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)
U.S. Airmen with the 81st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare to set a tow bar to the nose wheel of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft to push the aircraft into a parked position at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, May 11, 2010. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Nancy Hooks, U.S. Air Force/Released)
U.S. Sailors with Deep Submergence Unit deploy a submarine rescue chamber from the Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Sioux (T-ATF 171) May 14, 2010, off the coast of San Diego, Calif.
(DoD photo by Lt. Cmdr. Joe Bell, U.S. Navy/Released)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Geormon Elder coaches a member of the Jamaican Defense Force on ground-fighting techniques as he practices on U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Edan Valkner in Port Antonio, Jamaica, May 17, 2010. The Marines are embarked aboard High Speed Vessel Swift (HSV) 2 in support of Southern Partnership Station 2010, which is a deployment of specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility with the goal of information sharing with navies, coast guards and civilian services in the region. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Williams, U.S. Navy/Released)
