Marine Corps Majs. Colin J. Newbold and Mark A. Noble taxi in an F-35B Lightning II during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-16 on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2015. Newbold and Noble are pilots. The course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jorge A. Dimmer
U.S. Marines and sailors conduct night flight operations with AV-8B Harriers on the flight deck of the USS Boxer during integration training in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 25, 2015. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Briauna Birl
U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venoms conduct close air support operation at Yodaville, Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 2, 2015. This exercise was part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-16, a seven week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force. Lance Cpl. Roderick Jacquote/Marine Corps
Aurora borealis is observed from Coast Guard Cutter Healy Oct. 4, 2015, while conducting science operations in the southern Arctic Ocean. Healy is underway in the Arctic Ocean in support of the National Science Foundation-funded Arctic GEOTRACES, part of an international effort to study the distribution of trace elements in the world’s oceans. Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Mendenhall/Coast Guard
