U.S. Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment from Camp Lejeune, N.C., load into a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey from the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., for an air assault at the Integrated Training Exercise 3-15 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 19, 2015. 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 Tech. Sgt. Jared Becker/Released)A U.S. Marine attached to 2nd Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment - "The Lava Dogs" fires an AT-4 at an enemy tank during Lava Viper aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hi., May 29, 2015. Marines of 2nd Platoon are tasked with assaulting an enemy compound. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ricky S. Gomez/Released)The Spanish Air Forces’ Patrulla Águila, Casa C-101 Aviojets demonstration team flies above Morón Air Base, Spain, during an open house May 30, 2015. The two-day event was held to celebrate Morón’s 75th anniversary. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg)Navy Secretary Ray Mabus presents an award to Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Bo Irving, a combatant diver course instructor, in the aquatic training facility at Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Fla., May 27, 2015. The center is the largest diving training facility in the world.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Fred Gray IV U.S. Army Spc. Edgar, Pinpena, left, sprints back to his base with the opposing teamÕs flag while Spc. Jesse Bray covers his retreat during a force-on-force competition with Lithuanian partners at the Great Lithuanian Hetman Jonusas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla, Lithuania, May 28, 2015. The U.S. soldiers are part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, an ongoing multinational partnership focused on joint training and security cooperation between the United States and other NATO allies.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Avery A U.S. Marine Corps pilot straps U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter into his seat on an MV-22 Osprey before surveying the Straits of Malacca off the coast of Singapore, May 29, 2015. Carter is visiting the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen relationships and modernize U.S. alliances.
DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett A U.S. Marine shoots at targets on the flight deck of the USS Essex in the Pacific Ocean, May 28, 2015. The Marine is assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary UnitÕs Maritime Raid Force. The drill simulates entering a room and immediately seeing a target.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht Members of the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., conduct a multi-ship C-17 Globemaster III formation during Crescent Reach 15 on May 21, 2015. This exercise tested and evaluated Joint Base Charleston's ability to launch a large aircraft formation in addition to processing and deploying duty passengers and cargo in response to a simulated crisis abroad. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Corey Hook)President Barack Obama speaks during a Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Monday, May 25, 2015. Playing just below Obama in the Memorial Amphitheater are members of The President's Own, United States Marine Band. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles advance under the cover of smoke to their next objective during a combined arms live-fire exercise on Fort Benning, Ga., May 14, 2015.
U.S. Army photo by Patrick A. Albright
