160310-N-HD670-020 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (March 10, 2016) - Builder 1st Class Steven Harvey, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, gives his son a kiss before departing on a regularly scheduled deployment to the Pacific region. While deployed, NMCB 4 will support construction operations throughout the U.S. Pacific Fleet, sustain interoperability with regional governments and provide fleet construction support. (U.S. Navy photo by Utilitiesman 3rd Class Stephen Sisler/Released)
U.S. Navy Lt. Christopher Ferguson (right), NECC Dive Medical Officer for the Underwater Construction Teams, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Chief Petty Officer Dong Soon Jung, assigned to ROK Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, move toward their project site at Chinhae, ROK March 11, 2016 as part of exercise Foal Eagle 2016. Foal Eagle is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance the readiness of U.S. and ROK forces, and their ability to work together during a crisis. (U.S. Navy combat camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles E. White/Released)
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, perform shooting drills with their M16A4 service rifles during a squadron field exercise at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground training facility in Yuma, Ariz., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
Soldiers with the 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade's 1st Battalion, 265th Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment returned to Daytona, March 10. The Florida Guardsmen greeted their families and friends following a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.
Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS) participate in Close Air Support (CAS) training that enhances their ability to identify a target and neutralize a threat at Fort Drum, N.Y.'s urban training site on Saturday, March 5, 2016. The 274th mission is to advise U.S. Army commanders on how to best utilize U.S. and NATO assets for Close Air Support. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eric Miller)
160311-N-MP556-047 Okinawa, JAPAN (Mar. 11, 2016) Mine countermeasure ship USS Patriot (MCM 7) departs White Beach Naval Facility to join up with USS Chief (MCM 14) as they prepare to conduct squadron level mine countermeasure training which includes mine hunting and mine sweeping. Patriot and Chief are assigned to Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCMRON) 7 forward deployed to Sasebo, Japan in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. David Levy/Released)Levy/Released)
A B-52 ‘Stratofortress’ bomber from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, passes over Solenzara Air Base in Corsica, France during exercise SERPENTEX 16, March 10, 2016, in Corsica, France. The B-52 participated in the exercise by cooperating with U.S. and allied forces JTACs on the ground to increase their capabilities in the air land integration mission, to include close air Support, dynamic targeting, strike coordination and reconnaissance and live and simulated ordnance operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)
Soldiers from L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, scan their sectors of fire before moving to their next firing position during an airfield assault March 10, 2016, at Gaiziunai Training Area, Lithuania. The training allowed Soldiers of the U.S. and Lithuanian Land Forces the opportunity to training together, while learning and understanding each other’s tactics, techniques and procedures during a simulated combat scenario. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michael Behlin)
A U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicle assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit reaches the shoreline as they conduct an amphibious assault rehearsal during Exercise Ssang Yong 16, Dogu Beach, Pohang, Republic of Korea, March 10, 2016. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team is committed to the ROK-U.S. Alliance and conduct exercises regularly to ensure interoperability and maintain strong working relationships to support the sovereignty of the ROK. Ssang Yong familiarizes American armed forces with the Korean Peninsula and builds upon the strong preexisting relationship between the two militaries. The Marines and sailors of the 31st MEU are currently deployed aboard the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group as part of their spring deployment of the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by GySgt Ismael Pena/Released)
Republic of Korea (ROK) Chief Petty Officer Dong Soon Jung, assigned to ROK Naval Mobile Construction Battalion, responds to the dive supervisor with an okay sign during pre-dive safety checks prior to entering the water to work on a simulated expeditionary wharf at Chinhae, ROK March 10, 2016 as part of exercise Foal Eagle 2016. Foal Eagle is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance the readiness of U.S. and ROK forces, and their ability to work together during a crisis. (U.S. Navy combat camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles E. White/Released)