Brave Women in the Armed Forces of the World

RIOHACHA, Colombia (Nov. 26, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Laura Lopez, from Santa Fe, Texas, checks in a patient at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Pat Morrissey/Released)



STRAITS OF MALACCA (Nov. 24, 2018) Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Ciara Heath, from Philadelphia, stands watch aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93). Chung-Hoon is underway conducting routine operations as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Logan C. Kellums)



PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 20, 2018) Seaman Laury Champange, from Long Island, New York, stands watch as the phone talker aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) during a replenishment-at-sea with the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10) and the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis and Spruance are underway conducting routine operations as part of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 3 in the U.S. Pacific Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan D. McLearnon)



Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Pat Pillow receives a cup of grapes from U.S. Air Force Col. Sherri LeVan, 55th Wing vice commander, Nov. 22, 2018 during a Thanksgiving feast at the Ronald L. King dining facility on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Serving meals at at the dining facility is an annual Thanksgiving tradition for USSTRATCOM and 55th Wing leadership as a way to say thank you to Team Offutt members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)

Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Ryley Wilson holds up a sea turtle before releasing it into the water offshore Cape Henry, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2018. Coast Guard crewmembers and personnel from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island released 14 sea turtles into warmer waters after their rehabilitation from being cold stunned. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Jaime Brady)



Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Casey Lawrence, a Base Kodiak yeoman, loves Kodiak, Alaska so much that her and her husband have purchased their retirement home in Kodiak. Lawrence and her family enjoy all that the Alaskan outdoors has to offer. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charly Hengen.



Petty Officer 2nd Class Catherine Lorenz undergoes a refresher course in using the SeaWatch system developed by C3CEN in Portsmouth, VA Sept. 24, 2018. SeaWatch combines multiple ship-board communications, sensors and navigation systems into a single integrated platform for increased efficiency and situational awareness in cutters. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Auxiliarist Andy Winz/Released.



RIOHATCHA, Colombia (Nov. 26, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sabrina Greene, from Atlanta, lets a patient draw a smiley face on her hand while she checks them into one of two medical sites. The USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kris R. Lindstrom/Released

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron Catron, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military dog handler, keeps his MWD Morty calm while U.S. Army Capt Theresa Hubbell, Area Support Group Kuwait Camp Arifjan veterinary officer in charge, shows U.S. Air Force Staff. Sgt. Kristin Niemi, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group medical technician, spots where medical procedures can be performed during basic preventative medical service training, Nov. 27, 2018, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Due to the distance of the veterinary clinic in Kuwait and the services available for MWD at ADAB, Hubbell visited ADAB to perform a quarterly inspection of the MWDs and their living quarters, and provided training for the handlers and Emergency Medical Technicians. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Darnell T. Cannady)


U.S. Army Pfc. Maria McClain, assigned to Allied Forces North Battalion, adjusts the rear sight of her M4 carbine during the Best Warrior Competition, at the 25 meter indoor range, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Nov.07, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pascal Demeuldre)



Airman Elizabeth Sicard, 104th Operations Support Flight Airman, uses a Combined Aircrew Systems Tester to perform a leak check on an oxygen mask Nov. 28, 2018, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The inspections and maintenance performed by aircrew flight equipment Airmen helps to ensure the safety of the pilots at the 104th Fighter Wing, allowing them to confidently perform their mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Randy Burlingame)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Tori Watts, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution driver and 67th Special Operations Squadron Forward Arming and Refueling Point team member, packs a fuel hose for a FARP mission at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 11, 2018. FARP is a specialty within the fuels career field where members selected to the team are certified to establish refueling sites and refuel airframes in austere locations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexandria Lee)



Staff Sgt. Ashley Davin, 136th Security Forces member, along with three other Security Forces personnel travel to Galveston, Texas, to assist with support, search and rescue missions in southern Texas. More than 250 personnel from the 136th Airlift Wing are deployed in direct support of Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kristina Overton/released)



Olivia Porter, a Marine Corps enlistee with Recruiting Substation Boston, performs a fireman carry during a monthly training event, Oct. 13, 2018, at Carson Beach, Mass. Marine enlistees conduct physical training to prepare for the rigors of recruit training. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Vado)



Coast Guard Station Charleston's active and reservist crew pose for a photo after running the Travis Manion Foundation 9/11 Memorial 5K in Charleston, South Carolina. Coast Guard Station Charleston Instagram post on Dec. 1, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Michael Cook)



RIOHACHA, Colombia (Nov. 30, 2018) - Ensign Maggie Anater, from Lancaster, Pa., takes a young patient’s vitals at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman J. Keith Wilson/Released)

Chief Master Sgt. Tresse King, 374th Force Support Squadron superintendent, right, and Senior Airman Kylie Hanni, 36th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, left, both out of Yokota Air Base, Japan, place cans of food into a bundle to be delivered during Operation Christmas Drop 2018 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2018. Once packed, the bundles will go on to be used to train the U.S. Air Force and its partners to better handle humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ashley Deliz-Aguilera, 325th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, prepares a flu shot while at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 8, 2018. Previously evacuated due to Hurricane Michael, Deliz-Aguilera returned to a devastated base and was eager to help in the rebuilding process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Isaiah J. Soliz)

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A member of the Japan Air-Self Defense Force (Koku Jietai) carries clothing items to a bundle on bundle building day during Operation Christmas Drop 2018 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2018. OCD is a trilateral training mission designed to give C-130 crews from the U.S. Air Force, JASDF, and Royal Australian Air Force a chance to airdrop supplies on unsurveyed drop zones throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore)

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Spc. Tatiana Lewis, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with 3673rd Ordnance Company, 415th Military Intelligence Battalion, 139th Regional Support Group tightens bolt on a door while conducting maintenance during exercise Combined Resolve XI, Dec. 4 at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany. CBRXI exercise gives the U.S. Army’s regionally allocated combat forces in Europe the opportunity to execute a combat training center rotation with a joint, multinational environment demonstrating their integration into U.S. Army Europe operations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Onuoha / Released)

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TRUJILLO, Honduras (Dec. 6, 2018) – Lt. j.g. Karen Jimenez Gudino, from Phoenix, passes a box of medical supplies down a line while setting up one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment reflects the United States’ enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. CaShaunta Q. Williams)

TRUJILLO, Honduras (Dec. 6, 2018) – Hospitalman Leanne Frontera, from Fairfield, Calif., passes a box of medical supplies down a line while setting up one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. CaShaunta Q. Williams)

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TRUJILLO, Honduras (Dec. 6, 2018) – Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michelle Sheldrew, from Mundelein, Ill. takes a patient’s blood pressure at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jailene Casso/Released)

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TRUJILLO, Honduras (Dec. 6, 2018) – Sailors, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), move crutches into the physical therapy area in preparation for patient treatment at one of two medical sites. The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command’s Enduring Promise initiative. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Waldrop/Released)

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USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) Sailors pay tribute to World War II veterans including Pearl Harbor survivors at the 77th Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument on Oahu Dec. 7. This year’s theme was, “Forging the Future” and the ceremony was attended by more than 2000 veterans, active duty and guest. Murphy circumnavigated the historic Ford Island paying their respect to all services members that lost their lives on Dec. 7, 1941. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 1st Class Corwin M. Colbert)

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Coast Guard Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, congratulates Royal Canadian Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kristina Gray, Commanding Officer, HMCS Edmonton, and her crew for their work during counterdrug operations in the Eastern Pacific aboard Edmonton at Naval Base San Diego Dec. 7th, 2018. Together with Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team members, Edmonton’s crew seized more than 5,100 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Taylor Bacon/ released)

Staff Sgt. Makayla Cordell, member of the 134th Air Refueling Wing, places a wreath on the headstone of a military veteran as part of a National Wreaths Across America Day event Dec. 15. More than 500 volunteers from East Tennessee placed over 1,900 wreaths on graves as a way to remember and honor those who have served and sacrificed. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Darby Arnold)



U.S Air Force Staff Sgt. Caryanne Hernandez, 19th Medical Group NCO in charge of public health, shakes hands with Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command commander, at Camp Warlord at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Nov. 2, 2018. Hernandez spoke to the accomplishments of her medical team during the August ROCKI 18-07 exercise, which was the latest step toward improving full-spectrum readiness for the 19th AW. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kristine M. Gruwell)



U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Theresa Ulloa-Smotherman, a recruiting administrative assistant for the 118th Wing, Tennessee Air National Guard, tapes and assembles a box on Dec. 12, 2018 at Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in Nashville, Tennessee. Several members of the 118th Wing’s recruiting and retention team volunteered their time to assemble “weather boxes” for Second Harvest. These boxes are filled with nonperishable food and given to children on days when bad weather cancels school for the day. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Agosti)



U.S. Air Chief Master Sgt. Ericka E. Kelly, Command Chief Master Sgt. for the Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., talks with a basic trainee flight from the 433rd Training Squadron, prior to their graduation ceremony, Dec. 14, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Reserve military training instructors (MTI) are aligned under the 340th Flying Training Group, who is responsible for the 433rd TRS. The 433rd TRS is unique to Air Force Reserve Command as it is the only unit of reserve MTIs. Reserve MTIs serve side-by-side with their active mission partners to create the next generation of Airmen for our Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)



U.S. Air Chief Master Sgt. Ericka E. Kelly, Command Chief Master Sgt. for the Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., presents a gift to basic trainee Airmen from the 433rd Training Squadron, prior to their graduation ceremony, Dec. 14, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)

GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2018) Seaman Recruit Elizabeth Yergen leads recruits during a song of praise at the protestant worship service at the Recruit Memorial Chapel at Recruit Training Command (RTC). The RTC Religious Ministries Team provides religious services to recruits during training for more than 20 different faith groups. More than 30,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (The photo is black and white to emphasize the subject matter) (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Spencer Fling)

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GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2018) A recruit receives Holy Communion during Catholic Mass at the Recruit Memorial Chapel. The Recruit Training Command Religious Ministries Team provides religious services to recruits during training for more than 20 different faith groups.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Spencer Fling)

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GREAT LAKES, IL. (Aug. 19, 2018) Recruits sing a song of praise during a protestant worship service at the Recruit Memorial Chapel at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Spencer Fling)

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GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2018) Lt. Daniel Bruno, one of 14 chaplains at Recruit Training Command (RTC), prays with a recruit after a protestant worship service at the Recruit Memorial Chapel at RTC. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Spencer Fling)


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EAST CHINA SEA (Dec. 27, 2018) Ensign Thanh Xuong Giang, from San Francisco, relays information to the air and deck crew during flight operations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). McCampbell is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo/released)...

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 28, 2018) Senior Chief Air Traffic Controller Dale Wagner, from The Woodlands, Texas, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), poses for a selfie with Operations Speialist 1st Class Alexis Tisdale, from Baltimore, following his retirement ceremony at Naval Air Station Oceana. Wagner retired after 26 years of service. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Pastrick)

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U.S. Army Spc. Jenna Van Horn, a newly promoted pharmacy specialist, assigned to the 452nd Combat Support Hospital poses for a photo with her unit leadership after her promotion ceremony in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Jan. 2, 2019. Promotion ceremonies like this further enhance and prepare capable leaders in the Army. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Carlos J. Garcia)

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U.S. Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Itzel Samaniego, from Nogales, Arizona, conducts corrosion maintenance on the cabin floorboard of an MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 2, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Skyler Okerman)

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Corporal Damionia Lott, left, and Lance Cpl. Erin Thomas, Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit Female Engagement Team configure data using the SEEK- II during FET training aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Jan. 2, 2018. The SEEK- II is a biometric enrollment device used to collect biological and biometric data on individuals in order to compile a watch list of information such as fingerprints, iris scans and photos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tawanya Norwood)