U.S. sailors conduct special patrol insertion-extraction technique training near Naval Station Rota, Spain, May 7, 2015. The training helps sailors prepare for contingencies in which U.S. special operations and expeditionary forces need to quickly extract from areas where helicopters cannot safely land. The sailors are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit 2.
U.S. Navy photo US and Georgian servicemen take part in the joint US-Georgia military exercise Noble Partner 2015 at the military base of Vaziani outside Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, May 17, 2015. Exercise Noble Partner is a bilateral effort focused on enhancing US and Georgian NATO Response Force interoperability in the context of military-to-military relationships, the United States Army Europe says on its website. It involves some 600 Georgian and US service members. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)U.S. Special Operators conduct fast rope training as part of Exercise Eager Lion at the Prince Hashim Royal Air Base, May 9. Exercise Eager Lion 2015 is an annual, multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, promote regional security and improve interoperability with partner nations.U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Shiver waits for earthquake victims to board an MV-22 Osprey at a landing zone near Charikot, Nepal, May 12, 2015. Shiver is an Osprey crew chief with Joint Task Force 505.
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson Members of the 114th Civil Engineer Squadron of the South Dakota Air National Guard assist with tornado recovery efforts in Delmont, S.D., after the town was hit by an EF-2 tornado, May 11, 2015. Twenty-five members of the unit, as well as heavy equipment, were activated to assist with the removal of debris in the public area.150513-N-CW570-318
GULF OF AQABA, Jordan (May 13, 2015) Explosive ordnance disposal technicians, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1 and Explosive Ordnance Training Unit 1, conduct an ocean-bottom survey using an Iver Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) near the Royal Jordanian Naval Base in Aqaba during Eager Lion 2015. Eager Lion is a recurring multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations, and enhance regional security and stability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)WADI SHADIYAH, JORDAN- MAY 18: Jordanian and U.S. in addition to Italians participate in the final counter attack during the 5th annual exercise Eager Lion 2015, in the south-east desert of Wadi Shadiyah, Jordan on May 18, 2015. The final exercise included 2 U.S. B-52 Stratofortress Aircraft in a 35-hour mission from the U.S. to Jordan directly and back, Jordanian F-16 fighting falcons, high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS), 4 Royal Jordanian air force AH-1 Cobras, 3 U.S. AH-64 Apaches, Tanks, Anti- Tank Guided Missiles, and Heavy Machine Guns. (Photo by Jordan Pix/ Getty Images)U.S. Service members with the Joint Task Force 505 load aid and relief supplies from the United States Agency for International Development onto an MV-22 Osprey at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, May 17, in order to be delivered to Jiri Airfield during Operation Sahayogi Haat. JTF 505 along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations are currently in Nepal providing aid after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25 and a 7.3 earthquake on May 12. At Nepal’s request the U.S. government ordered JTF 505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson/Released)U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets members of the US military, US Embassy personnel, and their families at Collier Field House at Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, Monday, May 18, 2015. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)Sailors of USS George Washington salute as they leave the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo Monday, May 18, 2015. The U.S. Navy's Japan-based aircraft carrier is heading home after seven years, to be replaced by a newer version of the same ship in the fall. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)Senior enlisted leaders participate in an Armed Forces Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May 16, 2015.
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