U.S. Special Operations Forces member repels onto the deck of a ship from a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron during Exercise Gryphon Jet at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 15, 2020. Gryphon Jet is an integrated training exercise focused on improving interoperability throughout the special operations community.

Official seal of the Chief of Naval Operations.

U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Propst, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron air surveillance officer, checks the oxygen masks onboard an E-3 Sentry before flight April 27, 2020, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Propst has the distinction of being the first noncommissioned officer in Pacific Air Forces to qualify as an ASO. The ASO position is historically been a rated aircrew commissioned officer only, typically a Captain or a Major.

Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct a Joint Forcible Entry Operation (JFEO) jump into Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 30. The paratroopers are part of the Army’s only Pacific airborne brigade with the ability to rapidly deploy worldwide. They are trained to conduct military operations in austere conditions and stay protected in the COVID environment.

A Defense Contract Management Agency pilot taxis a U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II after landing at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 25, 2020. This was the fourth of 54 F-35As scheduled to arrive to Eielson by the end of 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kahdija Slaughter)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Neallani Ramez, 35th Medical Operations Squadron allergy and immunization clinic NCO in charge, operates a concrete saw during a Multi-Capable Airmen event at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 12, 2020. MCA events train Airmen to support the Agile Combat Employment concept. ACE promotes cohesiveness and teamwork across the 35th Fighter Wing with the added value of learning different skillsets outside of Airmen’s primary duties.

Officer candidates from the Guam National Guard, and ROTC Cadets from the University of Guam, train together in Barrigada on June 17. The joint exercises mark the first coordinated training effort between the two commissioning sources in over 10 years.

The flagship of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), transits the Philippine Sea during dual carrier operation with Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (CSG). Dual carrier operations unify the tactical power of two individual CSGs, providing fleet commanders with an unmatched, unified credible combat force capable of operating indefinitely. The CSGs are on scheduled deployments to the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Collier

Airmen from the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, prepare a B-52H Stratofortress prior to take off at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during a Bomber Task Force mission, June 16, 2020. Strategic bomber missions demonstrate the credibility of our forces to address a diverse and uncertain security environment.

U.S. Embassy in Fiji - Heads of Mission visit Western Division for Talanoa sessions The Japanese and United States Ambassadors and the New Zealand and Australian High Commissioners visited faith-based groups, civil society organisations, local businesses and communities in and around the Nadi-Lautoka corridor, to hear first-hand about their work in responding to the economic and social challenges of COVID-19

Equipment Operator Constructionman Chase Frenze and Equipment Operator 3rd Class Conner Legg, deployed with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, operate civil engineer support equipment to spread cement and gravel. U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are resurfacing a vertical take-off and landing pad and a coral runway to minimize foreign object damage at the Ie Shima Training Facility. NMCB-5 is deployed across the Indo-Pacific region conducting high-quality construction to support U.S. and partner nations to strengthen partnerships, deter aggression, and enable expeditionary logistics and naval power projection.

The United States donated investigative tools with a value of approximately 3.11 million THB (100,000 USD) to the Royal Thai Government to counter transnational crime and fight drug trafficking as part of a longstanding U.S.-Thai law enforcement partnership. Consul General Sean O’Neill presented the equipment to Pol.Lt.Gen. Prachaub Wongsuk, Commissioner of Provincial Police Region 5

The United Nations Command Honor Guard carry a casket as part of a dignified transfer during a repatriation ceremony at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 26, 2020. After boarding a Boeing 747, the remains will travel to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will attempt to identify the remains of the fallen heroes.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following the ship’s surge deployment to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations. Preble joined other U.S. Navy warships, numerous U.S. agencies from the Departments of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security cooperating in the effort to combat transnational organized crime. The Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with allied and international partner agencies, are all playing a role in counter-drug operations.

Sgt. Kalil Knight, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, works on a Humvee May 20 at the Transportation Motor Pool on Camp Zama, Japan.

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) approaches Apra Harbor for a scheduled Safe Haven Liberty port visit to the U. S. territory of Guam. Princeton is part of the Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

In this file photo,wounded U.S. Army soldiers are evacuated as M-4 tanks of the 5th Regimental Combat Team move to the front in the Kumchun area of South Korea, Oct. 6, 1950.

South Korean service members fold a flag over a box containing the remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)

In this file photo, F-80 flies over Korea during the Korean War

The lead ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., March 25, 2019, in the first salvo engagement test of a threat-representative intercontinental ballistic missile target. The two ground-based interceptors successfully intercepted a target launched from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.