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)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 13, 2016) Members of the Pacific Partnership 2016 soccer team shake hands with members of the Timor Leste Defense Force soccer team after a soccer match during a 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)

Thiès, Senegal - Colonel Anthony Fernandez III, the Task Force commander for WA-12 and Brigadier General Papa Samba Kamara, the Chief of Staff for the Army Senegalese Forces, conduct a pass-in-review during the closing ceremony for Exercise Western Accord 2012 here, July 19. U.S. service members, primarily Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force are took part in WA-12 -- 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)

Army Reserve Soldiers from U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) wait to board a C-130H Hercules transport plane during a joint airborne operations exercise with the U.S. Air Force Reserve 440th Airlift Wing from Pope Army Airfield, April 17, 2014. Sixty active and Reserve Soldiers from Fort Bragg, N.C. and 30 Air Force special tactics airmen from Pope participated to highlight the joint capabilites of the two services.

Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, and Iraqi Security Forces compete in a soccer match at Shaab Stadium May 22 in the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad. The game is part of the FC Unity Tournament being held this weekend in the famed stadium. 36 soccer games, 32 community games and four combined U.S.-Iraqi forces games will be played during the tournament.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. James Selesnick)

Rear Adm. Peter Brown, commander for the 7th Coast Guard District, thanks the ESF 10 Florida Incident Command Post staff for their dedication to the environmental threat posed by vessels displaced due to Hurricane Irma, Oct. 2, 2017. The area of responsibility for the 7th Coast Guard District includes coastlines south of the North Carolina/South Carolina border and east of the Florida panhandle to include the Carribean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.

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)

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster with the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) secures cargo on a C-130J Super Hercules at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 11, 2020. The 75th EAS provides strategic airlift capabilities across the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ruano)

A storm rolls in as Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepare to load Humvees 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)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, right, minister of defense, Malaysia, and Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, shake hands as Hishammuddin arrives aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Hishammudin was aboard to tour facilities, meet with Pacific Partnership 2016 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)

Lt. j.g. Samantha Cardoza and Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Moehler, members of the Atlantic Strike Team located in Fort Dix, New Jersey, places an Assessment Sticker on the hull of a displaced vessel in a canal on Sugarloaf Key, 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.

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)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 3, 2016) Malaysian Army Maj. Miliya Mokmin (left), a Royal Medical Corps dentist, translates for Lt. Joseph Jarman, from Salt Lake City, Utah, a dentist assigned to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), during a Pacific Partnership 2016 dental screening at the Kuantan Naval Base medical facility. This is the first time Pacific Partnership has visited Malaysia. Partner nations are working side-by-side with local 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)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 11, 2016) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brennan Gonzalez, a preventive medicine technician, attached to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), from Merced, California, explains the Biogents Sentinel Mosquito trap to Malaysian health professionals at the forward deployable preventive medicine team camp at Kuantan Naval Base. During the event, the team discussed their mosquito traps, water testing, air quality and radiation detection capabilities. The event was part of a Pacific Partnership 2016 medical disaster subject matter expert exchange. 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)

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

PADANG, Indonesia (Aug. 22, 2016) Traditional Indonesian dancers perform at the Pacifc Partnership 2016 opening ceremony. 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. (University of California-San Diego Predental Society photo by Ted Wendel/Released)

Loadmaster Master Sgt. Andy Grimes, 105th Airlift Wing, New York Air National Guard, directs a light medium tactical vehicle with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, 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)

Master Sgt. Dustin Heines, 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)

U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, waves to local farmers during a security patrol near Turah Shah Ghundey, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 4, 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)

KEUR DEMBA KEBE, Senegal – Corporal David Wyble, a civil affairs Marine with 11th Marine Regiment, plants a tree as part of a live fence for a local farmer here, July 17. The volunteer project was part of a civil affairs humanitarian outreach into the community during Exercise Western Accord 2012. U.S. service members, primarily Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force are taking part in WA-12 -- 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)

KEUR DEMBA KEBE, Senegal – U.S. service members dig a trench in order to plant a live fence for a local farmer here, July 17. The volunteer project was part of a civil affairs humanitarian outreach into the community during Exercise Western Accord 2012. U.S. service members, primarily Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force are taking part in WA-12 -- 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)

160912-N-SJ730-226 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2016) USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) steams in the Pacific Ocean after completing Pacific Partnership 2016 in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Mercy is sailing to her homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released)

Civil Air Patrol cadets and leaders exit a Wyoming Air National Guard C-130H aircraft following a familiarization flight above Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center August 4, 2016. The Wyoming Wing of Civil Air Patrol gathers for encampment for 10 days in August at the joint training center. (Wyoming Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jimmy McGuire)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 12, 2016) Capt. Tom Williams, Pacific Partnership 2016 mission commander, and Rear Adm. John W. Korka, commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, arrive at Sekolah Kebangsaan Wira for a 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)

Rear Adm. Peter Brown, commander for the 7th Coast Guard District, receives an operational brief concerning the response to the environmental threat posed by vessels displaced due to Hurricane Irma, Oct. 2, 2017. The area of responsibility for the 7th Coast Guard District includes coastlines south of the North Carolina/South Carolina border and east of the Florida panhandle to include the Carribean. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.

U.S. Marines from emergency operation center group one, home ported in San Diego, Calif., man the watch at the tactical operations center at West Loch Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1 headquarters on Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 24, 2008, during the Rim of the Pacific 2008, the world's largest multinational exercise including the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Chief Michael A. Strand/Released)

Local doctors and nurses, right, assist in diagnosing and providing medication for common ailments among people present at a humanitarian aid outreach operation August 4 at Joint Security Station Deason, Iraq. Soldiers with Company D, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center worked with their counterparts in the 17th IA Div. to provide the aid, which included food, clothes, school supplies, generator parts and medication. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Phemister, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C)

A large amount of unusable ordnance waits to be detonated by 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) (MLG FWD) just outside Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, February 19, 2011. 1st MLG (FWD) Marines provide logistical support for coalition forces throughout the province in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brandon M. Owen/Released)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, speaks to Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel during lunch on the mess decks aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). 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)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 12, 2016) - USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) steams in the Pacific Ocean after completing Pacific Partnership 2016 in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Mercy is sailing to her homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hank Gettys/Released) 160912-N-SJ730-043

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KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 10, 2016) Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, prospective commander Task Force 73, salutes side boys aboard USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). Gabrielson visited the ship for a Pacific Partnership 2016 reception held aboard during the mission's stop in Malaysia. 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, subject matter expert exchanges and community relation events. (University of California-San Diego PreDental Society photo by Ted Wendel/Released)

U.S. Army Spc. Gabriel Eiter, a small arms/artillery repairer assigned to the 3637th Maintenance Company, Illinois Army National Guard, and Lt. Col. Jim Avery, a flight surgeon assigned to the 126th Medical Group, Illinois Air National Guard, handles COVID-19 testing equipment at a drive-thru testing site in Bloomington, Ill., March 28, 2020. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated Illinois Army and Air National Guard members to provide support to COVID-19 response operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wynndermere Shaw)

Designated a 'Helicopter Destroyer'.......yeah riiiigt!

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31,2011) The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181), left, conducts a replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) during Annual Exercise 2011. Annual Exercise is a bilateral exercise intended to increase coordination and interoperability between the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob I. Allison/Released).

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Army Brig. Gen. Sean Gainy tours the Patriot Missile training area Aug. 16 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Soldiers with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery performed Patriot Battery Certification training in which the battery simulated missile defense for the island. The Patriot Air and Missile Defense System is a surface-to-air defense capability designed to detect, target and destroy incoming missiles or aircraft. Gainy is the commanding general of the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in Hawaii.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Collins.

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, takes a question during an Admiral's Call aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). During his visit, in addition to the Admiral's Call, Faison met with Pacific Partnership 2016 personnel and toured Mercy. 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)

SUNGAI PINANG, Indonesia (Aug. 20, 2016) Builder 1st Class Reginald Cyr (right), from Placerville, California attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four, lays rock with Tentara Nasional Indonesia Marines to level the ground around a newly built public restroom in Sungai Pinang. U.S. Navy Seabees attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion One, NMCB 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)

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 of the 44th FS train on a daily basis to hone aerial combat skills needed in the defense and security of assets and allies in Japan and throughout the Indo-Asia Pacific Theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Reft/Released)

Soldiers with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, prepare to load Humvees 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. 22, 2016) Hospital Corpsman 3rd class Brandon Millhouse, assigned to USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), joins traditional Indonesian dancers during the Pacific Partnership 2016 opening ceremony. 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. (University of California-San Diego Predental Society photo by Ted Wendel/Released)

KUANTAN, Malaysia (Aug. 4, 2016) Vice Adm. C. Forrest Faison III, surgeon general of the Navy, poses for a photo with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class James Min, a native of Huntington Beach, California, on the mess decks aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19). 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)

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Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4 tour the Patriot Missiles Aug. 16 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Soldiers with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery performed their Patriot Battery Certification training in which they simulated missile defense for the island. The Patriot Air and Missile Defense System is a surface-to-air defense capability designed to detect, target and destroy incoming missiles or aircraft. MACS 4 is part of Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Air Wing.

Photo by Cpl. Jessica Collins.

U.S. Air Force Major Kevin Cochran a clinical nurse with the Vermont Air National Guard, comforts a Senegalese man as he is treated for a wound check, Thiès, Senegal, July 10, 2012. Cochran is working as part of a humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) in conjunction with 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)

Medical staff work at the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

A hospital corpsman assigned to 2nd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, rests during a firefight. The unit is deployed supporting the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael J. Ayotte/Released)

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

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) Royal New Zealand Navy Cmdr. Karen Ward, Women, Peace and Security (WPS) lead for Pacific Partnership 2016, from Greytown, New Zealand, gives a speech on WPS during a disaster preparedness seminar at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan. During the seminar, members of Pacific Partnership and the hospital shared knowledge and experience on disaster preparedness. This is the first time Pacific Partnership has 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)

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)

THE ARKANSAS REGIONAL INNOVATION HUB, North Little Rock, Ark. - Members of the 233rd Cyber Operations Squadron, 189th Airlift Wing, teamed up with the Regional Innovation Hub in North Little Rock on March 8 to encourage young women to join STEM focused career fields.

The team of Arkansas Airmen, led by Capt. T. J. Van Doyle, focused on cyber security as they interacted with local teens from the community.

(Arkansas National Guard photos by Lt. Col. W. B. Phillips, II/Released)

DILI, Timor Leste (June 8, 2016) Her Excellency Karen Stanton, U.S. Ambassador to Timor Leste, speaks during the opening ceremony for Pacific Partnership 2016 at the Timor Leste Ministry of Defense. Deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016, Mercy is on its first stop of the 2016 mission. Pacific Partnership has a longstanding history with Timor Leste, having first visited in 2006, and four subsequent times since. 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)