Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Sirus Woodard directs a Humvee onto Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1651 from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) as part of an amphibious assault during Talisman Saber 17 on July 19. (MC3 Jonathan Clay/Navy)
U.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest fire a non-explosive illumination round from an 81mm mortar to deter enemy activity at Camp Shorserack, Afghanistan, July 15, 2017. (Sgt. Lucas Hopkins/Marine Corps)
The casket of Pfc. Hansen Kirkpatrick is transferred from the chapel to the hearse during the funeral services at Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson, outside Anchorage, Alaska, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. The DoD has said that Kirkpatrick, 19, of Wasilla, Alaska, was killed Monday, July 3, by indirect fire in Afghanistan's Helmand Province. (Sgt. 1st Class Joel Gibson/U.S. Army Alaska via AP)
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress approaches a 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker during a flight in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, July 18, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/Air Force)
Paratroopers load munitions onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Forward Operating Base Shalalot, Iraq, July 6, 2017. (Sgt. Christopher Bigelow/Army)
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Marsh hoists Petty Officer 2nd Class Ruslan Garver into a helicopter during drills in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations, July 14, 2017. (PO3 Class Evan Thompson/Navy)
Soldiers use a Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter to slingload an M777 howitzer during air assault training at Fort Campbell, Ky., July 19, 2017. (Sgt. Marcus Floyd/Army)
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) load rounds and powder for the MK 45 five-inch gun in the deep magazine during a naval surface fire support exercise as part of Talisman Saber 17 on July 19. (MC1 Byron C. Linder/Navy)
Soldiers arrive at the turnaround point during the physical fitness test portion of the 2017 Army Materiel Command's Best Warrior Competition at Camp Atterbury, Ind., July 16, 2017. (Sgt. 1st Class Teddy Wade/Army)
Marine Corps Cpl. Courtney Zielinski, a dog handler, controls Dundee, a military working dog, while training at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, July 14, 2017. (Sgt. Rebecca L. Floto/Marine Corps)
