(Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Michael Wright, 459th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Pound, 36th Rescue Squadron flight engineer, perform hoist training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 22, 2016. The 459 AS recently improved their search and rescue capabilities by outfitting two UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists. Previously, without the hoist, conducting rescues in small, tight areas wasn’t feasible. Now, 459 AS aircrew can conduct any type of search and rescue scenario throughout the Kanto Plains. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command clear debris to open a blocked road Feb. 25, 2016, in Essex County, Virginia. More than 40 Virginia National Guard Soldiers are on state active duty assisting a multi-agency effort with clean up operations in Essex, Sussex, Patrick and Westmoreland Counties. Read more: http://go.usa.gov/cd9kY (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) provide suppressive fire during the live fire exercise Feb. 17, 2016, at Range 55, Fort Campbell, Ky. The “Bulldogs” battalion completed Eagle Flight III, which ensured all rifle companies were proficient on their weapons systems and encompassed various assets from outside the battalion. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Stoffregen, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)Marines with Combined Arms Company, step back as an M777 Howitzer fires a round during a live-fire shoot in Rena, Norway, Feb. 23, 2016, in preparation for Exercise Cold Response 16. The exercise will include 12 NATO allies and partner nations, and approximately 16,000 troops. The Marines will provide indirect fire support for infantry units during the exercise.Soldiers advance to their next firing position during a squad live-fire exercise at Gaiziunai Training Area, Lithuania, Feb. 24, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin A Multi-Purpose Canine (MPC) handler with U.S. Army Special Forces, prepares for Zodiac boat training inserts with his canine, Blondie, on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016. MPC handlers with the command are preparing themselves and their canines for new areas of operation in which they will be working. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tabitha A. Markovich, MCIWEST-MCB CamPen Combat Camera/Released)U.S., South Korean and Thai service members participate in an amphibious demonstration as part of Cobra Gold 16 in Utapao, Thailand, Feb. 12, 2016. PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 25, 2016) Sailors operate a connected replenishment station in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during an ammunition offload with Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6). Theodore Roosevelt is currently off the coast of southern California conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad M. Trudeau/Released)
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https://plus.google.comA paratrooper lands on Bunker drop zone after jumping from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 18, 2016. Army photo by Sgt. Timothy MacDuffie A Fire Rescue vessel passes a Coast Guard vessel that has overturned Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016, in the Queens borough of New York. Authorities say the Coast Guard vessel overturned while assisting a fishing boat that ran aground in an inlet off New York City. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)160224-N-PA426-222 PEARL HARBOR (Feb. 24, 2016) Doug Hill, a retired U.S. Navy Sonar Technician Surface 3rd Class and Wounded Warrior Pacific Trials (WWPT) competitor, competes in the cycling trials of the 2016 Wounded Warrior Pacific Trials Feb. 24, at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Fifty-six athletes competed in team and individual adaptive sports for spots on the Team Navy roster. Those selected will continue on to participate in the DoD Warrior Games this June. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Meranda Keller/Released)Fresno State's Cullen Russo, left, and Air Force's C.J. Siples scramble to get control of the ball during an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, in Fresno, Calif. (Silvia Flores/The (Fresno) Bee via AP)
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.
