New York City, NY- Service members from the New York Guard and New York National Guard reported to the Javits Convention Center in New York City at 0630 in the morning on November 25, 2019. The service members unboxed pallets of turkeys and other foods, packed them into 3100 bags, and then loaded the bags onto 18 NYS Department of Transportation vehicles which were then used to distribute the Turkey bags across the NYC/Long Island and Westchester areas.

The New York Military Force members were participating in the annual program sponsored by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s initiative to distribute the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal to needy families. Joint Operation “Turkey Drop” included forty Service members of the New York Guard, State Volunteer Defense Force, and 10 soldiers from the New York National Guard Joint Task Force Empire Shield, assigned to Bravo Company, FT Hamilton, NY. The service members were thanked for their efforts by Brigadier General John Andonie, New York Army National Director, Chief of Staff, who observed the joint mission efforts. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman/Released.

LEGAZPI, Philippines (July 3, 2016) Service members attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) play a basketball game against Philippine Air Force members at Naval Forces Southern Luzon during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relation event. Community relation events bring together the local community and Pacific Partnership personnel and are an essential component of the mission. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first visit in 2006. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

Staff Sgt. Christopher Knowles walks out of a C-17 Globemaster III after loading pallets for a European airlift mission March 22. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries. Operating out of Pápa Air Base, Hungary, the international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

TOKYO, Japan (Dec. 14, 2019) - U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, I Corps commanding general, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Takayuki Onozuka, commanding general of the JGSDF Eastern Army, address Yama Sakura 77 participants during the closing ceremony at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 15, 2019. “We have shown over the past week that no enemy can stand against us if we fight together,” Volesky said. “There were many accomplishments shared by our forces during this exercise, including many that have never been done before.” (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Weaver) 191214-A-EF393-3219

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LEGAZPI, Philippines (June 29, 2016) Lt. Rebekah Kopesky, a nurse attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and native of Appleton, Wisconsin, interacts with Filipino children during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relation event at Tamaoyan Elementary School. At the event, Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel and Filipino service members interacted and played games with the children. The event also had face-painting, basketball and dance presentations. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first mission in 2006. Partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

Chief Builder William Robins reviews a document at the site of the new Cadastre building in Kandahar, Jan. 23. Afghan contractors demolished the old building, cleaned the site, and laid the foundation for the new building. The Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team works to mentor the Afghan provincial government with its increasing workload involving similar projects. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Neff/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Garganera, a mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), mans an M240G medium machine gun mounted on the loading ramp of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft while preparing to land at Forward Operating Base Lashkar Gah in Helmand, Afghanistan, May 3, 2010. (DoD photo by Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Brett Schaser, right, a senior medical department representative with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, provides medical care for an Afghan man during a village medical outreach mission in Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2010. The mission was conducted with members of the Danish Operational Mentor and Liaison Team, the British Royal Air Force and the Afghan National Army and provided local residents with minor medical care and free hygiene products. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum, U.S. Marine Corps/Released) .

Staff Sgt. Seth Dunworth guides a k-loader up to the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III on Ramstein Air Base, German, March 23. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base, Hungary. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (June 29, 2016) Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel participate in a sack race during a community relation event at Tamaoyan Elementary School. At the event, Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel and Filipino service members interacted and played games with the children. The event also had face-painting, basketball and dance presentations. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first mission in 2006. Partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

U.S. Marines with Battery F, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, fire the Expeditionary Fire Support System 120mm Mortar at Combat Outpost Ouellette, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2011. The fire mission was in support of Marine snipers protecting villagers from Taliban murder and intimidation in the area. Elements of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed to Afghanistan to provide regional security in Helmand province in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sergeant Bryce Piper/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 9, 2014) Danish explosive ordnance disposal divers and U.S. explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Commander, Task Group 56.1 prepare to conduct a scuba dive off the coast of Bahrain during the International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX). With a quarter of the world’s navies participating, including 6,500 Sailors from every region, IMCMEX is the largest international naval exercise promoting maritime security and the free-flow of trade through mine countermeasure operations, maritime security operations and maritime infrastructure protection in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and throughout the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Scichilone/Released)

INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts a simulated replenishment-at-sea with the Indian Deepak-class fleet tanker INS Shakti (A 57) during Exercise Malabar 2015. Malabar is a continuing series of complex, high-end war fighting exercises conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide deployment en route to its new homeport in San Diego to complete a three-carrier homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony N. Hilkowski/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning IIs stage during a capabilities demonstration at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 27, 2023. The demonstration included a U.S. Marine Corps UC-12W Huron assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters, MCAS Iwakuni; two F-35B Lightning IIs and a KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW); three U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornets, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, EA-18G Growler, E-2 Hawkeye, and C-2 Greyhound assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) Five; and one JMSDF US-2, EP-3, OP-3C, UP-3D, U-36A, and MCH-101 assigned to Fleet Air Wing 31, showcasing a high level of readiness and combined capability in support of the U.S. - Japan Alliance and a free and open Indo-Pacific. MCAS Iwakuni is uniquely qualified to enable the Joint Force, either by providing use of the station's collocated harbor and airfield, serving as a staging point for non-organic aircraft operations, or any number of other operational activities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Darien Wright)

A U.S. Air Force 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle and U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 27 and 102 (VFA-27, VFA-102) F/A-18 Super Hornets, assigned to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, fly in formation during a training sortie Feb 16, 2017, over the Pacific Ocean. The 44th FS, VFA-27 and VFA-102 flying together marked the first joint aerial combat training between USN and USAF fighter squadrons stationed in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft/Released)

Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, unrolls explosive cutting tape across a row of inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs during a joint render safe operation at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., with EOD Airmen from the 177th and the 514th Air Mobility Wing EOD, Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 1, 2015. The ECT is used to cut through empty and concrete ordnance. Beginning on April 28, 2015, the EOD Airmen retrieved all the ordnance that was dropped at the Range during the past year, and on May 1, 2015, rendered safe – a controlled detonation operation – 30 inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs and two cartridges from BDU-33, 25 pound practice bombs, for later reclamation. Warren Grove Gunnery Range, which is operated by the 177th Fighter Wing, provides a training environment for all military and ground combat forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Aircrew do pre-flight checks before takeoff from Pápa Air Base, Hungary, March 23. Crews are comprised of personnel from different counties that make up the Heavy Airlift Wing. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 29, 2016) Padang Cement Rescue Team members move a patient to an Indonesian Bell 412 helicopter during during a Pacific Partnership 2016 search and rescue field training exercise. Participants received and treated patients at the Padang Cement Factory field hospital, assembled for the earthquake mass casualty scenario. The Pacific Partnership search and rescue field training exercise spanned across three locations in Padang and included a water rescue, a field hospital for patient triage and transport, and a mass casualty at a local soccer field. The day’s events were facilitated by Tentara Nasional Indonesia, local first responders and the Pacific Partnership humanitarian assistance and disaster relief team. This is the fifth time Pacific Partnership has visited Indonesia. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local organizations during disaster response training, civil engineering projects, Women, Peace, and Security seminars, medical subject matter expert exchanges and a live field training exercise aimed at improving the capacity of local government, civilian agencies and partner militaries to collectively respond in crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

HAIFA (Mar. 12, 2018) U.S. Marines assigned to the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel (TRAP) team, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to begin live fast-roping training, Haifa, Israel, Mar. 12, 2018. Iwo Jima and the 26th MEU are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tojyea G. Matally/Released)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (June 29, 2016) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Lauren Estelle, a native of Los Angeles, and Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Yu Lei, a native of NEED CITY, both attached to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), cheer while a Filipino child participates in a relay game during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relation event at Tamaoyan Elementary School. At the event, Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel and Filipino service members interacted and played games with the children. The event also had face-painting, basketball and dance presentations. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first mission in 2006. Partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relations events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

New York City, NY- Service members from the New York Guard and New York National Guard reported to the Javits Convention Center in New York City at 0630 in the morning on November 25, 2019. The service members unboxed pallets of turkeys and other foods, packed them into 3100 bags, and then loaded the bags onto 18 NYS Department of Transportation vehicles which were then used to distribute the Turkey bags across the NYC/Long Island and Westchester areas.

The New York Military Force members were participating in the annual program sponsored by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s initiative to distribute the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal to needy families. Joint Operation “Turkey Drop” included forty Service members of the New York Guard, State Volunteer Defense Force, and 10 soldiers from the New York National Guard Joint Task Force Empire Shield, assigned to Bravo Company, FT Hamilton, NY. The service members were thanked for their efforts by Brigadier General John Andonie, New York Army National Director, Chief of Staff, who observed the joint mission efforts. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman/Released.

Coast Guard members and officers with the Miami Police Marine Patrol assess vessels displaced by Hurricane Irma in Miami, Oct. 4, 2017. Boaters are urged to exercise extreme caution in ports and waterways affected by Hurricane Irma, as navigational hazards have been created by the storm. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen.

Capt. Ben Susek and 1st Lt. Jaroslav Omitruk do pre-flight checks before takeoff from Pápa Air Base, Hungary, March 23. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. Crews are comprised of personnel from different counties that make up the Heavy Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

United States Air National Guard Maj. Jonathan Burd, 194th Fighter Squadron pilot, refuels a United States Air Force F-15C Eagle from the 144th Fighter Wing, out of Fresno, California, during Exercise Vigilant Shield 16 over the High Artic Oct. 22, 2015. From Oct. 15-26, 2015, approximately 700 members from the Canadian Armed Forces, the United States Air Force, United States Navy and the United States Air National Guard are deploying to Iqaluit, Nunavut, and 5 Wing Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Labrador for Exercise Vigilant 16. (US Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christian Jadot/released)

U.S. Army Soldiers with Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 352-2 from Camp Parks, Calif., work at the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Aircrew from four countries take part in a mission brief before takeoff from Pápa Air Base, Hungary, March 23. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) conducts a simulated replenishment-at-sea with the Indian Deepak-class fleet tanker INS Shakti (A 57) during Exercise Malabar 2015. Malabar is a continuing series of complex, high-end war fighting exercises conducted to advance multi-national maritime relationships and mutual security. The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a worldwide deployment en route to its new homeport in San Diego to complete a three-carrier homeport shift. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony N. Hilkowski/Released)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Matthew Pukey, center, a corpsman with 1st Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, and an Afghan interpreter talk to an Afghan boy at a vehicle checkpoint near their patrol base near the Nahr-e Saraj canal in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 15, 2011. (DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Bryce Piper, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Capt. LeRoi Edwards is the air movements officer and officer in charge of the Aerial Port Squadron for the Heavy Airlift Wing in Pápa Air Base, Hungary. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (June 29, 2016) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Lauren Estelle, a native of Los Angeles, makes chalk drawings with Filipino children during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relation event at Tamaoyan Elementary School. At the event, Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel and Filipino service members interacted and played games with the children. The event also had face-painting, basketball and dance presentations. Pacific Partnership is visiting the Philippines for the seventh time since its first mission in 2006. Partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges to better prepare for natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, unrolls explosive cutting tape across a row of inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs during a joint render safe operation at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., with EOD Airmen from the 177th and the 514th Air Mobility Wing EOD, Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 1, 2015. The ECT is used to cut through empty and concrete ordnance. Beginning on April 28, 2015, the EOD Airmen retrieved all the ordnance that was dropped at the Range during the past year, and on May 1, 2015, rendered safe – a controlled detonation operation – 30 inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs and two cartridges from BDU-33, 25 pound practice bombs, for later reclamation. Warren Grove Gunnery Range, which is operated by the 177th Fighter Wing, provides a training environment for all military and ground combat forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Master Sgt. Brandon Nicely is the superintendent of personnel for the Heavy Airlift Wing. He and his family have been stationed in Pápa, Hungary for two years. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

U.S. Airmen salute during a memorial ceremony for fallen Service members at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 11, 2010. The four Service members were killed June 10, 2010, while supporting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.(DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Paige J. Bray, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

Master Sgt. Brandon Nicely and his family walk down a street in downtown Pápa, Hungary, March 25. Nicely and his family are assigned to the Heavy Airlift Wing and have been in Hungary for two years. The Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission, is comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

New York City, NY- Service members from the New York Guard and New York National Guard reported to the Javits Convention Center in New York City at 0630 in the morning on November 25, 2019. The service members unboxed pallets of turkeys and other foods, packed them into 3100 bags, and then loaded the bags onto 18 NYS Department of Transportation vehicles which were then used to distribute the Turkey bags across the NYC/Long Island and Westchester areas.

The New York Military Force members were participating in the annual program sponsored by New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s initiative to distribute the ingredients for a Thanksgiving meal to needy families. Joint Operation “Turkey Drop” included forty Service members of the New York Guard, State Volunteer Defense Force, and 10 soldiers from the New York National Guard Joint Task Force Empire Shield, assigned to Bravo Company, FT Hamilton, NY. The service members were thanked for their efforts by Brigadier General John Andonie, New York Army National Director, Chief of Staff, who observed the joint mission efforts. Division of Military and Naval Affairs Photos by New York Guard Captain Mark Getman/Released.

Chief Petty Officer Mark Fisher prepares an Assessment Sticker for a vessel displaced by Hurricane Irma in the area of Dinner Key, near Miami, Oct. 4, 2017. Boaters are urged to exercise extreme caution in ports and waterways affected by Hurricane Irma, as navigational hazards have been created by the storm. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Nick Ameen.

Tech. Sgt. Raymond J. Wayne, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, examines an inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bomb that was wrapped with explosive cutting tape (ECT) during a joint render safe operation with EOD Airmen from the 177th and the 514th Air Mobility Wing EOD, Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., May 1, 2015. The ECT is used to cut through empty and concrete ordnance. Beginning on April 28, 2015, the EOD Airmen retrieved all the ordnance that was dropped at the Range during the past year, and on May 1, 2015, rendered safe – a controlled detonation operation – 30 inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs and two cartridges from BDU-33, 25 pound practice bombs, for later reclamation. Warren Grove Gunnery Range, which is operated by the 177th Fighter Wing, provides a training environment for all military and ground combat forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 22, 2016) U.S. Marine Cpl. Amanda Mireles, from Upland, California, wipes off dirt and debris from windows at the Padang Sarai community center construction site. Pacific Partnership 2016 and Tentara Nasional Indonesia service members are working together to build a community center that will also serve as a shelter in a disaster for the village of Padang Sarai. This is the fifth time Pacific Partnership has visited Indonesia. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local organizations during disaster response training, civil engineering projects, Women, Peace, and Security seminars, medical subject matter expert exchanges and a live field training exercise aimed at improving the capacity of local government, civilian agencies and partner militaries to collectively respond in crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Cousins/Released)

170318-F-JF989-020 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea (March 18, 2017) - Standing at more than 150 feet at the entrance to the War Memorial of Korea, the Korean War Monument embodies the deep appreciation of the Korean people for the blood and sacrifice paid by the 16 United Nations countries during the war in Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 18, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton/Released)

(U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Isolda Reyes, 29th CAB Public Affairs)

Philippine Marine Maj. Gen. Jimmy Larida, center, speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. N.E. "Rick" Nelson, right, and Col. Mark Walter, left, during a training event where Service members from both nations executed high altitude low-opening and static line jumps from a MV-22B Osprey aircraft May 13, 2014 in Basa, Philippines during Balikatan 2014. In its 30th iteration, Balikatan is an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. and the Republic of the Philippines and aims at building both nations interoperability during joint planning, contingency, humanitarian and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Abbey M. Perria/Released)

Sgt. Ashley Braddock of the 105th Military Police Company works in the operations section of a Joint Operations Center in Buffalo, New York, May 27. Braddock is part of the headquarters element overseeing members of the Army and Air National Guard, New York State Guard, and New York Naval Militia serving as part of the COVID-19 response mission in the western end of New York State. (Army National Guard Photo by Capt. Avery Schneider)

Master Sgt. Dustin Heines, left, 514th Air Mobility Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., watches Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing EOD, New Jersey Air National Guard, cut explosive cutting tape during a joint render safe operation with EOD Airmen from the 177th and the 514th, at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., May 1, 2015. The ECT is used to cut through empty and concrete ordnance. Beginning on April 28, 2015, the EOD Airmen retrieved all the ordnance that was dropped at the Range during the past year, and on May 1, 2015, rendered safe – a controlled detonation operation – 30 inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs and two cartridges from BDU-33, 25 pound practice bombs, for later reclamation. Warren Grove Gunnery Range, which is operated by the 177th Fighter Wing, provides a training environment for all military and ground combat forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

Children of military members stationed at Pápa Air Base, Hungary attend a NATO school in Papa, March 23. The parents of the children are part of the Strategic Airlift Capability program, a multinational mission comprised of 12 countries operating out of Pápa Air Base. The international unit is called the Heavy Airlift Wing, and is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

U.S. Army Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, addresses force U.S. military service members at Camp Simba, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2020. Townsend’s command visit was to personally assess the security situation at the Kenyan Defense Force installation at Manda Bay, Kenya and to thank the U.S. military personnel for their service and highlighted the value of their work alongside our Kenyan partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano)

U.S. Navy Capt. Neil Parrott, commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), shows off his temporary tattoo of the Royal Australian Navy emblem to Australian sailors with the Royal Australian Navy Band, as a sign of gratitude for their visit, in the hangar bay aboard Bonhomme Richard at sea in the Pacific Ocean June 26, 2008, during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Sailors from Bonhomme Richard and Tobruk crossed decks to experience life aboard each vessel. RIMPAC, the world's largest multinational exercise, is scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet in the Hawaiian operating area. RIMPAC 2008 includes participants Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, the Netherlands, Peru, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Drew Williams/Released)

SUNDA STRAIT (Aug. 17, 2016) Royal Australian Navy Commodore Andrew Robertson, from Perth, Western Australia, salutes in front of a formation of Australian and New Zealand service members as hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes the wreckage of modified Leander-class light cruiser HMAS Perth (D29) and Northampton-class cruiser USS Houston (CA 30). Both ships sank March 1, 1942, during the World War II Battle of Sunda Strait. Mercy is sailing to the final mission stop of Pacific Partnership 2016 in Padang, Indonesia. Upon arrival, partner nations will work side-by-side with local military and non-government organizations to conduct cooperative health engagements, community relation events, subject matter expert exchanges and a SAR exercise to better prepare for a natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

McEntire Joint National Guard Base, home of the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing, co-hosts nighttime arming and refueling training during Exercise Agile Lion, Jan. 14, 2020. Multi-functional Airmen and F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., execute integrated combat turns during the exercise. This training simulates mobile command and control which enables joint interoperability. A C-130J Hercules military transport aircraft from the 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., assists in the prepositioning of support personnel, equipment and fuel needed to support the fleet of F-15s participating in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

U.S. Marines, Sailors and civilians escort Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Joseph Dunford, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, onto an MV-22 Osprey aircraft at Forward Operating Base Sher Wali, Afghanistan, May 22, 2010. Dunford visited the area to speak about past, current and future operations taking place in Marjah. (DoD photo by Cpl. Michael J. Ayotte, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 362 conducts a general support mission over Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 27, 2012. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Quiles, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)