MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. - Reconnaissance Marines spy rig from a UH-1Y Huey while exiting the 'objective area' during the 2014 Miramar Air Show Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 3. Aircraft like the Huey provide necessary mobility and aerial support to the MAGTF by way of fire power, speed and quick thinking pilots.
Photo By: Cpl. Christopher JohnThe Naval Academy's Dishan Romine can't get his hands on a pass from Keenan Reynolds during USNA's 30-21 loss to the US Air Force Academy Falcons in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday, October 4, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)A U.S. Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 124 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Persian Gulf Oct. 2, 2014, as the ship supports operations in Iraq and Syria. President Barack Obama authorized humanitarian aid deliveries to Iraq as well as targeted airstrikes to protect U.S. personnel from extremists known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. U.S. Central Command directed the operations. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brian Stephens, U.S. Navy/Released)Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Maughon, right, the master gunner for Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and Staff Sgt. Scott Colson, left, a tank commander in Company C, 2nd Bn. 12th Cav. Regt. remote fire a tank during calibration fire at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 1. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John Farmer, 1st BCT, 1st CD Public Affairs).Air Force cadets cheer as the clock runs out on their 30-21 victory over the US Naval Academy Midshipmen 30-21 at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday, October 4, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)Amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) of the US marines 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa Japan, prepare to hit the beach as part of the 12-day US and Philippine annual joint naval exercise dubbed "Phiblex" along the coast in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 5, 2014. Thousands of Philippine and US marines on September 29 began military exercises close to flashpoints in the South China Sea, where Beijing is involved in bitter territorial disputes with its neighbours. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty ImagesMarine Corps' Anthony McDaniel passes around Army's Delvin Maston during the gold medal match in wheelchair basketball at the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday, October 3, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR WARNER BROS. PICTURES - Actor Robert Downey, Jr. talks to the crowded theatre on stage before the screening of Downey's new film, "The Judge" at the Base Theatre at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014 in Fairborn, Ohio. On the right is Col. John M. Devillier, 88th Air Base Wing commander. (Photo by Skip Peterson/Invision for Warner Bros. Pictures/AP Images)The US Air Force Academy Falcons defeat the US Naval Academy Midshipmen 30-21 at the US Air Froce Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday, October 4, 2014. The halftime program served as the closing ceremony for the Warrior Games. (Mike Morones/Staff)Gunny, a service dog belonging to Marine Corps athlete Andres Bergos, center, waits for the pistol competition to end at the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Friday, October 3, 2014. (Mike Morones/Staff)A large flag is held by troops before Game 3 of baseball's AL Division Series between the Kansas City Royals and the Los Angeles Angels in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
