Airmen perform a security halt during Exercise Scorpion Lens 15 on North Auxiliary Airfield in North, S.C., Feb. 11, 2015. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corey Hook
President Barack Obama signs the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, which calls for evaluation of existing Veterans Affairs mental health and suicide prevention programs and expands the reach of these programs for veterans, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at the White House in Washington. The bill is named for Clay Hunt of Texas, a Marine Corps combat veteran who struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and who killed himself in March 2011 at the age of 28. Richard Selke, father of Clay Hunt, reacts at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NORFOLK (Feb. 11, 2015) An FBI SWAT team provides integrated training assistance during Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield at Naval Station Norfolk. Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield is an annual force protection and anti-terrorism exercise designed to enhance the training and readiness of Navy security forces to respond to threats to installations and units. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justan Williams/Released) 150211-N-NU632-190 Join the conversation: http://www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil http://pinterest.com https://plus.google.com
This image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps shows Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit landing their amphibious assault vehicle Feb. 13, 2013 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Exercise Iron Fist. Nearly two dozen Marines were treated for exposure to a fire retardant gas Thursday Feb. 13, 2015 after an extinguishing system accidentally went off in an assault vehicle similar to the one shown during a training exercise, but there were no serious injuries, officials said. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Christopher OÕQuin)
U.S. Navy Seaman Patrick McCrimmon communicates with pilots from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk as it airlifts simulated casualties during medical evacuation training at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 5, 2015. McCrimmon is a hospital corpsman assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek
EAST CHINA SEA (Feb. 11, 2015) Sailors recover combat rubber raiding craft with Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) during night operations in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is deployed in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adam D. Wainwright/Released) 150211-N-LM312-036 Join the conversation: http://www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil http://pinterest.com https://plus.google.com
U.S. Army Soldiers from Chosen Company, 1st Battalion, 35st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division conduct an attack against the opposing force during Decisive Action Rotation 15-03 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 5, 2015. Decisive Action rotations at the NTC ensure units remain versatile responsive and consistently available for the current fight and unforeseen future contingencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charles Probst/Released)
In this Jan. 26, 2015 photo, made available by the U.S. Coast Guard, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star opens a channel through the ice to the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station, Antarctica, for the supply ship Ocean Giant. Solar Star's crew is aiding in the rescue of the Australian boat Antarctic Chieftain that suffered damage to three of its four propellers after getting stuck Wednesday Feb. 11, 2015, and can no longer maneuver. (AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 1st Class, George Degener)
Graduate Park Jin, left, is congratulated by U.S. Navy LCDR Daniel E. "Dan-o" McShane of Charlotte, NC. after a graduation ceremony as South Korean border guard soldiers stand on the stage at the Tae Sung Dong Elementary School in Paju, South Korea, near Panmunjom inside the Demilitarized Zone separating South and North Korea, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. The school is located just a few hundred meters from the fenced and mined border with North Korea. Four students graduated from the school Thursday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool)
U.S. Army Capt. Ryan Mortensen, chaplain, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, visits with children of The Middle Mosque of Lop Buri, in Lop Buri, Thailand, Feb. 3, 2015. Cobra Gold 15 allows U.S. Soldiers to build lasting bonds and promote a strengthened partnership between the two countries. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Samantha Van Winkle)
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 12: Army Gen. John Campbell, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, speaks with members of his staff as he waits to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee February 12, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony on the current situation in Afghanistan during the hearing. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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