Santa prepares to jump from a C-130J aircraft of the 37th Airlift Squadron. Santa jumped into Alzey drop zone to deliver gifts to community children that attended Toy Drop 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathon Crane, 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company)
U.S. Navy Lt. Gregory Storer, right, races to greet his children; Mary and John, and wife Elizabeth as the attack submarine USS Hartford returns to the U.S. Navy Submarine Base in Groton, Conn., Friday, Dec. 18, 2015, following a six-month deployment to the European Command Areas of Responsibility. Hartford, with a crew of around 130 officers and enlisted personnel, made port calls in Faslane, Scotland and Rota, Spain during the deployment. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)
Susan Weiss, center, mother of Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin Mose Weiss, embraces her daughter-in-law, Bethany Weiss, and grandson, Lucas Mose Weiss, during a funeral service for the Army pilot on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at Harvest Bible Chapel in Crystal Lake, Ill. Weiss was killed in a helicopter crash during a training exercise in Tennessee. (Matthew Apgar/Northwest Herald via AP) CHICAGO TRIBUNE OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, California - Marines set up a perimeter around an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 3, 2015. TRAPÕs placement in a MCCRE is meant to evaluate Marines on this mission set which is performed for the specific purpose of the recovery of personnel, equipment, and/or aircraft by the insertion of a TRAP force. The Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
Military personnel carry American flags onto the field during player introductions before an NFL football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Indianapolis Colts in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III and Vietnam veterans retired Chief Master Sgt. Ronald Brodeur and former Sgt. Eric Roberts II sing the Air Force song at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, December 17, 2015. Brodeur and Roberts were awarded the Silver Star, recognizing their heroic actions after their helicopter was shot down over Duc Lap, Republic of Vietnam, on February 20, 1969 while trying to rescue a long range reconnaissance patrol.
This US Navy photo released December 20 shows US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter as he speaks with Sailors and Marines during his visit on the mess decks aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3)on December 19, 2015 in the Gulf. Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the US 5th Fleet area of operations. AFP PHOTO/US NAVY/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Preston = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USEÊ- MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /AFP PHOTO/US NAVY/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tyler Preston " -ÊNO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = TYLER PRESTON/AFP/Getty Images
151219-N-OR477-130 MOBILE, Ala. (Dec. 19, 2015) Susan A. Buffett, ship's sponsor for the littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit, Omaha (LCS 12), breaks a bottle across the ship's bow during a christening ceremony at Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael C. Barton/Released)
Islanders watch a C-130 Hercules fly overhead during Operation Christmas Drop 2015 at Fais Island, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 8, 2015. A C-130 assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron delivered over 800 pounds of supplies to the island during the operation. This year marked the first ever trilateral Operation Christmas Drop where the Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Air Force worked together to provide critical supplies to 56 Micronesian islands. (U.S. Air Force photo/Osakabe Yasuo)
Photo Credit: Kelby Wingert, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs Fort Hood Garrison Commander Col. Todd Fox talks with Baylor play-by-play radio announcer John Morris during halftime at the game against Hardin-Simmons University at Fort Hood, Texas, Dec. 16. This was the first time Baylor basketball had played a game on the installation. (U.S. Army photo by Kelby Wingert, III Corps and Fort Hood Public Affairs)