SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 6, 2014) Sailors and Marines assigned to the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) man the rails as the ship passes under the Oakland Bay Bridge during a scheduled port visit to San Francisco for the Navy’s 34th annual fleet week. During the visit, the crew is scheduled to participate in a variety of community service projects throughout the Bay area. America is scheduled to be commissioned near the end of fleet week, Oct. 11. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Demetrius Kennon/Released) 141006-N-LD343-007 Join the conversation: http://www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil http://pinterest.com https://plus.google.com
GBARNGA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 07: A U.S. soldier exits the new U.S. Navy mobile laboratory on October 7, 2014 near Gbarnga, in Bong County of central Liberia. The U.S. now operates 4 mobile laboratories in Liberia as part of the American response to the Ebola epidemic. The disease has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
US Africa Commander Gen. David Rodriguez pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, to discuss the US military response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Pfc. Biggs, cannon crewmemeber, C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Comat Team, 4th Infantry Division, cleans the inside of an M777A2 howitzer barrel during a joint training mission with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. This was the first time the U.S. Air Force Weapons School incorporated live artillery in their training.
Pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing, Moffett Federal Airfield, Calif., transport a patient during the 2014 Soaring Angel personnel recovery exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, Oct. 2, 2014. The multi-day training scenarios satisfy readiness requirements in simulated deployment environments. (California Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Rachael Kane)
A pararescueman guides his blindfolded teammate through a series of ropes for a combat leader exercise during the 2014 Guardian Angel Rodeo in Grants, New Mexico, Sept. 23, 2014. The rodeo, or competition, was a week-long event that tested the PJs on land navigation skills, high-angle rope rescues, survival techniques, medical skills, weapons operations and overall physical endurance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Katie Spencer/Released)
Flames explode behind the U.S. Navy Blue Angels' F/A-18 Hornets during the night portion of the 2014 Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 4. The wall of fire is the last event of the night air show.
U.S. Marines with Ammo Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group (1st MLG) are instructed in the proper handling of the M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon, by Marines with Combat Skills Training School, Headquarters Company, Headquarters Regiment, 1st MLG aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 2, 2014. Ammo Company conducts weapons training to maintain unit deployment readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Jordan E.Gilbert/Released)
10-7-14 -- Spc. Keegan Carlson, a civil affairs specialist with the 440th Civil Affairs Battalion in Colorado Springs, Colo., pulls a improvised litter during the reacting to a chemical environment evaluation as part of the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition here in Fort Lee, Va. Carlson is the U.S. Army Reserve Command Soldier of the Year and is one of 14 Soldiers competing for the DA Soldier of the Year category.
A US Marine looks out from an Osprey aircraft as it flies over an estate during an airlift with US President Barack Obama October 7, 2014 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Obama is traveling to New York and Connecticut to fun raise for Democrats. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Second Class Petty Officer Ervin Riddick, left, Chief Charles Brown, center, and First Class Petty Officer Mario Urbina put the large birthday cake in place to celebrate the Navy's 239th birthday at Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, in Jacksonville, Fla. Artis Gilmore, Robert Parrish and Sam Jones, legends of the NBA and Tamika Catchings of the WNBA joined Mayor Alvin Brown to celebrate the Navy's 239th birthday. The basketball players were making stops around Jacksonville as part of the NBA preseason game between New Orleans and Washington on Wednesday night. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky)