Maj. Jason Curtis, Thunderbird 5, and Capt. Nicholas Eberling, Thunderbird 6, fly back from Minden, Nev., Aug. 25, 2015.

(U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jason Couillard)

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An F-22 Raptor takes off from Ämari Air Base, Estonia, Sept. 4, 2015. The F-22s have previously deployed to both the Pacific and Southwest Asia for Airmen to train in a realistic environment while testing partner nations' ability to host advanced aircraft like the F-22. The F-22s are deployed from the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.

United States Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandin Salazar greets his daughter on the flightline on Naval Base Ventura County following his return from deployment. Salazar is a steelworker assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five, which conducted maintenance and infrastructure improvements at U.S. military facilities in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations.

U.S. Navy photo by Chief Lowell Whitman

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‪‎U.S. Army‬ paratroopers, assigned to 82nd Airborne Division United States Army Europe - USAREUR, jump with more than 1,000 paratroopers from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and the U.K., executing a Joint Forcible Entry during Exercise ‪‎Swift Response‬ 15 in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 26, 2015.

U.S Army photo by Capt. Lisa Beum

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In this special report, the Defense Department marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most devastating storms in U.S. history. More than 60,000 troops and DoD civilians provided disaster assistance to New Orleans and Gulf Coast residents in Katrina's immediate aftermath, and have worked to help communities recover in the decade since.

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Marines watch as an MV-22 Osprey lands during an aircraft and personnel recovery mission as part of a realistic urban training exercise on Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015. The Marines are assigned to the ground combat element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

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U.S. Marine Corps with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice loading and unloading rounds during sustainment training. The Combined Anti-Armor Team, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

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U.S. Navy Sailors overlook San Diego Bay as they man the rails on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) while departing Naval Base Coronado. Ronald Reagan, the Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier, departed for Yokosuka, Japan.

‪U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke

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The Coast Guard’s latest 418-foot National Security Cutter, James (WSML 754), pulls into Boston Harbor Aug. 3, 2015. The James is the fifth of eight planned National Security Cutters – the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutters in the Coast Guard’s fleet. The cutters’ design provides better sea-keeping, higher sustained transit speeds, greater endurance and range, and the ability to launch and recover small boats from astern, as well as aviation support facilities and a flight deck for helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.

(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell

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Air Force commandos practice extinguishing an aircraft fire during an exercise on Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 14, 2015. The commandos, assigned to the 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, conducted joint fire training on base with the Clovis, N.M., fire department as part of a mutual aide agreement.

U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexxis Mercer 

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