U.S. Army Soldiers with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), climb an ice wall at Smugglers' Notch in Jeffersonville, Vt., March 5, 2016. Soldiers performed basic and advanced mountain warfare skills like ice climbing, mountain movement techniques, and nighttime navigation as part of their mountaineering winter bivouac. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Rivard)Tactical air control party airmen assigned to the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron, 147th Reconnaissance Wing based at Ellington Field in Houston, work closely with soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard's 197th Special Troops Support Company March 5, 2016 at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas. The Air Guardsmen performed close air support and an assault with the soldiers and Army aviators to locate a high value target in a simulated combat environment. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Chasity Lollis/Released)The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds," fly in formation during a performance for Air Force Wounded Warriors at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 29. The Air Force Trials are an adaptive sports event designed to promote the mental and physical well-being of seriously wounded, ill and injured military members and veterans. More than 100 wounded, ill or injured service men and women from around the country will compete for a spot on the 2016 Warrior Games Team which will represent the Air Force at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss/Released)Norwegian soldiers, U.S. Marines, Dutch and U.K. Royal Commandos do an integrated air insert during a training event for Exercise Cold Response 16, March 3, around the city of Namsos, Norway. The cold-weather environment of Norway challenges the integration of air, land and sea capabilities from 13 NATO allies and partners while improving their collective capacity to respond and operate as a team.Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Jonas, the 374th Operations Support Squadron’s survival, evasion, resistance and escape operations NCO in charge, jumps out of a C-130 Hercules while flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 2, 2016. During the high-altitude, low-opening airdrop, Jonas jumped from 10,000 feet in the air and parachuted to the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Owsianka)Joe Biden, the U.S. Vice President talks to the U.S. military personnel next to his wife Dr. Jill at a Air Base in United Arab Emirates, Monday, March 7, 2016. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden kicked off a Middle East tour Monday, vowing that the United States and its allies would "squeeze the heart" and destroy the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)160305-N-GV721-315 PACIFIC OCEAN (March 5, 2016) Combat Cargo Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 13 hook a pallet to be transported by an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 23, during a vertical replenishment aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD4). More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) team are currently transiting the Pacific Ocean in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations during a scheduled deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Brian Caracci/Released)U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Paul Labbe, 1st Combat Camera, combat aerial photojournalist, loads Ultimate Training Munitions into a M4 magazine, during Exercise Scorpion Lens, March 5, 2016 at Fort Jackson, S.C. Exercise Scorpion Lens is an annual Ability To Survive and Operate training evolution mandated by Air Force 3N0XX Job Qualification Standards (3N0XX AFJQS). Individuals are instructed using a "crawl, walk, run" format of training. The exercise is twofold containing the Scorpion Lens portion, dedicated to Advanced Weapons and Tactical Training (AWTT) and the Flash Bang portion dedicated to providing photography and videography documentation standards in combat situations. The purpose of the training is to provide refresher training to combat camera personnel of all ranks and skill levels in basic tactics, techniques, and procedures inherent to combat camera mission tasking.(U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Perry Aston)U.S. Marines and veterans with the Wounded Warrior Regiment practice archery fundamentals during the 2016 Marine Corps Trials aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 5, 2016. The Trials, an eight-event adaptive sports competition, is hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment, the Marine Corps command that facilitates the integration of non-medical and medical care to wounded, ill, and injured Marines and their families. The Trials began March 2, 2016, and end March 9, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans/Released)Three U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft, flown by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force, with personnel from the U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and soldiers from the Spanish Armed Forces Airborne Brigade (BRIPAC), take off after an air assault during the Exercise Sky Soldier 16, Feb. 27, 2016, at Chinchilla training area in Spain. The training objective of Exercise Sky Soldier 16 is to enhance the brigade’s 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment readiness for multinational contingency operations and capabilities to conduct future missions with NATO Allies and partners. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army’s Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deploying forces to the U.S. Army Europe, Africa and Central Command Areas of Responsibility within 18 hours. The Brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build stronger relationships and strengthen the alliance. (photo by Elena Baladelli/released)
