U.S. sailors aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington watch the USNS Walter S. Diehl steam alongside during a replenishment-at-sea in the South China Sea, June 23, 2014. The George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
Sailors use a crash crane to practice rigging a damaged aircraft during flight deck drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Atlantic Ocean, July 13, 2014. The Kearsarge is conducting sea trials. The sailors are assigned to the crash and salvage team.
Marine Sgt. Nathaniel Jagger examines an M-16 competition rifle at the 53rd Annual Interservice Rifle Championship on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., July 7, 2014. The competitors' rifles are weighted to fit their individual needs, allowing them to keep steady aim and reduce the recoil from heavy bullets. Jagger is a precision weapons specialist assigned to Weapons Training Battalion, Marine Corps Base Quantico.
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U.S. soldiers move under the cover of green smoke before entering a building as part of their final training lanes and evaluations on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 12, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to U.S. Army Central Command Warrior Leadership Course.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Link, center, prepares to fire his weapon while training with the M24 Sniper Weapon System on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 11, 2014. Link is assigned to the 673rd Security Forces Squadron.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Eduardo Ellorin, left, and U.S. Navy Seaman Cory Migneault spread mortar while building a wall during a Pacific Partnership 2014 engineering project at San Fernando School in Tacloban, Philippines, July 6, 2014. Ellorin is an equipment operator, and Migneault is a steelworker constructionman. Pacific Partnership is an annual deployment designed to strengthen maritime and humanitarian partnerships during disaster relief operations.
U.S. paratroopers conduct an airborne operation in Nurmsi, Estonia, July 8, 2014. About 600 paratroopers from the brigade are in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as part of Operation Atlantic Resolve to demonstrate commitment to NATO obligations and sustain interoperability with allied forces. The paratroopers are assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade.
A U.S. Marine Corps Landing Attack Subsequent Operations team and U.S. Navy Coastal Riverine Squadron 2 service members conduct insert extract training with the Belize defense force during Southern Partnership Station 2014 on the Moho River in Belize, July 9, 2014. The training exercise focused on subject matter expert exchanges between the U.S. Navy, Marines and Belize forces
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Mike Allen provides security from inside a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a flight after conducting slingload training on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, July 1, 2014. Allen is a crew chief assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion.
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Paul searches a pile of dead vegetation for dangerous materials during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2014. Paul is a combat engineer assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.
An E-2C Hawkeye prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf, July 3, 2014. The George H.W. Bush is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The hawkeye is part of the Bear Aces of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Hamad bin Ali al Attiyah,Qatari minister of state for defense affairs, sign a defense agreement at the Pentagon, July 14, 2014.
U.S. Marines sprint across a field to load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 4, 2014. The Marines, assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, operated in Gereshk for three days and were involved in numerous engagements with Taliban insurgents.
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Rebecca Seiler performs a dead lift at the 1000-Pound Club competition on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, July 6, 2014. Seiler is a rail crew member assigned to the 1st Theater Sustainment Command.
Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Chris Cline, on watch as the helicopter control officer, observes from the littoral combat ship USS Independence as sailors attach netting to an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 6 during vertical replenishment exercises in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2014.
Guests ride an aircraft elevator to the flight deck during a ship tour aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, July 5, 2014. The ship is in Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in the exercise in and around Hawaii fromJune 26 to Aug. 1.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John Winjum, a military working dog handler, stands duty at the Port of Djibouti during an inspection of ships, tugboats and the pier on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, July 7, 2014. Winjum is assigned to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti security forces. (7/13/14首页）
Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., left, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., center, and Marine Corps Col. Benjamin T. Watson, garrison commander, salute during the pass and review portion of the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., July 11, 2014. The Marines held the parade in Winnefeld's honor.
Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., left, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., center, and Marine Corps Col. Benjamin T. Watson, garrison commander, salute during the pass and review portion of the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., July 11, 2014. The Marines held the parade in Winnefeld's honor.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Romine loads a foam round into an M203 grenade launcher during training on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 30, 2014. The course included techniques to disperse crowds, riot control formations and weapons handling. Romine is a mortar man with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addresses soldiers during a question and answer session on Fort Rucker, Ala., July 10, 2014. Hagel also received a tour of the base's UH-72 and TH-67 helicopters
U.S. soldiers hook up a slingload to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, July 1, 2014. The soldiers who hooked up the slingload are assigned to the 1569th Transportation Company, and the helicopter crew members who provided support are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrives at Jacksonville International Airport, Fla., July 9, 2014, en route to talk to submariners on Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in southeastern Georgia. While on the submarine base, Hagel also will tour the ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee and visit a Trident submarine refit facility.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel addresses service members on Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia, July 9, 2014. Hagel toured the USS Tennessee during his visit and held an all-hands call where he hosted a question and answer session.
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work meets with wounded warriors at a luncheon at the Pentagon, July 11, 2014.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, gives Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera a University of Nebraska tennis shirt at the Pentagon, July 11, 2014. The two defense leaders met to discuss issues of mutual interest
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, gives Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera a University of Nebraska T-shirt at the Pentagon, July 11, 2014. The two defense leaders met to discuss issues of mutual interest.
U.S. sailors coordinate insertion and extraction training with the Belize Special Boat unit as part of Southern Partnership Station 2014 on the Moho River, Belize, July 3, 2014. The training exercise focused on subject matter expert exchanges between the U.S. Navy and partner nation forces.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel enters the Army Aviation Museum to address soldiers during a question-and-answer session on Fort Rucker, Ala., July 10, 2014.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Siara Rodriguez lights off the boiler with assistance from Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Cockrum on the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan in the U.S. 5th fleet area of responsibility, July 10, 2014. The Bataan is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to augment U.S. crisis response forces in the region.
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory provides an infrared satellite image of Super Typhoon Neoguri, showing the storm near Okinawa, Japan, July 8, 2014. The Navy lab is based in Monterey, Calif.
U.S. sailors assess damage to Camp Shields, Japan, July 9, 2014, after Super Typhoon Neoguri struck Okinawa, Japan, July 8. The sailors are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David Merrifield completes an obstacle course the U.S. Marines built at Price Barracks in Ladyville, Belize, June 30, 2014. The Marines are in Belize as part of Southern Partnership Station 2014, a U.S. Navy and Marine Corps deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Catalina Logo trains for combat conditioning for the U.S. Marine Corps martial arts program during Southern Partnership Station 2014 in Punta Gorda, Belize, July 1, 2014. Southern Partnership Station is a U.S. Navy deployment focused on subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security forces. 这是美国海军的武术课
Air Force Staff Sgt. Trung Dinh, left, and Senior Airman Devin Milburn attach a GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided bomb onto an MQ-9 Reaper during a loading competition on Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June 30, 2014. The competition consists of two three-man teams from different aircraft maintenance units competing to build skills and promote camaraderie. Dinh is a 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief and Milburn is a 432nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron support technician.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaks with two F-35A Lightning II crew members during his visit to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., July 10, 2014, during a two-day trip to visit bases in the South.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel greets sailors assigned to the USS Tennessee as he arrives on Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., July 9, 2014. While on the submarine base, Hagel also toured the ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee and a Trident submarine refit facility.
A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush takes off after a joint fire exercise with Army AH-64 Apaches and Air Force joint terminal attack controllers near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 8, 2014. The Army Apaches are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 159th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, and the Air Force controllers are assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Air Operations Squadron.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel eats lunch with chief petty officers on the USS Tennessee on Naval Base Kings Bay, Ga., July 9, 2014.
U.S. soldiers clear a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after hooking up a slingload on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, July 31, 2014. The soldiers who hooked up the slingload are assigned to the 1569th Transportation Company, and helicopter crew who provided support are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion.
The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform precision stunts during the Warriors Over the Wasatch Air Show on Hill Air Force Base, Utah, June 28, 2014.
U.S. Navy sailors man the helm in the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd during a general quarters drill in the South China Sea, July 5, 2014. The Kidd is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting regional security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.
U.S. Navy Lt. Diane Kruse, left, and Lt. Alyse Dason practice yoga poses on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf, July 5, 2014. The ship is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility
U.S. Navy Lt. Diane Kruse, left, and Lt. Alyse Dason practice yoga poses on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf, July 5, 2014. The ship is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joshua Sloan replaces a tire on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 6, 2014, to prepare to move it off the island in advance of a massive typhoon expected to hit Okinawa. Several typhoons threaten the island each year, but military personnel can quickly secure their equipment and aircraft from the damaging winds.
U.S. airmen prepare to deploy from Kadena Air Base, Japan, to the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 6, 2014. The airmen deployed earlier than planned due to a massive typhoon predicted to hit Okinawa with wind gusts nearing 200 mph. The biennial exercise is the world's largest international maritime training event involving sea and air elements.
U.S. crew members service a KC-135 Stratotanker on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 6, 2014, to prepare to move it off of Okinawa in advance of a massive typhoon expected to hit the island. The crew is assigned to the 718th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet makes an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington at sea, July 7, 2014. The ship and Carrier Air Wing 5, an embarked unit, provide a combat-ready force to protect and defend the maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Hornet is assigned to the Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron 115.
Two Japanese soldiers, left and center, advance as part of an amphibious assault while their squads provide cover during Rim of the Pacific 2014 at Pyramid Rock Beach, Oahu, July 1, 2014. The soldiers trained with U.S. Marines assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion based in Okinawa, Japan. The biennial exercise is the world's largest international maritime training event
U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Allen G. Frymire reports a position over a PRC-152 radio during an operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 28, 2014. Frymire is a platoon commander assigned to 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. Such reports allow other ground and air units to know troop locations during combat operations.
U.S. soldiers prepare a CH-47F Chinook helicopter before conducting the night portion of slingload training on Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, June 30, 2014. The soldiers are crew chiefs assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 169th General Support Aviation Battalion.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, right, talks with British Adm. Sir George Zambellas, first sea lord and the British Royal Navy's chief of naval staff, during a reception before the HMS Queen Elizabeth ship naming ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, July 4, 2014. The ship is Britain's newest aircraft carrier.
U.S. Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, center, chief of naval operations, chats with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, left, and British Gen. Sir. Nicholas Houghton, chief of defense staff, during a reception before the HMS Queen Elizabeth ship naming ceremony in Rosyth, Scotland, July 4, 2014. The ship is Britain's newest aircraft carrier.
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work walks with Jon Thompson, the permanent secretary of the British Ministry of Defense, in London, July 3, 2014.
U.S. sailors and Marines participate ibn a safety stand down on the flight deck of the USS Bataan in the Mediterranean Sea, June 21, 2014. The Bataan, with elements of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to augment U.S. crisis response forces in the region.
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents Robert F. Hale, who served as Defense Department comptroller since 2009, with the Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award during a retirement ceremony at the Pentagon, July 7, 2014. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other leaders also attended.
Air Force Staff Sgt. Zackery Coder checks computer data during Exercise Red Flag-Alaska 14-2 on Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Alaska, June 19, 2014. Coder is a crew chief assigned to the 36th Aircraft Maintenance Unit on Osan Air Base, South Korea
Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers the commencement address at the National Defense University on Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., June 12, 2014. The university is a national security institution focused on advanced joint education, leader development and scholarship.
A U.S. Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier the USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, June 4, 2014. The George Washington is supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The Greyhound is assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 30.
A T-45 Goshawk performs a touch and go on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean, June 7, 2014. The Roosevelt is preparing for future deployments.
A B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., performs air refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from Royal Air Force Mildenhall over Cornwall, England, June 11, 2014. Whiteman is participating in familiarization training operations while deployed to England
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jemarco Brooks runs a hose out to refuel a returning U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft on Lask Air Base, Poland, June 9, 2014. This is the first time U.S. forces have done hot pit refueling in Poland. U.S. forces supported Exercise Eagle Talon and Baltops14, two exerciese, by providing a rotation of 18 F-16 aircraft to train with NATO partners. Brooks is a fuels distribution operator assigned to the 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Gordon conducts a hot brake check on his vehicle en route to Powidz Air Base, Poland, June 3, 2014. Three groups of vehicles left Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to convoy nearly 90 U.S. airmen to Poland to support Eagle Talon, an exercise to increase NATO interoperability.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Chris Tabares, left, executes drills with an M249 squad automatic weapon with Pfc. Luis Mejialagos during Fuji Warrior at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji in Shizuoka, Japan, June 8, 2014. During the exercise, Marines and sailors learn to operate numerous weapons. Mejialagos, an administrative specialist, and Tabares, an electrician, are assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.
Marine Corps Cpl. Carl Provost shaves Lance Cpl. Lukasz Wlodkowski on Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 8, 2014. Provost is a automotive mechanic assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Wlodkowski is an automotive maintenance technician assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 5.
Ensign Sean Lawlor takes a bearing from the bridge during a general quarters drill on the USS Kidd in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, June 13, 2014. The Kidd is supporting regional security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, hosts a full-honors ceremony to welcome Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to the Pentagon, June 13, 2014. The two leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, walks with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott after hosting a full-honors ceremony to welcome him to the Pentagon, June 13, 2014. The two leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance.
A landing craft air cushion maneuvers toward the USS Makin Island during a certification exercise off the coast of southern California, June 10, 2014. The exercise serves as the final at-sea period for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 5.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kevin E. Kusler maintains a low profile while he crawls over a stone wall during the jungle endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves in Okinawa, Japan, June 20, 2014. Kusler, a machine gunner, is assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
Afghan security forces await presidential runoff election results and plan counterinsurgency tactics as U.S. members of the International Security Assistance Force assist in the operations coordination center on Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, June 14, 2014. The Afghan forces were responsible for ensuring the safety of the Afghan people during the elections.
A member of the Afghan security forces sits next to a U.S. member of the International Security Assistance Force as Afghan forces await results for presidential runoff elections and plan counterinsurgency tactics in the operations coordination center on Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, June 14, 2014. The Afghan forces were responsible for ensuring the safety of the Afghan people during the elections
Senior leasers with Afghan security forces display their inked fingers after voting during presidential runoff elections on Forward Operating Base Gamberi in Afghanistan's Laghman province, June 14, 2014. U.S. members of the International Security Assistance Force assisted the Afghan security forces, which were responsible for ensuring the safety of the Afghan people during the elections
Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs reporters at the Pentagon, June 13, 2014. Kirby said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel continues to monitor the situation in Iraq, where an armed militant extremist group called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL, has taken over several cities and routed segments of the Iraqi armed forces.
Frank Kendall, right, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, and Sean Stackley, the Navy's assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition, brief reporters at the Pentagon June 13, 2014
Panoramic view of the Pentagon， US Department of Defense building
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Pilots and crew chiefs from 2nd Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, assist in firefighting efforts near Morgan Utah on July 23rd, 2014. The crew of two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters dropped over twenty-nine thousand pounds of water in an effort to control the tunnel canyon fire in northern Utah. The helicopter crew coordinated with the Utah Forest Service in order to adequately contain the flames. The aircrew's training and experience allowed them to assist in the firefighting efforts with accuracy and efficiency. Video by Airman 1st Class Danny Rangel. 空军黑鹰直升飞机协助灭火
Video: Budget Constraint Puts Squeeze on Pacific Air Forces。 经费紧张压缩驻太平洋的空军