Combat cameramen practice patrolling techniques during Fleet Combat Camera Pacific’s Winter Quick Shot 2015 joint field training exercise in the Angeles National Forest near Azusa, Calif., Feb. 21, 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 1st Class Benjamin A. Lewis/RELEASED)WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 24: U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald talks to reporters outside of his department's headquarters February 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. McDonald has apologized for misrepresenting his military record by telling a homeless veteran in California that he had served in the U.S. Special Forces. McDonald was an elite Army Ranger and served in the 82nd Airborne Division but did not serve in a special operations regiment. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)A Marine with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs Marines on a maneuver path during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of scheduled sustainment training. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek/Released)150214-N-RB579-018 SEKONDI, Ghana (Feb. 14, 2015) A member of the Navy’s Embarked Security Team (EST) stands watch as the Military Sealift Command's Joint High-speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) pulls into Sekondi, Ghana, Feb. 14, 2015. Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Davies/Released)A Critical Skills Operator with 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, fast-ropes onto a ship here, Feb. 12, 2015. The battalion conducted a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure mission aboard the ship during RAVEN 15-03, a 10-day realistic military training exercise to enhance the battalion’s readiness for worldwide support to global security. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by GySgt. Josh Higgins/released)Dragoons assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment participate in a live-fire exercise where they have staged their M777 Howitzers while awaiting further instructions from their forward observers whom relay target acquisition and firing instructions in support of troopers assigned to 4th Sqdn, 2 CR during their field exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, located near Rose Barracks, Germany, Feb. 24, 2015.Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Robert Medina observes a sailor climbing a ladder during helicopter rope suspension training in San Diego, Feb. 17, 2015. The petty officer is an aircrew survival equipmentman assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training Evaluation Unit 1.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Gordon Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Michael Barrett greets friends before a relief and appointment ceremony as Sgt. Maj Ronald Green assumes the post of Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps from Barrett at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Friday, February 20, 2015.
Photo by Rob Curtis, StaffU.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV), preform fire and maneuver drills during a Deployment and Training exercise on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Feb. 18, 2015. The exercise focused on stability operations and various training missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelly L. Street, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Giumette, an aviation maintenance technician at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, conducts hoist operations with the Canadian naval vessel off the coast of Mexico Feb. 21, 2015. The training was in conjunction with the North American Maritime Security Initiative (NAMSI). (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson)A combat control instructor gives commands to trainees during an early morning water circuit training session Feb. 12, 2015, at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. Combat controllers are among the most highly trained personnel in the U.S. military. The instructor is assigned to the 342nd Training Squadron, Operating Location-C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston/Released)
