Senior Airman Robert Witkowski and Staff Sgt. Mark Farrar, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew chiefs, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., prepare a B-2 Spirit for takeoff at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, Aug. 17, 2020. Bomber Task Force missions allow U.S. Strategic Command to provide persistent, long-term bomber presence in the Indo-Pacific, and around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar)
Senior Airman Robert Witkowski and Staff Sgt. Mark Farrar, 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew chiefs, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., prepare a B-2 Spirit for takeoff at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in support of a Bomber Task Force mission, Aug. 17, 2020. Bomber Task Force missions allow U.S. Strategic Command to provide persistent, long-term bomber presence in the Indo-Pacific, and around the globe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Salazar)
ARMY
Soldiers participate in their semi-annual tank platoon live-fire exercise on Aug. 25, 2020 in Smardan, Romania. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dommnique Washington)Soldiers perform an airborne operations jump from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Fort Bragg, N.C., July 17, 2020. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
NAVY
An MH-60S Sea Hawk assigned to the “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7). Tripoli commissioned administratively July 15, 2020 and is en route to her homeport in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Peter Burghart)The U.S. Navy’s twelfth Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Newport (EPF 12), successfully competed integrated sea trials, July 30, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo)
AIR FORCE
Airman 1st Class Elijah Turner, 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs a walk-around inspection on a C-17 Globemaster III at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Aug. 24, 2020. Walk-around inspections are performed as part of a basic pre-flight inspection to ensure aircraft readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joshua J. Seybert)The F-22 Raptor, A-10 Thunderbolt II, and F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Teams fly in a heritage-flight formation during the Wings Over Warren Airshow at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., July 22, 2020. The event was the 67th air show hosted by F.E. Warren AFB on “Cheyenne Day.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner)
MARINE CORPS
U.S. Marines set up a light armored vehicle in a blocking position during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 10.A U.S. Marine fires an M4 carbine during a joint service range in Zambrano, Honduras, Aug. 26.Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez
COAST GUARD
Coast Guard Cutter Crocodile (WPB-87369) crewmembers secure the towing lines Sept. 3,2020 after connecting the disabled 34-foot disabled vessel. The Crocodile crew towed the vessel to John’s Pass in Treasure Island, Florida and transferred them to a sister vessel with no further incidents. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo) The Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered (WPC-1104) interdicts an illegal voyage in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico Sept. 1, 2020. The cutter Robert Yered repatriated 20 of the 21 migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Sept. 2, 2020. One of the migrants remains in U.S. federal custody in Puerto Rico facing criminal immigration charges. The interdiction is the result of ongoing multiagency efforts in support of Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Border Interagency Group. (U.S. Coast Guard photo
