US President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Elsie Shemin-Roth (C) and Ina Bass (L), accepting on behalf of their late father, Army Sergeant William Shemin, for actions while serving in France during World War I, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2015. Obama also awarded a Medal of Honor to the late Army Private Henry Johnson for his actions, also during World War I. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images150530-N-TP834-647
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 31, 2015) An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Sunliners of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 81 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during an air-power demonstration. Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17, are in the 3rd Fleet area of operations returning to homeport after a Middle East and Western Pacific Deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner, Jr./Released)Marines line up for a door-breaching exercise using a donut charge during Operation Lava Viper at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, May 28, 2015. The Marines are combat engineers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment.
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VIRGINIA CAPES (June 2, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), right, provides a warm welcome to the French tall ship replica the Hermione in the vicinity of the Battle of Virginia Capes off the East Coast of the United States. The original Hermione brought French General Marquis de Lafayette to America in 1780 to inform General Washington of France's alliance and impending support of the American Revolutionary War. The symbolic return of the Hermione will pay homage to Lafayette and the Franco-American alliance that brought victory at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. The Hermione will visit Yorktown, Va. June 5 and then continue up the east coast visiting cities of Franco-American historical significance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Sandberg/Released)Soldiers from Texas National Guard's 1st Squadron 124th Cavalry and D Co., 949th Battalion Support Brigade, along with members of Texas Task Force 1, look for survivors of the floods that have hit Texas, May 26, 2015. This Search and Rescue Ground team from the 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, conducted operations in both the Wimberley and Blanco areas utilizing their high-water trucks to rescue 32 civilians and 7 pets after the Blanco River flooded its banks. (Photo by 1st Sgt. Ross Dobelbower, 1-124th Cavalry Regiment)In this Saturday, May 30, 2015 photo, Addison Trimble, of Glendale, Wis., looks for her mother, Alyssa Trimble, during the sendoff ceremony for members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, at the Army Aviation Support facility in West Bend, Wis. The soldiers will be deploy to Texas for training then Kuwait to assist with Operation Inherent Resolve and Operation Spartan Shield. (John Ehlke/West Bend Daily News via AP)A platoon of U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, MRF-D, sit with their gear inside of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a refueling and transport operation May 22 at Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia. Two CH-53Es picked up and transported approximately 140 Marines from Robertson Barracks to MBTA to begin Exercise Predator Walk. The exercise is a three-week bilateral training evolution with the Australian Army and enables Marines to become familiar with and improve their knowledge of the Australians’ technical and tactical procedures and standard operating procedures to strengthen interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reba James/Released)A Marine with 1st Marine Division, 7th Marine Regiment participates in stalking training aboard Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 27, 2015. The training was the last event during Division School’s 6-week-long Pre-Scout Sniper Course. (Photo by LCpl. Danielle Rodrigues/Released)A soldier rappels during certification on Victory Tower on Fort Jackson, S.C., May 29, 2015, before training chaplain candidates in a leaders course during two weeks of annual training. The soldiers are assigned to the 104th Training Division.
U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard marches during the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., May 25, 2015. The National Memorial Day Parade was first launched in 2005 by the American Veterans Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)A Cub Scout stands among military personnel in salute as a hearse carrying the body of Marine Capt. Chris Norgren is driven through McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Norgren, 31, was killed on May 12 in Nepal when the U.S. Marine helicopter he was in crashed while flying disaster aid to earthquake victims. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP) LOCAL TELEVISION OUT; MAGS OUT; LOCAL RADIO OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
