A team of international medics move a simulated casualty using a Sked rescue system over a wall obstacle during the Advanced Medical First Responder course at the International Special Training Centre in Pfullendorf, Germany, March 17, 2015. ISTC provides centralized training for NATO Special Forces and similar units in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Martin Greeson /Released)A U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion conducts an aerial refuel while executing an external lift near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015. The exercise was part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre. MAWTS-1 provides standardized tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jorge A. Dimmer MAWTS-1 Combat Camera/ Released)WATERS EAST OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA (April 1, 2015) Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1631, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, lowers its ramp inside the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Sailors and Marines from the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) are participating in the Korean Marine Exchange Program with the Republic of Korea marine corps and navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Barnes/Released) 150401-N-EI510-156
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https://plus.google.comArmy Reserve Spc. Chance Humbard, 21, from Waldorf, Md., completes an obstacle course event during day two of the 200th Military Police Command’s Best Warrior Competition on April 1 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Eight warfighters are competing in the weeklong competition held March 31 - April 3 in a variety of physical and mental events to earn the top spot of Best Warrior for Soldier and noncommissioned officer of the year. Humbard is supply specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 400th Military Police Battalion, based at Fort Meade, Maryland. The winners will compete at the Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition held in May. The 200th MPCOM is the largest Department of Defense law enforcement organization with nearly 14,000 Soldiers living in 44 states. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Bell/released)Recruits of Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, sprint approximately 100 yards with two ammunition cans during the 12 stalls event at Edson Range, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, March 31. Each station had a different set of rules to follow, but one rule that stayed the same was recruits could not touch anything on the obstacle painted red or it simulated they a casualty, requiring them to restart the obstacle. Company H is scheduled to graduate from recruit training, April 3. U.S. soldiers in Stryker armored vehicles arrive at Smardan Training Area, Romania, March 24, 2015. The soldiers, assigned to 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participated in Saber Junction 15, which included 5,000 troops from 17 nations that are NATO allies and partners.
U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Opal Vaughn Camp Lejeune - U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit inflate their uniforms during a swim qualification course at the Area 5 pool aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, 2015. Marines must tread water for 10 minutes during the qualification to demonstrate they can properly use their uniform as a flotation device for survival in water. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released) Twelve Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers, from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, taxi onto the runway during Exercise Forceful Tiger on Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 1, 2015. During the aerial exercise, the Stratotankers delivered 800,000 pounds of fuel to approximately 50 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marcus Morris)Army veteran Spc. Jason Blair, left, tries to pass around his defender during the wheelchair basketball bronze medal game during the 2015 Army Trials on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 31, 2015. Athletes in the trials are competing for a spot on the ArmyÕs team in the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ambraea Johnson
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