A Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe prepares to change a fighting position during Exercise Aurora 17 in Lärbro, Sweden, Sept. 21, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Marine Corps)
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 (HSC-22), attached to the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), performs humanitarian aid operations on the embattled island of Dominica on Sept. 24, 2017, following the landfall of Hurricane Maria. (MC3 Michael Molina/Navy)
Staff Sgt. Jennifer Marchese stands for a portrait during a German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency test at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 17, 2017. Marchese is assigned to the 108th Security Forces Squadron. (Master Sgt. Matt Hecht/Air National Guard)
Citizen-soldiers of the Puerto Rico National Guard patrol one of the main highways on Sept. 22, 2017, affected by the flood after Hurricane Maria. (Sgt. Jose Ahiram Diaz-Ramos/National Guard)
Retired Marine Lance Cpl. Sarah Rudder competes in the Invictus Games 200 meter dash event at York Lions Stadium (YOR), Toronto, Canada, Sept. 24, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Daniel Luksan/Army)
Defenders from the 5th Security Forces Squadron participate in an exercise at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Sept. 15, 2017. The exercise prepared airmen to defend cargo during transport. (Senior Airman J.T. Armstrong/Air Force)
Approximately 60 members of the 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, on Sept. 23, 2017, prepare to deploy this week from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to Southeast Asia for four months in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (Tech. Sgt. N. Alicia Halla/Air National Guard)
Navy veteran Lt. Brad Snyder wins silver in the visually impaired 100 meter dash event at the Invictus Games 100 meter dash event at York Lions Stadium (YOR), Toronto, Canada, Sept. 24, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Daniel Luksan/Army)
Marine Sgt. Maj. Glenn D. Bragg, the Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands sergeant major, speaks to service members with JTF-LI in a school circle at Muñiz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sept. 23, 2017. The service members are relocating to Martinique and Guadeloupe to better support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations in Dominica, after Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean country. At the request of partner nations and the U.S. Agency for International Development, JTF-LI deployed aircraft and service members to areas in the eastern Caribbean Sea affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. (Cpl. Melanie Kilcline/Marine Corps)
Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 13th and 14th Fighter Squadrons take part in an elephant walk in support of exercise Beverly Sunrise 17-07 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 16, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Deana Heitzman/Air Force)
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kara Irons, assigned to Naval Health Clinic Quantico, shows Guatemalan sailors how to use an IV bag on Sept. 19, 2017, during a Combat Life Saving course at Commando Naval del Caribe, a Guatemalan naval base, in support of Southern Partnership Station 17 (SPS 17). (MC2 Brittney Cannady/Navy)
Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) along with The Army Research Laboratory (ARL) participate in a Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) exercise on Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept. 22, 2017. During the exercise, the JTARV showed it’s potential for one day making it possible for soldiers on the battlefield to order resupply and then receive those supplies from an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle. (Pfc. Gabriel Silva/Army)
