U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice landings MV-22B Ospreys at night aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), in the Mediterranean Sea, Oct. 19, 2015. SPMAGTF-CR-AF, based out of Morón, Spain, are a self-sustaining crisis response force prepared for the protection of American personnel and facilities on the African continent, when directed by U.S. Africa Command. USS Kearsarge is host to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit currently deployed to the 5th and 6th fleet areas of responsibility serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jalen D. Phillips/ Released)

Capt. Brett Pierson, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron pilot, refers to his personal computer tablet during preflight checks aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker bound for a refueling mission in Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, May 8, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. William Greer)

U.S. Sailors run to remove the chains from a French Army SA 330 Puma helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Sept. 20, 2013, in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. (DoD photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Royal Netherlands Marines provide security during an insert and clearing exercise at Camp Davis, Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, 2015. U.S. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Royal Netherlands Marines worked together as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Melanye Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dennis Nellessen performs a baggage check prior to loading patients onto an aircraft May 26, 2011 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. Nellessen is an aerospace medical technician assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)

A Royal Netherlands Marine provides security during a close quarter battle exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 12, 2016. The Royal Marines worked with U.S. Marines as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

Rangers from B Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, board an Air Force C-17 Globe Master and prepare for Airborne Operations during 2nd Battalion’s Task Force Training at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Washington, 4 April 2013. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. Connor Mendez)

Royal Dutch Marines with 1st Troop, 32nd Raiding Squadron, converse with a role player during a Military Operation in Urban Terrain training exercise at Combat Town on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 13, 2017. The Royal Dutch Marines worked together with U.S. Marines as part of an annual bilateral training exercise to strengthen relations and increase interoperability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin X. Toledo)

Sergeant Eric Sullins of U.S. Army EuropeÕs 2nd Calvary Regiment holds the U.S. flag before the opening ceremonies of the Immediate Response 2012 training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Immediate Response 2012 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army EuropeÕs 2nd Calvary Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. The exercise is a part of USEUCOM's joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Lorenzo Ware/Released)

GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 25, 2013) – U.S. Navy leadership and senior officers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) meet for lunch aboard the Chinese destroyer Harbin (DDG 112) marking the conclusion of a U.S.-China counter piracy exercise between Harbin and the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87). Mason is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gary M. Keen/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom provides urban close air support at Yodaville, Yuma, Ariz., on Oct. 2, 2015. This exercise was part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-16, a seven week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roderick L. Jacquote, MAWTS-1 COMCAM/Released)

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., prepares to award the Purple Heart to U.S. Marines with Task Force Spartan, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), while in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at Kara Soar Counter Fire Complex, Iraq, April. 22, 2016 .The ceremony was held at the location where the Marines received their wounds from an ISIS rocket attack. Operation Inherent Resolve is a international U.S. led coalition military operation created as part of a comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andre Dakis/26th MEU Combat Camera/FOUO)

Soldiers from eight partnering NATO nations present their flags as Major General Dragutin Repinc, Commander of the Croatian Land Forces, speaks to a multi-national armed forces formation which begins day one of the Immediate Response 2012 training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Saturday, May 26, 2012. Immediate Response 2012 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army EuropeÕs 2nd Calvary Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Montenegro. Slovenia, Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. The exercise is a part of USEUCOM's joint training and exercise program designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability between the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Croatian Armed Forces and partner nations, and will help prepare participants to operate successfully in a joint, multinational, interagency, integrated environment. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Lorenzo Ware/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 5, 2013) - U.S. Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are transported in UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from Alpha Company, 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB), Montana Army National Guard to conduct parachute operations. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

Rangers from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, overwatches his target during 2nd Battalion’s Task Force Training at Yakima Training Center, Washington, 27 March 2013. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Liam Mulrooney)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 6, 2013) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Paul Conto, assigned to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, signals he's ready to move to the next tug boat for inspection during vetting operations in a port. CTG-56.1 conducts mine countermeasures, explosive ordnance disposal, salvage diving, counter terrorism, and force protection for the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Mike Lenart/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

55th COMCAM, U.S. Army Rangers, Combat Camera, Army

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

An Iraqi soldier camouflages himself during stalking training, during Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) at Camp Taji, Iraq, Nov. 16, 2016. CJTF-OIR is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant operations in the Middle East region and around the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Iraqi soldiers attending the Iraqi Army Noncommissioned Officers Academy practice room clearing techniques during Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) at Camp Taji, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2016. CJTF-OIR is a multinational effort to weaken and destroy Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant operations in the Middle East region and around the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen)

Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Liebal, Alexis)

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) render honors during a ceremony to celebrate the MEU's 46th birthday aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Gulf of Oman April 24, 2013. The Kearsarge and the 26th MEU were underway in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. (DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Michael Kropiewnicki, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Perth, Australia (April 2, 2014) Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Kevin Scott fuels a P-8A Poseidon prior to a mission to assist with the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. VP-16 is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Keith DeVinney)

INDIAN OCEAN (April 08, 2014) Chief Naval Aircrewman (Operator) Samuel Judd (left) and Naval Aircrewman (Operator) 2nd Class Carlos Ibarra, assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 search out the windows of a P-8A Poseidon while flying over the Indian Ocean in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. VP-16 is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Keith DeVinney/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

U.S. Army soldiers from the 450th Civil Affairs Battalion walk with Afghan children through the village of HeydarKheyl, Sayed-Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, March 25. The soldiers are here to check on and help improve humanitarian conditions in the village.

Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan

Photo by Sgt. Russell Gilchrest

Date: 03.25.2010

Location: COP Sayed-Abad, AF

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Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Liebal, Alexis)

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 200th Engineer, South Dakota Army National Guard, load military vehicles from the 1138th Transportation Company, Missouri Army National Guard on to an Improved Ribbon Bridge during a river crossing operation in support of Golden Coyote training exercise, Chamberlain, S.D., June 10, 2017. The Golden Coyote exercise is a three-phase, scenario-driven exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks and battle drills. ( U.S Army photo by Spc. Kevin Kim)

Polish Paratroopers from the 16th powietrznodesantowego, 6 Brygada Powietrznodesantowa im. gen. bryg. Stanisława Sosabowskiego - during Exercise Anakonda – 26th September 2014

Photos: Adam Roik - COMCAM DO RSZ

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Afghan and coalition force members investigate a site during an operation in western Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sep. 23, 2013. Afghan and coalition security forces arrested a Taliban facilitator involved in high profile attack against Afghan and coalition forces. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Richard Dewitt)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

U.S. Marines attached to a security cooperation task force return an assault amphibian vehicle to USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), Feb. 20, 2011, while en route to Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, to support Amphibious Southern Partnership Station 2011. A-SPS is an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. The exercise involves information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services throughout the region. (DoD photo by Sgt. Kevin L. Pruitt, U.S. Army/Released)

Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Daymeon Evans)

Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Liebal, Alexis)

U.S. Navy Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group guide a CH-53E Sea Stallion into the hangar bay of the USS Essex (LHD 2) off the coast of San Diego, May 11, 2015. The Marines and Sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and ESSEX ARG were departing for a seven-month deployment.

Photo by: Cpl. Elize McKelvey

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Iraqi soldiers attending the Iraqi Noncommissioned Officer Academy conduct a support by fire line during live fire maneuver training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2016. This training is critical to enabling Iraqi security forces to counter ISIL and regain territory from the terrorist group. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve is the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraqi and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen)

Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Liebal, Alexis)

Approximately 35,000 runners from around the globe came to the Nation's Capital to participate in the 33rd Annual Army Ten-Miler, Oct. 8, 2017. Conducted by The U.S. Army Military District of Washington, the Army's race is the third largest 10-mile road race in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Liebal, Alexis)

110723-F-NJ219-182 - BARRA DE SANTIAGO, El Salvador - (July 23, 2011) Rear Adm. Alton Stocks, Commander Navy Medicine East, shakes hands with Senior Airman Cesar Salgado-Diaz, a Spanish linguist from Bogota,

Colombia, embarked aboard Comfort, during a tour of the Escuela Barra

de Santiago medical site as part of Continuing Promise 2011 (CP11). CP11 is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Courtney

Richardson/RELEASED)

Perth, Australia (April 01, 2014) Two P-8A Poseidon airplanes from Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 are being utilized for the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. VP-16 is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Keith DeVinney/Released)

An Iraqi soldier attending the Iraqi Noncommissioned Officer Academy tells fellow Iraqi soldiers to keep their eyes up during live fire maneuver training at Camp Taji, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2016. This training is critical to enabling Iraqi security forces to counter ISIL and regain territory from the terrorist group. Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve is the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraqi and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Craig Jensen)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Soldiers from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) have a duty to respectfully honor America's sons and daughters who have lost their lives in defense of this great nation. "Flags In" is a four hour event in which over 1,000 Soldiers from The Old Guard remember Servicemembers in Arlington National Cemetery, Va. by placing a flag on the over 228,000 headstones in the cemetery. Soldiers in The Old Guard have held this honor and privilege of conducting "Flags In" since 1948. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Released)

Cars sit thrown on top of one another due to the tsunami in Ofunato, Japan on March 15, 2011. Members of the Los Angeles, Calif. Search and Rescue Team, Task Force 2 are responding to the recent national emergency in Japan due to the earthquake while providing needed care, rescue techniques and tools.(U.S. Air Force photo by Technical Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre/Released)

Photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel St. Pierre

Date Taken:03.15.2011

Location:OFUNATO, IWATE, JP

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