The military has very talented photographers in its ranks, and they constantly attempt to capture what life as a service member is like during training and at war.
This is the best of what they shot during a single week in mid-June.
Air Force:
Airmen push down on the wing of a U-2 after its landing at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, on June 9, 2015. If the aircraft lands slightly off balance, it has the potential to tilt to one side.
US Air Force Senior Airman Talon Leinbaugh, 66th Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, conducts aerial surveillance in an HH-60G Pave Hawk over the Pacific Ocean during Angel Thunder 2015, June 11, 2015. Angel Thunder is hosted by the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., but many flying operations will extend throughout Arizona, New Mexico and California.
NAVY:
Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) cast a line from a combat rubber raiding craft to Sailors in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during combined training with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU).
The US Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, perform the Diamond 360 maneuver at the Ocean City Air Show. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform 68 demonstrations at 35 locations across the US in 2015.
Army:
Paratroopers, assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, rehearse amphibious landings aboard British Navy landing craft as part of Exercise BALTOPS 2015 in Ravlunda, Sweden.
Soldiers, assigned to 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, conduct training during a Decisive Action Rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California.
Marine Corps:
Gunnery Sgt. Eddie Myers, a parachute safety officer assigned to Detachment 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, parachutes from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during airborne insertion training at the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii.
Marines and Sailors also competed in the 2015 Commanding General’s Cup Mud Run at Camp Pendleton, California.
Coast Guard:
Just a few months ago, the Coast Guard officially stood up its 22nd rating, the dive rating for enlisted members and dive specialty for chief warrant officers.
Here's a Coast Guard vessel honoring & paying respect to Old Glory.
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