U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dave Julazadeh conducts preflight checks in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before flying his first combat sortie as commander of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 7, 2015. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford
U.S. sailors give the thumbs-up signal to take off to an AV-8 Harrier during exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary at sea off Australia, July 11, 2015. The bilateral exercise demonstrates the strong Australian-U.S. alliance and military relationship. The sailors are boatswain’s mates. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Ismael Pena
The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is fired in Bradshaw Field Training Area, Australia, on Sunday during Talisman Sabre 15. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, out of Okinawa, Japan, and 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., trained with the rocket system along with Australian Army soldiers with 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Sgt. Sarah Anderson/Marine Corps.
U.S. Marines conduct small boat ops using combat rubber raiding craft from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay during Talisman Sabre 2015 in the Indian Ocean, July 12, 2015. The Marines are assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel M. Young
