NAVAL STATION JULHASAN ARASAIN, Philippines (July 5, 2016) Chief Hospital Corpsman Nuevo Lozano (right), a native of San Diego, and Lt. Kelly Nobles, a biochemist and native of Raleigh, North Carolina, both embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), assemble a microscope in preparation for a preventative medicine subject matter expert exchange during Pacific Partnership 2016. During the exchange, U.S. and Filipino personnel shared their preventative medicine experience and expertise to gain knowledge and perspective in the field. 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 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)

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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 9, 2016) Cmdr. Dennis Spence, a nurse anesthetist aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and a native of San Diego, plays with Timorese children at Guido Valadares National Hospital. Pacific Partnership 2016 marks the sixth time the mission has visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy will work side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

Amphibious Assault Vehicles from Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division assaulted Onslow Beach, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 13, 2015. More than 200 Marines from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment traveled to Norfolk, Va., to board the USS Kearsarge, April 9-13, 2015, in support of Joint Operations Access Exercise (JOAX) 15.1. In support of the exercise scenario, Marines simulated being part of a Marine Expeditionary Unit element deployed to conduct ship to short assault, Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune. The unit aims to enhance skills in amphibious planning and execution, and to refine small unit urban operations during training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Immanuel Johnson /Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (May 23, 2016) Flight deck personnel attach a pendant to a MH-60S assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat (HSC) Squadron 21, also known as the Blackjacks, during vertical replenishment training aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, Mercy is scheduled to visit Timor Leste, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Republic of the Philippines during this year's mission. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy will work side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brittney Vella/Released)

U.S. Air Force Captain Sara Burton, a clinical nurse with the Vermont Air National Guard and 2nd Lt. Abdoulie Faal, a nurse with the Gambian Armed Forces prepare to check the blood pressure of a Senegalese woman, Thiès, Senegal, July 10, 2012. Burton and Faal are participating in Western Accord 2012, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese, several Western African nations and the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Sarah Mattison)

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Kennedy, right, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, and Commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard, coins Tech. Sgt. Stephen Ballinger 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)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 26, 2016) Local women perform traditional music before a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new public restroom in Sungai Pinang. 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 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)

Contractors hoist a vessel displaced by Hurricane Irma at Boot Key Harbor City Marina in Marathon, Florida, Oct. 11, 2017. Response crews from the Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency are managing vessel removal operations with a priority placed on vessels leaking fuel or hazardous materials. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Catherine Brousard speaks with Afghan children about hygiene during a village medical outreach mission in Habibabad, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2010. Service members provided villagers with basic medical care and free hygiene products during the outreach mission. (DoD photo by Cpl. Timothy P. Chesnavage, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

NAVAL STATION JULHASAN ARASAIN, Philippine (July 5, 2016) U.S. Navy Lt. Jen Knapp (left), an entomologist and native of Aqua Dolce, California, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Anderson Amador (middle), a native of Brooklyn, New York, both embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), demonstrate how to assemble a mosquito trap to members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during a preventative medicine subject matter expert exchange during Pacific Partnership 2016. During the exchange, U.S. and Filipino personnel shared their preventative medicine experience and expertise to gain knowledge and perspective in the field. 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 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)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (July 6, 2016) The U.S. Pacific Fleet Band performs during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relation event 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)

LEGAZPI, Philippines (July 3, 2016) The U.S. Pacific Fleet Band performs 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)

U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Davis, a dentist with the Vermont Air National Guard removes a tooth from the mouth of a Senegalese woman, Thiès, Senegal, July 10, 2012. Davis is participating in Western Accord 2012, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese, several Western African nations and the Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Sarah Mattison)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, center, tours Camp Leatherneck with Marines from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2011. Mills spoke with various members of the unit supporting the International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Cpl. Timothy P. Chesnavage, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 20, 2016) Pacific Partnership 2016 crew members celebrate with students at Aimutin School after a ribbon cutting marking the completion of the renovation of the school. Timorese Soldiers, U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Marines and Australian engineers have been working together to renovate the school's courtyard and facade. This year marks the sixth time the mission visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 13, 2016) Local Timorese children play percussion instruments at a performance by members of the U.S.Pacific Fleet Band during a community relations event as part of Pacific Partnership 2016. This year marks the sixth time the mission has visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Kelsey McCullough/Released)

An Alaska Army National Guardsman assigned to the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment defends an arctic fighting position during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 28, 2016) Tentara Nasional Indonesia personnel move a simulated casualty towards an Indonesian Bell 412 helicopter during a rehearsal for a Pacific Partnership 2016 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)

FORT IRWIN, Calif. - U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, manage communications in their operations center during Decisive Action Rotation 15-06 at the National Training Center here, March 27, 2015. At the NTC, decisive action exercises provide a comprehensive approach to training in a Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental and Multinational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen J. Schmitz, Operations Group, National Training Center)

Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers provide security for a press conference held at the outer cordon created around the scene of recent fighting in the Al-Fadhel neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on March 29, 2009.

SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 11, 2016) Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Yul Marchan, a native of San Diego, stirs while Chief Culinary Specialist Emmanuel Torquido, a native of San Francisco, adds spices 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 28, 2016) Firefighters from the Padang Fire Department man firefighting hoses during a Pacific Partnership 2016 mass casualty drill rehearsal at Imam Bonjol soccer field. The Pacific Partnership search and rescue field training exercise spanned across three locations in Padang and included a water rescue, a field hospital patient 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 Hank Gettys/Released)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 28, 2016) Tentara Nasional Indonesia service members carry a patient to a field hospital during a Pacific Partnership 2016 search and rescue field training exercise rehearsal. Exercise participants received and treated patients at the Padang Cement Factory field hospital, assembled for the earthquake mass casualty scenario. The exercise spanned across three locations in Padang and includes 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)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 9, 2016) Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca McCormack (Left) and Lt. Paula Evans, both natives of Canberra, Australia, and assigned to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) demonstrate how to treat a patient in different scenarios during a Pacific Partnership 2016 post-partum hemorrhage and neo-natal resuscitation subject matter expert exchange at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan. During the exchange Pacific Partnership and the hospital shared best practices and knowledge on the subject. This is the first time Mercy and Pacific Partnership have visited Malaysia. During the mission stop partner nations are working 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 William Cousins/Released)

Lt. j.g. Samantha Cardoza discusses on-going assessment operations with Terry Tanner of the Environmental Protection Agency while Petty Officer 1st class Brian Moehler places an Assessment Sticker on the hull of a displaced vessel on the northern shore of Key West, Florida, Oct. 2, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

Approximately 200 youth, ages 10-15 converge on Camp Ripley, Minnesota in August to attend the Annual Minnesota National Guard Youth Camp. The youth, dependents, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters and grandchildren of Minnesota Guard members, spend seven days experiencing Camp Ripley and its surrounding environment during the one week camp session.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. John Angelo/Released)

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Members of the Suriname Defense Force, South Dakota Army National Guard and U.S. Navy traveled to Chamberlain, S.D. to observe the Golden Coyote river cross mission on June 7, 2014. This event provided an opportunity for the State Partnership Program to continue to build the cultural bridge between the U.S. and Suriname by gaining a better understanding of each other's military capabilities and culture. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Donald E. Williams)

A U.S. Air Force 44th Fighter Squadron F-15 Eagle taxis toward the runway during a training exercise Feb. 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Pilots from the 44th FS flew with U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadrons 27 and 102, assigned to Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, in the first joint aerial combat exercise between USN and USAF fighter squadrons stationed in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft/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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Stephen Hudson, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

190518-N-SS350-0113 ARABIAN SEA (May 18, 2019) Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fast-rope from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, onto the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) during a visit, board, search and seizure training. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (ABECSG) and Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group (KSGARG) are conducting joint operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. The ABECSG and KSGARG, with the 22nd MEU, are prepared to respond to contingencies and to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jason Waite/Released)

DA NANG, Vietnam (July 19, 2016) Great Britain Royal Navy Cmdr. Karl Drummond, a dentist, reads to Vietnamese children during a Pacific Partnership 2016 English conversation community relation event. Hospital Ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is joined by JS Shimokita (LST-4002) and Vietnam People's Navy ship, Khánh Hóa for Pacific Partnership. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local 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)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 20, 2016) Capt. Mike Spruce, left, Royal Australian Navy Reserve, deputy mission commander for Pacific Partnership 2016, dances with Timorese and Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel, along with faculty from Aimutin School, during a ribbon cutting ceremony marking the completion of the renovation of the school. Timorese Soldiers, U.S. Navy Seabees, U.S. Marines and Australian engineers have been working together to renovate the school's courtyard and facade. This year marks the sixth time the mission visited Timor Leste since its first visit in 2006. Medical, engineering and various other personnel embarked aboard Mercy are working side-by-side with partner nation counterparts, exchanging ideas, building best practices and relationships to ensure preparedness should disaster strike. (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. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Edward Snyder, 169th Fighter Wing Public Affairs)

DA NANG, Vietnam (July 19, 2016) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Paige Gardziola, a native of Royal Oak, Michigan and embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), plays volleyball with Vietnamese children during a Pacific Partnership 2016 English conversation community relation event. Mercy is joined by JS Shimokita (LST-4002) and Vietnam People's Navy ship, Khánh Hóa for Pacific Partnership. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local 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)

Master Sgt. Dustin Heines, 514th Air Mobility Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., performs a visual check of a row of inert BDU-50, 500-pound practice bombs during a joint render safe operation with EOD Airmen from the177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, 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)

Approximately 200 youth, ages 10-15 converge on Camp Ripley, Minnesota in August to attend the Annual Minnesota National Guard Youth Camp. The youth, dependents, nieces, nephews, brothers, sisters and grandchildren of Minnesota Guard members, spend seven days experiencing Camp Ripley and its surrounding environment during the one week camp session.

(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. John Angelo/Released)

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Corporal Antonio Wilcoxson, a rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, stands post as the sun rises at a patrol base near Combat Outpost Ouellette, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2011. 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)

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier, with the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), makes a final adjustment to her parachute 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)

Contractors remove a vessel displaced by Hurricane Irma at Boot Key Harbor City Marina in Marathon, Florida, Oct. 11, 2017. Response crews from the Coast Guard, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency are managing vessel removal operations with a priority placed on vessels leaking fuel or hazardous materials. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Weydert.

Officer R. Rodriguez with the Miami Police Marine Patrol assists as Chief Petty Officer Mark Fisher places an Assessment Sticker on 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.

Loadmasters with the 105th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, perform a final walk around after Soldiers and vehicles with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, were loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III from the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing during a deployment exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 11, 2015. The exercise, part of the unit’s annual training, was to test the transportation capabilities of the 50th IBCT. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 17, 2016) Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Calah Sanchez, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, conducts post-flight checks on an MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the forward-deployed, amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is operating in the Philippine Sea as part of Exercise Valiant Shield 2016 (VS16). VS16 is a biennial, U.S.-only, field training exercise with a focus on integration of joint training to enable real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Holmes/Released)

An U.S. Army military working dog, Andy, searches among rubble and trash outside a target building, during a joint operation with the Iraqi army and U.S. Soldiers of 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, in Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 28. The Soldiers are searching for weapons caches and targeted insurgents.

Thiès, Senegal - A member of the Senegalese Armed Forces conducts a vehicle search using a mirror after a demonstration from U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 25th Marines, July 12. The training taking place is part of Exercise Western Accord 2012 -- a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several Western African nations. The training exercise runs from June 26 – July 24 and involves Armed Forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. (USMC photo by Lance Corporal Jessica DeRose)

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 joint training bolstered communications and operations capability between the two services, which both serve to enhance peace and security for U.S. interests and allies throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific Theater. (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, opens a container of explosive cutting tape (ECT) during a joint render safe operation at Detachment 1, Warren Grove Gunnery Range, N.J., with EOD Airmen from the 514th Air Mobility Wing, 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. Dustin Heines, left, 514th Air Mobility Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Air Force Reserve, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing EOD, New Jersey Air National Guard, perform a final check of explosive cutting tape on 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, 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)

AT SEA (Aug. 16, 2016) Machinist’s Mate 1st Class Derron Alleyne, from New York, and Culinary Specialist 1st Class Allan Alvarado, from San Diego, check off a muster sheet during an abandon ship drill aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). 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)