U.S. troopers, assigned to Bravo Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fire an M777 howitzer during a live-fire exercise at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 23, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)Soldiers with Joint Task Force Empire Shield work with members of the FDNY EMT during a major blizzard Jan. 26, 2015. The storm, believed to be one of the most powerful in recent history, managed to shut down all NYC airports, subways and other forms of public transit. The soldiers were on hand to provide support to first responders in case of a major emergency. (New York Air National Guard/Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy/Released)U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Colin G. Looney, supply officer assigned to Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, fires down range during the Table 3 course of fire at Range 105-A aboard Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 23, 2015. Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-15, being executed by Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 4 (SPMAGTF-4), is being conducted to enhance the integration and warfighting capability from all elements of the MAGTF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson, MCBH Combat Camera/Released)A soldier gives his partner the hand signal to descend during scuba re-certification training at the East Gate Pool on Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., Jan. 20, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group Airborne.
U.S. Army photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Molik prepares to melt snow to make drinking water for his fellow Marines during a training exercise on the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 22, 2015. Molik is assigned to the Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 2nd Marine Logistics Group.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anthony L. Ortiz Sailors and Marines sort mail aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is the flagship for the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU), provides a versatile sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Magen F. Weatherwax/Released)U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. David Losacano fires an M4 carbine during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry, Jan. 24, 2015. Losacano is a radio operator assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols Members of 2nd Cavalry Regiment took part of a special live-fire range on Jan. 23, 2015. The range tested the Dragoons' cardio, accuracy, and ability to work with their weapons and equipment on the move. This is one of many exercises that will happen in their training rotation in Adazi, Latvia, for Operation Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army Photo - Pfc. Jaccob Hearn)A Bangladesh Air Force C-130B taxis behind a U.S. Air Force C-130H at Sylhet International Airport before a personnel drop mission during Exercise COPE SOUTH, Jan. 25, 2015. COPE SOUTH is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted in Bangladesh, with a focus on cooperative flight operations, day and night low-level navigation, tactical airdrop, and air-land missions as well as subject-matter expert exchanges in the fields of operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jake Bailey/Released)U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw breaks ice Monday, Jan 26, 2015, in the St. Clair River in Algonac, Mich. (AP Photo/Times Herald, Andrew Jowett)Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Joshua T. Turello, left, and Robert J. Young wait their turn to fire down range during a course on Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 23, 2015. Turello and Young are motor transportation operators assigned to Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson
