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Open Image ModalKentucky Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kathleen Braithwaite removes a wheel from a M977 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck in Frankfort, KY., March 16, 2017. (credit:Staff Sgt Scott Raymond/National Guard)
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Open Image ModalU.S. Army 1st Lt. Audrey Griffith points out an area of interest during a force protection drill to Spc. Heidi Gerke along the perimeter of Forward Operating Base Hadrian in Deh Rawud, Afghanistan on March 18, 2013. Both women are members of the 92nd Engineer Battalion from Fort Stewart, Ga. (credit:Australian Army WO2 Andrew Hetherington/Combined Team Uruzgan Public Affairs/U.S. Army)
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Open Image ModalSailors man the bridge helm station to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin during a replenishment-at-sea on Oct. 24, 2014. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Declan Barnes/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalStaff Sgt. Saber Barrera, with 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron firetruck and refueling maintenance, works with a co-worker to replace an engine starter in Southwest Asia on Aug. 27, 2015. (credit:Racheal E. Watson/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalCpl. Denise Houston hangs on to a Zodiac boat as she, along with fellow soldiers, try to get the watercraft turned back over on Aug. 14 at Fort Leonard Wood's Training Area. (credit:Staff Sgt. Mark Patton/U.S. Army)
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Open Image ModalLance Cpl. Eleanor H. Roper (right) and field radio operator with Ragnarok Company, 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pulls a Marine Corps Cold Weather Infantry Kit up a slope during a field exercise aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, C.A. on Jan. 31, 2014. (credit:Lance Cpl. Sullivan Laramie/U.S. Marine Corps)
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Open Image ModalOfficer Candidates participate in a tug-of-war competition as part of a team building and physical training session during Phase I Officer Candidate School from June 9-22, 2013. (credit:Senior Officer Candidate Denny D. Tellez/U.S. Army)
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Open Image ModalChief Aviation Ordnanceman Misty Beck is pinned by her wife during a chief petty officer pinning ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stephanie Smith/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalSailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) man lines to recover a safety boat on Jan. 23, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chelsea Troy Milburn/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalPfc. Christina Fuentes Montenegro and other Marines from Delta Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-East, receive final instructions prior to assaulting an objective during the Infantry Integrated Field Training Exercise aboard Camp Geiger, N.C. on Nov 15, 2013. Montenegro is one of three female Marines to be the first women to graduate infantry training with the battalion. (credit:CWO2 Paul S. Mancuso/U. S. Marine Corps)
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Open Image ModalQuartermaster 2nd Class Nyzherelle Wilson (left) conducts training with Quartermaster Seaman Fayden Cunningham on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin on April 20, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist Seaman David Flewellyn/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalThe “dead leg crawl” is one of nine obstacles on the Air Assault obstacle course at Fort Bliss, Texas. Pvt. Sonja Robinson, human resources specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, survived the barbed wire and completed the course with her company during Sergeant’s Time Training on Nov. 14. (credit:Spc. Jeanita C. Pisachubbe, 1st AD CAB Public Affairs/U.S. Army)
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Open Image ModalSgt. Dagan Indeck assists Navy Diver 2nd Class Valerie De Freitas during a Mark V familiarization dive to commentate the Year of the Military Diver at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Harry Andrew D. Gordon/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalSpc. Sabrina Day, 132nd Military Police Company, South Carolina National Guard, smothers her 3-year-old son, Blake with hugs and kisses on Aug. 4, 2014, at Eagle Aviation in Columbia, S.C. upon returning from deployment to Afghanistan. (credit:Sgt. Brad Mincey/U.S. Army National Guard)
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Open Image ModalSenior Airman Kathryn Raethel, 437th Operations Support Squadron airfield management technician, drives the entire length of the flightline during her night shifts, looking for any damaged runway lights or directional signs used by aircraft on Feb. 9, 2015, at Joint Base Charleston, SC. (credit:Senior Airman Dennis Sloan/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalLt Cmdr. Melissa Buryl, a pediatrician stationed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, VA, checks a child's vital signs at the Hattieville Government School on April 17, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kameren Guy Hodnett/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalIs this the photo of the year? Click âlikeâ to place your vote and share your favorites with your friends! Donât forget to check out the bracket to see which photos are competing against each other! - - - - Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, commander of the First Coast Guard District, visits U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle at Rockland, Maine, Aug. 1, 2014. The students were taking part in a seven-week traditional military indoctrination period known as Swab Summer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Rear Adm. Linda Fagan.) (credit:Rear Adm. Linda Fagan/U.S. Coast Guard)
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Open Image ModalChief Warrant Officer Heather Bove hugs her son, Gabriel, after returning to Kodiak, Alaska, from a patrol aboard Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley on Sept. 24, 2014. (credit:Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Honings/U.S. Coast Guard)
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Open Image ModalPfc. Bittner (left) from 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. 2nd Battalion 1st Infantry Regiment. B Company, 1st platoon and Operations Specialist 3rd Class Ashley North from Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah use tape to wrap detonation cord together as part of training on how to properly handle and prepare explosives for disposal during weapon and explosives training on Forward Operating Base Farah's weapon range. (credit:Lt. Chad A. Dulac/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalU.S. Army Spc. Elizabeth Ibabao goes across a rope bridge at the obstacle course during U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany on Aug. 20, 2013. (credit:Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/U.S. Army )
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Open Image ModalSpc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, applies grease to her vehicle at Multinational Base at Tarin Kot, Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2013. Metzger, a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle driver, performs daily maintenance on the vehicle. (credit:Sgt. Jessi Ann McCormick/U.S. Army National Guard)
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Open Image ModalPrivate First Class Courtney Erwin secures an anchor cable to a C-17 assigned the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan on Aug. 21, 2013. (credit:Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalMaj. Anjeli Nayar, a 455th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron intensive care unit general internist, simulates patient care on a hospital staff member on Sept. 19, 2015, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. (credit:Senior Airman Cierra Presentado/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalAirmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conduct medical evacuation drills on Aug. 5, 2015, in Baumholder, Germany. (credit:Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalA U.S. Airman with the Bagram Air Field Honor Guard participates in the 455th Expeditionary Mission Support Group change of command ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan on Aug. 3, 2015. (credit:Tech. Sgt. Joseph Swafford/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalSenior Airman Hope Poialii leads the flag detail at an honor guard graduation ceremony on March 4, 2015, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (credit:U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr./Released)
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Open Image Modal1st Lt. Meaghan Cosand, C-5B Galaxy pilot with the 312th Airlift Squadron, starts engines in preparation for takeoff from Kadena Air Base, Japan on Aug. 15, 2014. She was flying a mobility channel mission, moving high-priority cargo and passengers among air bases in the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility. (credit:Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker/U.S. Air Force)
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Open Image ModalA daughter greets her mother after the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy returns to homeport at Naval Base San Diego on Sept. 27, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric Coffer/U.S. Navy )
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Open Image ModalA Sailor takes a woman to medical staff aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore. Rushmore rescued 65 people from a sinking craft in the Pacific Ocean between the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sulawesi, June 10, 2015. (credit:Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos/U.S. Marine Corps)
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Open Image ModalEnsign Danielle Garbarino monitors inbound supplies from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lenthall during a replenishment-at-sea aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross on May 1, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalLt. j.g. Lisa Schmidt stands the tango charlie watch in the combat information center aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Forrest Sherman on Jan. 22, 2015. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor N. Stinson/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalLt. j.g Betty Chang, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin, plots casualty status on a chart of the ship during a damage control drill on Oct. 14, 2014. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Declan Barnes/U.S. Navy)
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Open Image ModalCmdr. Camille Flaherty, commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke, observes operations in the combat information center on June 15, 2014. (credit:Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Carlos M. Vazquez II/U.S. Navy)