The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble is underway to participate in exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in the Timor Sea, July 6, 2015. The bilateral training exercise help to maintain a high level of interoperability between U.S. and Australian forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Flewellyn
U.S. Marine Sgt. Jeanette Ventura, left, receives instruction from Sgt. Sean Bernstein on handling techniques for the M45 1911 A1 pistol during a female engagement team class aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Gulf of Aden, July 2, 2015. Ventura is an airframe mechanic assigned to Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161,15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Bernstein is a member of the unit’s Maritime Raid Force. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey
New York Army National Guardsmen train as they deploy from a UH-60 helicopter in Latham, N.Y., July 8, 2015. Pilots assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment flew the helicopter.
Courtesy photo
A landing craft air cushion departs the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in the Indian Ocean, July 8, 2015. The assault ship is tpatrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations and the landing craft is assigned to Naval Beach Unit.
U.S Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Naomi VanDuser
