1511104-N-AX546-005 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 4, 2015) USS Porter (DDG 78) transits the Strait of Gibraltar Nov. 4, 2015. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on routine patrol conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Spratt/Released)
U.S. Army Alaska Soldiers with Bravo Company, 3-21 Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade scanning the Arctic tundra outside Deadhorse, Alaska, during Operation Arctic Pegasus, Nov. 4, 2015. Arctic Pegasus is U.S. Army Alaska's annual joint exercise designed to test rapid-deployment and readiness in the Arctic. The exercise marks the first time Strykers have deployed above the Arctic Circle. 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team is the Army's northernmost unit and has the unique capability to deploy and operate in extreme cold regions.
An American Air Force C-17 delivers paratroopers at Exercise Trident Juncture Nov. 4, 2015 near Zaragoza Spain. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)
151104-N-UF697-105 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Nov. 4, 2015) Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) fast-rope from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, attached to the “Golden Falcons” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, during a certification exercise at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. FASTPAC companies maintain forward-deployed platoons at Navy installations around the world to provide crisis response capabilities and anti-terrorism and weapons training to security personnel. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin V. Cunningham/Released)
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technicians, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, perform a free fall jump from a C-130 Hercules during military free fall jump sustainment training in Santa Rita, Guam, Nov. 4, 2015. EODMU-5 periodically conducts parachute operations to maintain proficiency. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75 (CTF 75), the primary expeditionary task force responsible for the planning and execution of coastal riverine operations, explosive ordnance disposal, diving engineering and construction, and underwater construction in the U.S. 7th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ace Rheaume/RELEASED)
Airman 1st Class Gabriel Bongat, 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew member, uses a speed handle on an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron Nov. 4, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Members of the 36th AMU are participating in the large-scale readiness exercise Vigilant Ace 16. During the exercise, Airmen launch and recover aircraft continuously during their 12-hour shifts. Vigilant Ace 16 is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 36th Fighter Squadron is pushed inside a hardened facility by members of the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit Nov. 4, 2015, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. More than eight squadrons from three separate bases across Pacific Air Forces are participating in Vigilant Ace 16. Vigilant Ace 16 is a large-scale exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton)
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron (MASS) 1, participate in a formation run at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Nov. 4, 2015. MASS-1 conducted a 24-hour, 240 mile relay to honor former and fallen Marines before their 240th Birthday Ball later that evening. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis/Released)
The USS Theodore Roosevelt can be seen in the background as Secretary of Defense Ash Carter flies in a V-22 Osprey after visiting the aircraft carrier with Malaysian Minister of Defense Hishammuddin Hussein Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)