ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2021) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer Vernon Brown, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), gives take off signals to an MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to the “Dusty Dogs” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 Jan. 23, 2021. Vella Gulf is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting operations as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dean M. Cates)
ARMY
A U.S. Army paratrooper navigates Sicily Drop Zone to a safe landing at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 3, 2020, during non-tactical airborne operations hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve’s U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and the 82nd Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Sean Delpech)Modified Bradley Fighting Vehicles, known as Mission Enabling Technologies Demonstrators, and modified M113 tracked armored personnel carriers, or Robotic Combat Vehicles, were used for the Soldier Operational Experimentation (SOE) Phase 1 to further develop learning objectives for the Manned Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) concept, Fort Carson, Colo., Dec. 15, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Jerome Aliotta)
NAVY
ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 27, 2021) Sailors participate in a night live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and Pacific Ocean through the western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Drace Wilson)ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 26, 2020) The Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57) fires its 5-inch gun. Mitscher is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting operations as part of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kaleb J. Sarten)
AIR FORCE
A B-2 Spirit assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., sits on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Jan. 23, 2021. The 509th BW is participating with Air Force Global Strike Command as the lead wing for exercise Red Flag 21-1. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Thomas Cox)A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender during a bomber task force mission over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 27, 2021. The bomber deployment underscores the U.S. military’s commitment to regional security and demonstrates a unique ability to rapidly deploy on short notice. The B-52 is a long-range, heavy bomber that is capable of flying at high subsonic speeds at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and provides the United States with a global strike capability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride)
MARINE CORPS
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Jan. 27, 2021) U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 34 pulls on to shore during Type Commander�s Amphibious Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 27, 2021. U.S. Navy sailors, assigned to LCAC 70, taught Marines with 2nd Landing Support Battalion how to properly load and unload Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements on and off the vessel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cheyenne Stillion)U.S. Marines and U.S. Army Soldiers with 25th Infantry Division fire an M777 Howitzer at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 21. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob Wilson/
COAST GUARD
U.S. Coast Guard cutter and crew prepare to moor at their homeport in Kittery, Maine after completing an eight-week patrol January 26, 2021. Tahoma’s crew conducted 28 at-sea law enforcement boardings and responded to three search and rescue cases resulting in nine lives saved. (U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Wyrick/Released)The commissioning crew of USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 21, 2021. The Moulthrope is one of six fast response cutters destined for the Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) mission. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton/Released)
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