U.S. Marine Cpl. Alexandra Martin from Camp Butler Okinawa placed first for the female athletes participating in the 2019 High Intensity Tactical Training (HITT) Championship aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 12, 2019. During the championship, competitors from all across the Marine Corps battle for the title of HITT Champion. The championship spans over four days, and includes seven challenges, which test the athletes’ physical and mental fortitude. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kirstin Spanu)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Rachael Greene, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evans (WPC-1110), listens to residents of Pelican Point, Bahamas Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 describe the damage caused by Hurricane Dorian. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally
Petty Officer 3rd Class Isabella Somerville, a health serrvice technician from Coast Guard Sector Key West, looks over the damage on Sweetings Cay, Bahamas Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 during the Coast Guard's Hurricane Dorian response efforts in the Bahamas. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally
Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 307th Bomb Wing conduct operations at RAF Fairford, England, Sept. 11-12, 2019. The unit was on hand to support Exercise Ample Strike 19 and Exercise Cobra Warrior. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ted Daigle)
SAN DIEGO (Sep. 13, 2019) First class petty officers selected to become chief petty officers march during a pinning ceremony for the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9 in the hangar of the “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 on Naval Air Station North Island. Theodore Roosevelt is homeported in San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Sean Lynch/Released)
Army 2nd Lt. Rachel Koontz, right, assigned to the 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, prepares a sling load during U.S. Army Pathfinder qualification at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 11, 2019. The U.S. Army Pathfinder School provided the Alaska Soldiers a three week course in which the students navigated dismounted, established and operated a day/night helicopter landing zone, a day/night Air Force Computed Air Release Point drop zone, Army drop zones, conducted sling load operations, and provided air traffic control as well as navigational assistance to rotary and fixed wing aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña)
MILROY, Pa. (September 13, 2019) Chief Navy Counselor James Pullom places a chief petty officer combination cover on Chief Hospital Corpsman Dianne Thorpe, assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Pittsburgh, during a chief pinning ceremony at the Hartman Center in Milroy, Pa., Sept. 13. The CPO pinning ceremony was the culmination of an intense six-week training period where senior leaders introduced the CPO selectees to a set of challenges that were designed to strengthen their leadership and mentoring abilities. NTAG Pittsburgh, part of Navy Recruiting Command, recruits the next generation of Navy Sailors throughout areas in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Maryland. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Benjamin Dobbs/Released)
Senior Airman Reagan Alesko, a recruiter for the 142nd Fighter Wing, does some light reading on Portland State University’s campus near downtown Portland. As a member of the Oregon Air National Guard, Alesko is entitled to 100% tuition assistance for any 4-year or community state college in the state of Oregon. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Steph Sawyer, 142nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs)
Airman 1st Class Courtney Burke and Airman Brandon Watts, 362nd Training Squadron A-10 crew chief apprentice course students, perform a post-flight inspection at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 29, 2018. The Airmen are tasked to carefully inspect the air hose, seatbelt, canopy and gauges to ensure proper function for flying. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Madeleine E. Remillard)
U.S. Navy Mikala Hawkins, Cryptologic Technician Technical, Information Warfare Training Command, Corry Station, Pensacola, Fla., competes in the 2019 Air Force and Inter-Service Alpha Warrior Battles, as members from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy show their support Sept. 12, 2019, at the Alpha Warrior Proving Grounds, Selma, Texas. The Air Force partnered with Alpha Warrior three years ago to deliver functional fitness training to Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)