Vice Adm. Mike Shoemaker addresses the audience during the Commander, Naval Air Forces (CNAF) change of command and retirement ceremony Jan. 22 aboard USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) while pier side at Naval Air Station North Island. During the ceremony, Shoemaker relieved Vice Adm. David H. Buss as CNAF. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Shannon E. Renfroe/Released)First Lt. Joseph Carroll, Company I Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regimentlooks on as an MV-22B ‘Osprey’ takes off during an air assault an Urbanized Terrain town during the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation Exercise, Jan.16, 2015.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Julio McGraw/Released)U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Abdula N. Alhawash, administrative clerk, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command, performs a vertical knee as part of Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, Jan. 28, 2015. The Marines and sailors of SPMAGTF-CR-CC serve as an expeditionary, crisis-response force tasked with supporting operations, contingencies and security cooperation in Marine Corps Forces Central Command and CENTCOM. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skyler E. Treverrow/Released)Members of an audience honor three former space pioneers at the 48th annual Apollo 1 Memorial Ceremony Jan. 27, 2015, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The ceremony honored the lives of the three crew members, Command Pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Senior Pilot Edward H. White II and Pilot Roger B. Chaffee, who were killed by a flash fire during a launch pad test of their Saturn 1B rocket, Jan. 27, 1967. (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 1, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 1st Marine Logistics Group, practice "combat gliding" during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-15 at Camp Wilson on Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31, 2015. ITX 2-15, executed by Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 4, is conducted to enhance the integration and warfighting capability of all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kathryn Howard, 1st Marine Logistics Group Combat Camera/Released)Soldiers with the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, Alaska Army National Guard, monitor a fresh coat of water during the construction of an ice bridge for the Alaska Army National Guard's January drill weekend at Walden Lake Jan. 24. Ice bridge construction training is important for Alaska's engineering Soldiers in order to prepare for natural disaster assistance and arctic warfare. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. Marisa Lindsay)U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles in order to disembark the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 25, 2015. The 15th MEU was embarked aboard the three ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group - the USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and USS Rushmore – from Jan. 22-25 to familiarize themselves with the ships as they continue to prepare for their upcoming deployment this spring. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steve H. Lopez/Released)ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 28, 2015) An SH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Grandmasters of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46 lands on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58). Laboon is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise along with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in preparation for an upcoming scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael J. Lieberknecht/Released) 150128-N-AO823-080
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https://plus.google.comUnited States Air Force Thunderbirds pass over University of Phoenix Stadium before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York) Soldiers with the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment conducted a squad based exercise in the intense cold of Adazi, Latvia, Jan. 28, 2015. This training event is a part of the squadron's participation in Operation Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army Photo by Pfc. Jaccob Hearn)Two F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing on their way to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in support of Red Flag 15-1, wait to receive fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker assigned to the 916th Air Refueling Wing Jan. 23, 2015. Red Flag 15-1, featuring aircraft from 21 different U.S. Air Force squadrons, offers realistic combat training involving the air, space and cyber forces of the United States and its allies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Aaron J. Jenne)
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.
