U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Travis Bell, a UH-1Y Huey "Venom" helicopter door gunner with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 (HMLA-169) from Camp Pendleton, Calif., scans for threats during a training mission Feb. 18, 2015, in support of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, Calif. MCAGCC conducts relevant live-fire combined arms training, urban operations, and joint/coalition level integration training that promotes operational forces readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/Released)
U.S. Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force aircraft fly in formation during a photo exercise at Cope North 15, Feb. 17, 2015, off the coast of Guam. Through training exercises such as Exercise Cope North 15, the U.S., Japan and Australia air forces develop combat capabilities, enhancing air superiority, electronic warfare, air interdiction, tactical airlift and aerial refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)
Multinational Soldiers train in harsh weather conditions as part of the International Special Training Center Advanced Medical First Responder Course, conducted by the ISTC Medical Branch, Feb. 17-19, 2015, in Pfullendorf, Germany. The students from the United States and European allies received the training to enhance their medical skills to support NATO Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen and treat combat trauma casualties using special forces-oriented medical procedures and skills. The ISTC provides centralized training for NATO Special Forces and similar units in Europe. The center is run by a cadre of instructors from nine member nations-Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston/Released)
A C Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment flight medic hooks a hoist to a jungle penetrator carrying two 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines during a casualty evacuation exercise Feb. 5, 2015, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Marines were simulated casualties to be lifted into a medevac helicopter. (Minnesota Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jess Nemec/Released)
A Marine with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exits a cleared building during a raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of scheduled sustainment training. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek/Released)
A Virginia Army National Guard aviation crew from the Sandston-based 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment delivers food, mail and medicine Feb. 19, 2015, to iced-in Tangier Island, Va. The 1.2 square mile island has been iced in since freezing temperatures blanketed the commonwealth last week, making routine seaport deliveries impossible. The state active duty mission was authorized by Governor Terry McAullife's Declaration of Emergency issued on Monday and coordinated by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management with Maryland public safety officials and the United States Coast Guard. The aviators first picked up Accomack County personnel to help move the needed cargo, then flew to Chrisfield, Md. to pick up the supplies before heading to Tangier Island where the aircraft and cargo were met by residents of island. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Terra C. Gatti, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - FEBRUARY 22: U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter greets soldiers in a receiving line after a question-and-answer session with U.S. military personnel at Kandahar Airfield on February 22, 2015 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Carter is making his first trip to visit troops and commanders in Afghanistan since he was sworn in. He will also meet with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)
A C-5M Super Galaxy sits on the flightline as Airmen clear snow Feb. 17, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Winter Storm Octavia dumped a total of four inches of snow on the base and throughout the local area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
Petty Officer 1st Class Ben Heinze navigates the Coast Guard Cutter Cleat, a 65-foot ice breaking-tug, to help free a local tugboat stuck in the upper Chesapeake Bay ice Friday, Feb. 20, 2015. The crew of the Cleat, which is homeported at Coast Guard Sector Delaware in Philadelphia, assisted Coast Guard Sector Baltimore with breaking ice from the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to the Upper Chesapeake region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin)
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