In this general overview of Soldier Field,American flag is displayed on the field during national anthem before an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
CORRECTS TO PARIS-BOUND TRAIN - President Barack Obama meets with, from left, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, Air Force Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, and Anthony Sadler, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, to honor them for heroically subduing a gunman on a Paris-bound passenger train last month. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
U.S. Air Force pararescuemen are hoisted into an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during training at an undisclosed location in Iraq, Sept. 15, 2015. Pararescuemen are on 24-hour alert and train extensively in emergency medical tactics, combat survival, and personnel recovery to support Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brittany E. Jones)
Senior Airman Christian Torres, 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, performs an inversion technique during the repelling demonstration portion of the 2015 Battle of the Badges Sept. 12, 2015, at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Camp Talon Fire Training Area. This year’s Battle of the Badges was comprised of three main events for time: a tactical shooting challenge, firefighter combat challenge and fire truck pull. In addition the traditional challenges, this year’s event gave both defenders and firefighters the opportunity to show case parts of their missions with repelling, military working dog and Taser demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Alexandria Slade/released)
Outgoing Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, a Pittsburgh native and Steelers fan, reacts to a gift from Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus during the change of command ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on Friday, September 18, 2015.
U.S. Army Soldiers with the Special Troops Battalion Salute Battery, 171st Bde., Fort Jackson Command prepare three M116 pack howitzers, the oldest of which was commissioned in 1938, for a change of command ceremony for the Army Reserve’s 108th Training Command (IET) as the sun rises at Fort Jackson, S.C., Sept. 19, 2015. They are called “pack” howitzers because they were originally pulled by pack animals. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar)
Soldiers and Marines march past Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a pass and review at the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action National Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon, Sept. 18, 2015.
U.S. Marines with Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, conduct patrol-based operations and engage in platoon-level attacks with troops from His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga, the New Zealand Defence Force, the French Army of New Caledonia and the Tongan Royal Guards during their culminating event for Exercise Tafakula 15 Sept. 9-11 on Tongatapu Island, Tonga. Each military force split into integrated platoons for the event that comprised of 72 hours of patrolling, land navigation and attacking mock enemy positions. The rotational deployment of U.S. Marines in Darwin affords unprecedented combined training opportunities such as Exercise Tafakula and improves interoperability between the involved forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)
U.S. Army Capt. Jonathon P. Mathias, commander, Company B, 1st Battalion, 503 Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and Hungarian 1st Lt. Balazs Kiss, a platoon leader with the 88th Light Mixed Battalion, 25th Infantry Brigade, Hungarian Defense Forces look at a map at Aviano Air Base, Italy, prior to a combined airborne operation into Hungary as part of Exercise Brave Warrior, Sept. 15.
Runners take off at the start of the 2015 U.S. Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept 19, 2015. (Courtesy photo/Wes Farnsworth)
U.S. Marine Cpl. Nassim Amirouche, left, and U.S. Marine Sgt. Michael Parker play a duet during the 20th Annual Combined Band Concert, at Okinawa Civic Hall, in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2015. The concert celebrated the long-standing relationship between the Marine and Japan Ground Self Defense Force musical ensembles, affording them the opportunity to once again combine forces and musically stimulate an audience. Amirouche, from Stratford, Connecticut, and Parker, from Cazenovia, New York, are saxophonist with the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ezequiel Rodriguez, 18th Operations Support Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of airfield management and Tech. Sgt. Dustin Troyer, 18th OSS deputy airfield manager, prepare to launch a sky lantern during the POW/MIA Sky Lantern Ceremony Sept. 17, 2015, at the Kadena Marina, Kadena Air Base, Japan. The lanterns were lit in remembrance of POWs and MIAs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Lynette M. Rolen)
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