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Army Sgt. Michael Severin guides the hoist from inside a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to bring up Army Sgt. 1st Class Greg Holland during the fourth annual Great Plains Zone Interagency Helicopter Medevac training near Pactola Reservoir, S.D., June 25, 2014. Severin is assigned to the South Dakota Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, and Holland is assigned to the Company D, 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers remarks during the Honolulu International Forum at the Pacific Club in Honolulu, July 2, 2014.

Marine Corps Capt. Trevor Hengehold prepares to shoot during the 2014 Interservice Rifle Competition on Quantico Marine Base, Va., July 8, 2014. Hengehold is a marksman with Marine Force Command. Marksmen from throughout the Defense Department competed, including members of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, the Army Marksmanship Unit, the South Carolina Guard, the Navy Shooting Team, the National Guard Shooting Team and the Army Reserve Shooting Team.

U.S. Army Spc. Eric Leveault scans his sector while providing security and monitors movement near an observation point overlooking the Darwazgay pass in Afghanistan's Zabul province, June 24, 2014. Leveault, an infantryman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The U.S. soldiers were participating in a joint air assault mission with Afghan soldiers

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with service members during a town hall on Fort Shafter, Hawaii, June 30, 2014. Dempsey told U.S. Army Pacific soldiers that he hopes the military services can retain their own unique field uniforms, adding that having separate military services brings perspectives to the table that are the epitome of "jointness."

As seen through a night-vision device Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Stallard checks navigations during the Night Land Navigation event at the 2014 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 24, 2014. The warriors were dropped off and had four hours to plot and find their map points in complete darkness. Stallard is a healthcare specialist assigned to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command.

Thousands of people photograph U.S. and international paratroopers as they land in the Normandy region of France, June 8, 2014, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. More than 700 paratroopers from the United States, France, Germany, England and the Netherlands re-enacted the historic airdrop over the town of Chef-du-Pont, France.

U.S. soldiers in an M1A2 Abrams tank hunt for the enemy during Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, May 29, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Navy Chief Petty Officer Jeannette Tarqueno fires an air rifle during the 2014 Wounded Warrior Team Navy Trials in Norfolk, Va., June 3, 2014. About 70 seriously wounded, ill and injured sailors and Coast Guardsmen from across the country are competing for a place on Team Navy 2014.

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Louis Lawton guides a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during slingload training on Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vt., June 5, 2014. Lawton is assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Massachusetts Army National Guard.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Deanie, arrive on Stansted Airfield, England, June 9, 2014. Dempsey later met with British Prime Minister David Cameron at his residence at No. 10 Downing Street and with defense counterparts at the British Defense Ministry.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, right, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, and Army Secretary John M. McHugh pay tribute to U.S. Army Rangers at a memorial ceremony in Pointe du Hoc, France, June 7, 2014.

U.S. Army Sgt. Dempsey, foreground, and U.S. Army Pfc. Jones provide security above a road during a patrol in Paktia province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2014. Dempsey and Jones are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

A parachute opens as a soldier conducts a training jump at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., June 3, 2014. The training fulfills a requirement to maintain jump status, and remain proficient and ready for future contingencies.

Army Spc. Luis Montalvo, foreground, demonstrates how a filter catches debris during training to purify water at the water utilities facility in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, May 31, 2014. Montalvo is a water treatment specialist assigned to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard's 714th Quartermaster Company, 191st Regional Support Group.

Multinational special operations forces run ashore to assault a building during a visit, board, search and seizure event as part of Eager Lion 2014 at the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, Jordan, June 5, 2014. The exercise is designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, increase interoperability between partner nations and enhance regional security.

U.S. Navy sailors prepare to chain down an incoming helicopter on the the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain in the Philippine Sea, June 9, 2014. The McCain is on patrol with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and British Gen. Nickolas Houghton, chief of Britain's defense staff, walk onto an aircraft en route to speak to students at the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom in Shrivenham, England, June 11, 2014.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to students at the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom during a question-and-answer session with British Gen. Nickolas Houghton, chief of Britain's defense staff, in Shrivenham, England, June 11, 2014.

U.S. Army Pfc. Jones provides security during a patrol in Paktia province, Afghanistan, May 29, 2014. Jones is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

A member of a helicopter aquatic rescue team descends from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to a rescue tower at Pawleys Island, S.C., June 3, 2014. South Carolina National Guardsmen are working with the state's emergency management division and local emergency agencies to effectively respond to hurricanes that may threaten the state.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, left, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, inspects troops with British Gen. Sir Nickolas Houghton, chief of Britain's defense staff, during an honor guard ceremony to kick off a meeting of U.S. and British defense counterparts in London, June 10, 2014.

As see through a night-vision device, Army Sgt. 1st Class Louis Lawton guides a Black Hawk helicopter during slingload training on Camp Johnson in Colchester, Vt., June 5, 2014. Lawton is assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Trevor Smitherman crawls under concertina wire on an obstacle course during a weeklong squad competition on Robertson Barracks in Darwin, Australia, June 2, 2014. Smitherman is assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin. The competition is part of a combined training opportunity with Australian troops.

Georgetown county fire and emergency medical service members secure a simulated victim onto a stretcher during a bus crash scenario at a local corporation near Georgetown County Airport, S.C., June 5, 2014. The Guardsmen are working with the state's emergency management division and local emergency agencies to effectively respond to hurricanes and chemical accidents that may threaten the state.

Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr. delivers the commencement address at the 2014 Graduation of National Defense University's College of International Security Affairs, National War College, Information Resources Management College, and Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy schools, on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., June 12, 2014. NDU is dedicated to being the premier national security institution focused on advan

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center right, meets with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, center left, at the Pentagon, June 19, 2014. The two leaders met to discuss matters of mutual national interest in the European region.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts an honor cordon for German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen at the Pentagon, June 19, 2014. The two leaders met to discuss matters of mutual national interest in the European region.

A paratrooper, foreground, fires his M249 machine gun during a live-fire exercise on Fort Pickett, Va., June 7, 2014. The paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, are training with soldiers assigned to the National Guard's 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

A paratrooper reviews his zeroing card before making any adjustments needed to zero his rifle during a live-fire exercise on Fort Pickett, Va., June 7, 2014. The paratrooper, a rifleman, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. soldiers inside an Abrams M1A1 tank fire the main battle gun during Exercise Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 16, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Squadron, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

Sailors aboard the USS Pennsylvania handle lines as the ballistic missile submarine moors in Bangor, Wash., June 14, 2014. The Pennsylvania completed a 140-day strategic deterrent patrol, a new record for the longest strategic deterrent patrol completed by an Ohio class submarine.

An F/A-18C Hornet attached to the Valions of Strike Fighter Squadron 15 lands aboard the USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Gulf, June 16, 2014. The George H. W. Bush is on a scheduled deployment supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, third from left, joins Army Secretary John McHugh, center, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray T. Odierno, left, to commemorate the Army's 239th birthday in a cake-cutting ceremony at the Pentagon, June 19, 2014.

Army Chief of Staff. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno reenlists a group of soldiers during a cake-cutting ceremony to commemorate the Army's 239th Birthday at the Pentagon, June 19, 2014. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, background, and other senior leaders also participated.

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., June 19, 2014. Carpenter was recognized for his actions while deployed in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010. He became the third Marine and the 15th overall recipient of the medal for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.

U.S. Navy Seaman Donovan Dunn signals to raise a jet blast deflector during carrier qualifications on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, June 14, 2014. Dunn is an aviation boatswain's mate airman.

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters lift off in a tactical formation from Camp Roberts, Calif., June 15, 2014, to pick up soldiers for an air assault mission. The helicopter crews are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 140th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel congratulates a member of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon at a Friday evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. June 20, 2014.

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Allred reunites with his family on the pier following the return of the attack submarine USS North Carolina to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, June 19, 2014, after completing a deployment to the western Pacific region. The North Carolina conducted operations and theater security exercises to contribute to the nation's strategic posture in the region. Allred is an electronics technician.

A U.S. sailor directs an E-2C Hawkeye aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, June 19, 2014. The Hawkeye is assigned to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel previously ordered the carrier into the Persian Gulf to provide President Barack Obama additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq.

Navy Seaman Amada Williamson heaves on a line connected to the mizzenmast topsail aboard USS Constitution in Charlestown, Mass., June 17, 2014. Constitution sailors train during spring and summer months to learn seamanship techniques used aboard Old Ironsides since the 1790s.

Army Reserve soldiers prepare to take the Army's physical fitness test as part of the 2014 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 23, 2014. The competition includes pistol qualifications, day and night land navigation, urban operations and mystery events throughout the week.

U.S. soldiers move along a wall in a stack formation during a fire team live-fire certification training as part of Exercise Combined Resolve II at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 17, 2014.

Army Master Sgt. Daniel Hendrix, center, fights for a rebound against the Air Force team in wheelchair basketball during Warrior Games trials at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 16, 2014.

Black Hawk Chat: U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, left, talks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, deputy commander for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, while flying in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from Kabul to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 24, 2014. Work visited Afghanistan to meet with leaders.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, center, meets with Afghan Army Maj. Gen. Mohammad Zaman Waziri, commander of the Afghan army's 201st Corps, on Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, June 24, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, center left, talks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey N. Colt, deputy commander for U.S. Forces Afghanistan, as they walk back to an awaiting UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after visiting Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, June 24, 2014.

Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs reporters at the Pentagon, June 24, 2014.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discusses the 9/11 Pentagon Visitor Education Center during executive project briefings in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2014.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with Italian Navy Adm. Luigi Binelli Mantelli, chief of Italy's defense staff, in "The Tank" at the Pentagon, June 24, 2014. The two defense leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work shares lunch with a group of junior officers on Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, June 24, 2014. In his first foreign trip since taking office, Work visited U.S. service members and thanked them for their service, as well met with Afghan and U.S. officials.

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts an honor cordon to welcome Italian Navy Adm. Luigi Binelli Mantelli, chief of Italy's defense staff, at the Pentagon, June 24, 2014.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide at the Pentagon,June 25, 2014. The two defense leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel hosts an honor cordon for Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide at the Pentagon, June 25, 2014. The two defense leaders met to discuss issues of mutual importance.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work introduces himself to enlisted service members as he joins them for dinner in the dining facility at the International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2014. Work is visiting Afghanistan to meet with leaders.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Finn Rosenberg heaves a line aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke during a replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Joshua Humphreys in the Persian Gulf, June 15, 2014. The Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

A formation of U.S. and Malaysian aircraft fly in formation during Cope Taufan, a biennial military exercise, over Penang, Malaysia, June 18, 2014. The exercise is designed to improve readiness and cooperation between the U.S. and Malaysia, and includes numerous air operations.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Darin Kent signals to pilots in an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter as it picks up supplies from the flight deck during a vertical replenishment aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke in the Persian Gulf, June 20, 2014. The Arleigh Burke is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26.

Army Spc. James Michael Taylor Jr. takes aim as he competes in the archery competition during Warrior Games trials at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., June 18, 2014. More than 100 military athletes competed in archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, and wheelchair basketball tournaments to represent their service in the 2014 Warrior Games competition in Colorado Springs, Colo.

U.S. Army Spc. Giles Dunlop hoists U.S. Army Spc. Nicholas Mouyos, left, into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a personnel recovery exercise in Kuwait, June 19, 2014. Mouyos, a flight medic, and Dunlop, a crew chief, are assigned to 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Air Ambulance.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Timothy Knaggs, center, walks ahead of a legged support system at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on Oahu, Hawaii, June 19, 2014. The legged system is designed to carry supplies, including water, food and ammunition, through rough terrain

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Timothy Knaggs, center, walks ahead of a legged support system at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on Oahu, Hawaii, June 19, 2014. The legged system is designed to carry supplies, including water, food and ammunition, through rough terrain

The Missile Defense Agency conducts a flight test, known as a ground-based interceptor-06b, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., June 22, 2014. The test will provide data the agency needs, in part to assess the performance of many Ballistic Missile Defense System elements for homeland defense, officials said.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel swears in Christine E. Wormuth, new undersecretary of defense for policy, at the Pentagon, June 23, 2014. Wormuth previously served as deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and force development.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel swears in Christine E. Wormuth, new undersecretary of defense for policy, at the Pentagon, June 23, 2014. Wormuth previously served as deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans and force development

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, left, meets with Earl Litzenberger, deputy senior civilian representative to NATO, at International Security Assistance Force headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 23, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, left, visits with Afghan crewmen as he tours a static display of a Russian built helicopter in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 22, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, right, speaks with Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commander of the International Security Assistance Force, upon his arrival at Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 22, 2014.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, presents U.S. Rep. John D. Dingell Jr. of Michigan with the Lincoln Medal at Ford Theatre's annual gala in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2014. The annual award is given to individuals, who through their work, accomplishments or personal attributes, exemplify the legacy and character embodied by President Abraham Lincoln.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, stands with U.S. Rep. John D. Dingell Jr. of Michigan after presenting him with the Lincoln Medal at Ford Theatre's annual gala in Washington, D.C., June 22, 2014. The annual award is given to individuals, who through their work, accomplishments or personal attributes, exemplify the legacy and character embodied by President Abraham Lincoln

Defense Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets Medal of Honor recipient retired Marine Corps Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter during a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony at the Pentagon, June 20, 2014. President Barack Obama presented Carpenter with the Medal of Honor at the White House a day earlier, for his actions while deployed in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2010.

U.S. Navy Seaman Daniel Stelletell, left, fires a shot line during replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Big Horn aboard the USS Mesa Verde in the Persian Gulf, June 19, 2014. The Mesa Verde is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy Petty Officers 2nd Class Christopher Sparks, left, and Adam Deolp add a coat of paint to the USS Nitze in the Indian Ocean, June 21, 2014. The Nitze is conducting operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center right, meets with New Zealand Prime Minister John Key at the Pentagon, June 20, 2014. The two leaders discussed mutual defense interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key pause during an honor cordon at the Pentagon, June 20, 2014. Hagel and Key later met to discuss mutual defense interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, right, greets Israeli President Shimon Peres during a meeting at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2014. The leaders discussed bilateral defense topics

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, center right, and U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., June 26, 2014. The leaders discussed bilateral defense topics

U.S. Marines fire their M777A2 howitzer during a fire mission on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 13, 2014. The Marines are assigned to the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Platoon, Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment

U.S. Marines fire their M777A2 howitzer during a fire mission on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, June 13, 2014. The Marines are assigned to the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System Platoon, Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with Lt. Jerome 'Skip' Johnson who served with Hagel during the Vietnam War, at the Pentagon June 27, 2014. It was their first meeting since they served together in Vietnam.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel swears in Jessica L. Wright as undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness during a ceremony at the Pentagon, June 27, 2014. Wright had served as acting undersecretary since January 1, 2013.

President Barack Obama renders honors during the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., June 27, 2014. The president and First Lady Michelle Obama joined Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James F. Amos and his wife, Bonnie, for the performance, which featured the "Commandant's Own" U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, third from right, meets with Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti, fourth from left, at the Pentagon, June 27, 2014, following an honor cordon welcome. Both leaders met to discuss matters of mutual concern.

Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses attendees during the Colorado Capitol Conference in Washington, D.C., Jun. 18, 2014. The conference provided an opportunity for Coloradans to meet and engage with national and key leaders.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks with U.S. Senator Susan Collins shortly before testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee in Washington D.C., June 18, 2014, on the Defense Department's fiscal year 2015 budget request. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Robert Hale, Defense Department comptroller, who arrived with Hagel, also testified.

U.S. Army 1st Lts. Matthew White, left, and Kenneth Hurst, center, hold a map while talking with U.S. Army Capt. Rodney Freeman, right, about the plan of movement for a patrol through Petawa village in Afghanistan's Parwan province, June 13, 2014. White, Hurst and Freeman are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Strike. The soldiers patrolled to disrupt enemy activity during the Afghan elections.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew White, bottom left, gives an Afghan resident a leaflet as U.S. Army Capt. Rodney Freeman looks on while patrolling through Petawa village in Afghanistan's Parwan province, June 13, 2014. White and Freeman are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Strike. The soldiers patrolled to disrupt enemy activity during the Afghan elections.

Some Marines provide security while others fast-rope from an MV-22 Osprey aircraft during training on Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 9, 2014. The training allowed Marines to apply proper fast-roping techniques and procedures. Bell is a squad leader assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.

Navy Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, delivers remarks to U.S. Naval War College students and guests during the 65th annual Current Strategy Forum at the college in Newport; R.I., June 17, 2014. The two-day forum explores issues of strategic national importance.

Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby briefs reporters at the Pentagon, June 17, 2014. Kirby answered questions about the capture of Ahmed Abu Khattalah, an alleged leader in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, during which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed

n E-2C Hawkeye prepares to land aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, June 16, 2014. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the carrier to move from the North Arabian Sea into the Arabian Gulf to provide President Barack Obama additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said.

The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush transits the Strait of Hormuz, June 14, 2014. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the carrier to move from the North Arabian Sea into the Arabian Gulf to provide President Barack Obama additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said.

U.S. sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde guide a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft as it departs the Mesa Verde to support ongoing operations in the Persian Gulf, June 16, 2014. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the ship into the gulf, June 16, 2014, to provide President Barack Obama additional options to protect American citizens and interests in Iraq, said Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby.

U.S. Army Sgt. Laura Hensley, center left, and U.S. Army Maj. Vincent Manuel, center, make the first cut in a cake celebrating the Army's 239th birthday on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, June 14, 2014. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, left, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. David Clark, right, assisted in the slicing.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, center, cuts into the Army's 239th birthday cake with Army Col. Thomas Palmatier, a 37-year veteran, and Army Pvt. Naiquan Walker in in Bryant Park, N.Y., June 13, 2014. Traditionally, senior leaders cut into the cake with one the Army's longest-serving soldiers and one of its newest soldiers. Walker is assigned to the 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Timothy Robberstad receives guidance from local elders and leaders from the Afghan defense service outside a polling site in the Dand district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, June 11, 2014. Robberstad, a platoon leader assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, was part of an Afghan-led effort to clear polling sites to ensure safe elections.

U.S. Marines maneuver into a village during a mission as the sun rises in Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 6, 2014. The Marines are assigned to assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

A U.S. Air Force airman sets fire to an empty shipping container to simulate a crashed aircraft during a live-fire exercise at night on Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 7, 2014.

U.S. Navy seaman Clayton Jackson guides an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Sea Combat Squadron 28 during a night vertical replenishment aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea in the Arabian Sea, June 11, 2014. Jackson is a boatswain's mate. The Philippine Sea is deployed as part of the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Lori Hill secures a fence during an engineering project at Comoro Medical Center in support of Pacific Partnership 2014 in Dili, Timor-Leste, June 21, 2014. Pacific Partnership is in its ninth year and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. soldiers detonate a mine clearing line charge during a combined arms live-fire exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 26, 2014. The soldiers, combat engineers, are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U. S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Vincent Hale examines an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during RED FLAG-Alaska 14-2 on Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, Alaska, June 20, 2014. Hale, an aircraft maintainer, is assigned to the 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, South Korea.

Navy seamen from the Firefighting Damage Control School on Naval Base San Diego fight a simulated flight deck fire during a training exercise in San Diego, June 26, 2014.

Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, provides a command update during a news conference at the Pentagon, June 30, 2014.

U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work, left, meets with senior British defense leaders in London, July 3, 2014.

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel meets with Latvian Defense Minister Raimonds Vejonis following an honor cordon at the Pentagon, July 3, 2014. Hagel stressed U.S. commitments in the Baltic region, and commended Latvia's progress toward increasing defense spending.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, and Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters at the Pentagon, July 3, 2014.

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work shakes hands with an attendee during an iftar at the Pentagon, July 1, 2014. Iftar is the post-sunset breaking of the fast during the Islamic holy month.

A mafi trailer operator for Medcenter Container Terminal transfers a container from the M/V Ark Futura, a Danish cargo ship, along the dock to the loading deck of M/V Cape Ray, July 2, 2014. The Cape Ray is tasked with the neutralization of specific chemical materials from Syria in accordance with the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons guidelines while operating in international waters. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Desmond Parks.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel calls Tim Howard, the U.S. Men's National soccer team goalkeeper, from the Pentagon July 2, 2014, to thank the athlete for defending the United States at the World Cup. Social media was abuzz after Howard's Wikipedia page was altered briefly to name him "Secretary of Defense of the United States of America" for his record-breaking number of saves in the July 1, 2014, U.S. match against Belgium.

U.S. Marines prepare an 81mm mortar system during a crewed-served weapons competition on Mount Bundey Training Area, Australia, June 19, 2014. The competition was designed to test the Marines' proficiency with various weapons systems.

U.S. soldiers detonate a mine clearing line charge during a combined arms live-fire exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 26, 2014. The soldiers, combat engineers, are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brooks Graham, left, directs a landing craft air cushion into the well deck of the USS Peleliu following a training exercise in the Pacific Ocean, June 25, 2014. Graham is a boatswain's mate. The Peleliu is en route to Hawaii to participate in Rim of the Pacific 2014. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the exercise

U.S. Navy Lt. Dan Dolan, left, and U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Matt Debbink assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4, pilot a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Carrier Air Wing 2, embarked on the USS Ronald Reagan in the Pacific Ocean, June 23, 2014. The Ronald Reagan is en route to Hawaii for Rim of the Pacific 2014.

The container ship M/V Cape Ray enters the Medcenter Container Terminal in Gioia Tauro, Italy, July 1, 2014, where the crew will receive Syrian chemical materials from a Danish cargo ship. The crew aboard the Cape Ray will then neutralize the materials on board.

CAPE RAY ARRIVAL

The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance, foreground, pulls away as the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore approaches the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier, center, in the Pacific Ocean, June 24, 2014. The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu is conducting a replenishment-at-sea with the Rainier. The ships are en route to participate in the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise.

Panoramic view of the Pentagon， US Department of Defense building