Spc. Morgan Austin, communications specialist with Joint Forces Command – United Assistance, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), holds up the U.S. flag during a promotion and re-enlistment ceremony Jan. 1, 2015, at Barclay Training Center, Monrovia, Liberia. United Assistance is a Department of Defense operation in Liberia to provide logistics, training and engineering support to U.S. Agency for International Development-led efforts to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in western Africa. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rashene Mincy, 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera)/ Released)150104-N-IP743-146
Java Sea (Jan. 4, 2015) The recovery team from the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) signals the boat deck crew while conducting search and recovery operations in support of the Indonesian-led Air Asia flight QZ8501 search efforts. Sampson is home ported in San Diego and is in the midst of an independent deployment to the Western Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brett Cote/Released)
Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board an MV-22B Osprey during flight operations on the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD-22), Dec. 23. The 11th MEU is deployed with Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/Released)Ralph DeQuebec of the USA Warriors sled hockey team flips a puck past a teammate while playing on the National Hockey League’s Winter Classic 2015 outdoor ice at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., Jan 2, 2015. The NHL honored the wounded veterans hockey club by giving them exclusive access to their teams and facilities for three days during their biggest regular season event of the year. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)Cmdr. Mark Haney, USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) Crew 104 executive officer, listens as Navy Diver 2nd Class Daniel Clarke, left, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Daniel Soulliard, right, both assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, discuss the capabilities of the Tow Fish side scan sonar system. Fort Worth is currently on station in the Java Sea and using the Tow Fish system to support the Indonesian-led efforts to locate missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jay C. Pugh/Released)U.S. Army Soldiers from Fires Squadron, 3d Cavalry Regiment conduct training with the M777 155mm howitzer at Tactical Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2015.
U.S. Army photoU.S. Marine Cpl. William Perkins, acting as a simulated suspect and assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, Command Element wrestles with a military working dog during controlled aggression training in the Central Command area of operations, Dec. 28, 2014. The dogs and trainers conducted controlled aggression training, which is designed to teach them to apprehend and restrain a target rather than kill or seriously injure.A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) [VMM-163 (REIN)], 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hovers on the flight deck as part of a drill on amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), Jan. 2. The 11th MEU is embarked with the San Diego as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)Coast Guard crews partner with local and federal law enforcement teams in Boston Harbor to provide maritime security for the Boston Marathon bombing trial in Boston, Jan. 5, 2015.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell
Dragoon Troopers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment load Strykers to be transported by train as the unit moves to assume the lead in training with their multi-national partners and allies during Operation Atlantic Resolve at Rose Barracks, Germany, Jan. 6, 2015.141228-N-XB010-002
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 28, 2014) Chief Operations Specialist Dwayne Brown says goodbye to his daughter at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story before deploying aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1). Spearhead is deploying to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security efforts and to help build partnerships in the Gulf of New Guinea and off the coast of West Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Desmond Parks/Released)
