U.S. Soldiers of Fox Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment attack simulated enemy combatants while conducting a defense operation during exercise Allied Spirit IV at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Feb. 2, 2016. Exercise Allied Spirit IV is a U.S. Army Europe-directed, 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command-conducted multinational exercise that is designed to prepare forces in Europe to operate together by exercising tactical interoperability and testing secure communications within NATO Alliance members and partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Randy Wren/Released)A 139th Airlift Wing aircrew participates in water survival training with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Key West, Fla., Jan. 26, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Sheldon Thompson)MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Marines shield themselves from a detonated explosive charge during an urban leaders course, Jan. 29, 2016. During the course, Marines learned four different types of charges used to make a safe entrance into an objective. This type of training allows Marines to practice for possible scenarios when they are deployed to combat zones anywhere on the globe. An instructor with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, taught this portion of the course to infantrymen of 1st MarDiv. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos)An Iraqi soldier with the 72nd Iraqi Army Brigade fires his M16 rifle during a combined arms breach training exercise (CABEX) at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Jan. 27, 2016. The CABEX validates the brigade’s ability to maneuver multiple assets across the battlefield as well as the ability to defeat obstacles such as mine fields, berms, locked doors and windows. The curriculum at building partner capacity sites includes: leadership, ethics and law of war training and instruction. Additionally, the recruits are taught land navigation, basic medical training, Infantry skills and small unit tactics. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jaquan P. Turnbow/Released)San Diego - Private First Class Jonghyun Lee, Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, lead his squad up a hill with ammunition cans to resupply their fighting positions during the BasiloneÕs Challenge Crucible event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016. Recruits are expected to run up and down the hill multiple times to create fatigue and imitate combat. Annually, more than 17,000 males recruited from the Western Recruiting Region are trained at MCRD San Diego. Fox Company is scheduled to graduate Jan. 29. Commandant of the Marine Corps General Robert Neller and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus talk to each other before a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting on Capitol Hill Feb. 2, 2015. The committee brought in military leaders to discuss the integration of women in the military. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff) U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Shaun Jordan Jr., 354th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, walks his dog, Zzaryn, military working dog, through the training course Jan. 28, 2016, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Jordan said certifying on Zzaryn in detection and patrol was his best accomplishment as a member of the Iceman Team. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cassandra Whitman/Released)160130-N-IJ275-369
NORFOLK, Va. (Jan. 30 2016) –Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Rob Ferrone, a Sailor assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) plays in the inaugural “Air vs. Sea" hockey game against Airmen from Langley Air Force Base at the Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va., Jan 30. Lincoln is undergoing a Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ciarra C. Thibodeaux/Released)NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan 30, 2016) –Hull Maintenance Technician 2nd Class Timothy Dunkel directs a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) fire drill in the well deck of amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and is forward-deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman William Sykes/Released) 160130-N-XK809-125
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SAN DIEGO (Jan. 29, 2016) Airship pilot Matthew St. John flies the Goodyear blimp over Naval Base San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman/Released)
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.
