Featured Image: SAN DIEGO (March 4, 2024) Sailors aboard a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) transport stranded boaters after responding to a distress call off the coast of San Diego, March 4, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo)
Army
A Soldier assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, scouts a wooded area on top of an M1 Abrams Tank at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, March 16, 2024. The Soldiers coordinated with different armored units and trained in rough and realistic combat scenarios. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Luciano Alcala)
Army paratroopers participate in a nighttime airborne operation near Fort Johnson, La., March 10, 2024. The training strengthens readiness and ability to deploy around the world within 18 hours. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Frederico Cardoso)
Navy
RED SEA (March 21, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely (DDG 107) conducts a pre-action calibration practice fire of its 5-inch gun in the Red Sea, March 21, 2024. Gravely is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)
RED SEA (March 20, 2024) Capt. Demo a facility dog assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), sits with a sonar technician (surface) aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) in the Red Sea, March 20, 2024. Mason is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East. (U.S. Navy photo)
Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Parrish Hall II, a native of Michigan and a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167, fires a GAU-17A minigun during a flight over the coast of North Carolina, March 26, 2024. HMLA-167 conducted precision-guided munitions delivery to familiarize designated pilots and ordnance personnel with proper procedures for firing and handling multiple ordnance types. The live-fire training allowed HMLA-167 to enhance integration with the joint force while training in aviation operations in maritime-surface warfare. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa
U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit a CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, for an amphibious landing during Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH at Kakinada Beach, India, March 27, 2024. Tiger TRIUMPH enables U.S. and Indian Armed Forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to better achieve mutual regional security objectives. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker
Air Force
A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a B-2 Spirit over the skies of Missouri, March 27, 2024. In-flight refueling by the KC-135 is essential to providing nuclear deterrence and helps enable the B-2 stealth bomber to deliver both conventional and nuclear munitions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mikayla Gibbs)
A B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., takes off to return home from a Bomber Task Force deployment at Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, April 3, 2024. The U.S. routinely and visibly demonstrates commitment to allies and partners through the global employment of its military forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Staci Kasischke)
Coast Guard
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) stands on the ice in front of the cutter in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2023. Every year, a joint and total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze season. Active, Guard, and Reserve service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy work together to forge a strong JTF-SFA that continues the tradition of U.S. military support to the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Graves)
Crew members from USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC 1105) board a drug smuggling vessel carrying 30 bales of illegal narcotics approximately 190 miles south of Puerto Rico March 24, 2024. The bales weighed more than 1,850 pounds and have an estimated street value of approximately $24.3 million. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the USCGC Margaret Norvell crew)
