deployment.DETROIT, Mich. (Aug. 25, 2015) Rear Adm. John Jolliffe, a Detroit native, views a display commemorating SS Wayne Victory, A WWII era victory ship named after Wayne State University, during a visit to the school as part of Detroit Navy Week. SS Wayne Victory was a merchant marine ship which served the Navy in WWII, the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War. Navy Weeks focus a variety of assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a week-long series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects, in cities that don't have a large naval presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jon Rasmussen/Released)
