Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, pauses after completing a set of squats during a workout at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates on July 12, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)
USAF Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, completes a pushup with a 25 lb plate on her back during her a workout at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates on July 12, 2018. Kaminski varies workout routines with cardio and weight lifting. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)
USAF Master Sgt. Kimberly Kaminski, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, stands next to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, also known as a HUMVEE, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 31, 2018. Air Force security forces members are trained in law enforcement and combat arms to protect and serve their fellow Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley)
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 5, 2018) Republic of Korea Navy Lt. Eun Hee Lee, pauses for a portrait as part of a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise campaign intended to highlight the diversity of participating nations called Faces of RIMPAC(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kory Alsberry/Released)
Tech. Sgt. Stefany Jones, a medical technician from the 108th Medical Group at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., looks for potential hazards that the patient could be bringing into the En-Route Patient Staging System (ERPSS) during PATRIOT North 18 at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 18, 2018. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Julia Santiago)
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Erin Berry, of Winchester, Va., a medical technician with the West Virginia Air National Guard’s 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., conducts an initial health screening with local residents in Millen, Ga., July 14, 2018, during the East Central Georgia Innovative Readiness Training. An IRT provides hands-on, real-world training to improve readiness and interoperability for service members in complex contingency environments while providing key services for American communities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)
PEARL HARBOR (July 30, 2018) Philippine Navy Lt. j.g. Maryam D. Balais, from La Trinidad, Philippines, pauses for a portrait as part of a Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise campaign intended to highlight the diversity of participating nations called Faces of RIMPAC. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kory Alsberry/Released)
Spc. Naya Pender poses in a McLaughlin Hall food service kitchen July 12. The Soldier, stationed in Germany, claimed the Student Chef of the Year title at the Joint Culinary Training Event in March. The will allowed her entrance into the American Culinary Federation National Convention.
U.S. Army survey team member Sgt. Tricia C. Madrigal, left, and Emergency Medical Technician Sgt. 1st Class C. Anthony Norrish, both with the 21st Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team (21st WMD-CST), New Jersey National Guard, certify the decontamination line during an interagency coordination exercise at the Homeland Defense Technology Center, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., July 18, 2018. The 21st WMD-CST trained with the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 1st of the 150th Assault Helicopter Battalion; the New Jersey Department of Corrections C.O.B.R.A. (Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, Radiological, Aid) unit, Picatinny Arsenal Fire Department, New Jersey Emergency Service Task Force, Morris County Office of Emergency Services, and the Morristown Office of Emergency Management. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)
Tech. Sgt. Frank Yuvan, left, an Independent Duty Medical Technician (IDMT) from the 421st Combat Training Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Deborah Macalalad, an aerospace medical technician from the 108th Medical Group, put Pete Brierton, Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) medic, onto a litter during PATRIOT North 18 at Volk Field, Wis., July 18, 2018.(U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Julia Santiago)
A 23rd Brigade Engineer Battalion medic evaluates a simulated casualty during a medical response drill during Bayonet Focus 18-02 at Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 2, 2018. This capstone-training environment is a five-phase exercise to certify the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team for National Training Center rotation 18-06 in April 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth Burkhart, 302nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Melissa Clayton, an electroneurodiagnostic technician at Naval Hospital Pensacola, performs a nerve conduction study on a patient July 18. Clayton recently became the only registered nerve conduction study technologist in the Navy.
New U.S. Marine Corps recruits of Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, and Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, make a phone call home to inform family or friends that they have arrived safely on Parris Island, S.C., for recruit training July 16, 2018. Each recruit will get in contact with either their next-of-kin, or their recruiter upon arrival on the depot. If they cannot contact either at the time, they will receive another chance later in training. Delta and Papa Company are scheduled to graduate Oct. 12, 2018. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 12 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 49 percent of male recruits and 100 percent of female recruits in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Jacob)
U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Platoon 4038, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, take part in their Initial Strength Test on Parris Island July 20, 2018. The minimum physical requirements for female recruit to begin training are 44 crunches in two minutes, 1 pull-up untimed or 15 push-ups in two minutes, and a 1.5-mile run in 15 minutes. Today, approximately 19,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for 49 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Dana Beesley)
LINCOLN, Neb. (July 23, 2018) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 27 Individual Readiness Training (IRT) Lincoln, rotation 6, arrive on site and get to work on various projects to support the Lincoln Police Department in Lincoln, Nebraska, July 23, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Patricia Rodriguez/Released)
Airmen from the 179th Maintenance Group maintain C-130H Hercules aircraft in Mansfield, Ohio, July 26. Maintainers inspect and run diagnostics on aircraft to ensure mission readiness at all times. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Alexis Wade/Released)
Airman First Class Kayla Jaramillo, 460th Medical Group medical technician, applies makeup to a role player during Exercise Panther View 18-3 July 25, 2018, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Role players help create realistic scenario to allow members know what to expect. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katrina M. Brisbin)
Staff Sgt. Mariel Constantino-Rodriguez, 14th Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of standards and evaluation, teaches a young girl how to do the Macarena, a Hispanic line dance, at Diversity Day July 19, 2018, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Diversity Day included many performances from the Mystic Wind Choctaw Social Dancers, United Christian Praise Dance Team, a Hispanic line-dance competition and a Black Heritage Presentation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Beaux Hebert)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 25, 2018) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice Kristen Cummings, from Amory, Mississippi, removes sealant from an extended weapons station for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, in the hangar bay of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), July 25. Iwo Jima, homeported in Mayport, Florida, 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Michael H. Lehman/Released)
Senior Airman Sara Hozian, team lead with the Kentucky Air National Guard's Fatality Search and Recovery Team, leads a refresher course on the MT94 chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense suit prior to a training exercise at Rough River State Resort Park in Falls of Rough, Ky., on July 18, 2018. Thirteen members of the 123rd Airlift Wing participated in the three-day exercise to simulate the recovery and repatriation of fallen service members. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Phil Speck)
The official party consisting of (from left to right) Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Snow, outgoing commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Maj. Gen. Frank Muth, incoming commanding general of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Tabitha Gavia, incoming command sergeant major of U.S. Army Recruiting Command, are in position as the official party and are awaiting the start of the Change of Command/Responsibility Ceremony at Fort Knox, Kentucky, July 25.
Sgt. Vannessa Tyson, a supply sergeant, assigned to Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion 7th Air Defense Artillery, walks through an arch signifying her entry into the noncommissioned officers corps during a formal NCO induction ceremony on Smith Barracks, Germany July 27. As part of tradition, three candles were lit during the ceremony--red for valor of the NCO and the blood that has been shed in defense of the nation; white for purity, honesty and integrity of the NCO and blue for the field of honor.
Lt. Col. Christina Moore-Urrutia, U.S. Air Force Band of the Pacific commander, conducts the band at the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 26, 2018. During the ceremony, Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. assumed command of PACAF, which is responsible for Air Force activities spread over half the globe in a command that supports more than 46,000 Airmen serving principally in Japan, Korea, Hawaii, Alaska, and Guam. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Hailey Haux)
A loved one joins a 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Soldier at the Silas L. Copeland Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 5. “Iron Brigade” Soldiers are returning to Bliss from Kuwait following an almost yearlong deployment to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (July 27, 2018) Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Joanna Azarcon stands watch in engineering central as the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) conducts a routine transit through the Strait of Hormuz. The Sullivans is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daphne White/Released)
BAHRAIN (July 21, 2018) Electrician’s Mate 2nd Class Joanna Azarcon repairs one of the ship’s air conditioning units aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68).(U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Daphne White/Released)
Pfc. Joanna Benge a wheel mechanic assigned to the 529th Military Police Company Wiesbaden, Germany participates in an Honor Cordon in honor of Brigadier General Josef Kopecky, the new Commander of the Czech Republic Land Forces. Kopecky is visiting the U.S. Army Europe headquarters and will receive briefings from the U.S. Army Europe leadership and staff about current training priorities and other issues that affect both the U.S. and Czech Armies. Kopecky will move on to observe training and the Best Sniper competition on going at the 7th Army Training Command, Grafenwöhr, Germany.
ALPENA, Mich.-- Airmen from the 127th Force Support Squadron tie straps the entrance of a single pallet expeditionary kitchen at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center on July 30, 2018. Members of the 127th Force Support Squadron constructed the tent for use later in the week. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Schumann)
Laura Mertz, 350th Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron athletic trainer, provides treatment for rehabilitation of an injury for a BA Preparatory Course trainee July 25, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The mission of the Battlefield Airmen Training Group, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, TX, is to select, train, and mentor Airmen for global combat operations. The BA TG directs Air Force initial skills and advanced Battlefield Airmen training for Pararescue, Combat Rescue Officer, Combat Control Teams, Special Tactics Officers, Special Operations Weather Teams, Tactical Air Control Party, and Air Liaison Officer career fields.
