Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
A US M1A2 tank crosses a river during a US-South Korea joint river crossing exercise in the border county of Yeoncheon, northeast of Seoul, on December 10, 2015. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as Stalinst North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War. REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE AFP PHOTO / YONHAPYONHAP/AFP/Getty Images
Spectators watch the USS Zumwalt as it arrives in Portland Harbor, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in Portland, Maine. The Navy's new stealth destroyer began a week of sea trials Monday. The 600-foot, 15,000-ton destroyer visited Maine's largest city to swap personnel and take on supplies. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A U.S. Army Soldier jumps out of a UH-60 Black Hawk during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 8, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world's largest combined airborne operation that provides paratroopers from the U.S. and seven partner nations the opportunity to help children receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis/Released)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alex Manne, assigned to 982nd Combat Camera Company, documents U.S. Army paratroopers landing on Sicily Drop Zone during an airborne operation for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 4, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operation and collective training with seven partner-nation paratroopers participating and allows Soldiers the opportunity to help children in need receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Lisa Velazco/Released)
An F-22 Raptor, Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 and French air force Rafale fly in formation as part of a trilateral exercise held at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Dec. 7, 2015. The exercise simulates a highly contested, degraded and operationally limited environment where U.S. and partner pilots and ground crews can test their readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kayla Newman)
1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment infantrymen tactically move from building to building in a simulated combat zone during Exercise Steel Knight 2016 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 4, 2015. 1st Marine Division has conducted Steel Knight for the past three years, making this the fourth iteration of the exercise. Steel Knight will test I Marine Expeditionary Force’s amphibious capabilities through realistic, scenario-driven training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin Boling)
151210-N-AT895-139 WASHINGTON (Dec. 10, 2015) Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson is joined by members of the U.S. Naval Academy Spirit Team and Drum & Bugle Corps for a pep rally at the Pentagon. The 116th Army Navy football game will take place Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan Laird/Released)
Military members salute during the singing of the national anthem at the Hickam Field Remembrance Ceremony hosted by the 15th Wing on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 7, 2015. Survivors and their family members attended the 74th remembrance ceremony, which honored the men and women who lost their lives on Hickam Field during the two waves of attacks launched by the Imperial Japanese Navy on Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Aaron Oelrich)
151202-N-JY875-314 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2015) Sailors participating in a crossing the line ceremony kneel before the royal court on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Washington and its embarked air wing Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are deployed in support of Southern Seas 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jaime Marcial/Released)
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