Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Jake Hurlock, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), loads a Mark 38 machine gun on the weathering deck on Oct. 1, 2017, during the ship’s transit through the Bab El Mandeb Strait. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Vance Hand/Navy)
Retired Gen. Colin Powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, greets the crowd at the podium during the Republican National Convention Monday, Aug. 12, 1996, at the San Diego Convention Center. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)
John Foxx, who served in the U.S. Marines, is now fighting for the People’s Protection Units, or YPC, a militia party aligned with the socialist political party in Syrian Kurdistan and is waging war against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. (Photo courtesy of John Foxx)
Va. Guard Soldiers assist civil authorities in snow response (Army National Guard photo)
An Air Force B-1B Lancer, assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), S.D., flies over the South Pacific Oct. 2, 2017. (Airman 1st Class Gerald R. Willis/Air Force)
151202-N-YB023-1454 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2015) Command Master Chief of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) Spike Call plays the role of King Neptune during a crossing the line ceremony aboard the ship. Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are deployed in support of Southern Seas 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Clemente A. Lynch/Released)
Workers with the U.S. Army Corps of engineers pull wooden pins to drain water from the Mississippi River into the Bonnet Carre Spillway Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Norco, La. The Mississippi River water levels are rising because of heavy December rain in the Midwest. The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway helps relieve pressure on New Orleans-area levees by making sure the water doesnÕt flow faster than 1.25 million cubic feet per second through the city. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP) MAGS OUT; INTERNET OUT; NO SALES; TV OUT; NO FORNS; LOUISIANA BUSINESS INC. OUT (INCLUDING GREATER BATON ROUGE BUSINESS REPORT, 225, 10/12, INREGISTER, LBI CUSTOM); MANDATORY CREDIT
Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie tells a New York news conference that he has signed a $7 million multi-year contract with the New Jersey Generals as the United States Football League team’s owner Donald Trump listens, right, Feb. 5, 1985. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
Sgt. Chelsea Thomas works with Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion during a small group discussion at the Lance Corporals Leadership and Professional Ethics Seminar at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, N.C., on Wednesday, November 19, 2014. (Mike Morones/Marine Corps Times)
DaVita Kidney Care is hosting a National Veteran Interview Day on Tuesday, Sept. 19. All veterans are guaranteed an interview in person or over the phone. (Sgt. Brian Godette/North Carolina National Guard)
First lady Michelle Obama, left, and President Barack Obama, right, before they help sort toys and gifts for the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Campaign during an event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
World War 2 re-enactors talk with Normandy veterans attending a wreath laying ceremony at the Tactical Air Force Memorial besides Omaha Beach at Vierville-sur-Mer in Normandy on June 4, 2018 near Bayeux, France. As the 74th anniversary of the D-Day approaches, some of the handful of surviving Normandy Veterans are making their way to France to commemorate the landings, which saw 156,000 troops from the allied countries including the United Kingdom, the United States and France join forces to launch an audacious attack on the beaches of Normandy which helped lead to the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
151202-N-EH855-611 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2015) Sailors participate in a pipe patching station during a crossing the line ceremony on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 are deployed in support of Southern Seas 2015. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Bryan Mai/Released)
160105-N-ZZ999-025 ARABIAN GULF (Jan. 5, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61) (right) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) (center) transit alongside the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a replenishment-at-sea (RAS). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Dana D. Legg/Released)
Mail carrier scanning a priority mail package. (USPS)
Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, Commander of Operations for Desert Shield and Desert Storm, gives a thumbs up after speaking at the Franklin Covey International Symposium Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)
Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Staunton-based Headquarters Company, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team depart their readiness center in Staunton, Va., to link up with Virginia State Police, Jan. 23, 2016. Guard personnel across the state are assisting VSP troopers and local emergency organizations get through heavy snow to respond to vehicle crashes, evacuate citizens in need of medical assistance and have also helped get needed equipment to a house fire. The Guard has approximately 400 personnel staged and ready along the I-81 corridor between Lexington and Winchester, along the Route 29 corridor from Warrenton to Danville, as well as in the areas near Northern Virginia, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Gate City. (Photo by 2nd Lt. (Va.) Jay Haas, Virginia Defense Force Public Information Detachment)
President Barack Obama carries two bags of gifts as he arrives to help first lady Michelle Obama sort toys and gifts for the Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots Campaign, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Federal employees gather outside the AFL-CIO headquarters to call on Congress to pass funding legislation and end the partial government shutdown. (Jessie Bur/Staff)
