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vt. Mohammad Nadir holds a challenge coin given to him by Marine Corps Gen. William Jurney, commanding general for Western Recruiting Region, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, June 1, 2017. Nadir graduated from recruit training on May 26, 2017, and will train to become an infantryman. Nadir moved to the United States in 2014 with a Special Immigrant Visa after working for three years as an interpreter with the International Security Assistance Force in the Sangin District of Helmand province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jessica Quezada)

June 8, 2017

Afghan Interpreter Earns Elite Title as U.S. Marine

ANAHEIM, Calif. — While some children grow up with aspirations to become scientists, professional athletes or actors, Mohammad Nadir’s goal was to become a United States Marine, stemming from an early childhood amid a strong military presence

U.S. Central Command Commanding General, Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel (right) discusses maintenance and modernization of Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 heavy equipment with Col. Aaron Stanek, commander, 401st Army Field Support Brigade during a tour of the facility at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, June 3. (U.S. Army photo by Justin Graff, 401st AFSB Public Affairs) (Photo Credit: Mr. Justin Graff (Rock Island Arsenal))

June 6, 2017

CENTCOM Commander: APS-5 'a powerful, ready stock of equipment'

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — U.S. Central Command Commanding General, Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel toured an Army Prepositioned Stocks-5 warehouse managed by the 401st Army Field Support Brigade here, June 3.

Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Reardon, Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain Chaplain, speaks to Sailors at a Battle of Midway commemoration ceremony held at NSA Bahrain June 5, 2017. The ceremony commemorated the Sailors and Marines lost during the Battle of Midway. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory A. Pickett II/Released)

June 6, 2017

NSA Bahrain Hosts Battle of Midway Commemoration

MANAMA, Bahrain — Marking the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, Active duty, retired service members and civilians celebrated the victory of the Battle of Midway with a commemoration ceremony at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain, June 5.

Brig. Gen. Craig Baker, the incoming 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, receives the 455th AEW guidon from Maj. Gen. James Hecker, the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force-Afghanistan commander, which officially grants him command of the 455th AEW during a change of command ceremony at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 3, 2017. Baker is a command pilot with more than 2,600 flying hours and has commanded at the Squadron and Wing level. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Gonsier)

June 5, 2017

Bagram welcomes new commander: Baker takes helm of the 455th AEW

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN — Brig. Gen. Craig Baker took command of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing during a change of command ceremony June 3, 2017, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

MANAMA, Bahrain (June 1, 2017) Vice Adm. Louis-Michel Guillaume, left, commander of French Submarine and Strategic Oceanic Forces, Vice Adm. Kevin M. Donegan, middle, commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and Rear Adm. Robert K. Tarrant, commander Operations of the Royal Navy, sign an agreement to increase coordination for anti-submarine warfare activities between France, the U.S. and the United Kingdom. The agreement follows the signing of a trilateral cooperation agreement by Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, the First Sea Lord of the United Kingdom Adm. Sir Philip Jones and French Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Christophe Prazuck in London on March 27. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Victoria Kinney/Released) (Photo by MC2 Victoria Kinney)

June 5, 2017

U.K., France and U.S. Sign Trilateral Submarine Agreement

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Naval leaders from the United Kingdom, France and the United States signed an agreement June 1 designed to increase coordination for anti-submarine warfare activities of the three countries as they operate in the 5th Fleet area of operations.

A pair of Air Force and Navy explosive ordnance disposal technicians work together to cover one another during a joint service EOD field training exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 23, 2017. EOD teams from each of the four service branches, deployed to five different countries across the AOR, gathered for joint service EOD training, which allowed for the exchange of tactics, techniques and procedures between service branches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly)

June 5, 2017

CENTCOM EOD teams link up for joint service field training

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Explosive ordnance disposal teams from across the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility participated in a weeklong joint field training exercise recently at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The 386th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight coordinated and hosted the joint training operation that brought together EOD teams from

Iraqi Federal Police snipers march onto the rifle range to conduct training during an Iraqi security forces-led course, supported by advisers from Combined Joint Task – Force Operation Inherent Resolve, near Mosul, Iraq, May 16, 2017. The advisers, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, enable their Iraqi security force partners through the advise and assist mission, contributing planning, intelligence collection and analysis, force protection, and precision fires to achieve the military defeat of ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Brandon L. Rizzo)

June 2, 2017

Iraqi sniper training assisted by coalition

MOSUL, IRAQ — In the midst of operations by Iraqi security forces to liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS, U.S. Army Paratroopers, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, have been leveraging their skills to assist the Iraqis with their new Federal Police sniper training program.

Iraqi soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Commando Brigade, Anbar Operations Command, practice their marksmanship skills during training with Task Force Al-Taqaddum, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, in Iraq, April 17, 2017. This training is part of the overall CJTF-OIR building partner capacity mission by training and improving the capability of partnered forces fighting ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shellie Hall)

June 2, 2017

Combat Training to Combat Troops – The Advise and Assist Mission of Task Force Al-Taqaddum

IRAQ — U.S. Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors with Task Force Al-Taqaddum come together with one common mission – advising and assisting the Iraqi security forces of the Anbar Operations Command.

A U.S. soldier deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve waits while a CH-47 Chinook is refueled at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, May 29, 2017. Army photo by Cpl. Rachel Diehm

June 1, 2017

Spokesman Reports on Progress in Effort to Defeat ISIS

WASHINGTON — Iraqi forces are closing in on the final terrorist-held areas in western Mosul, while partnered forces in Syria are just a few kilometers from the key city of Raqqa, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said.

Tampa, Fla. - U.S. Central Command representatives and military officers from the Republic of Tajikistan Ministry of Defense pose for a group photo during the 2017 combined U.S.-Tajikistan consultative staff talks (CST). The talks are an annual event held in Tampa, Florida designed to review the security cooperation progress of the previous year’s military-to-military events and finalize the coming years military-to-military planning between the two partners. (Photo by Tom Gagnier)

June 1, 2017

U.S. Central Command and Tajikistan review security cooperation

Tampa, Fla. — On May 22-24, 2017, military officers from CENTCOM and the Republic of Tajikistan Ministry of Defense held the 2017 combined Tajikistan-U.S. consultative staff talks (CST).