Cpl. Allen J. Chapman, a primary marksmanship instructor, corrects the firing position of Rct. Jason K. Hunt, Platoon 2086, Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, on Sept. 9, 2015, on Parris Island, S.C. For one week, recruits learn and practice the fundamentals of marksmanship before shooting live rounds the following week. Chapman, 23, is from Augusta, Ga. Hunt, 20, from Warner Robins, Ga., is scheduled to graduate Oct. 23, 2015. Parris Island has been the site of Marine Corps recruit training since Nov. 1, 1915. Today, approximately 20,000 recruits come to Parris Island annually for the chance to become United States Marines by enduring 13 weeks of rigorous, transformative training. Parris Island is home to entry-level enlisted training for approximately 50 percent of males and 100 percent of females in the Marine Corps. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Vanessa Austin)
A Lebanese Army Commando eats a live snake during a security convention in Beirut on September 9, 2015. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EIDJOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images
TOPSHOTS South Korean soldiers play the roles of both South Korean forces and invading North Korean soldiers during a re-enactment of the 1950 battle of Nakdong River to mark the 65th anniversary at the town of Waegwan in Chilgok county on September 10, 2015. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as Stalinst North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JEJUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images
Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year contestant, Staff Sgt. Russell Vidler, 98th Training Division (IET), leaps over the high wall on the Fit to Win obstacle course on the third day of the four-day TRADOC Drill Sergeant of the Year competition held at Fort Jackson, S.C., Sept. 7-10, 2015. Vidler is in a head-to-head competition with Staff Sgt. Mark Mercer, 95th Training Division (IET), for the title of Army Reserve's top drill sergeant. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton)
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany conduct aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall Air Base, England during a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over the United Kingdom. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)
150909-N-ZZ999-003 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 9, 2015) – Damage Controlman 3rd Class Lillie Bland operates a fog machine to simulate smoke during a mass casualty drill in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is underway conducting flight deck certifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Anderson W. Branch/Released)
Cpl. Drew Blincoe plays morning reveille at Civic Space Park in Phoenix, Sept. 9, 2015, part of Marine Week Phoenix. Marine Week Phoenix gives the people of Phoenix an opportunity to see Marine Corps history, traditions and values.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work is given a tour of the subterranean Norwegian Joint Headquarters by Norwegian Secretary of State Øystein Bø, right, and Lt. Gen. Morten Haga Lunde near Bodo, Norway, Sept. 9, 2015. (DoD Photo by Glenn Fawcett/Released)
A Marine with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment scans out of a window for a simulated enemy in the Infantry Immersion Trainer during Exercise Dawn Blitz at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Sept. 7, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational training exercise being conducted by Expeditionary Strike Group Three and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade to build U.S., Japan, Mexico and New Zealand’s amphibious operations and command and control capabilities through live, simulated and constructive military training activities.
A U.S. Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard presents the colors for the National Anthem at the opening ceremony for Marine Week Phoenix at Civic Space Park, Sept. 9, 2015. More than 800 Marines are participating in Marine Week Phoenix to give the citizens of the greater Phoenix area the opportunity to meet the individual Marines and celebrate community, country and Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps Combat Camera photo by Cpl Allison J. Herman/Released)
American military personnel walk next to an American fighter jets at Szentgyorgyi Dezso Air Base in Kecskemet, 85 kms (52 miles) southeast from Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The US Airforce are scheduled to perform joint defence exercises over the coming days. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
The Rev. Sam Godfrey, left, and Col. Mitchell I. Lewis, a chaplain with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, say a prayer Wednesday, Sept 9, 2015 during the Vicksburg District's Blessing of the Fleet on the Yazoo River Diversion Canal at Vicksburg City Front. The Blessing of the Fleet dates back to medieval times and is a tradition the Vicksburg District conducts for its Mat Sinking Unit prior to their departure for revetment and dredging season. (Justin Sellers/The Vicksburg Post via AP)
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