Chief Cryptologic Technician-Collection Michael J. Graham receives his chief petty officer combination cover during U.S. Strategic Command’s (USSTRATCOM) Fiscal Year 2015 Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony. At the ceremony, Graham and Chief Cryptologic Technician-Collection Patrick J. Sherlock became the newest chief petty officers assigned to USSTRATCOM. Advancement to chief petty officer is the most significant promotion within the enlisted naval rates, and carries unique responsibilities and privileges. USSTRATCOM is one of nine DoD unified combatant commands and is charged with strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, combating weapons of mass destruction, and analysis and targeting. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Byron C. Linder/Released)
The U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle departs Baltimore's Inner Harbor on Tuesday, Sept 16, 2014, during the closing of Star-Spangled Spectacular activities. The Eagle was one of more than 30 naval vessels and tall ships that took part in the Star-Spangled Spectacular. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charlotte Fritts)
Sgt. Jonathon Lopez, a drill instructor with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, observes poolees as they perform an initial strength test during Recruiting Station Seattle’s annual west side pool function at Foster High School in Tukwila, Wash., Sept. 13, 2014. During the event, Washington-based recruiters teamed with drill instructors to physically and mentally prepare enlistees for boot camp. The enlistees, part of the Marine Corps delayed entry program, are awaiting their ship dates. Lopez, 28, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder)
U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Boston conduct security sweeps of New York Harbor Sept. 11, 2014. MSST Boston helped MSST New York provide a heightened security presence on the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Terrorists hijacked four passenger aircraft Sept. 11, 2001. Two of the aircraft were deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center in New York; one was crashed into the Pentagon; the fourth crashed near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 people died in the attacks. (DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank J. Iannazzo-Simmons, U.S. Coast Guard/Released)
Lance Cpl. Paul Kaminsky and Lance Cpl. Colton Welker, machine gunners with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, search for potential threats as part of small craft action team drill aboard the USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Sept. 15. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S 5th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White/ RELEASED)
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 16: FN Yngrid Castaneda (L), who emigrated from Peru, joins SN Carlos Estrella (C), who emigrated from Mexico and Shireen Shiba (2nd from R), who emigrated from Iraq, in taking the oath of citizenship during a naturalization ceremony in Daley Plaza on September 16, 2014 in Chicago, Castaneda and Estrella recently graduated from U.S. Navy basic training. Seventy people from 25 countries were awarded their U.S. citizenship at the Citizenship Day ceremony. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - SEPTEMBER 16: Members of the U.S. Navy Band Great Lakes perform during a naturalization ceremony in Daley Plaza on September 16, 2014 in Chicago, Illinois. Seventy people from 25 countries were awarded their U.S. citizenship at the Citizenship Day ceremony. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama greets military personnel upon arrival at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida on September 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images
140914-N-WP746-667 London, United Kingdom – (Sept. 14, 2014) U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Max Rohn reaches for the ball as the United States team goes up against the United Kingdom at the sitting volleyball finals in the Invictus Games. The U.K. defeated the U.S. in a best-out-of-five match. Over 400 competitors from 13 nations took part in the Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick service members. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW) Mark Logico/RELEASED)
Chief Naval Aircrewman (Mechanical) Melissa Stone, of Commander, Fleet Air Forward, has her anchors pinned on by her daughter during a chief pinning ceremony at Naval Air Facility Atsugi's Cinema 77. A total of 12 chiefs from NAF Atsugi and its tenant commands received their anchors and combination covers during the ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kegan E. Kay/Released)