A MV-22C Osprey aircraft assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa flies near Asturias, Spain, Sept. 28, 2017. (Sgt. Takoune H. Norasingh/Marine Corps)
Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade practice target engagement with a Stinger Missile weapon system, an element of Short Range Missile Defense, also known as SHORAD. (Staff Sgt. Kathleen Polanco/Army)
Senior Airman Jamal Williams, 354th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, unstraps GBU-31 joint direct attack munitions during a Load Crew of the Quarter competition at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Sept. 28, 2017. (Airman 1st Class Frankie D. Moore/Air Force)
Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jake Hurlock, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), loads a Mark 38 machine gun on the weathering deck on Oct. 1, 2017, during the ship’s transit through the Bab El Mandeb Strait. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Vance Hand/Navy)
An Air Force B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), S.D., flies over the South Pacific Oct. 2, 2017. (Airman 1st Class Gerald R. Willis/Air Force)