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Army Capt. Craig Morin presents an American flag to Tuskegee Airmen 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant's eldest sister, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, during a full military honors memorial service held for Leftenant at Arlington National Cemetery, Jan. 14, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. Leftenant, was involved in a midair collision while escorting bombers to Sankt Viet, Austria, causing him to bailout of his damaged aircraft. He was reported MIA, April 12, 1945, declared deceased in 1946, since he was never found. Leftenant-Colon was a nurse with the Army Reserves. She was stationed with the Tuskegee Airmen in Columbus, Ohio, after her brother died, and worked there until 1949.

Celebrity chef Robert Irvine provides a cooking class for Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel A. Dailey and Army spouses at Fort Campbell, Ky., Jan. 29.

The Acting Secretary of the Army Patrick Murphy conducts unit level physical training with Delta Company, 232nd Medical Battalion, 32nd Medical Brigade, during his recent visit to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, Jan. 19, 2016.

Soldiers lift wire-mesh barriers to build a levee to support Operation Winter River Flooding in Krotz Springs, La., Jan. 10, 2016.

A Colorado Army National Guard crew chief conducts preflight checks on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in preparation for a blizzard response exercise at Buckley Air Force Base, Aurora, Colo., Jan. 9, 2016. Colorado Guard members and various local agencies are participating in a blizzard response exercise with local authorities this week.

Mecole Hardman Jr., gets a little pre-game motivation from Soldier Mentors at the Army All-American Bowl, Jan. 9, in San Antonio, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Diana Holland receives assumes command of the U.S. Corps of Cadets, Jan. 5, at Cullum Hall at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Holland is the U.S. Military Academy's 76th Commandant of Cadets and the first female to serve in the position.

In a ceremony hosted by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, Soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), conduct a special General Officer Retirement Ceremony at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer - Henderson Hall, Dec. 15, 2015. Lt. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, 43rd Army Surgeon Genera retired from the U.S. Army. Horoho is the first female and first nurse to become surgeon general of the Army.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2-124th Infantry Battalion, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), fire a M224 mortar during a live-fire exercise in Djibouti, Dec. 16, 2015. Through unified action with U.S. and international partners in East Africa, CJTF-HOA conducts security force assistance, executes military engagement, provides force protection, and provides military support to regional counter-violent extremist organization operations in order to support aligned regional efforts, ensure regional access and freedom of movement, and protect U.S. interests.

Paratroopers from Pathfinder Company, 2nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, engage in a pugil stick match during the Pathfinder Torcher, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 8. While they were in the ring, their platoon was cheering them on from the sideline.

A U.S. Army Special Operations Forces parachute team member descends toward Luzon Drop Zone during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 7, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world's largest combined airborne operation and provides Soldiers the opportunity to help children in need receive toys for the holidays.

Spc. Timmy Racke, an infantryman with the 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armor Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, engages targets with his M240B Machine Gun while conducting battle drills at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, Dec. 2, 2015.

U.S. Army Capt. John Dills, Joint Task Force-Bravo, or JTF-B, tactical officer in charge, shakes hands with a boy during a medical readiness training exercise, or MEDRETE, in San Jose De Rio Pinto, Honduras, Nov. 12, 2015. The MEDRETE JTF-B support provide military members with essential training in austere locations and helps build local community relations in the host country.

South Carolina Army National Guard firefighters cut through the trunk of an overturned vehicle upon arriving at a simulated accident scene as part of their auto extraction exercise at the McCrady Training Center near Eastover, S.C., Nov. 15, 2015. Firefighters of the 264th, 266th, 267th and 268th Engineer Detachments responded to a variety of training scenarios over the course of the drill weekend where passengers where trapped inside of an overturned vehicle.

Retired Capt. Florent Groberg was inducted into the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, Nov. 12, 2015, for conspicuous gallantry in Asadabad, Kunar Province, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2012. An attendee reads the details of the actions that took place on that day.

President Barack Obama hosts the Medal of Honor Ceremony for retired U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg at the White House in Washington D.C., Nov. 12, 2015. Capt. Groberg received the medal for actions during a combat engagement in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 8, 2012 while he was the commander of a personal security detail for the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, when he and another Soldier, Sgt. Andrew Mahoney, identified and tackled a suicide bomber, saving the lives of the brigade commander and several others.

Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of Resolute Support and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, layed a wreath in honor of those that have given the ultimate sacrifice, Nov. 11. ‪For the Allied countries that fought in World War I, November 11th commemorates Armistice Day or Remembrance Day.

After losing his balance on a rope bridge obstacle, a Soldier in Basic Combat Training with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment, attempts to complete the task by using pure upper body strength to shimmy across to the other side with his Drill Sergeant looking on, Oct. 28, 2015. Soldiers in Basic Combat Training must complete all tasks at Victory Tower on Fort Jackson, S.C., which also boasts a 40-foot repelling wall, in order to graduate.

Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, host a "spur ride" for more than 200 candidates, Oct. 28-29, 2015. The Order of the Spur is a cavalry tradition within the United States Army.

Female officers of the Bangladesh army paid a visit to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 22. This visit was to provide a better understanding of what the 25th Infantry Division's role in the Pacific Command area of responsibility and U.S. Army female officer success and capabilities.

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, carry logs at the maintenance site during the European Best Squad Competition held at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 20, 2015. The EBSC is an Army Europe competition challenging militaries from across Europe to compete and enhance teamwork with Allies and partner nations. The competition is multinational by design and involves units from 13 nations with 17 squads competing for the right to be Europe's Best Squad.

Soldiers, assigned to the South Carolina National Guard, unload sandbags to help prevent further residential flood damage, Parkers Ferry, S.C., Oct. 9, 2015.

At a ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell, commander, Resolute Support, passes the unit colors to Maj. Gen. Gordon 'Skip' Davis, incoming commander, during the change of command for Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2015. Maj. Gen. Todd T. Simonite relinquished command. The event was attended by an international audience representing NATO and coalition partner countries participating in the Resolute Support mission.

U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, on Summerall Field, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Arlington, Va., Sept. 25, 2015.

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, approaches a simulated booby-trapped body during Decisive Action Rotation 15-10 at Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 10, 2015. Decisive Action Rotations help prepare units for success on the modern battlefield.

U.S. Army Spc. Julie Neff, assigned to 5th Battalion, 148th Aviation Regiment, conducts the Team Reaction Lane during the 2015 European Best Warrior Competition at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 14, 2015. Some 22 candidates are participating in the intense, grueling annual weeklong competition.

U.S. Army Gen. John. F. Campbell, left, commander, Resolute Support Mission/U.S. Forces -- Afghanistan, and Command Sgt. Maj. Delbert Byers, Resolute Support Mission/U.S. Forces -- Afghanistan, solemnly observe the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America during a wreath laying ceremony held at Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2015. About 1,200 Resolute Support members from 42 countries stood together to reflect on the day that changed the world. Coalition troops are working together under the NATO-led mission Resolute Support to train, advise and assist Afghan National Defense and Security Forces to help the Afghan people build a more stable and secure future.

Australian Army soldier Lance Cpl. Vinnie Rami (left) guides U.S. Army Soldier Sgt. 1st Class Adam Marques (right) through creating fire using the traditional 'drill' method during Exercise Kowari 2015 in the Daly River region, Northern Territory, Australia, Sept. 1, 2015.

Soldiers assigned to Kosovo Force Multinational Battle Group-East's Task Force Hurricane, made up of Soldiers from the National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, hiked to the peak of Mount Ljuboten in southern Kosovo, Aug. 23, 2015. Led by German members of MNBG-E's headquarters, these Soldiers earned Germany's Edelweiss Badge by successfully completing the 8,000 ft. trek.

Graduates of U.S. Army Ranger Class 08-15 render a salute during their graduation on Fort Benning, Ga., August 21, 2015.

Soldiers from Task Force Alpha, California Army National Guard, remove a burnt tree stump to extinguish a fire, Aug. 9, near the mountains of Wildcat Butte, Humboldt County, Calif., during the Humboldt lightning fire. In less than two weeks, the Humboldt lightning fire scorched 4,700 acres.

Paratroopers assigned with 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, move to their loading zone as rotor wash from a UH-60 black hawk caused a dust cloud. The UH-60's are assigned to the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, in support of Operation Red Fury. The 1-508th PIR will conduct an air assault into their objective. The training helped to increase the unit's interoperability between the ground and aviation units.

U.S. Army firefighters, assigned to the Nebraska Army National Guard, conduct aircraft rescue firefighting training, at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., July 16, 2015, in preparation for an upcoming exercise.

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier reads some of the 58,272 names etched into "The Wall" of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., as the sun rises, July 22, 2015.

A U.S. Army Reserve combat engineer Soldier from the 374th Engineer Company (Sapper), headquartered in Concord, California, tries to stand up with a loaded ruck sack, full of water, during Combat Water Survival Training at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, July 17, during Sapper Leader Course Prerequisite Training, a two-week field exercise at Camp San Luis Obispo Military Installation, California.

Pfc. Blaine Emory, a Soldier assigned to 1st Platoon, P Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, fires a Polish RPG-7D rocket-propelled grenade alongside a Polish paratrooper from the 6th Airborne Brigade during allied weapons training, July 9, 2015, at Nowa Deba Training Area in southern Poland. The Soldiers are participating in Atlantic Resolve, an ongoing multinational operation focused on joint training and security cooperation between NATO allies.

A U.S. Soldier trains his working dog on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2015. The Soldier is assigned to the 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade.

President Barack Obama bestows the Medal of Honor to Army Sgt. William Shemin, accepting on his behalf are his daughters Elsie Shemin-Roth (middle) and Ina Bass (left), in the East Room of the White House, June 2, 2015. Shemin, a Jewish-American, distinguished himself as a member of 2nd Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, American Expeditionary Forces, during combat operations against the enemy on the Vesle River, near Bazoches, France, during World War I. While serving as a rifleman from August 7-9, 1918, Shemin left the cover of his platoon's trench and crossed open space in full sight of the Germans, repeatedly exposing himself to heavy machine gun and rifle fire to rescue the wounded. After officers and senior noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Shemin took command of the platoon and displayed great initiative under fire, until he was wounded, Aug. 9. Shemin was wounded by shrapnel and a machine-gun bullet that pierced his helmet that was lodged behind his left ear, leaving him partially deaf.

U.S. service members from the Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency, or DPAA, escort the recently disinterred remains of a service member from the U.S.S. Oklahoma, previously buried as unknown. The disinterments taking place at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, HIawaii, June 8, 2015, were conducted in effort to identify the U.S. service members. The mission of DPAA is to conduct global search, recovery and laboratory operations to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel to their families and the nation.

A Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), salutes his fellow Soldiers while jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone in Germany, Feb. 24, 2015.

CH-47F Chinook helicopter crew chiefs, assigned to 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, support 1st Special Forces Group during helocast operations into the waters off of Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, March 16, 2015.