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![Air Force Capt. Ryan Heil and a maintainer assigned stand on an F-15E Strike Eagle shortly after landing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb 13, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/gbAOEEZ1ODUQTPKcH7otl8SWXvo=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/YLQE7HEIVBELXNWJAEFQFZ3QG4.jpg)
![Soldiers conduct a simulated air assault from an Army CH-47 Chinook during training at Monte Romano Training Area, Italy, Jan. 27, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/8NBWv_a8VZVNieqM_BPgjM8T4LU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/HBRBHFR2SJBELJWIGVZVVL2TX4.jpg)
![Mount Etna lets off some steam in the background of P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft Feb. 16, 2021, at Sigonella, Italy.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/x1-Gakt_yc-DSO8eErKghyU70kg=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70):focal(760x1174:770x1184)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/FZTA7KB2ARC3READVODBOFS4NI.jpg)
![A 125th Special Tactics Squadron operator works on a new form of communication during a full mission profile in Pendleton, Ore., Feb. 4, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/zSpFw3mZ7mXR3fD1nOJpx3MHo60=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/6PVWFG57IRFC7JJ4Q6R5N4RXZU.jpg)
![A U.S. Marine jumps during airborne operations Feb. 9, 2021, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/Wgg21E0BGyGXr9VbCVLjupu8bO0=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7EBKUJ2V75EPPPTGFSP7QHRSEQ.jpg)
![An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck of USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) while conducting dual-carrier operations with the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea on Feb. 9, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/MFJe0SY1HjIB8K8E3sV3a0X7Foo=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TGGT4E2BL5FH3A5GBJFXBK2AFU.jpg)
![An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon conducts an aerial refueling with an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during exercise Cope North 21 near Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 18, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/eMjDS5pXOBj7Sj7QjEtaAImSmFw=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/QYGZGZOWFBDPPDEI3D7KT3GUZY.jpg)
![Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Neil Rioja participates in live-fire M240B machine gun range training Feb. 9, 2021, during Artillery Relocation Training Program 20.4 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/kugu8s5Vs_N1cyuRntTDWViVxRY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7AHCWE2GBREBJL2PLPA2NGTT2Q.jpg)
![A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point aircrew unloads a MH-65E Dolphin helicopter from a HC-130 Hercules airplane on Oahu, Hawaii, Jan. 28, 2021.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/SKHlpXiVeAtUzeYuxzBAmK-fBXY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TJ2LQVFSFFB2RKVJA7A54S4RCA.jpg)
![Air Force Capt. Gene Walker waves on a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches the landing zone during Cope North 21, Feb. 11, 2021, on Angaur, Palau.](https://www.armytimes.com/resizer/zaKx3iQCWBzLDmhrEh3hROr63eE=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/LYKQQX6IPNCU3JWWTMYLEAAIWU.jpg)
Air Force Capt. Ryan Heil and a maintainer assigned stand on an F-15E Strike Eagle shortly after landing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb 13, 2021. (Senior Airman Aaron Larue Guerrisky/Air Force)
Air Force Capt. Ryan Heil and a maintainer assigned stand on an F-15E Strike Eagle shortly after landing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb 13, 2021. (Senior Airman Aaron Larue Guerrisky/Air Force)