RMT4F7EC–Lt. Cmdr. Felix Villanueva, assigned to Navy Medicine West, goes ashore for the last time at the conclusion of his retirement ceremony at the Chapel aboard Navy Station San Diego. Lt. Cmdr. Villanueva concluded a 28 year career on 11 April 2019 in a small ceremony surround by his family, friends, and closest colleagues.
RMT4F7E7–The Flag Detail passes the national ensign during the reading of 'Olde Glory' during Lt. Cmdr. Felix Villanueva’s retirement ceremony at the Chapel aboard Navy Station San Diego. Lt. Cmdr. Villanueva assigned to Navy Medicine West concluded a 28 year career on 11 April 2019 in a small ceremony surround by his family, friends, and closest colleagues.
RMT4EMF2–Navy Medicine West (NMW) Command Master Chief Loren Rucker and Chief Hospital Corpsman Noghayin Idele cut the birthday cake for the Chief Petty Officer’s 126th birthday during an all hands call at regional headquarters onboard Naval Base San Diego. NMW provides medical care to nearly 700,000 beneficiaries throughout the West Coast of the U.S., Asia, and the Pacific. Globally, NMW oversees eight research laboratories across the U.S. and overseas that deliver research expertise in support of warfighter health and readiness.
RMT4DX2T–190325-N-KA046-0088 PLYMOUTH, England (March 25, 2019) Cmdr. Craig Trent, commanding officer of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) observes from the bridge while departing Plymouth, England, March 25, 2019. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Turner/Released)
RMT4CR59–190320-N-KA046-0183 ENGLISH CHANNEL (March 20, 2019) Sailors participate in a mooring to buoy exercise in support of Flag Officer Sea Training aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) in the English Channel, March 20, 2019. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James R. Turner/Released)
RMT4E3MK–Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Miller, 4th Marine Division sergeant major, Marine Forces Reserve, motivates Marines and gives closing remarks, concluding a Total Force Fitness event at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 29, 2019. The purpose of the event was to boost unit cohesion, morale and maintain high physical fitness standards.
RMT4E633–The USAF Thunderbirds demonstration team perform during the “Thunder over the Bay” Air Show, Travis Air Force Base, California, March 31, 2019. In addition to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, the two-day event featured performances by the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, flyovers, and static displays. The event honored hometown heroes like police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and ordinary citizens whose selfless work made their communities safer and enhanced the quality of life.
RMT4F2FT–CHEATHAM ANNEX, Va. (Mar. 21, 2019) - Seabees from Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202 construct a Southeast Asia Hut during a field training exercise at Cheatham Annex Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. CBMU-202 provides contingency public works support for advanced bases and expeditionary medical facilities, expeditionary support for Naval Construction Force higher headquarters, line haul and equipment maintenance, general engineering, construction support, and humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery to Navy regional commanders.
RMTYDCM5–Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is given a helicopter tour of the Minuteman III missile launch facilities at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2nd 2016. Dunford, along with Army Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, visited Minot to observe the Air Force Nuclear Triad operations and to talk to airmen assigned to the base.
RMTYTX13–OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 29, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Bernard Barbuto, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, gives directions to a forklift operator while weighing a pallet on Camp Shields during an embark exercise. The exercise tests the commands ability to mobilize within 48 hours to react to different types of types of contingency operations around the world. NMCB 5 is the forward deployed Western Pacific NMCB ready to support Major Combat Operations, Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations, and to provide general engineering and civil support to
RMT4DW56–C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing sit on the flightline at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, March 26, 2019. The C-17s are the first of eight that will be stationed at the Pittsburgh IAP ARS.
RMT4E5H7–U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 and U.S. Sailors aboard USS Wasp (LHD 1) prepare for flight operations, March 29, 2019 in the Philippine Sea. The U.S. is proud to participate in the Philippines-led exercise in order to conduct capabilities development training that enhances our forces' tactics, techniques and procedures across a wide range of military operations.
RMTYDNE4–U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commends an Airman at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Nov. 2, 2016. Dunford received a tour of the weapons storage area, as well as, a tour of a B-52H Stratofortress static.
RMT4EP77–A spectator takes a video during the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration teams performance during the “Thunder over the Bay” Air Show at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 31, 2019. In addition to the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, the two-day event featured performances by the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, flyovers, and static displays. The event honored hometown heroes like police officers, firefighters, nurses, teachers and ordinary citizens whose selfless work made their communities safer and enhanced the quality of life.
RMTYMNAG–Service members assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.1 (CTG 56.1), Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, and the 45 Commando Royal Marines embarked aboard RFA Lyme Bay (L 3007), exchange close quarters battle techniques during U.K.-U.S. Mine Countermeasures Exercise 17-1. The bilateral exercise serves to enhance cooperation, mutual MCM capabilities and interoperability between the U.S. and U.K. Naval forces in ensuring free flow of commerce, freedom of navigation and long-term regional security. EODMU-1 is currently deployed in support of CTG 56.1. CTG-56.1 conducts mine counterm
RMTYF29G–U.S. Soldiers with the 40th Army Band, Garrison Support Command, Vermont National Guard, march in the 2016 Scouting Salute to Veterans Parade in Hartford, Vt., November 5, 2016. The parade honors veterans for their service to their country.
RMT4FH03–Command Sgt. Maj. Russell A. Hamilton retires after more than 33 years of service April 6, 2019, during a ceremony at the Peterson Air and Space Museum, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Hamilton entered active duty July 25, 1986, and served in various positions including an armored crewman, tank commander, platoon sergeant and many more on active duty before he transferred to the Colorado Army National Guard Active Guard and Reserve program. During his time with the COARNG, he served in the 100th Missile Defense Brigade (Ground-based Midcourse Defense) as an element crewmem
RMT4E57B–World Food Programme (WFP) pallets unloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules await transport at Maputo International Airport, Mozambique, March 30, 2019, for the U.S. Department of Defense’s relief effort in the Republic of Mozambique and surrounding areas following Cyclone Idai. Teams from CJTF-HOA, which is leading DoD support to relief efforts in Mozambique, began immediate preparation to respond following a call for assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Disaster Assistance Response Team.
RMT4EKJY–Contractors work on a new 1,428-person annual training/mobilization dining facility March 19, 2019, in the 2400 block at Fort McCoy, Wis. The project, coordinated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is being constructed by contractor L.S. Black Constructors of St. Paul, Minn., and is supposed to be completed in late 2019.
RMTYH37X–SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- An A-10 Aircraft from the 66th Weapons Squadron discharges flares as it completes a 'strafing' run during an exercise at a Fort Carson Colorado training range Wednesday, 9 November 2016. The unit provided close air support during the exercise where 3rd Space Operations Squadron personnel trained with the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron and 4th Infantry Division to gain a better understanding of the products utilized that Schriever AFB's 50th Space Wing provides.
RMT4DGT9–U.S. Army Soldier assigned to U.S. Army Africa and his Royal Moroccan Armed Forces counterparts discuss medical planning during exercise African Lion 2019, at the Southern Zone Headquarters in Agadir, Morocco, March 25, 2019. Participation in this multinational exercise enhances professional relationships and builds interoperability of forces. The U.S. deployed approximately 1,100 U.S. service members to join nearly 1,000 Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, approximately 250 Tunisian Armed Forces, and armed forces participants in from Canada, France, Senegal, Spain, and the United Kingdom
RMTYT0HA–U.S. Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, right, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with U.S. Army Gen. John W. Nicholson, left, Resolute Support and U.S. Forces – Afghanistan commander, and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Thomson, center, U.S. Forces – Afghanistan deputy commander for support, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2016. Gen. Selva and his wife, Ricki Selva, visited troops across Afghanistan to spend Thanksgiving Day with them and thank them for their service.
RMT4DYCP–U.S. Army Spc. Sakrin Dahao, left, and Philippine Air Force Airman 2nd Class Ronel Vistal, right, move a cement tray in Pagasa, Bataan, Philippines, March 25, 2019. Two new classrooms are being constructed with the combined efforts of the U.S. Army and the Philippine Air Force as part of Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan is a military training exercise hosted by the Philippines between the AFP and U.S. military, along with participants from the Australian Defence Force. Lewis, a Lafayette, La. native, is a combat engineer with 561st Engineering Support Company, 84th Engineering Battalion from
RMT4EMXK–NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (April 1, 2019) Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota, Spain’s Command Master Chief Gary Rosenbaum talks with Spanish chiefs at a luncheon celebrating the chief petty officer’s 126th birthday. NAVSTA Rota sustains the fleet, enables the fighter and supports the family by conducting air operations, port operations, ensuring security and safety, assuring quality of life and providing the core services of power, water, fuel and information technology.
RMT4DWGN–Airmen and their families look at Air Force Assistance Fund flyers before the AFAF “Run Because We Care” 5K March 22, 2019, on Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Vandenberg’s AFAF campaign, spanning from March 16 to April 26, 2019, hopes to raise $41,342 for the charity that assists Airmen.
RMT4EYP4–PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Apr. 5, 2019) Capt. Carl Andrew Carlson, commanding officer of guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), speaks during a tour of the ship with Brig. Gen. Robert Sofge, deputy commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. Zumwalt is conducting the port visit as part of its routine operations in the eastern Pacific. Zumwalt-class destroyers provide the Navy with agile military advantages at sea and with ground forces ashore.
RMTYGKGN–Army Reserve Soldiers from the 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command return to their firing positions after verifying their shot group on the target, at the weapons qualification range in Kuwait, Nov. 8, 2016.
RMT4ENF0–ANN ARBOR, Mi. (March 30, 2019) – Midshipmen participate in group discussion during the Women in Naval Service symposium hosted by the University of Michigan Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps unit at the Graduate hotel in Ann Arbor. This event was held in conjunction with the U.S. Navy's observation of Women's History Month and provided over 150 midshipmen from units across the country with the opportunity to interact and learn from female leaders serving across the fleet.
RMT4CPD2–OCEAN (March 20, 2019) Female Sailors and Marines aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) pose for a photo in the fo’c’sle to celebrate Women’s History Month. Boxer is underway conducting routine operations as a part of USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
RMT4FJM6–The pet of an Airman assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing poses for a photo after the National Pet Day walk at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, April 11, 2019. Celebrity pet lifestyle expert and Animal Welfare Advocate Colleen Paige founded National Pet Day in 2005 as a way to encourage people to pay extra attention to their pets and to adopt pets.
RMT4ERFW–A view of the existing San Diego primary border wall (right) with 'Tin Can Hill' in the background, and the cleared terrain for the San Diego secondary border wall (left) on March 28, 2019. The Corps is supporting the Department of Homeland Security's request to build additional border wall near San Diego.
RMT4F053–U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Gregory Knight, adjutant general of the Vermont National Guard, speaks to a crowd of nearly 2,000 Airmen, retirees, their family members, and the media at the 'Viper Out' ceremony at the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., April 6, 2019. The F-16s are leaving the VTANG after 33 years of service ahead of F-35 Lightning IIs arriving later in 2019.
RMTYRHY9–The military service members of U.S. Forces Afghanistan begin their 2016 Thanksgiving celebration with a Turkey Bowl football game at Bagram Airfield, Nov. 23.
RMTYD4TM–Bahrain (Nov 1, 2016) Executive Officer Capt. Robert Aguilar speaks in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
RMTYHWMC–Airmen and their families watch a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 10, 2016. The basketball exhibition group has conducted tours for U.S. troops stationed overseas for more than ten years.
RMT4EKEH–AUSTIN, Texas – (March 29, 2019) Recruiters and Warrior Challenge Mentor Program personnel from Navy Recruiting Districts San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston attended the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays held at the Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas. The meet, which ran from March 27-30, welcomed more than 7,000 athletes in the high school, collegiate and professional ranks. The Warrior Challenge Mentor Program is part of a large Navy recruiting effort to identify and develop unique people that are in high demand to serve as technical specialists and dependable te
RMTYNJGT–PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 17, 2016) A UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) lands on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) as part of the air wing including F-35B Lightning II aircrafts. The F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant is the world’s first supersonic STOVL stealth aircraft. America, with VMX-1, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 (VMFA-211) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23) embarked, are underway conducting operational testing and the third phase of developmental testing for the F-
RMTYKHA2–SEA OF JAPAN (Nov. 14, 2016) Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Nieto loads a magazine into an M16 rifle aboard the forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during small arms qualification training. Barry is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
RMTYFJ8F–Sgt. Natalie Aquino, 870th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, carries a 35-pound pack and closes on the 11-mile Ruck Sack finish line during California’s 2017 Best Warrior Competition Nov. 1-5, 2016, at Camp San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California.
RMTYW867–U.S. Air Force Col. Caroline Miller, 633rd Air Base Wing commander, poses for a photo with members of the Wolf Creek Cherokee Tribe during the National American Indian Heritage Pow Wow at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Nov. 30, 2016. Members of the tribe performed and spoke about American Indian heritage.
RMT4F01Y–Lieutenant General Vincent R. Stewart stands at attention during his retirement ceremony at Marine Barracks Washington D.C., Apr. 5, 2019. Lt. Gen. Stewart, Deputy Commander at United States Cyber Command, retired after more than 40 years of dedicated and faithful service to our Corps.
RMTYEP50–Capt. David Murphy, 81st Training Wing public affairs chief, participates in throwback trivia during the installation’s 75th Anniversary Gala at the Bay Breeze Event Center Nov. 4, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The celebration commemorated Keesler’s 75 years of history with historical displays, musical and dance performances and recognition of family members of Lt. Samuel Keesler, Jr.
RMTYFC8Y–The Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students from Northside High School participate in the 21st Annual Veterans Day Parade, Jacksonville, N.C., Nov. 5, 2016. The Veterans Day Parade, hosted by Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter NC-5, was observed by veterans, Service members and residents of Jacksonville and showed support for members of the armed forces.
RMTYGM53–Mark Smith, an anthropologist and augmentee for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), sets-up a grid to begin excavation in Dien Bien, Vietnam, Nov. 8, 2016. Members of DPAA deployed to the area in hopes of recovering the remains of an F-4C aircraft pilot unaccounted for from the Vietnam Conflict. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.
RMTYJ2RH–William Lizik demonstrates the tools and explains the functions of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Laboratory, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in New London, Connecticut. Students from the Interdistrict School for Arts and Communication toured the MSL as part of STEM outreach.
RMT4ERKY–LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (April 4, 2019) Deputy Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet, Rear Adm. Ted LeClair greets Deputy Director General, Royal Thai Navy, Somchat Sata aboard the U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19). The 7th Fleet intent for the exchange is to increase Theater Security Cooperation through the facilitation of bilateral and multilateral military exchanges and dialogue.
RMT4DXKD–U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division perfom vehicle services on an M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the maintenance bay at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, March 26, 2019. The unit is deployed to Bulgaria in support of the Atlantic Resolve Mission.
RMTYDNG7–U.S. Army Soldiers, 28th Combat Support Hospital, prepare to remove a simulated trauma patient from a backboard during the Trauma Nursing Core Course hosted by the 28th CSH near Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 2, 2016. This is the first time TNCC, a highly sough-after trauma training course for nurses, has been conducted by a unit deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Effective and comprehensive training is key for deployed medical personnel to preserve the health of Coalition forces working to weaken and defeat Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inheren
RMT4CR0Y–CHANNEL (March 21, 2019) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transits the English Channel, March 21, 2019. Porter, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its sixth patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S national security interests in Europe and Africa.
RMTYKTX9–SEA (Nov. 15, 2016) Sailors conduct team movement drills during security reaction force bravo training aboard USS Ross (DDG 71) Nov. 15, 2016. Ross, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.
RMT4F0EM–Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, participate in a multinational medical exercise drill during Vigorous Warrior 19, Cincu Military Base, Romania, April 8, 2019. Vigorous Warrior 19 is NATO’s largest-ever military medical exercise, uniting more than 2,500 participants from 39 countries to exercise experimental doctrinal concepts and test their medical assets together in a dynamic, multinational environment
RMT4CPA2–Competitors in the United States Army Special Operations Command International Sniper Competition work as a team to engage long-distance targets at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 19, 2019. Twenty-one teams competed in the USASOC International Sniper Competition where instructors from the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School designed a series of events that challenged the two-person teams’ ability to work together, firing range, speed and accuracy in varied types of environments.
RMT4F0KB–SAN DIEGO (Apr. 7, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Rich Ray, right, an Anti-Submarine/Surface Warfare (ASW/SUW) Warfare Tactics Instructor assigned to Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) sits for an interview with broadcaster Jason Austell on KUSI's Good Morning San Diego. Ray discussed his role planning the first Forward Deployed Naval Forces Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet. SWATT exercises transition Surface Force readiness into lethality by bringing warfare commanders, ships, and crews together to exercise advanced tactics at sea.
RMT4FGW6–A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipmen from Tulane University and Southern University and A&M College, climbs a wall during a leadership reaction course at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, Miss., April 6, 2019. Marines with Marine Forces Reserve assisted in the LRCs to provide experience and insight for midshipmen to better prepare them for Officer Candidate School and for their future military careers.
RMT4DC6C–Soldiers from Class 19-702 graduate the Basic Leader Course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 19, 2019. This leadership course helps develop and prepare future noncommissioned officers to sustain and maintain readiness within the Army.
RMT4EK6M–Aviation enthusiasts and community members watch as a B-52 Stratofortress deployed from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., returns to RAF Fairford, England, March 28, 2019. Lining the exterior fences since the five B-52s’ arrival to Fairford, the mostly English crowd photographed and cheered as the aircraft returned from their mission over the Norwegian Sea.
RMTYNE9B–CHANGI NAVAL BASE, Singapore (November 18, 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Jedediah Lamping explains the addition of the Harpoon missile to Rear Adm. John Weigold, deputy reserve commander, Pacific Fleet, during a tour aboard USS Coronado (LCS 4). Currently on a rotational deployment in support of the Asia-Pacific Rebalance, Coronado is a fast and agile warship tailor-made to patrol the region’s littorals and work hull-to-hull with partner navies, providing 7th Fleet with the flexible capabilities it needs now and in the future.
RMT4DM6M–Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, from Fort Campbell, Ky., engage a simulated enemy during live-fire training, March 31, 2019, near Tan Tan, Morocco, as part of exercise African Lion 2019. This annual exercise is a combined-multinational event focused on improving mutual understanding while demonstrating the strong bond between the nations’ militaries.
RMT4DK0C–The commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Gen. Raymond A. Thomas III, is presented a flag during his retirement ceremony, Tampa, Florida, March 29, 2019. Thomas retired after nearly four decades of service.
RMTYF7J2–A young girl poses with an American flag during the 21st Annual Veterans Day Parade in Jacksonville, N.C., Nov. 5, 2016. The Veteran’s Day Parade, hosted by Rolling Thunder Inc. Chapter NC-5, was observed by veterans, service members, and residents of Jacksonville and showed support for members of the armed forces.
RMTYJED0–11/11/16 - Veteran's Day Event Senator Tom Carper speaks during the Veteran's Day celebration at the Delaware Memorial Bridge as members of all services past and present honor those who have served, in Wilmington, Del.
RMT4F0YT–DIEGO (April 5, 2019) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Lloyd Stipe, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), holds up a baseball found during a beach cleanup at Silver Strand State Beach. Nearly 100 Sailors volunteered to pick up trash along a 1.25-mile portion of the beach. Makin Island, homeported in San Diego, is conducting a depot level maintenance availability.
RMTYRYFT–GULF (Nov. 24, 2016) Sailors and aircraft maneuver across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike). Ike and its Carrier Strike Group are deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
RMTYJNPT–Community leaders, friends, families, and Veterans gathered at the Barceloneta Convention Center for a parade and short ceremony honoring all Veterans, past and present and their families on November 11.
RMTYD28N–CAMP CASEY, Republic of Korea – Maj. Brent Soelberg (left), the automations management officer for the 2nd Infantry Division, pins the rank of sergeant onto his son, Sgt. Austin Soelberg, a tank crewmember with 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Inf. Div., during a promotion ceremony Nov. 1. The Soelbergs, both from Ogden, Utah, are both currently serving in different units on the Korean peninsula, making the promotion ceremony a unique opportunity for both Soldiers.
RMT4FJJ7–Joe Hart of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center views a security forces display in the lobby of the Pfingston BMT Reception Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland during a break in the Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference outbriefs April 10.
RMTYP44R–Outside the base gates cars zoom by in Misawa City, Japan, Nov. 30, 2016. By walking around the local area, Airman 1st Class Sadie Colbert, a 35th Fighter Wing public affairs photojournalist, discovered fun activities like sitting in one of the 12 hot onsens the city offers or trying different cultural foods.
RMTYN4Y2–1st Lt. Gerald Kelliner, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division Artillery throws a pass during the Marne Week championship flag football game on Fort Stewart November 17.
RMT4DW4P–U.S. Army Soliders, with the 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), Texas Army National Guard, pull security on Camp Bullis, Tx., March 23, 2019. The Joint Forcible Entry exercise is an annual large-scale air drop and land mobility mission that simulates a contested battlefield scenario as a way of training units for dangerous situations that can occur while deployed.
RMTYEBK4–U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley during an interview at a National Hockey League game between the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets in Washington D.C., Nov. 3, 2016. Milley was representing the U.S. Army for the Captial's Army Appreciation Night.
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RMTYDFEW–Airmen from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron push a pallet into an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel Nov. 3, 2016. The operation focuses on training, advising, and assisting the Afghan Security Institutions and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in order to build their capabilities and long-term sustainability.
RMTYRY3D–TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (Nov. 24, 2016) Sgt. Anthony Sandusky, a squad leader with Alpha Co., Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marines Expeditionary Unit, and a Sri Lankan Marine give a thumbs-up during physical training as part of a Theater Security Cooperation engagement at Sri Lanka Naval Base, Trincomalee, Nov. 24, 2016. The U.S. and Sri Lankan Marines bonded and learned about each other’s cultures through several days of training together. This is the Sri Lankan Marines’ first engagement with another Marine Corps as their Corps was stood up within the past four months. Wo
RMT4DJTJ–KUCHING, Malaysia (March 29, 2019) – U.S. Navy Hull Maintenance Technician 3rd Class Sandra Alvarez, right, assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1, and Malaysian Army Pvt. Muhammad Safiuddin break apart tiles during an engineering project at Sebandi Matang Elementary School. Pacific Partnership, now in its 14th iteration, is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Each year the mission team works collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster res
RMTYRR4N–U.S. Marine in Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment currently serving as East Forward Deployed Forces, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines (3-12), 3rd Marine Division, unbuttons a blouse on the North Fuji Training Area, Japan, Nov 23, 2016. Since 1997, Marines of 3-12 and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force participated in the artillery relocation training program to improve mission capabilities and readiness.
RMT4D990–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - Rep. John Garamendi, a Democrat from California’s 3rd District, poses with Pfc. Thomas Bell, a service member from his district, at the Oasis dining facility on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, March 20, 2019. Garamendi visited Camp Arifjan as a member of the House Armed Services Committee to engage with his supporters and listen to briefings from senior leaders in the region.
RMT4EP8T–The Nebraska National Guard continued hay drop operations, April 1, 2019, supporting farmers and ranchers in need near Columbus and Scotia, Nebraska. Using a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter from Company B, 2-135th General Support Aviation Battalion, the Nebraska National Guard Soldiers picked up donated hay bales collected at the Nebraska State Fair Grounds in Grand Island and delivered them to farmers unable to move feed to their livestock after historic flooding damaged infrastructure and limited equipment movement. (Nebraska National Guard
RMTYCYHC–EVERETT, Wash. (Nov. 1, 2016) Vice Adm. Thomas Rowden, commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, speaks to Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86) during his visit to Naval Station Everett. Ship visits provide Rowden, who oversees combat, material and personnel readiness of surface ships in the Pacific Fleet, an opportunity to meet the crew and discuss initiatives and receive feedback directly from Sailors.
RMT4EYPC–PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Apr. 5, 2019) Capt. Carl Andrew Carlson, commanding officer of guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), speaks during a tour of the ship with Rear Adm. William C. Greene, director, fleet maintenance, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Zumwalt is conducting the port visit as part of its routine operations in the eastern Pacific. Zumwalt-class destroyers provide the Navy with agile military advantages at sea and with ground forces ashore.
RMT4EXP3–A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules taxis at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, April 6, 2019. The aircraft transported Marines and equipment with the aviation combat element for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa. SPMAGTF-CR-AF provides an autonomous, self-deploying, and highly mobile crisis response force to U.S. AFRICOM. The aircraft is with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252.
RMT4CRK8–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Danikamarie D. Lester, a water support technician with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 Support Detachment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, poses for a photo on Iwo To, Japan March 22, 2019. The water support technicians made potable water from ocean water to be used in support of the 74th Reunion of Honor on Iwo To. More than 150 Marines and Sailors from III Marine Expeditionary Force and major subordinate commands make up the detachment tasked with all administrative and logistical support. Lester is a native of Deridder, Louisiana.
RMT4F1D5–DJIBOUTI CITY, Djibouti – Leadership from Camp Lemonnier and Combined Task Force-Horn of Africa, along with host nation officials, and local and coalition military leadership attend a graduation ceremony and skills demonstration for the Somalian Police Force at the Djibouti Police Academy, April 9, 2019. The mission of Camp Lemonnier is to enable joint warfighters operating forward and to reinforce the relationship between the United States and Djibouti by conducting five key shore missions – air operations, port operations, security, safety and quality of life – and providing core mission en
RMTYTE8P–Ukrainian Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 80th Airmobile Brigade dismount from a Mi-8 helicopter for an air assault mission in conjunction with a situational training exercise led by Soldiers from 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Nov. 28, 2016, at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center. This training is part of their 55-day rotation with the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine. JMTG-U is focused on helping to develop an enduring and sustainable training capacity within Ukraine.
RMT4E67G–Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Demonstration Team pilot and commander participates in a media interview during the Melbourne Air and Space Show March 30, 2019, in Melbourne, Fla. The F-35 Demo Team has spent the last 6 months designing and developing the all-new demonstration which was premiered during the show.
RMTYKDN7–U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Support Battalion (H&S Bn), Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune (MCIEAST, MCB CAMLEJ) march in place, during a battalion formation, Camp Lejeune, Nov. 14, 2016. H&S Bn, MCIEAST, MCB CAMLEJ, conducted a 7.5 mile motivational and educational hike in recognition of the 75th anniversary of Camp Lejeune.
RMTYFJ7D–A CH-47 Chinook sits on Hunter Army Airfield prior to a sling load operation, Nov. 6, 2016.
RMTYTPX2–Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conducts a live fire event with an M252 81 mm mortar system in support of a platoon Live Fire Exercise in Wedrzyn Training Area, Poland, on Nov. 29, 2016. The unit, on a training rotation in Support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, conducts a platoon live fire event during a company training event. The U.S. and partner nations conducted land, sea and air exercises and maintained a rotational presence in order to reinforce NATO security commitments in Europe.
RMTYETD7–Todd Weiler, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, listens to Dr. Timothy McMahon, Chief of Forensic Services for the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, explain the different types of identification procedures used to identify remains recovered from the USS Oklahoma and processed by the AFDIL Nov. 4, 2016, at AFMES on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The AFDIL, a subdivision of AFMES, is the sole Department of Defense DNA laboratory tasked with identifying human remains from current and past conflicts.
RMT4DCG2–A Canadian soldier plots map coordinates during the land navigation portion of testing for the Expert Field Medical Badge at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 22, 2019. To qualify for the badge, Soldiers from U.S. Army Europe, NATO, and other allied partners must complete events such as land navigation, weapons function checks, written tests, medical treatments and evacuations, and a 12 mile ruck march. (U. S. Army
RMT4F7F4–U.S. Army Sgt. Samantha L. Merryfield, left, 328th Military Police Company; Sgt. Karlee S. Severns, center, and Pfc. Matthew D. Maher, both with the Medical Detachment, listen to a safety briefing prior to the 12-mile ruck march – the final event of the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 11, 2019. Five Soldiers, one Airman, and three NCOs competed in the competition, which ran from April 8-11, 2019. The top Soldier and NCO will compete in the Region 1 Competition against National Guard Troops from the six New England state
RMT4DF73–Airman First Class Cameron Filibeck operates a padfoot drum roller Mar. 25, 2019, while working with the Ohio Air National Guard, 200th RED HORSE Squadron, deployed for an Innovation Readiness Training project at Camp Kamassa, Crystal Springs, MS., helping to build a specialized camp for children with special needs. IRT projects support the community while providing valuable training for the RED HORSE mission to provide a dedicated, mobile, flexible, self-sufficient heavy construction engineering force for airfield, base infrastructure and special capabilities to support worldwide contingency
RMTYMTWF–A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion lands for Marines attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (2dMARDIV), and 3rd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), prior to conducting urban operations on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 17, 2016. The joint raid between the Marines of the 24th MEU and MARSOC was held to strengthen the interoperability between the different types of forces.
RMTYJNM1–U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct battalion clearing exercises with role players in Hidalgo City, on Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 11, 2016. The Marines of Alpha Company conducted battalion clearing exercises during an urban exercise, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 1-17 in preparation for the upcoming Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
RMTYE4DG–Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99, a survivor of the Bataan Death March, gets help placing a flag on Otis Morgan’s stone on Clemson University’s Scroll of Honor, Nov. 3. 2016. Morgan was a fellow Clemson alum who helped save Skardon’s life while they were both interred in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Morgan did not survive the war.
RMTYW0N7–A member of the Iraqi border guard police salutes during the graduation ceremony for the 4th and 5th Battalions of the BGP at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Nov. 29, 2016. The Spanish, Portuguese, British and American armies provide specialist training at Camp Besmaya, one of four Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve building partner capacity locations dedicated to training Iraqi security forces. The global Coalition CJTF-OIR’s mission is to weaken and destroy ISIL in Iraq and Syria
RMT4CKEW–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brenden Vultaggio a landing support specialist with Landing Support Company, 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, demonstrates self-decontamination during exercise Pacific Blitz 19 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2019. Pacific Blitz 19 will integrate sea-base and land-based Marine Corps capabilities to employ common, collaborative, and adaptable Navy and Marine Corps processes to support rapid planning and execution.
RMT4ETBT–U.S. Sailors with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (MLG) stand in formation during a change of charge ceremony at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2019. Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Rebana was relieved by Master Chief Petty Officer Richard A. Jackson as command master chief of 2nd MLG.
RMTYHH6X–GULF OF ADEN (Nov. 10, 2016) Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a cake cutting ceremony in honor of the 241st Marine Corps birthday aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41), Nov. 10, 2016. 22nd MEU, deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is maintaining regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.
RMTYJ3DG–The oldest active duty marine present, left recieves the first peice of cake from U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak, ret. 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps, right, during the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and Combat Development and Integration 241st Marine Corps Birthday Ball, The Clubs at Quantico, Quantico, Va, Nov. 10, 2016. The attendees celebrated the 241st birthday with the reading of General John A. Lejeune’s birthday message and a traditional cake cutting ceremony.
RMTYPD4N–U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) present arms to disinterred caskets with the remains of unknown service members from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, as they are being transported back to the DPAA laboratory, Nov. 21, 2016. The remains will be taken back to the DPAA laboratory for analysis and identification as part of the mission to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.
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