2017 Year in Photos

Soldiers in Sapper Leader Course 06-17 demonstrate to instructors a vertical evacuation of a casualty, Feb. 17, during mountaineering operations, at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

Soldiers with the South Carolina Army National Guard, bid farewell by family and friends during a deployment ceremony held at Eagle Aviation in Columbia S.C., Feb. 26, 2017.

Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), fast rope from a CV-22 Osprey, Feb. 27, 2017, at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

An infantryman with the 25th Infantry Division, conducts aquatic training by performing squat jumps at Richardson Pool on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, March 15, 2017.

A paratrooper from 173rd Airborne Brigade pulls security while setting in an ambush in Hohenfels, Germany, March 23, 2017.

A Soldier assigned to 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, walks across the wire during the mountain obstacle portion of the French Desert Commando course in Djibouti, Africa, April 8, 2017.

A U.S. Army AH-64D Apache Attack Helicopter flies in front of a wall of fire during the South Carolina National Guard Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., May 6, 2017.

A Soldier jumps from a Marine Corps UH-1Y Huey helicopter into the Pacific Ocean near Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, May 16, 2017, during helocast insertion training.

U.S. Army Drill Sergeant directs trainees on the first day of Basic Combat Training, June 12, 2017 at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Soldiers of the 100th Battalion donned Ghillie suits, June 18, 2017, in preparation for their mock ambush on opposing forces during their annual training at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii.