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A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, takes a rest during a patrol out of Patrol Base Lambad, Nawa, Afghanistan. March 2012.U.S. Marine photo by Cpl Johnny Merkley.

Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5, embarked aboard the dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), recover jettisoned ordnance in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area. Coral Sea. Aug 2013.U.S. Navy photo by Specialist 2nd Class Andrew B. Church.

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) during an underway replenishment. Oct 2013.U.S. Navy photo by Specialist 2nd Class Sean Hurt.

U.S. Marines sit inside a CH-53E Super Stallion as they participate in an interdiction operation from Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The Stallion is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, which provided support for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment during the operation in Gurjat Village. Oct 2013.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabriela Garcia.

An amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) departs the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). Carter Hall is a part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th MEU, deployed in support of maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Aug 2013.U.S. Navy photo by Specialist 3rd Class Sabrina Fine.

Cpl. Barrett Helzer from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, kneels in front of Canadian soldier Pvt. Alexandre Douville as he fires an 84mm high explosive anti-tank round from a Carl Gustav recoiless rifle. June 2013.U.S. Marine Corps Photo.

U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Andrews, Infantry squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Marshalltown, Iowa, looks into the valley from a mountaintop outside the village of Nengaresh, Afghanistan. Jan 2011.U.S Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson.

Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, conduct a patrol to suppress enemy activity in Sangin, Afghanistan. Jan 2011.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dexter S. Saulisbury.

The last troop movement out of Iraq, which included more than 100 vehicles and 500 Soldiers, began in darkness, as the convoy left Contingency Operating Base Adder, near the southern city of Nasiriya, heading toward the border. As dawn approached, the last trucks crossed the border into Kuwait at Khabari Crossing. Dec. 2011.

Lance Cpl. Sean Matthews, UH-1N Huey crew chief, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, firing an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun from a Huey during a live-fire, bilateral counterattack drill. May 2012.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Fisher.

A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker extends its boom to receive and refuel a C-17 Globemaster III over Germany. Nov 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tabitha M. Lee.

A view of Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., shows a fraction of the 143,000 wreaths placed at the graves of fallen service members during Wreaths Across America. Dec 2013.DOD photo by Sebastian Sciotti Jr.

Following the traditions of the NATO/ EuroTiger Meet, the Colorado ANG painted this F-16C in dramatic "tiger" markings for the Tiger Meet of the Americas. Aug 2001.Photo by Colorado Air National Guard.

US soldiers gather near a destroyed vehicle and protect their faces from rotor wash, as their wounded comrades are airlifted by a Medevac helicopter from the 159th Brigade Task Force Thunder to Kandahar Hospital. Aug 2011.Johannes Eisele - AFP/Getty Images

U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois, commonly known as Hueys, airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area during Operation Wahiawa, a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, South Vietnam. May 1966.U.S. Army archive photo.

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 391st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, launches heat decoys Dec. 15 during a close-air-support mission over Afghanistan. Dec. 2008.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Allmon.

Marines of 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit take cover as they wait to be extracted by helicopter during the final exercise at Exercise Africa Lion. April 2012. U.S. Marine photo by Photo by Cpl. Tyler Main.

Christmas in Kuwait - Hundreds of US Marines gather at Camp Commando in the Kuwait desert during a Christmas eve visit by Santa Claus, Dec. 24, 2002.Associated Press photo by Anja Niedringhaus.

Tears of joy flow when more than 300 Soldiers from XVIII Airborne Corps and 82nd Airborne Division reunite with their loved ones after serving a year-long deployment to Iraq during a ceremony at Pope Army Airfield on Fort Bragg, N.C. Dec 2011.U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax.

Air Force Maj. John Chrampanis discusses flight plans with Air Force Capt. Michael Kelly during Operation Christmas Drop over the Pacific Ocean. Chrampanis is commander of the 36th Airlift Squadron's C-130 Hercules aircraft on Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Kelly, a pilot, is assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron. Dec 2013.U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marianique Santos.