An U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 (top) and Belgian Component F-16 (bottom) conduct aerial operations over the North Sea, July 17, 2020. Interoperability and collective readiness, deter potential adversaries and ensure the skies within the European theater remain sovereign. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Plew)
An U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, Royal Netherlands Air Force F-16 (top) and Belgian Component F-16 (bottom) conduct aerial operations over the North Sea, July 17, 2020. Interoperability and collective readiness, deter potential adversaries and ensure the skies within the European theater remain sovereign. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Plew)
ARMY
Army paratroopers descend after jumping from a C-17 aircraft during training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 30, 2020, as part of Spartan Flex, an operation to exercise joint capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Mark Scott)A color guard team from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) supports an Army Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony is held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of the 245th Birthday of the U.S. Army at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., June 14, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
NAVY
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INDIAN OCEAN (July 20, 2020) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) fires its Mark 45 5-inch gun during a live-fire exercise in the Indian Ocean. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of flagship USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers Sterett and USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), along with the Indian navy ships Rana, Sahyadri, Shivalik and Kamorta, are currently participating in a cooperative deployment in the Indian Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan C. Kellums/Released)200721-N-VF045-2011
SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 21, 2020) Seaman Alexis Mendoza, from Laredo, Texas, stands by as landing safety enlisted for an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 on the flight deck aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54). Antietam is forward deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Hong/Released)
AIR FORCE
A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, assigned to the A-10 Demonstration Team, sit on the flightline at Cheyenne Air National Guard Base, Wyo., July 20, 2020. The A-10, F-35 and F-22 Demonstration Teams performed at the Wings over Warren Airshow, July 22, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristine Legate)Multiple C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 317th Airlift Wing line up for takeoff during a Joint Forcible Entry exercise at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, July 14, 2020. C-130J aircraft from the 317th AW and 19th AW from Little Rock AFB, Ark., conducted the largest formation flight of C-130J aircraft ever with 33 aircraft and completed airdrops at Dyess AFB and Big Bend, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Owsianka)
MARINE CORPS
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dylan McNutt, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, looks out the side door of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during an aerial gunnery range at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, July 16, 2020. The range was part of Exercise Summer Fury, a three-week training evolution conducted by Marines and sailors with 3rd MAW, 1st Marine Division and the 1st Marine Logistics Group to refine the capability of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to conduct expeditionary advanced basing operations. McNutt is a native of Pittsburgh. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)U.S. Marines with All-Domain Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, climb a caving ladder from an 11M Naval Special Warfare Rigid Inflatable Boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 15, 2020. During VBSS training, Marines hone their ship boarding and seizure capabilities to increase their proficiency of non-compliant VBSS in support of Maritime Interception operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Britany Rowlett)
COAST GUARD
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter sits at the ready to respond to Tropical Storm Hanna at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, July 24, 2020. The Coast Guard is pre-staging response assets in the Gulf Coast region due to a forecast of a tropical storm and possible hurricane. (U.S Coast Guard photo)George Drew, grandson of Frank Drew, and his family pose for a photo in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew, July 23, 2020.
The 175-foot coastal buoy tender is named after Frank Drew, a lighthouse keeper who manned Green Island lighthouse between 1903 through 1929, on Lake Eerie. Drew rescued numerous people, towed ships in distress to safety and even sheltered individuals after an aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing.
Coast Guard photograph by Chief Petty Officer Seth Johnson
