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)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Joint Coast Guard and South Carolina boarding team members board a commercial fishing vessel off South Carolina Feb. 26, 2019. .

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Army Reserve Soldiers from U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) board C-130H Hercules transports during a joint airborne operation with the 440th Airlift Wing from Pope Army Airfield, April 17, 2014. Sixty active and Army Reserve Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. and 30 Air Force special tactics airmen from Pope participated in the event highlighting the joint capabilities of the men and women of who serve in the 440th and the airborne forces. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/Released)

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SUNDA STRAIT (Aug. 17, 2016) Australian and New Zealand service members stand in formation to honor the wreckage of modified Leander-class light cruiser HMAS Perth (D29) and Northampton-class cruiser USS Houston (CA 30) as hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) passes. 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)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg, left, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hibben, combat cameramen supporting the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, return from Libreville, Gabon at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti , Jan. 26, 2019. The EARF provides a broad range of rapidly deployable military capabilities to protect American interests on the African continent should any threat arise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Picard)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Senior Airman Pean Saliasi, right, yells fire in the hole while Master Sgt. Dustin Heines, both with 514th Air Mobility Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., holds a remote control detonator during a joint render safe operation with EOD Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard and the 514th at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., May 1, 2015. 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)

1st Sgt. William Jasper, first sergeant for Headquarters, Headquarters Company 6th Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 2nd Engineer Brigade, checks wind speed and direction in preparation for paratroopers to arrive during Arctic Pegasus May 1 near Deadhorse, Alaska. The goal of the Arctic mobility exercise is to enhance U.S. Army Alaska’s proficiency for conducting Arctic airborne operations, mobility and ground maneuvers in extreme cold-weather conditions. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Mylinda DuRousseau, 1/25 SBCT Public Affairs)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 26, 2016) - Az Li, Sungai Pinang village elder, Royal Australian Navy Capt. Mike Spruce, deputy mission commander, Pacific Partnership 2016, and Col. Andohar, Tentara Nasional Indonesia, cut the ribbon for a new public restroom in the village. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, and Tentara Nasional Indonesia service members worked together to build the restroom in Sungai Pinang during Pacific Partnership 2016. 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 Hank Gettys/Released) 160826-N-SJ730-220

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SUNDA STRAIT (Aug. 17, 2016) Australian, New Zealand and United States service members listen to remarks 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)

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.

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Lt.j.g. Samantha Cardoza and Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Moehler, members of the Atlantic Strike Team located in Fort Dix, New Jersey, inspect a row of displaced vessel on the shoreline of the Naval Air Stations Key West, Florida, Oct. 2, 2017. Assessed vessels are prioritized for removal based on their threat to the environment and their hazard to navigation. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

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)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, cuts explosive cutting tape after laying it 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)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 11, 2016) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Blake Peterson, a native of Butte, Montana, adds spice to a dish in preparation for dinner aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy, which is deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, is en route to its third mission stop in Da Nang, Vietnam. Upon arrival, 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 a natural disaster or crisis. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/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)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 28, 2016) Indonesian first responders lift a simulated casualty onto a stretcher during a rehearsal for a Pacific Partnership mass casualty drill at Imam Bonjol soccer field. The Pacific Partnership search and rescue field training exercise spanned across three locations in Padang and includes a water rescue, a field hospital for patient triage and transport, and a mass casualty simulation. 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. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brittney Vella/Released)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF), deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, return from Libreville, Gabon, at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 26, 2019. The EARF provides a broad range of rapidly deployable military capabilities to protect American interests on the African continent should any threat arise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Picard)

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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

C-130H Hercules transports with the 440th Airlift Wing from Pope Army Airfield, taxi during the "elephant walk," April 17, 2014, as part of a joint airborne operation. Sixty active and Army Reserve Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. and 30 Air Force special tactics airmen from Pope participated in the event highlighting the joint capabilities of the men and women of who serve in the 440th and the airborne forces. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/Released)

A Sikorsky VH-3D Sea King operated by Marine Helicopter Squadron One, sits on the runway near a security forces vehicle at Joint Base Andrews, Md., March 19, 2018.

Local Afghan contractors work at the construction 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)

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.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Nguyen, a Behavioral Health Specialist with Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 352-2 stands for a portrait 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)

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)

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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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (July 6, 2016) Personnel assigned to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) dance with local audience members during a Pacific Partnership 2016 U.S. Pacific Fleet Band performance at Penaranda Park. 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)

C-130H Hercules transports with the 440th Airlift Wing approach Pope Army Airfield, April 17, 2014 for a joint airborne operation. Sixty active and Army Reserve Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. and 30 Air Force special tactics airmen from Pope participated in the event highlighting the joint capabilities of the men and women of who serve in the 440th and the airborne forces. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

Local Afghan contractors work at the construction 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)

A Royal New Zealand Air Force C-130H Hercules, with the No. 40 Squadron, drops a high velocity combat deliver system above Londonderry Drop Zone, during the Advanced Tactics Aircrew Course (ATAC) near RAAF Richmond, Australia, March 13, 2017. The ATAC was hosted by the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, based out of St. Joseph Mo., which has the mission of increasing the war-fighting effectiveness and survivability of mobility forces. This is the first time the AATTC has taught courses overseas. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Staff Sgt. Patrick Evenson)

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)

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)

KUANTAN NAVAL BASE, Malaysia (Aug. 13, 2016) Rear Adm. John W. Korka, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, gives remarks during the Pacific Partnership 2016 closing ceremony in Malaysia. The ceremony highlighted the importance of partnership in the region and the work completed, knowledge exchanged and relationships grown during the mission stop. This was Pacific Partnership's first visit to Malaysia. During the mission stop, partner nations worked side-by-side with local military and civilian organizations in a search and rescue exercise, civil engineering projects, community relation events and subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

Local Afghan contractors work at the construction 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. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets assigned Strike Fighter Squadrons 27 and 102 (VFA-27, VFA-102), Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, prepare to launch during a training exercise Feb. 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. VFA-27 and VFA-102 flew with Kadena’s 44th Fighter Squadron in the first joint aerial combat exercise between USN and U.S. Air Force fighter squadrons stationed in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft/Released)

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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (May 1, 2010) The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 41st annual Memorial Service is held at the Kauffman EOD Training Complex to honor the men and women who lost their lives on active duty as a result of an EOD mission since the declaration of World War II. This year, 16 names were added to the memorial, bringing the total to 254 names. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jennifer A. Villalovos/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 Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 19, 2016) Service members aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) render honors to the USS Arizona Memorial as Mercy arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Pacific Partnership 2016 deployed in May, visiting six ports, during which civilian and military personnel from 14 partner nations worked together, exchanging knowledge and best practices in order to improve collective disaster response preparedness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Upon departure from Hawaii, Mercy, with the embarked Pacific Partnership 2016 team, will sail to her homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

Tech. Sgt. John F. Hurley Jr., left, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, along with Master Sgt. Dustin Heines, center, and Senior Airman Pean Saliasi, both with 514th Air Mobility Wing EOD, Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., examine a section of a BDU-50, 500-pound practice bomb that was cut lengthwise after being wrapped with explosive cutting tape (ECT) 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)

Staff Sgt. Thomas Bland of the Headqaurters and Headquarters Company of the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team works in the signal section of a Joint Operations Center in Buffalo, New York, May 27. Bland 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)

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.