A paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, drives the Brigade’s new Light Tactical All Terrain Vehicle on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 29, 2014. The 1st Battalion, 325th AIR will be the first battalion to exercise and assess the added capabilities of the new LTATVs by incorporating them into scheduled training events, culminating in the Division’s Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 in April next year. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
A paratrooper assigned to the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, drives the Brigade’s new Light Tactical All Terrain Vehicle on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 29, 2014. The 1st Battalion, 325th AIR will be the first battalion to exercise and assess the added capabilities of the new LTATVs by incorporating them into scheduled training events, culminating in the Division’s Joint Operational Access Exercise 15-01 in April next year. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) underway at sunrise. The USS Iwo Jima is underway conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Russell Sanchez/Released).
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Blake Danz, from Placerville, Calif., signals the pilot of an E-2C Hawkeye from the “Liberty Bells” of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115 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 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro/Released)
Two CF-18 Hornets from 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron fly alongside a KC-135 Stratotanker before being refueled during exercise Vigilant Shield 15 at 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Oct. 25, 2014. The Vigilant Shield field training exercise is a bi-national NORAD Command exercise which provides realistic training and practice for American and Canadian forces in support of respective national strategy for North America’s defense. NORAD ensures U.S. and Canadian air sovereignty through a network of alert fighters, tankers, airborne early warning aircraft, and ground-based air defense assets cued by interagency and defense surveillance radars. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Colby L. Hardin/Released)
Marine Corps and Royal Air Force helicopters fly in formation after departing Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2014. The Marine Corps ended operations in Helmand province and transferred the base to the Afghan National Army.
An F/A-18 Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship conducts flight operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is currently deployed to the area supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, and theater security cooperation efforts in the 5th Fleet AOR. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Alex King/Released)
Soldiers from the 364th Engineer Platoon (Area Clearance), headquartered in Pine Bluff, Ark., train on the newly-fielded M1271 Mine Clearing Vehicle, also known as the Medium Flail, Oct. 29, during a weeklong course designed as a team-oriented training event at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The 364th En. Plt., with the Army Reserve, is the first unit across the entire Army to receive and train on this vehicle. The rotating arm has approximately 70 “hammers” at the end of heavy-duty chains, spinning at a rate of 3,500 revolutions per minute. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret)
An AV-8B Harrier takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Improving Navy-Marine Corps amphibious core competencies along with coalition, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Allied and partner nations is a necessary investment in the current and future readiness of our forces. BA14 will take place Oct. 29 – Nov. 10, 2014, afloat and ashore along the eastern seaboard. #BA14 (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd ClassTamara Vaughn/ Released)
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