A soldier from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat team has his simulated wounds tended to after an attack on his position during Vanguard Focus at Ft. Stewart, Georgia on February 24,2015. (Photo by Alan Lessig/Staff)I
(Front to back) Airman 1st Class Jamal Wilson and Airman 1st Class Jared Paradis, both 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolmen, enter the Defense Finance and Accounting Service Japan facility during an active shooter training scenario at Yokota Air Base, Feb. 25. 2015. The scenario tested and validated DFAS’ force protection plans, occupant emergency plan, and evacuation and accountability procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)150225-N-FR671-158 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 25, 2015) – Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Nnamdi Emonogu, a Nigeria native, plays the djembe, one of West Africa’s best known instruments, during a black history month ceremony held aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America is currently conducting maritime training operations off the coast of California. The ship is the first of its class and is optimized for Marine Corps aviation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan A. Colon/ Released)3rd Infantry Division 4th Infantry Brigade combat team commander Colonel Thomas Gukeisen shows Maj. Gen. Daniel P. Hughes and a team from PEO C3T how his soldiers are using Joint Battle CommandÑPlatform (JBC-P), the ArmyÕs next generation friendly force tracking system, during Vanguard Focus at Ft. Stewart, Georgia on February 24,2015. (Photo by Alan Lessig/Staff)I
U.S. Army Capt. Jason Beams, Training Division officer at the Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vt., observes Soldiers climbing Smugglers' Notch during their final phase of the Basic Military Mountaineering course in Jeffersonville, Vt., Feb. 19, 2015. Students in the Basic Military Mountaineering course spend two weeks acquiring the skills and knowledge required to operate in mountainous terrain. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Sarah Mattison)150226-N-EH855-098 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Feb. 26, 2015) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Joshua Ware, from Charlotte, N.C., acts as a safety observer while Sailors operate a lift on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Bryan Mai/Released)A team of Soldiers from the 317th Support Maintenance Company work on completing a vehicle service for EAS. The 317th SMC is supporting EAS with maintenance operations to prepare equipment for incoming brigade combat team rotations in USAREUR. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jeffery Lewis, 317th Support Maintenance Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command)Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit return to Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 24. The 11th MEU, completed a 7-month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 7th Fleets area of operation.A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) salutes his fellow Soldiers while jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone in Germany, Feb. 24, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston/Released)SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2015) – Sailors and Marines assigned to amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) man the rails as the ship returns to homeport Naval Base San Diego completing her maiden deployment. San Diego, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, and the embarked 11th MEU returned following a successful seven-month maiden deployment to the Western Pacific and the U.S. Central Command area of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Gerald Dudley Reynolds/Released)
