The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) breaks though the ice in the Beaufort Sea in support of Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2018. The five-week exercise that allows the U.S. Navy to assess its operational readiness in the Arctic, increase experience in the region, advance understanding of the Arctic environment and continue to develop relationships with other services, allies and partner organizations. (MC2 Micheal H. Lee/Navy)
1st Special Operations Squadron loadmasters prepare to drop a wreath from an MC-130H Combat Talon II, during a memorial flight off the coast of the Philippines, Feb. 26, 2018. The flight honored those who were lost when a 1st SOS MC-130E, call sign STRAY 59, crashed 37 years ago during an exercise, killing eight members of the crew and 15 passengers. (Staff Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks/Air Force)
Staff Sgt. Benjamin Reynolds, 891st Missile Security Forces Squadron response force leader, crouches in rotor wash during a field training exercise at Turtle Mountain State Forest, N.D., Feb. 14, 2018. During the exercise 91st Security Forces Group defenders coordinated simulated medical evacuations with two 54th Helicopter Squadron UH-1N Iroquois. (Sr. Airman J.T. Armstrong/Air Force)
Lt. Joshua Johnson lifts weights in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt and its carrier strike group are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (MC3 Alex Perlman/Navy)
U.S. Navy HN Wayne O. Jaworski, 25, from Fairview, Tennessee, Basic Reconnaissance Course 2-18, runs a confidence course aboard Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., March 8, 2018. Marines and Sailors were tasked with completing the course in 12 minutes or less, challenging their mental and physical endurance. (Lance Cpl. Haley McMenamin/Marines)
Senior Airman Heather Carter, a wounded warrior athlete, throws a shot put during the track and field competition at the 5th Annual Air Force Wounded Warrior Trials at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 27, 2018. The Air Force Trials is an adaptive and resiliency sports event designed to promote the mental and physical well-being of the participants. (Sr. Airman James R. Crow/Air Force)
A pararescueman rappels out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, during training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 22, 2018. (Sr. Airman Kevin Tanenbaum/Air Force)
Pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, walk down the flightline prior to a practice demonstration at NAF El Centro, California. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform more than 60 demonstrations at more than 30 locations across the U.S. in 2018. (MC2 Jess Gray/Navy)
A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, operates the canopy of his parachute while conducting a high altitude, high opening military free fall jump working with a C-130J Super Hercules flown by the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 4, 2018. Guardian Angel Team members conduct training on all aspects of combat, medical procedures and search and rescue tactics to hone their skills, providing the highest level of tactical capabilities to combatant commanders. (Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook/Air Force)
Ensign Nancy Smith uses the bridge-to-bridge radio aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) to speak with a marine patrol craft during Multisail 18. Multisail is a bilateral training exercise improving interoperability between the U.S. and Japanese forces. This exercise benefits from realistic, shared training enhancing our ability to work together to confront any contingency. (MC1 Benjamin Dobbs/Navy)
