Fort Lee Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Tamisha Love welcomes an Afghan child to America during reception operations in New Jersey Aug. 5. (1st Lt. Tom Burcham IV/Army)
A U.S. airman with Joint Task Force-Crisis Response high fives a child after helping reunite her family at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 20. (Cpl. Davis Harris/Marine Corps)
A U.S. soldier with Joint Task Force-Crisis Response plays a game on a phone with children on board an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the evacuation from Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancillal/Marine Corps)
Airmen with the 635th Material Maintenance Squadron, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron, and the 49th Wing set up tent foundations for Afghanistan refugees Aug. 27 on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. (Airman 1st Class Jessica Sanchez-Chen/Air Force)
A Louisiana National Guardsman rescues stranded residents in LaPlace, La., Aug. 31 in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. More than 6,000 members of the National Guard from more than a dozen states were in Louisiana assisting state and federal partners with relief efforts. (Courtesy photo via Louisiana National Guard)
A U.S. Marine with Joint Task Force-Haiti and volunteers offload boxes for redistribution in Port of Jeremie, Haiti, Aug. 31. Marines and sailors aboard the USS Arlington are providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. (Cpl. Alize Sotelo/Marine Corps)
U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and Chilean army soldiers cross-country ski during cold-weather training at the Chilean Army Mountain School in Portillo, Chile, Aug. 27. (Pfc. Joshua Taeckens/Army)
A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 hoists a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during training on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 2. (Sgt. Branden J. Bourque/Marine Corps)
An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 2 lands on the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 26. (MC3 Jeff D. Kempton)
Body bearers with Marine Barracks Washington fire the saluting battery during a Friday Evening Parade Aug. 29. (Lance Cpl. Allen Sanders/Marine Corps)