A fleet of Coast Guard assets led by the Coast Guard Cutter Hawksbill, homeported in Monterey, Calif., conduct operations within San Francisco Bay, May 15, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Flores)Will Hock, a 9th Civil Engineer Squadron fire captain, assists Justin Devorss, a Linda Fire Protection District engineer, with extinguishing a fire Aug. 6, 2015, near Clearlake, Calif. The fire is associated with the Rocky Fire that has consumed nearly 70,000 acres in Northern California. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Preston L. Cherry) Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice clearing a house during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a self-sustaining crisis response force prepared for the protection of American personnel and facilities on the African continent, when directed by U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy)Combat Cameramen assigned to various Combat Camera units receive a debrief after performing a sensitive site exploitation (SSE) exercise during Fleet Combat Camera Pacific’s Summer Quick Shot 2015 combined joint field training exercise in Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 7, 2015. Quick Shot is a semi-annual exercise that improves combat camera service members' abilities to operate in a tactical environment. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony R. Martinez/Released)Mortar men with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assist an ally from 1st Brigade Estonian Defense Force as he hangs a mortar into a tube during a mortar live fire exercise, Estonia, Aug. 7. The Soldiers from the Estonian army were able to compare and contrast their methods and procedures for properly executing the firing of a mortar in relation to the American Soldiers' procedures during the combined training opportunity. The event was a part of Operation Atlantic Resolve an ongoing series of training exercises designed to build relationships, trust and interoperability between the U.S. and its NATO allies. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacqueline Dowland, 13th Public Affairs Detachment)U.S. Soldiers assigned to B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, hover their UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter above Soldiers assigned to Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 4th Infantry Division and Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to the Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion (BUB), after the teams on the ground successfully sling loaded a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) during bilateral training called Uhlan Fury currently being held at the Gen. Silvestras Zlikaliskas Training Area, Pabrade, Lithuania, Aug. 10, 2015. As part of a larger, ongoing operation across Europe called Atlantic Resolve, the NATO allies are training together to enhance tactical and technical operations between the nations. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)Lithuanian Land Forces Soldiers assigned to 2nd Coy, Grand Duchess Birutė Uhlan Battalion (BUB), assault a mock building during exercise Uhlan Fury, a bilateral training mission currently being held the General Silvestras Zlikaliskas Training Area, Pabrade, Lithuania, Aug. 11, 2015. Along with their NATO partners, Dog Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 4th Infantry Division, and B Company, 43rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, the BUB have been training daily to enhance security and multinational bonds in the region as part of a larger NATO operation being conducted throughout Europe known as Atlantic Resolve. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. James Avery, 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)A Coast Guard Cutter Stratton boarding team member inspects the bridge of a self-propelled semi-submersible interdicted in international waters off the coast of Central America, July 19, 2015. The Stratton’s crew recovered more than six tons of cocaine from the 40-foot vessel. (Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 2nd Class LaNola Stone)150810-N-KM939-319
RESERVE CRAFT BEACH, Guam (Aug. 10, 2015) Gunner's Mate 3rd Class Jay Alberto signals to a tractor to disembark Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1666, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, to allow for supplies and machinery to be loaded into the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) for disaster relief efforts in Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)150808-N-KM939-449 SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan (Aug. 8, 2015) - Vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are unloaded from the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) via Landing Craft Utility vehicle during disaster relief efforts in Saipan after Typhoon Soudelor made landfall. Ashland is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)Marines with Marine Barracks Washington perform during the Sunset Parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va., Aug. 11, 2015. This Sunset Parade was performed by non commissioned officers from Marine Barracks Washington and marks the last Sunset Parade of the 2015 parade season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tia Dufour/Released)150805-N-XQ474-282
ROSEAU, Dominica (Aug. 5, 2015) The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is moored pierside during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Andrew Schneider/Released)
