Featured image caption: A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, soars overhead during its second test flight at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 23, 2023. The XQ-58A Valkyrie test flight and the data collected inform future requirements for the Marine Corps in a rapidly evolving security environment, while successfully fueling joint innovation and experimentation opportunities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John McRell)
Army
Army Maj. Wayland Griffin and Spc. Salim Hercules prepare for a crew qualification at Fort Cavazos, Texas, Sept. 19, 2024. Crew qualifications verify the lethality and effectiveness of a unit’s crews and the ability to efficiently complete… (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicholas Goodman)
Navy
Lt. Cmdr. John Brennan, from Nashville, Tennessee, divisional officer of air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, and Lt. Sarah Amorio, from Petaluma, California, divisional officer of air department’s primary flight control division, signal an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Flying Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, to take off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 25, 2024. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific in addition to providing realistic and relevant training necessary to flawlessly execute our Navy’s timeless roles of sea control and power projection. U.S. 3rd Fleet works in close coordination with other numbered fleets to provide commanders with capable, ready forces to deploy forward and win in day-to-day competition, in crisis, and in conflict. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)
Marine Corps
U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, during a visit, board, search, and seizure mission rehearsal aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Tsushima Strait, Sept. 18, 2024. USINDOPACOM forces perform operations in and around critical sea passages and trade thoroughfares to deter threats that create regional instability and impinge on the free flow of goods, people, and ideas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)
Air Force
A CV-22 Osprey, assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron, approaches the air-refueling receptacle of an MC-130J Commando II during a night flight at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 12, 2024. The Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft that combines a helicopter’s vertical takeoff, hover and vertical landing qualities with the long-range, fuel efficiency and speed characteristics of a turboprop aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gracelyn Hess)
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore interdicts an overloaded makeshift vessel with 14 migrants in Mona Passage waters north of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, Sept. 23, 2024. The migrant group was repatriated at-sea to Dominican Republic Navy authorities just off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Sept. 25, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
