A Texas Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk out of the Austin Army Aviation Facility helps fight wild fires threatening homes and property near Bastrop, Texas, Oct. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Malcolm McClendon).
U.S. Marines with Landing Support Company, 1st Transport Support Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment, stand by for a CH-53E Super Stallion during an assault support tactics exercise at Landing Zone Bull, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 12, 2015. This exercise was part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) 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. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roderick L. Jacquote MAWTS-1 COMCAM/Released)
U.S. Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard's 1782nd Engineer Company from Lancaster, S.C., repair a section of Whitehouse Road, near the Richland Wastewater Treatment Plant in Columbia, Oct. 13, 2015. The recent historic flood in South Carolina caused washouts and severe damage to transportation infrastructure all across the Midlands, requiring much-needed rapid repairs by engineer units to assist counties and restore normal operations. The South Carolina National Guard has been activated to support state and county emergency management agencies and local first responders as historic flooding impacts counties statewide. There are 2,200 National Guard assets on the ground, which includes engineer support from neighboring North Carolina, and more than 40 State Guard members supporting state flood response efforts. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder/Released)
U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Weston Bartkoski balances on an obstacle during a portion of a desert survival course with the French 5th Overseas Combined Arms Regiment (RIAOM). Bartkoski is a platoon commander with Delta Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Elements of the 15th MEU are training with the 5th RIAOM in Djibouti in order to improve interoperability between the MEU and the French military. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Steve H. Lopez/Released)
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter welcomes Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye with a honor cordon and parade at the Pentagon River entrance parade field Oct. 15, 2015. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
Two U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthogs, assigned to the 163rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, release flares after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker, 340th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron, over Southwest Asia, Oct. 13, 2015. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Queen/Released)
U.S. Army Pfc. Ian Ryan, assigned to the 55th Signal Company (COMCAM), pulls security and observes his sector to protect his teammate who are helping a simulated wounded Soldier, while on a lane for a Live Fire Exercise (LFX) rehearsal during a bi-annual Field Training Exercise (FTX), Fort AP Hill, Va., Sept. 26, 2015. The 55th Signal Company conducts a FTX twice a year in order to maintain tactical proficiency, as well as to develop and prepare Soldiers for the rigor of combat. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christophe D. Paul/Released)
A UH-1Y Venom lifts off of an expeditionary airfield during an air ground defense exercise at Landing Zone Bull at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 10, 2015. This training evolution is apart of a seven week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Summer Dowding/Released)
Billy Christopoulos, goalie for the U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons, deflects a shot as the Falcons met the University of Calgary Dinos in an exhibition college hockey matchup at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct. 5, 2015. The Falcons defeated Calgary 5-0. Air Force opened its regular season against the No. 5 ranked University of Denver Pioneers at the Cadet Ice Arena Oct. 9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
151014-N-XT273-194 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 13, 2015) Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) conduct Anti-Terrorism Force Protection training. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin Stumberg/Released)
151013-N-TC720-392 LARNACA, Cyprus (Oct. 13, 2015) The oldest Sailor aboard USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) Logistics Specialist 1st Class Arnel Torio, center, from San Francisco, California, hands the youngest Sailor, Operations Specialist Bradley Sammarco, from Jane, Missouri, a piece of cake as part of the U.S. Navy’s 240th birthday celebration Oct. 13, 2015. Donald Cook, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward deployed to Rota, Spain is conducting a routine patrol 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 3rd Class Mat Murch/Released)
Members of Tops in Blue perform a show at the Hampton Roads Convention Center in Hampton, Va., Oct. 6, 2015. The performance group is one of the oldest and most widely traveled entertainment groups of its kind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kimberly Nagle)