U.S. Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Japanese Ground Self Defense soldiers from the Western Army Regiment, conduct launch and recovery drills using Combat Rubber Raiding Craft from the well deck of the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), at sea, July 12, 2015. Talisman Sabre is a major bilateral exercise that enhances the combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. and Australian forces across a range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bekkala/Released.)U.S. Marines push an M151 jeep out of the sand during Talisman Sabre 2015 at Lee Point, Australia, July 12, 2015. The Marines are assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The bilateral exercise demonstrates the strong Australian-U.S. alliance and military relationship.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Rojas Crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Charleston, S.C., help a boater they rescued to shore, July 13, 2015. The boater, along with another man and two 11-year-old boys, went missing the night before after going on a fishing trip, and were found clinging to a cooler off the South Carolina coast. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Whitney Drake)Navy Cmdr. Darren Guenther uses a public announcement system to communicate with sailors during an ammunition transfer on the Uss John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, July 12, 2015. The crew is preparing for a Navy inspection and survey. Guenther is the ship's air boss.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Marco A. Villasana Jr. 150712-N-KM939-152
INDIAN OCEAN (July 12th, 2015) - Commanding Officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD-48) Daniel P. Duhan from Angola, N.Y., watches as Sailors onboard Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1666 assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, load equipment onto the boat and transport it to a beach exercise for Talisman Sabre 2015. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise intended to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox)U.S. Army Gen. Ray T. Odierno, Army chief of staff (left), presents coins to soldiers assigned the 4th Infantry Division’s (4th Inf. Div.) at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 9, 2015. 4th Inf. Div. out of Fort Carson, Colo., is the U.S. Army's division regionally aligned with U.S. Army Europe and is validating the Army's concept for regionally aligned forces. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)150710-N-DV340-024
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2015) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Kestrels of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 launches at sunset from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan is underway off the coast of Southern California. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chase C. Lacombe/Released)First Lt. Bryce Turner, 80th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, talks with Airmen from the 80th Aircraft Maintenance Unit upon arrival to Jungwon Air Base, ROK, during Buddy Wing 15-6, July 8, 2015. In an effort to enhance U.S. and ROKAF air combat capability, Buddy Wing exercises are conducted multiple times throughout the year on the peninsula to sharpen interoperability between the allied forces so that if need be, they are always ready to fight as a combined force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson/Released)Family, friends, loved ones, and fellow Soldiers are reunited with their husbands, fathers, brothers, and comrades assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, during a redeployment ceremony on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 10, 2015. The contigent of paratroopers returned home from a 10 month deployment in support of peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena) Army 1st Lt. Joshua Fletcher, center, scores a kick to his opponent's body during a match at the 2015 USA Taekwondo National Championships in Austin, Texas, July 8, 2015.
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Wheeler
