Kasia Kardasiewicz (right), a Polish linguist with Mission Essential, teaches U.K. Army Soldiers with the 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards, how to speak and write in Polish during a Polish language class at the Battle Group Poland in Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, June 20, 2018. Battle Group Poland is a unique, multinational coalition of U.S., U.K., Croatian and Romanian Soldiers who serve with the Polish 15th Mechanized Brigade as a deterrence force in support of NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence initiative.
ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 22, 2018) Lt. Kelly Denimarck an Anti-Submarine/Surface Warfare - Warfare Tactics Instructor, conducts a Surface Warfare Advance Tactical Training (SWATT) briefing aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is completing the Navy's first East Coast ARG SWATT exercise. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) and is designed to increase warfighting proficiency, lethality, and interoperability of participating units. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kaitlyn E. Eads/Released)
More than 200 locals gathered in a tree-filled park by the town lake in Buena Vista, Colorado to be treated to a concert by the U.S. Army National Guard's 101st Army Band, along with the 101st Army Dixieland Band, June 22, 2018. The bands had people on their feet and dancing in the grass as cottonwood seeds floated through the air like snowflakes and the sun sank through the trees. The 101st Army Band features an array of musical ensembles that perform across a wide spectrum of musical styles and in a variety of environments. From Concert Band to Marching Band, Dixie to Rock and Roll. As "Colorado's Musical Ambassadors" the band performs across the entire state. No other unit has as much direct contact with the public nor as diverse a training schedule. The unit consists of 41 citizen-soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Ken Scar)
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 20, 2018) Chief Operations Specialist Edward Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla., serves Sailors during a steel beach picnic aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). USS William P. Lawrence is operating in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility conducting qualifications and routine operations during a scheduled underway. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica O. Blackwell/Released)
