U.S. Army Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) run from their vehicle after successfully sling loading cargo to a New Jersey National Guard Black Hawk helicopter during joint training at Coyle Drop Zone, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 29, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA rest in a chair outside of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft just minutes after he and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 (Kazakh time). Kelly and Kornienko completed an International Space Station record year-long mission to collect valuable data on the effect of long duration weightlessness on the human body that will be used to formulate a human mission to Mars. Volkov returned after spending six months on the station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)U.S. soldiers, left, engage role players acting as angry protestors during riot control training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 25, 2016. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Duval Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, center, is honored by First lady Michelle Obama, left, and House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., right, as they celebrate women veterans, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. Vaugt was the first woman to deploy with an Air Force bomber unit and the first woman to reach the rank of brigadier general from the comptroller field. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)160301-N-XT273-180 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 01, 2016) Sailors aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) conduct small boat operations March 1, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)Four EA-6B Prowlers belonging to each Prowler squadron aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point conducted a "Final Four" division flight aboard the air station March 1, 2016. The "Final Four" flight is the last time the Prowler squadrons will be flying together before the official retirement of Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1 at the end of Fiscal Year 16 and the eventual transition to "MAGTF EW". MAGTF EW is a more distributed strategy where every platform contributes to the EW mission, enabling relevant tactical information to move throughout the electromagnetic spectrum and across the battlefield faster than ever before. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/ Released)A 189th Security Forces Squadron defender guides rounds into a M240B machine gun Feb. 24, 2016, at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark. The M240 has been used by the United States Armed Forces since the late-1970s. It is used extensively by infantry, most often rifle companies as well as ground vehicles, watercraft and aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Harry Brexel)California Military Department Biathlon Team member Barbara Kizer takes aim at her targets from the prone position at the Minnesota National Guard biathlon course on Camp Ripley Feb. 28, 2016. Ñ at Camp Ripley.U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, wipes down an RQ7B Shadow Technical unmanned aircraft system during post-flight checks as part of Exercise Rock Sokol at Aeroclub Postonja in Slovenia, March 2, 2016 Exercise Rock Sokol is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian Armed Forces, focused on small-unit tactics and building on previous lessons learned, forging the bonds and enhancing readiness between allied forces. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly-deploying forces to the U.S. Army Europe, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility within 18 hours. The brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build stronger relationships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Paolo Bovo/Released)Maj. Ryan Wong, left, prepares to land at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2016, while Lt. Col. Blake Johnson watches as part of site pilot training. Wong and Johnson are both assigned to the 517th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sheila deVera) 160226-N-IQ655-172 HOMESTEAD, Fla. (Feb. 26, 2016) - Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Trevor Thompson, member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team "The Leap Frogs," presents the American flag during a training demonstration at Homestead Air Reserve Base. The Leap Frogs are in Florida preparing for the 2016 show season. (U.S. Navy photo by Jim Woods/Released)RENA, Norway - Norwegian Leopard tank crews from the Telemark Battalion prepare for a live-fire exercise in Rena, Norway, Feb. 18, 2016. The U.S. Marines and Norwegians are preparing for Exercise Cold Response 16, which will bring together 12 NATO Allied and partner nations and approximately 16,000 troops in order to enhance joint crisis response capabilities in cold weather environments. The Norwegian Telemark Battalion instructed various U.S. Marine units on cold weather survival techniques to driving armored vehicles on ice-covered roads in the weeks leading up to exercise Cold Response 16 beginning at the end of the month. The two nations along with the other participating countries will conduct multi-lateral training to improve U.S. Marine Corps capability to operate in cold-weather environments.
