U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mykel Thaete, of the Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry West, Detachment Hawaii, runs for concealment after popping an M18 green smoke hand grenade at Kahuku Training Area in Hawaii on May 19, 2010. Thaete participated as opposition force in an attack and defend field exercise as part of School of Infantry West's Infantry Squad Leader Course. DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Jody Lee Smith, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
U.S. Navy personnel use special effects to simulate a small boat terrorist attack during Citadel Protect (CP) 2010 in Norfolk, Va., May 18, 2010. CP is part of regular training designed to assess the Navy's capability to protect waterborne assets against vessel-borne and other improvised explosive device (IED) threats in ports. The event is coordinated between U.S. Fleet Forces and Commander, Navy Installations Command. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kristin L. Grover, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Airmen load medical supplies, hygiene kits and water onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft on Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan May 21, 2010, in support of flood relief efforts for Tajikistan. The region has requested international aid following the flash floods and mudslides that have devastated the area and caused more than 40 deaths. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Quinton Russ, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Bryon Bebout, left, and Royal Thai Navy Staff Sgt. Utorn Saengow make the final priming cap connections to the detonation cords of explosives that will simulate ship’s gunfire during an amphibious landing in Thailand May 20, 2010. The landing is the premier event of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2010. CARAT is a series of bilateral exercises held annually in Southeast Asia to strengthen relationships and enhance force readiness (DoD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael Ard, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Morris shoots a mortar round from a 120 mm mortar tube during a training and certification test at a combat outpost in Afghanistan May 18, 2010.
(DoD photo by Sgt. Derec Pierson, U.S. Army/Released)
U.S. Soldiers secure a perimeter in Sarde Sofla, Afghanistan, May 7, 2010, during a reconnaissance mission. The Soldiers are assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division. (DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo, U.S. Air Force/Released)
Brazilian marines with Marine Corps Special Operations Battalion (Tonelero) practice close quarters combat skills during training with U.S. Navy SEALs as part of a joint combined exchange training exercise in Brazil May 10, 2010. The bilateral training, conducted by the SEALs as well as U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen, marks the first time the U.S. has engaged with the battalion in more than 25 years and is intended to strengthen ties between the two nations. (DoD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kathryn Whittenberger, U.S. Navy/Released)
