U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ty-Michael Maes, left, a team leader with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Lindenhurst, N.Y., directs his fire team during a bilateral live-fire assault exercise with the Saudi marines as part of Red Reef 15, Ras Al Khair, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 16. Red Reef is part of a routine biennial, bilateral exercise focused on increasing the tactical proficiency of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Saudi Naval Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)
Brig. Gen. Mike Bridges, acting adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, presents the ribbon of the Alaska Territorial Guard Service Medal to Andronik P. Kashevarof during an informal ceremony at Kashevarof’s house in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 19. Kashevarof served in the Alaska Territorial Guard’s St. George Island unit during World War II until 1947 when the ATG was disbanded. It was not until 2000 that the ATG were officially recognized as members of the U.S. Army. Since then, the state of Alaska Office of Veterans Affairs has been working to locate approximately 6,400 people who served in the ATG in order to recognize them for their service and ensure they receive Veterans Affairs coverage offered to all veterans of the U.S. armed forces. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Edward Eagerton)
U.S. Army Pfc. Caleb Blair, brigade radiotelephone operator, and an infantryman with 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division exits the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Dec. 22.
Micky, a patrol/explosives detection dog with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes a break from his daily exercises on the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima, Dec. 19, 2014. The 24th MEU deployed last week as a flexible, sea-based force tasked with providing crisis response across the range of military operations, from armed conflict to humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dani Zunun)
Family members of Sailors assigned to the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) hold up signs while the ship prepares to moor. Rodney M. Davis returns from its final deployment to the Pacific and Indian Ocean to Naval Station Everett. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeffry A. Willadsen/Released)
Capt. Kenneth Strong, executive officer aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), and Cmdr. Keisuke Tanoue, executive officer and air boss of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) First Escort Flotilla flagship Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH181), participate in a "Mochi-tsuki" event. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, provide a combat-ready forc (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Paolo Bayas/Released)
A paratrooper waits to exit a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an airborne operation as part of the Pathfinder Mobile Training Team course at Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 17, 2014. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Sgt. Eliverto V. Larios)
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno coins a Soldier during his visit to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mikki L. Sprenkle/Released)
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Peter Leugers, from Cincinnati, tightens retaining rails for a catapult on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is undergoing a planned incremental availability maintenance period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Estes/Released)
Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with service members and their families while attending the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers football game at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla., Dec. 21, 2014. The service members attended the game as part of the National Football League's Salute to Service initiative. DoD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp
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