Soldiers from of the Special Forces Basic Combat Course wash off on the beach shore after a morning physical fitness training session at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan. (Spc. Aaron Agee/Army)
U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Michael Zegarra, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), kisses his wife on the pier during the ship's homecoming in Bremerton, Wash, Dec. 10, 2017. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is returning from a regularly scheduled deployment from the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and Arabian Gulf. (MC3 Ian Kinkead/Navy)
Air Force F-15SG Eagle aircraft assigned to the 428th Fighter Squadron sit on the flightline at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., during Forging Sabre, a two-week exercise conducted by U.S. and Singaporean troops. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/Air Force)
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transits the Atlantic Ocean at night on Dec. 13, 2017. Ford is underway conducting test and evaluation operations. (MC1 Joshua D. Sheppard/Navy)
Members of the Oklahoma National Guard's 146th Air Support Operations Squadron and Estonian tactical air control party specialists acknowledge an A-10 Thunderbolt II during a show of force after completing close-air support training at Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Salina, Kan., Dec. 13, 2017. The Estonian TACPs traveled to the U.S. to work alongside members of the 146 ASOS to complete upgrade training and enhance multi-national relationships. This was the first time the 146 ASOS hosted the Estonian TACPs. (Sgt. Tyler Woodward/Air National Guard)
Navy Chief Petty Officer Michael McMurry boards the USS Carney during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise with Maltese service members in the Mediterranean Sea. (Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Turner/Navy)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) is towed to the pier at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on Dec. 13, 2017. John S. McCain will undergo repairs at Ship Repair Facility – Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka. (MC2 William McCann/Navy)
Electrician’s Mate 1st Class William Isom, assigned to the engineering department aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), installs wiring inside a refrigerator compressor motor in the rewind shop Dec. 14, 2017. (MC3 Vance, Hand/Navy)
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division utilize an M1A1 Abrams tank during exercise Steel Knight (SK) 18 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. (Marine Corps)
U.S. Marines assigned to Battery R, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment launch the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System during Operation Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. (Pfc. William Chockey/Marine Corps)
Service members and volunteers participate in Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 16, 2017. (Sgt. George Huley/Army)
