150827-N-ZZ999-001 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Aug. 28, 2015) Sgt. Joshua Bavender, right, instructs Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Holliday on basic repelling skills during a joint training exercise to include day/night fast-roping and repelling at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Aug. 28, 2015. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Gunners Mate 2nd Class Christian Delgado/Released)U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. William Thompson, the officer in charge with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Shelbyville, Ky., native, briefs Marines during signal, tactics and maneuver training at Boondocker Training Area aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 24, 2015. The purpose of the training was to prepare the company’s Marines at the squad level, ensuring they are able to efficiently and effectively perform squad attacks and movements. By preparing their Marines for a combat environment, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, helps support the mission of MCB Hawaii, which is to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/Released)U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nicholas Poe, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, performs inspection of a UH-1 Iroquois after loading Combat Assault Battalion Marines with the 3rd Marine Division during Exercise Iron Fist at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Aug. 25, 2015. The UH-1N crew members participated in the joint exercise, providing an air asset for casualty evacuation and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. The 459 AS regularly provides airlift capabilities in support of regional contingencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)Retired Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hiniker, wounded warrior, pulls back an arrow with a bite tab during an adaptive archery class as part of the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Program Warrior Care event Aug. 27, 2015, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The Warrior Care event features adaptive and rehabilitative sports activities, career readiness, recovering Airman mentorship and caregiver training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hyatt/Released)150827-N-FN215-031
SATTAHIP, Thailand (Aug. 27, 2015) - Engineman 2nd Class Andrew Baldwin, assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4, demonstrates firing a .50-caliber machine gun to members of the Royal Thai Navy Riverine Patrol Regiment during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 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)United States Army Pvt. Danny Couch of McEwen, Tenn., assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, low crawls under simulated cover toward a firing position during a Lithuanian Land Forces Best Squad Competition they took part in at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, Aug. 27, 2015. The competition was a multinational exercise involving units from Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Denmark. The Soldiers of Dog Company are in Europe as part of Atlantic Resolve, a demonstration of continued U.S. commitment to the collective security of NATO and to enduring peace and stability in the region. U.S. Army Europe is leading Atlantic Resolve enhanced land force multinational training and security cooperation activities taking place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Bulgaria to ensure multinational interoperability, strengthen relationships among allied militaries, contribute to regional stability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)Recruits of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, break the seals on their gas masks while in the gas chamber Aug. 25, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. By breaking the seals, the recruits experience the gas's effects, which include temporary respiration irritation, watery eyes and a burning sensation on the skin. Charlie Company is scheduled to graduate Oct. 16, 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 Sgt. Jennifer Schubert)A C-17 Globemaster III, flown by the 249th Airlift Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, drops a HMMWV vehicle fitted with a parachute system out the back of the aircraft over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 27, during Pacific Airlift Rally. PAR 15 is a biennial, military aircraft symposium sponsored by Pacific Air Forces for nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. This year’s PAR was co-hosted by the Alaska Air National Guard, 176th Wing. The exercise uses a Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief scenario to provide participating nations the opportunity to cooperate, interact and advance airlift topics specific to the region. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released)U.S. Navy I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Hospital Chief Petty Officer Selectees participate in a run with the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General and Assistant Wing Commander aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Calif., Aug. 27, 2015. The run was conducted to build camaraderie and receive mentorship and guidance from the 3d MAW commanding general and assistant wing commander. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trever Statz/Released)United States Army Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, traverse a water obstacle with their gear during a Lithuanian Land Forces Best Squad Competition held at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment, in Rukla, Lithuania, Aug. 27, 2015. The competition was a multinational exercise involving units from Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Denmark. The Soldiers of Dog Company are in Europe as part of Atlantic Resolve, a demonstration of continued U.S. commitment to the collective security of NATO and to enduring peace and stability in the region. U.S. Army Europe is leading Atlantic Resolve enhanced land force multinational training and security cooperation activities taking place across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Bulgaria to ensure multinational interoperability, strengthen relationships among allied militaries, contribute to regional stability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)DA NANG, Vietnam (Aug. 27, 2015) Service members, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), and Vietnamese doctors and nurses treat a simulated patient aboard the ship as part of a coastal medicine disaster drill during Pacific Partnership 2015. Mercy is currently in Vietnam for its fourth mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its 10th iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, the mission has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released)The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James transits under the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 28, 2015. The James is the fifth of eight planned National Security Cutters – the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutters in the Coast Guard’s fleet. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake)
