PHOTO OF THE DAY

PHOTO OF THE DAY

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper receives fuel from a KC-135R over Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. The KC-135R is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Coalition forces fly daily missions to support Operation Inherent Resolve. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Queen
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper receives fuel from a KC-135R over Southwest Asia, Sept. 3, 2015. The KC-135R is assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Coalition forces fly daily missions to support Operation Inherent Resolve. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Queen

 

An amphibious assault vehicle prepares to exit the well deck during a ship-to-shore exercise aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 3, 2015. The ship is participating in Dawn Blitz 2015, a training exercise to build U.S., Japanese, Mexican and New Zealand amphibious and command and control capabilities. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Vladimir Ramos
An amphibious assault vehicle prepares to exit the well deck during a ship-to-shore exercise aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 3, 2015. The ship is participating in Dawn Blitz 2015, a training exercise to build U.S., Japanese, Mexican and New Zealand amphibious and command and control capabilities. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Vladimir Ramos
U.S., Australian and Chinese forces disembark a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for Exercise Kowari 2015 in the Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 31, 2015. Australia hosts Kowari, a trilateral environmental survival training opportunity. The helicopter is assigned to U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force Darwin. Australian forces photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Genner
U.S., Australian and Chinese forces disembark a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for Exercise Kowari 2015 in the Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 31, 2015. Australia hosts Kowari, a trilateral environmental survival training opportunity. The helicopter is assigned to U.S. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force Darwin. Australian forces photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Genner

 

A rocket carrying a Navy mobile communications satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sept. 2, 2015. The satellite brings advanced global communications capabilities to mobile military forces.
A rocket carrying a Navy mobile communications satellite lifts off from Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sept. 2, 2015. The satellite brings advanced global communications capabilities to mobile military forces.
Forty-one U.S. soldiers gather at the starting line for their final test before earning the Expert Field Medical Badge on Grafenwoehr Army Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2015. Candidates had to complete a 12-mile ruck march in less than three hours while accounting for all their gear. A total of 192 candidates from U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Army Africa, Kosovo forces and NATO nations participated in the test, but only 38 participants finished in time. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jeku Arce
Forty-one U.S. soldiers gather at the starting line for their final test before earning the Expert Field Medical Badge on Grafenwoehr Army Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2015. Candidates had to complete a 12-mile ruck march in less than three hours while accounting for all their gear. A total of 192 candidates from U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Army Africa, Kosovo forces and NATO nations participated in the test, but only 38 participants finished in time. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Jeku Arce