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Aerial change of command

160307-N-GZ947-125 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 7, 2016) - Cmdr. Douglas Peterson flies an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 over USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) flight deck during an aerial change of command ceremony. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Rodriguez Santiago / Released)

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Aerial change of command

160307-N-MY174-016 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 7, 2016) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet flown by Cmdr. Douglas Peterson prepares to break formation, turning over the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 to Cmdr. Matthew Doyle during an aerial change of command ceremony above USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian/ Released)

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Aerial change of command

160307-N-MY174-021 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 7, 2016) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet flown by Cmdr. Douglas Peterson breaks formation, turning over the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 to Cmdr. Matthew Doyle during an aerial change of command ceremony above USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian/ Released)

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Aerial change of command

160307-N-MY174-030 PHILIPPINE SEA (March 7, 2016) - An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 performs a flyby during an aerial change of command ceremony above USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian/ Released)

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Operation Tomodachi: Five Years Later

WASHINGTON (March 2, 2016) Members of the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Self-Defense Force bands perform "Flower will Bloom" during a commemoration ceremony for the 5 year anniversary of Operation Tomodachi at the Pentagon. Operation Tomodachi was a humanitarian mission focused on aiding the people of Japan in the aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck Fukushima Prefecture in early March of 2011.

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Loading Equipment

160302-F-XA488-019A JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (Mar. 2, 2016) A forklift prepares to load equipment onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the cargo ramp on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016, in support of Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean. ICEX is a five-week exercise designed to research, test and evaluate operational capabilities in the Arctic by the U.S. Navy submarine forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Marshalling Equipment

160302-F-XA488-051A JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (Mar. 2, 2016) Air Force Master Sgt. Cecil Dickerson marshals a forklift onto the cargo ramp on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016, in support of Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean Dickerson is a loadmaster assigned to the 249th Airlift Squadron, and is supporting the U.S. Navy submarine forces during Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Air Drop

160302-F-XA488-149A ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2016) Airmen participate in an air drop of more than 12,000 pounds of cargo out the back of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the U.S. Navy submarine forces Ice Exercise 2016 over the Arctic Ocean, March 2, 2016. The drop was made from 550 feet above ground level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Pallet Pushers

160302-F-XA488-079A JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (Mar. 2, 2016) Airmen push a pallet of equipment and supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the cargo ramp on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016, in support of Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Release Gate

160302-F-XA488-101A JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON (Mar. 2, 2016) Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Jeffrey Watson prepares to set up a release gate before taking off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 2, 2016, in support of Ice Exercise 2016 in the Arctic Ocean. Watson is a senior enlisted manager assigned to the 249th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Cargo Recovery

160302-F-XA488-256A ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2016) Sailors assigned to U.S. Navy submarine forces' Ice Exercise 2016, retrieve several pallets of equipment and supplies that were airdropped in the Arctic Ocean, March 2, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Chutes Descending

160302-F-XA488-209A ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2016) Parachutes delivering more than 12,000 pounds of cargo descend to the snow-covered surface in support of the U.S. Navy submarine forces' Ice Exercise 2016 over the Arctic Ocean, March 2, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Drop Zone View

160302-F-XA488-230A ARCTIC OCEAN (Mar. 2, 2016) Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dough Mathes looks out over a drop zone after delivering 12,000 pounds of cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the Arctic Ocean in support of the U.S. Navy Ice Exercise 2016, March 2, 2016. Mathes is a loadmaster assigned to the 249th Airlift Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sheila DeVera/Released)

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Look Out

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cosmo Arnold embarks on a rigid-hull inflatable boat dispatched from the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 22, 2016. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn

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Navy, Coast Guard conduct fisheries boardings, promote regional stability in Pacific

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2016) -- The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) transits the Pacific Ocean while investigating a shipping vessel. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

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Navy, Coast Guard conduct fisheries boardings, promote regional stability in Pacific

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 22, 2016) -- Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) and Coast Guardsman assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South investigate a commercial fishing vessel. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

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Navy, Coast Guard conduct fisheries boardings, promote regional stability in Pacific

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 21, 2016) -- Sailors and Coast Guardsmen embark on a rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) from the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Ino-Asia Pacific, William P. Lawrence, commanded by Cmdr. Walter C. Mainor, is operating as part of the John C. Stennis Strike Group and Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn/Released)

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New U.S. Naval Forces Korea Headquarters Opened in Busan

160219-N-WT427-291 BUSAN, Republic of Korea (Feb. 19 2016) - Rear. Adm. Bill Byrne, commander U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK), Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander, U.S. Forces Korea, VAdm. Ki-sik Lee, commander Republic of Korea (ROK) Fleet, Maj. Gen. James Walton, director of transformation and re-stationing for U.S. Forces Korea, Hon. Mark Lippert, U.S. ambassador to the ROK, Jung Gyung-jin, mayor of Busan for administrative affairs and Lee Jong-cheol, Nam-gu district mayor cut the ribbon of CNFK's new head quarters building during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This ceremony marks the opening of CNFK’s new headquarters building in Busan since their relocation from Seoul as part of the greater Yongsan Relocation Plan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Jermaine M. Ralliford/Released)

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TRAP: Never Leave a Marine Behind

Sgt. Eric M. Ekelund prepares an MV-22B Osprey to land the tactical recovery of aircraft and personal force during a Cobra Gold 16 demonstration at Utapao, Thailand February 15. During the scenario-based training the MV-22B Osprey unloads the TRAP force personnel so they can continue on foot to rescue the simulated casualty. Cobra Gold is a multi-national exercise that focuses on increasing relationships and capabilities of participating countries by training to form solutions to common challenges. Ekelund, from Bay Shore, New York is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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TRAP: Never Leave a Marine Behind

Seaman Michael J. Stark prepares the simulated casualty, Sgt. Stephanie M. Hauer-Velez, to be loaded onto an MV-22B Osprey during the scenario based training mission of a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel during Cobra Gold 16 at Utapao, Thailand February 15. A TRAP mission is when a TRAP force goes into potentially dangerous area to rescue an aircraft and its crew. Exercise Cobra Gold is a multi-national event with purpose to increase relationships and cooperation of participating nations. Hauer-Velez, from Bellevue, Nebraska, and Stark, a corpsman, are with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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