Motivational speaker, former Navy pilot and prisoner of war, Capt. Charlie Plumb, addresses the audience during the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s lecture series, Airmen Everywhere, at Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif. Capt. Plumb spent six years as a prisoner of war in Hanoi and now uses his experience to motivate others. (Sarah Corrice/Air Force)
Airman Ashton Mckenzie (left) from Groveland, Florida, and Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) Airman Lorenzo Moreno from Phoenix remove the chains from a UH-1Y Huey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), in preparation for launch from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Lyle Wilkie/Navy)
SOJTF-OIR Commander Major General James Jarrard provides assistant gunner support to a member of 5th Special Forces Group (A) 5310 Operation Detachment Bravo during counter ISIS operations in southern Syria. (Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor/Army)
A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean. (Cpl. Jon Sosner/Marines)
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, assault an objective during Decisive Action Rotation 18-02 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif. (Spc. Daniel Parrott/Army)
