A paratrooper assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade prepares to land after exiting a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft, during exercise September Heat at Rivolto Italian Air Force Base, Udine Italy. (Paolo Bovo/Army) 
Marines conduct aerial assault support operations during Field Training Exercise 1-18 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marines are assigned to the 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 164, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (Lance Cpl. Gabino Perez/Marine Corps) 
Landing Craft Utility 1643, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2, departs the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima is underway conducting routine operations at sea. (MC3 Kevin Leitner/Navy) 
A crew chief assigned to the 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron walks on the flightline during Exercise Beverly Morning 17-06 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. (Yasuo Osakabe/Air Force) 
Staff Sgt. Antonio Pacheco, Airman 1st Class Carlie Gardner and Senior Airman Damone Shelton, 377th Weapons Systems Security Squadron, carry a log during the “Team Punisher” portion of the Manzano Challenge at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II/Air Force)
