BALTIMORE (June 15, 2012)

Capt. Brandon Cordill, left wingman of the U.S. Navy flight
demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, flies an F/A-18 Hornet over
Baltimore during the Star Spangled Sailabration, which coincides with
Baltimore Fleet Week 2012 and commemorates the War of 1812 and the
writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." U.S. Navy photo by Mass
Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Johnson



PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (June 13, 2012)


An F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter test aircraft takes of during
an evening flight. This was the first evening flight of an F-35C. U.S.
Navy photo by Andy Wolfe



PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2012) An
F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter
Squadron (VFA) 102 waits to move into position on a bow catapult of the
aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the deck crew resets
the catapult following a launch. The George Washington Carrier Strike
Group is forward deployed to Japan and is conducting routine operations
in the Philippine Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Denver Applehans)



JAVA SEA (June 5, 2012) The
Indonesian navy Sigma-class corvette KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda (SIM 367),
left, is underway alongside the guided-missile frigate USS Vandergrift
(FFG 48) during a replenishment approach exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet
area of responsibility. Vandergrift is underway participating in the
at-sea phase of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) 2012
Indonesia. CARAT 2012 is a nine-country, bilateral exercise between the
United States and Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, and Timor Leste and is designed to
enhance maritime security skills and operational cohesiveness among
participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist
3rd Class Gregory A. Harden II)



SUEZ CANAL (June 2, 2012) The
guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) transits the
Suez Canal. James E. Williams is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of
responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security
cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring
Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class
Daniel J. Meshel)



Marines with India Battery, the
artillery attachment for Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd
Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a 120 mm towed
mortar system, called the Expeditionary Fire Support System here, May
17, during Exercise Eager Lion 12. Eager Lion 12 is taking place
throughout the month of May and is designed to strengthen
military-to-military relationships of more than 19 participating partner
nations. This is the second major exercise for the 24th MEU who, along
with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is currently deployed to the
U.S Central Command area of operations as a theater security and crisis
response force.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Robert Fisher



A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo
aircraft fly in formation as they return from the Samurai Surge
training mission near Mount Fuji, Japan, June 5, 2012. At 12,388 feet,
Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff
Sgt. Chad C. Strohmeyer)



F/A-18C Hornets assigned to the
Vigilantes of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151 fly in formation above
the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham
Lincoln is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility
conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation
efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.



The Virginia-class attack submarine
Pre-Commissioning Unit Mississippi (SSN 782) conducts alpha trials in
the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of General Dynamics
Electric Boat)



As seen through a night-vision
device, U.S. Army paratroopers and Afghan soldiers travel aboard a CH-47
Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission in Afghanistan's
Ghazni province, May 4, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod



An FA-18C Hornet flies supersonic
over the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power
demonstration in the Pacific Ocean, May 14, 2012. The Carl Vinson and
Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of
operations. The Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 2. U.S.
Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Stevens



Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1-36th IN "Spartans" wait to load helicopters for an air assault mission, May 2, 2012.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Wilbanks