Flames from the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, California, are seen as Sgt. Anthony Orduno, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief from the California Army National Guard's B Company, 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, looks on while flying overhead. Orduno and the helicopter crew spent the day dropping water on the fire in coordination with CAL FIRE. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Crystal Housman)
U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 3rd Class Michael Zegarra, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), kisses his wife on the pier during the ship's homecoming in Bremerton, Wash. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is returning from a regularly scheduled deployment from the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and Arabian Gulf. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ian Kinkead/Navy)
An Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy from the 22nd Airlift Squadron lands as a C-17 Globemaster III takes off at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif. The aircraft delivered equipment and personnel to Argentina to help in the search for the Argentina Navy submarine ARA San Juan. (Staff Sgt. Nicole Leidholm/Air Force)
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS Iwo Jima during an amphibious assault training event on the last day of a combined composite training unit exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. (Cpl. Jon Sosner/Marine Corps)
Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I) participate in the full honors funeral of U.S. Marine Corps. Pvt. Archie Newell in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.. Assigned to Company C, 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division in 1943, Newell died when his division attempted to secure the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll from the Japanese. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery)