10 Awesome Photos of U.S. Troops in Action
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Dusty Dogs of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 retrieves cargo from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler Kanawha on Nov. 29, during a replenishment at sea with the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower.
MC3 Taylor L. Jackson/Navy
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle sits after shortly landing on Nov. 12, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Six F-15Es from the 48th Fighter Wing deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve and counter-ISIL missions in Iraq and Syria.
Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush/Air Force
Paratroopers with the 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, parachute onto Malamute Drop Zone after exiting a UH-60 Black Hawk on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on Nov. 24.
Staff Sgt. Brian Ragin/Army
Soldiers of 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, attached to 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., fire a round out of an M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 2 Abrams tank down range during a field training exercise in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve at Novo Selo Training Center, Bulgaria, on Nov. 17.
Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin/Army
A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, fires a M136E1 AT4-CS light anti-tank weapon while conducting a react-to-contact mission rehearsal during exercise Combined Resolve V at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, on Oct. 29.
Sgt. Brian Chaney/Army
The Navy's newest warship, the Milwaukee, sits docked in Detroit on Wednesday at the Port of Detroit on its way to San Diego where it will be home-ported. The Milwaukee was commissioned last week in her namesake city.
Tanya Moutzalias\The Ann Arbor News via AP
Col. Harlie Bodine, commander of the Air Force's 611th Air and Space Operations Center, spent the day with the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard’s rescue squadrons during an a Nov. 24 immersion flight in and around the JBER area.
Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/Air National Guard
An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the Wildcats of Strike Fighter Squadron 131 takes off from the flight deck of the carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 27
Petty Officer 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado/Navy
U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, fire M1A2 Sepv2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks during a combined arms live-fire exercise at the Joint Multinational Training Command in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on Nov. 19.
Visual Information Specialist Markus Rauchenberger/Army
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is underway in formation with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships for a photo exercise on Nov. 23 during Annual Exercise 16. The Ronald Reagan CSG is participating in Annual Exercise 16 to increase interoperability between Japanese and American forces through training in air and sea operations
MC3 Nathan Burke/Navy