An Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, loads qualified evacuees aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. (Senior Airman Taylor Crul/Air Force)
A Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit shows his camera to children awaiting evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. 24. (Gunnery Sgt. Melissa Marnell/Marine Corps)
Service members rest and wait at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Aug. 18 on their way to Afghanistan to support Operation Allies Refuge. (Kylie Barrow/Air Force)
Army infantrymen with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct dismounted operations with sniper support at Studnica Range at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Aug. 17 during an Atlantic Resolve rotation. (Staff Sgt. Jennifer Reynolds/Army)
Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Ethan Bowser directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 aboard expeditionary sea base Miguel Keith in U.S. 3rd Fleet Aug. 11. (MC2 Hector Carrera/Navy)
Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Peter Hoffman, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12, checks if the flight deck of aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is safe for a cargo retrieval during a vertical replenishment in the Arabian Sea Aug. 13. (MC3 Oswald Felix Jr./Navy)
Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, saw through a simulated aircraft during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel mission Aug. 12 at Camp Pendleton, California. (Lance Cpl. Austin Fraley/Marine Corps)
Army Cpl. Zakary Likkel, left, and Spc. Bryceton Bird fire a 60mm mortar during a live-fire exercise at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Aug. 17. (Spc. Osvaldo Fuentes/Army)
Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, prepare to go underwater during submerged vehicle egress training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 16. (Cpl. Adaezia Chavez/Marine Corps)
A Marine with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force–Darwin, takes part in an airfield seizure during Exercise Loobye at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia, Aug. 12. (Cpl. Lydia Gordon/Marine Corps)