Sgt. Jesse Willis and Pfc. Drew Hylton, both assigned to 396th Transportation Company, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, struggle to inch the Humvee forward while two other teammates are pushing from the back at a truck rodeo at Camp Buehing, Kuwait, Jan. 22. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rochelle Prince-Krueger, 3rd Sustainment Brigade)WEST ROXBURY, Mass. – Soldiers from the Massachusetts National Guard’s 379th Engineer Company of Buzzards Bay, Mass clear snow caused by Winter Storm Neptune at Bellevue Station, here on Feb. 16th, 2015. The guardsmen assisted the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority and the department of public works in clearing station parking and reducing the size of snow banks. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Darius Brown, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center/Released)U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment conduct live fire training from fighting holes during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms Calif., Feb. 10, 2015. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms training, urban operations, and Joint/Coalition level integration training that promote operational forces readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier/Released)U.S. Army Sgt. Noryann Larimer, a carpentry and masonry specialist with a detachment of soldiers participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2015 from 797th Engineer Company (Vertical), based out of U.S. Army Reserve Center Barrigada, Guam, and a native of Maite, Guam, lays floor tiles with Royal Thai and Chinese engineers at Ban Nhong-Plong Elementary School, located in Chai Badan District, Lop Buri Province, Thailand, on Feb. 11, 2015. As part of CG15, a multinational force of Royal Thai Armed Forces, People’s Liberation Army of China and U.S. Army engineers have been constructing a new multipurpose facility at Ban Nhong-Plong. Larimer and U.S. Army Spc. El Jessica Joi Balajadia, also a carpentry and masonry specialist with 797th Engineer Co., are the only female constructors in the project. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. James Marchetti)Capt. Shawn Palmer, a biochemist with the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, based out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., and a native of Loma, Colo., starts the process of decontaminating equipment used for Ebola testing at the Zwedru laboratory in Zwedru, Liberia, Feb. 9, 2015. Operation United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Terrance D. Rhodes, Joint Forces Command – United Assistance Public Affairs/RELEASED)150210-N-ZZ999-149
EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 10, 2015) Arleigh-burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) conducts an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (USNS T-AKE-4). Lassen is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Aircrewman (Tactical) Helicopter 2nd Class Bryce Hawley/Released)An F-22 Raptor taxis toward the runway prior to flying a Red Flag 15-1 training mission Feb. 4, 2015, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Night missions have been integrated into Red Flag to prepare aircrews for missions in low-light environments. The F-22 is assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle)Soldiers from Detachment 1, 131st Engineer Company, Vermont Army National Guard assisted the town of Brockton, Mass., with snow removal Feb. 13, 2015. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency coordinated the effort after the governor declared a state of emergency earlier this week. National Guardsmen from Vermont and Maine are helping their Massachusetts counterparts in responding to recent major snowfalls that have buried areas of the Bay State. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Jeffrey Rivard)CONSTANTA, Romania (Feb. 12, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) prepares to depart Constanta, Romania, after completing a scheduled port visit. Cole is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mat Murch/Released) 150212-N-TC720-052
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https://plus.google.comTech. Sgt. Chuck Lawyer plays the drum while marching with the U.S. Air Force Band of the WestÕs Ceremonial Band during the GovernorÕs Inaugural parade Jan. 20, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Lawyer is a USAF Band of the West percussionist for the Ceremonial Band, Brass In Blue, Gateway Brass, and Freedom Brass. (Courtesy photo)
The censored items included materials about slavery, Native American history, women’s history, LGBTQ history, and preventing sexual harassment and abuse.
An Army working group is looking at whether some soldiers at large installations and in certain MOSs ought to be able to stay longer at the installation.