Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Gendron carries the remains of Army Sgt. Charles Schroeter, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in an 1869 battle during the Indian Wars during a service with full military honors at Miramar National Cemetery Thursday, July 9, 2015 in San Diego. SchroeterÕs remains were located only recently, when the Congressional Medal of Honor Historical Society traced them to San DiegoÕs Greenwood Memorial Park, where they had rested since 1921. The remains were interred in an unmarked crypt, along with other unclaimed remains. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
ST. LOUIS, Senegal - U.S. Marines assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and Seneglaese Compagnie Fusilier de Marin Commandos execute a Òline of sternÓ patrolling formation during small-boat operations training in St. Louis, Senegal, July 3, 2015. Approximately 20 Marines, sailors and coast guardsmen with the unit spent the week teaching more than 30 members of the Fusilier Marins small-boat operations and maintenance skills.
ROCKHAMPTON, AUSTRALIA - JULY 08: U.S Paratroopers from the 4/25th Infantry Division decend to the drop zone after making a jump from a C-17 Globemaster as part of exercise Talisman Sabre on July 8, 2015 in Rockhampton, Australia. Talisman Sabre is a biennial military exercise that trains Australian and U.S. forces to plan and conduct combined task force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability on a variety of missions from conventional conflict to peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance efforts. TS15 will incorporate force preparation activities, Special Forces activities, amphibious landings, parachuting, land force manoeuvre, urban operations, air operations, maritime operations and the coordinated firing of live ammunition and explosive ordnance from small arms, artillery, naval vessels and aircraft. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)
BRADSHAW FIELD TRAINING AREA, Australia - The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is fired in Bradshaw Field Training Area, Australia July 12, 2015, during Talisman Sabre 15. U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, out of Okinawa, Japan and 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, trained with the rocket system along with Australian Army soldiers with 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for approximately 30,000 U.S. and Australian service members to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countriesÕ ability to plan and execute contingency responses, from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts.
US soldiers climb up an embankment during a competition to test individual skills at a US Army base in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, on July 8, 2015. The goal of the competition is to foster esprit de corps across the units participating and to continue to strengthen the US-South Korea alliance. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JEJUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
A U.S. sailor looks out an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter flying by the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in the Indian Ocean, July 3, 2015. The sailor is assigned to the Helicopter Sea Combatant Squadron 25. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Naomi VanDuser
U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Millette provides perimeter security during search and cordon field training, part of Exercise Khaan Quest 2015 at Five Hills Training Area in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, June 23, 2015. Alaska National Guard photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Marisa Lindsay
SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 11: Actor Jake Gyllenhaal attends the 'SOUTHPAW' screening at Navy Base San Diego during Comic-Con International 2015 on July 11, 2015 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for The Weinstein Company)
The Joint Service Color Guard presents the colors at the Congressional Commemoration for the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War July 8, 2015, in the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The commemoration honored all service members who fought and served during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie)
150711-N-FT110-258 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2015) Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 aircraft perform a flyover during an air power demonstration over aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is hosting more than 2,000 family members and friends to display and demonstrate the ship’s capabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class D’Andre L. Roden/Released)
Capt. Trevor Sutherland, a pilot in the 165th Airlift Squadron, embraces his family during a homecoming ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, Ky., July 8, 2015. Sutherland and 29 other Kentucky Air Guardsmen returned from a deployment to the Persian Gulf Region, where they’ve been supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel since February. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
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