U.S. Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) and U.S. Navy Sailors conduct boat operations using Combat Rubber Raiding Craft in the well deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD6), at sea, Feb. 2, 2015. Marines and Sailors launched and recovered the Combat Rubber Raiding Craft in preparation for their upcoming patrol. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by GySgt Ismael Pena/ Released)U.S. and Czech soldiers patrol along a canal and a farm field near a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2015.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class David WheelerU.S. Army paratrooper Pvt. James Lemke, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, takes a knee Jan. 28, 2015 during weapons qualification at the Infantry Training Area in Hammelburg, Germany. Paratroopers from the brigade combined with allied troops from the German Armed Forces United Nations Training Centre for a two-day exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/released)Marines, assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/4 of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), prepare to launch combat rubber raiding craft (CCRC) from the well-deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is currently deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin V. Cunningham)U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, Camp Pendleton, Calif., prepare to advance on an objective at a training event Feb. 1, 2015, during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), 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)SAN DIEGO (Feb. 3, 2015) Steelworker 1st Class Honer Villanueva, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, cuts rebar beams with an oxygen acetylene torch during a seaplane ramp construction project. Seaplanes had heavy use around Coronado, Calif. during World War II and Underwater Construction Team (UTC) 2 is rebuilding the ramp for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark El-Rayes/Released) 150203-N-TQ272-039
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https://plus.google.comExplosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians fast rope from a tower during a training evolution at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story Jan. 29. Navy EOD is the worlds premier combat force for countering explosive hazards engaged in warfighting in every theater, providing capable and ready forces to the Maritime, Joint and Land Component Commanders from the United States and forward deployed locations around the globe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Randy Savarese/Released)VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Feb. 3, 2015) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Wilkyns Nova and Master-at-Arms Seaman Michael Angelo clear a hallway in response to an active shooter drill at Naval Air Station Oceana as part of Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2015 (SC-CS15). SC-CS15 is the Navys largest annual force protection exercise designed to test the services security forces to respond to threats to installations and units. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alysia R. Hernandez/Released) 150203-N-IS680-215
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https://plus.google.comLightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and the Algirdas Battalion, Iron Wolf Brigade, of the Armed Forces of Lithuanian conducted training operations in Rukla, Lithuania, Feb. 3, 2015. The training will keep the Soldiers out in the field for a week as they learn to work and integrate together in a variety of exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jaccob Hearn)U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) practice fast-rope training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), at sea, Feb. 4, 2015. The Marines are conducting unit-level training to prepare for their spring patrol of the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by GySgt Ismael Pena/Released)PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 3, 2015) A rainbow forms over the bow of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is undergoing an operational training period in preparation for future deployments. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ignacio D. Perez/Released) 150203-N-TC437-198
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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.