FORT IRWIN, Calif. - U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tom Murtha, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment commander, speaks with United Arab Emirates soldiers after successful air strike missions during Decisive Action Rotation 15-06 at the National Training Center here, March 27, 2015. At the NTC, U.S. forces and allied nations use the decisive action exercises to 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)

Airman 1st Class Lacy Thompson, 305th Aerial Port Squadron, gives a thumbs-up after the last Humvee with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, is 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)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 28, 2016) Padang first responders and Tentara Nasional Indonesia medical personnel carry a simulated casualty to an ambulance 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)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 12, 2016) Rear Adm. John W. Korka, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, gives a speech at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Wira renovation ribbon-cutting ceremony. U.S. Navy Seabees worked with the Malaysian Royal Engineer Regiment to renovate the school’s ceilings, classrooms and common areas. This is the first time USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/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.

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KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, speaks to Capt. Peter Roberts, commanding officer, Medical Treatment Facility USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), and Ship's Master Tom Giudice, master of Mercy, aboard Mercy. During his visit, he met with Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel, toured Mercy and held an Admiral's Call where he answered questions from the crew. Mercy is in Kuantan in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, the first time Mercy and Pacific Partnership have visited Malaysia. During the mission stop, partner nations work 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)

DA NANG, Vietnam (July 19, 2016) Cmdr. David Krause, a native of Greenville, South Carolina and a cardiologist embarked aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), tosses a disc 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)

Staff Sgt. Joe Coates, 177th Fighter Wing Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), New Jersey Air National Guard, joins two ends of 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)

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 13, 2016) Musician 2nd Class Jordan Witt, a trombonist in the U.S. Pacific Fleet Band and native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, plays a cowbell with local Timorese children during a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relations event. 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 USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) 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)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 20, 2016) Builder 3rd Class Garrett Barham, from Tahoka, Texas, attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, fills in dirt around a septic tank and pipes for a public restroom in Sungai Pinang. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to ACB 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four and Tentara Nasional Indonesia Marines are working together to build a new public 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

Above the Arctic Circle, paratroopers from 2nd Engineer Brigade participate in Arctic Pegasus. The goal of this 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)

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)

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)

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)

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), reads to 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)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Marcis Pereda, a combat videographer assigned to Regional Command Southwest, videotapes as British Royal Air Force military policemen conduct a security patrol and interact with locals near Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Aug. 7, 2010. The policemen conduct daily patrols to protect Afghan citizens as part of their support of the International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Marionne T. Mangrum, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

A section of a BDU-50, 500-pound practice bomb is blown into the air after being wrapped lengthwise with explosive cutting tape (ECT) during a joint render safe operation with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Airmen from the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, and the 514th Air Mobility Wing, 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)

A Raven unmanned aerial vehicle, operated by U.S. Soldiers of Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, takes flight at Joint Security Station Loyalty in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, March 25, 2009. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick/Released)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Yvonne Mays, left, director of staff, New Jersey Air National Guard, speaks with Maj. Justin Krowicki, with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, 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)

DA NANG, Vietnam (July 16, 2016) Cmdr. Charles E. Craven, Jr., an orthopedic surgeon and native of Chumsford, Massachusetts, reviews an X-ray at Da Nang Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Hospital alongside Dr. Ha Xuan Vu, a Vietnamese physician, to assess a patient's viabilty for surgery aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Mercy is joined by JS Shimokita (LST-4002) and Vietnam People's Navy ship Khanh Hoa for Pacific Partnership 2016. 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 Hank Gettys/Released)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 20, 2016) Builder 3rd Class Garrett Barham, from Tahoka, Texas, attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, applies putty to the roof of a public restroom in Sungai Pinang. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to ACB 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four and Tentara Nasional Indonesia Marines are working together to build a new public 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

A U.S. Marine attached to 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) searches a canal for pieces of a damaged bridge in the Helmand province of Afghanistan July 2, 2010. The unit provides logistical support to coalition forces in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (DoD photo by Sgt. Brandon M. Owen, U.S. Marine Corps/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)

HAIFA (Mar. 12, 2018) U.S. Marine Sgt. Jacob Bingham, a squad leader assigned to the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel (TRAP) team, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), counts the amount of Marines boarding a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter following 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)

Children look on as the head of education for Marjah, Afghanistan, cuts a ceremonial ribbon during an opening ceremony for a school in Marjah May 24, 2010. The children who attended the ceremony began their first day of class following the ribbon-cutting. (DoD photo by Cpl. Michael J. Ayotte, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Detachment (MWSD) 273 prepare to fuel helicopters at Fort Carson, Colorado, Nov. 10, 2021. Marines with MWSD-273 trained in a cold-weather, high-altitude environment to increase proficiency in expeditionary advanced basing operations (EABO). MWSD-273 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elias E. Pimentel III)

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, prepare to launch for a training sortie Feb. 16, 2017, at Kadena Air Base. The 44th FS, VFA-27 and VFA-102 flew together 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)

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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DILI, Timor LesteJune 14, 2016) Capt. Craig Salt, left, a plastic surgeon aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and native of Annapolis, Maryland, and Lt. Paul Lewis, a general surgery resident aboard Mercy and native of Lantana, Texas, perform a skin graft on a Timorese child during 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/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)

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 25, 2016) Able Seaman Avery Lee (right) with Baron Garvey, 2nd Mate, and Able Seaman José Albo (left), aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), stow life vests used while transporting mission personnel during Pacific Partnership 2016. Military Sealift Command crew support personnel movement and safety during mission events. 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. (University of California-San Diego Predental Society photo by Ted Wendel/Released)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 20, 2016) Builder 3rd Class Garrett Barham, from Tahoka, Texas, attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, applies putty to the roof of a public restroom in Sungai Pinang. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to ACB 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four and Tentara Nasional Indonesia Marines are working together to build a new public 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

Navy sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, Beachmaster Unit 2, and Naval Beach Group 2 out of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek work with the Coast Guard to remove two washed-ashore buoys from Chic's Beach and Oceanview areas of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Va, Oct. 22, 2013. The buoys washed ashore during recent storms that passed through the Hampton Roads. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert

A Senegalese child plays while waiting with her mother outside a medical clinic that is part of Western Accord 2012, Thiès, Senegal, July 10, 2012. U.S. service members, primarily reservists and guardsmen from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are taking part in Western Accord, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several Western African nations. (U.S. Air Force spiket photo by SrA Sarah Mattison)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, left, minister of defense, Malaysia, and Capt. Tom Williams, mission commander, Pacific Partnership 2016, shake hands as Hishammuddin arrives aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Hishammudin was aboard to tour facilities, meet with Pacific Partnership personnel and participate in a press conference. Mercy is in Kuantan in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, the first time Mercy and Pacific Partnership have visited Malaysia. During the mission stop, partner nations work 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)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 13, 2016) Command Master Chief Dedrick Walker, command master chief of Medical Treatment Facility, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), plays soccer with local Timorese children at a Pacific Partnership 2016 community relations event. 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 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)

U.S. Marine Major Kara Zummo with the 11th Marines, Civil Affairs, plays Frisbee with two Senegalese children at a medical clinic in Thiès, Senegal, July 12, 2012. Zummo is working in support of 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 Senior Airman Sarah Mattison)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 9, 2016) Lt. Cmdr. Reynalda McBee, a surgical nurse assigned to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), explains shipboard operation procedures to Timorese nurses during a tour of the ship. 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/Release)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 14, 2016) Capt. Craig Salt, left, a plastic surgeon aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and native of Annapolis, Maryland, and Lt. Paul Lewis, a general surgery resident aboard Mercy and native of Lantana, Texas, perform a skin graft on a Timorese child during 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 Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

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U.S. Marine Colonel Anthony Fernandez III, Western Accord taskforce commander and Brig. Gen. Pape Samba Kamara, commander of the Senegalese forces, salute during the opening ceremonies for Western Accord 2012, Thiès, Senegal, July 9, 2012. A multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several Western African nations, Western Accord runs from June 26 – July 24 and involves Armed Forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. (U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Sarah Mattison)

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)

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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KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 9, 2016) Hospital Corpsman David Cyrus (Left), a native of Guam, Andrew Prush (Center), a native of Detroit, and Christopher Mangram, a native of Houston, all assigned to hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) demonstrate how to treat a patient in different scenarios during a 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)

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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SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 20, 2016) Steelworker 3rd Class Kodey Jones (left), from Phoenix, Builder 2nd Class Matthew Spence from Chicago, and Construction Electrician 3rd Class Johnathon Dahman from Atlanta, all attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, dig a trench for pipes that will connect to a septic tank for a new public restroom in Sungai Pinang. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to ACB 1, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 and TNI Marines are working together to build a public 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 Lindsey E. Skelton/Released)

Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, load a Humvee 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)

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)