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Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to U.S. service members during a town hall at Morón Air Base, Spain Oct. 6, 2015. The purpose of Carter’s visit was to learn more about Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa capabilities and strong partnership with the Spanish military.

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter speaks to U.S. service members during a town hall at Morón Air Base, Spain Oct. 6, 2015. The purpose of Carter’s visit was to learn more about Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa capabilities and strong partnership with the Spanish military.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Keonaona Paulo

U.S. and Philippine Marine Corps leaders interlock arms as a sign of brotherhood during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

U.S. and Philippine Marine Corps leaders interlock arms as a sign of brotherhood during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Bustos

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, commanding general, speaks during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, commanding general, speaks during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Bustos

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, commanding general, left, speaks with Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Alexander F. Balutan, Armed Force Philippines, Naval Inspector General, during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, commanding general, left, speaks with Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Alexander F. Balutan, Armed Force Philippines, Naval Inspector General, during the opening ceremony for Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at the Philippine Marine Corps Base in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City, Philippines, Oct. 1, 2015. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine and Navy Forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines in order to strengthen our interoperability and working relationships across the range of military operations from disaster relief, to complex expeditionary operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Bustos

U.S. Navy Lt. Scott Jackson shakes the hand of Armando Glorioso, mayor of Nissoria, during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and other military members out of Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, were invited by the mayor to participate in their annual ceremony to remember the global impact of the events on 9/11.

U.S. Navy Lt. Scott Jackson shakes the hand of Armando Glorioso, mayor of Nissoria, during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and other military members out of Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, were invited by the mayor to participate in their annual ceremony to remember the global impact of the events on 9/11.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia McDonald

Nissorians listen to their mayor speak during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa were asked to participate in the ceremony Nissoria holds yearly in remembrance of two Nissoria natives that lost their lives in the twin towers that day.

Nissorians listen to their mayor speak during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa were asked to participate in the ceremony Nissoria holds yearly in remembrance of two Nissoria natives that lost their lives in the twin towers that day.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia McDonald

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa bow their heads in prayer during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. The local priest offered a prayer as Americans and Nissorians remembered the shared pain of the lives lost that day 14 years ago.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa bow their heads in prayer during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. The local priest offered a prayer as Americans and Nissorians remembered the shared pain of the lives lost that day 14 years ago.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia McDonald

A U.S. Army soldier salutes as the ‘flag of honor’ is raised during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and other military members out of Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, participated in the ceremony honoring the lives all the Americans and two Nissorian citizens lost that day.

A U.S. Army soldier salutes as the ‘flag of honor’ is raised during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa and other military members out of Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, participated in the ceremony honoring the lives all the Americans and two Nissorian citizens lost that day.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia McDonald

Armando Glorioso, mayor of Nissoria, speaks to the citizens of his town and U.S. service members present during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa were invited to the town’s ceremony remembering the lives of two Nissorian citizens and all the other lives lost in that tragedy.

Armando Glorioso, mayor of Nissoria, speaks to the citizens of his town and U.S. service members present during a September 11th remembrance ceremony in Nissoria, Italy, Sept. 22, 2015. Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa were invited to the town’s ceremony remembering the lives of two Nissorian citizens and all the other lives lost in that tragedy.

Photo by Cpl. Olivia McDonald

Captain Guy Lee, the I Marine Expeditionary Force chaplain introduces a panel of subject matter experts that were present during the second battle for Fallujah, Iraq. Navy Chaplains and Religious Program Specialists gathered Sept. 18, 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to discuss the roles of religious personnel during times of heavy combat; specifically revisiting the events of the second battle of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury.

Captain Guy Lee, the I Marine Expeditionary Force chaplain introduces a panel of subject matter experts that were present during the second battle for Fallujah, Iraq. Navy Chaplains and Religious Program Specialists gathered Sept. 18, 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to discuss the roles of religious personnel during times of heavy combat; specifically revisiting the events of the second battle of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury.

Photo by Cpl. Seth Starr

Captain Guy Lee, the I Marine Expeditionary Force chaplain introduces a panel of subject matter experts that were present during the second battle for Fallujah, Iraq. Navy Chaplains and Religious Program Specialists gathered Sept. 18 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to discuss the roles of religious personnel during times of heavy combat; specifically revisiting the events of the second battle of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury.

Captain Guy Lee, the I Marine Expeditionary Force chaplain introduces a panel of subject matter experts that were present during the second battle for Fallujah, Iraq. Navy Chaplains and Religious Program Specialists gathered Sept. 18 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to discuss the roles of religious personnel during times of heavy combat; specifically revisiting the events of the second battle of Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury.

Photo by Cpl. Seth Starr

Benin National Surveillance Police commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary attacks with U.S. Marines and sailors at the National Police Academy in Cotonou, Benin, today. The Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa are in Benin for a month-long training mission with the National Surveillance Police to help counter illicit trafficking along the country’s borders. During a break in the training, NPS students stood alongside Marines and sailors in formation for a brief ceremony to remember the day when more than 3,000 lives perished from the heinous terrorist attack. The ceremony began with the playing of taps, followed by three smoke cans, releasing colors of the Benin flag, symbolizing the partnership between the U.S. and Benin.

Benin National Surveillance Police commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001, anniversary attacks with U.S. Marines and sailors at the National Police Academy in Cotonou, Benin, today. The Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa are in Benin for a month-long training mission with the National Surveillance Police to help counter illicit trafficking along the country’s borders. During a break in the training, NPS students stood alongside Marines and sailors in formation for a brief ceremony to remember the day when more than 3,000 lives perished from the heinous terrorist attack. The ceremony began with the playing of taps, followed by three smoke cans, releasing colors of the Benin flag, symbolizing the partnership between the U.S. and Benin.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Peterson

Benin National Surveillance Police commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001 anniversary attacks with U.S. Marines and sailors at the National Police Academy in Cotonou, Benin, today. The Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa are in Benin for a month-long training mission with the National Surveillance Police to help counter illicit trafficking along the country’s borders. During a break in the training, NPS students stood alongside Marines and sailors in formation for a brief ceremony to remember the day when more than 3,000 lives perished from the heinous terrorist attack. The ceremony began with the playing of taps, followed by three smoke cans, releasing colors of the Benin flag, symbolizing the partnership between the U.S. and Benin.

Benin National Surveillance Police commemorated the Sept. 11, 2001 anniversary attacks with U.S. Marines and sailors at the National Police Academy in Cotonou, Benin, today. The Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa are in Benin for a month-long training mission with the National Surveillance Police to help counter illicit trafficking along the country’s borders. During a break in the training, NPS students stood alongside Marines and sailors in formation for a brief ceremony to remember the day when more than 3,000 lives perished from the heinous terrorist attack. The ceremony began with the playing of taps, followed by three smoke cans, releasing colors of the Benin flag, symbolizing the partnership between the U.S. and Benin.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Peterson

CWO4 Jerod Murphy, assistant ordnance officer for 1st Marine Division, and Master Sgt. Shannon Sweeney, operations chief, ordnance officer and Inspector-Instructor for Combat Logistics Battalion 451, look at a make-shift memorial at what appears to be a former fountain in Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 12, 2015. Murphy and Sweeney were part of a team of Marines and sailors who rescued more than 200 people during and after Hurricane Katrina, August 2005.

CWO4 Jerod Murphy, assistant ordnance officer for 1st Marine Division, and Master Sgt. Shannon Sweeney, operations chief, ordnance officer and Inspector-Instructor for Combat Logistics Battalion 451, look at a make-shift memorial at what appears to be a former fountain in Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 12, 2015. Murphy and Sweeney were part of a team of Marines and sailors who rescued more than 200 people during and after Hurricane Katrina, August 2005.

Photo by Sgt. Melissa Karnath

Joseph R. Biden, the Vice President of the United States, speaks at the Mckenzie Arena during the Chattanooga memorial service at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Aug. 15, 2015. Four Marines and one sailor died during a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 16, 2015. During the service, special guests including the Vice President, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Joseph F. Dunford, and family members of the deceased service members, came to pay their last respects to the fallen service members.

Joseph R. Biden, the Vice President of the United States, speaks at the Mckenzie Arena during the Chattanooga memorial service at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Aug. 15, 2015. Four Marines and one sailor died during a shooting in Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 16, 2015. During the service, special guests including the Vice President, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, 36th Commandant of the Marine Corps Joseph F. Dunford, and family members of the deceased service members, came to pay their last respects to the fallen service members.

Photo by Sgt. Terry Brady

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennesee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennesee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as TAPS is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as TAPS is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wisconsin Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Col. Martin Downie, commandant of the Defense Information School, left, Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, middle, and Ray Shepherd, Director of Defense Media Activity, right, bow their heads during a memorial ceremony July 27, 2015, at the Defense Information School, Fort George G. Meade, Md. DINFOS held a ceremony honoring Cpl. Sara Medina and Lance Cpl. Jacob Hug, who lost their lives in a helicopter crash while documenting the relief efforts in Nepal during Operation Sahayogi Haat.

Col. Martin Downie, commandant of the Defense Information School, left, Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, sergeant major of the Marine Corps, middle, and Ray Shepherd, Director of Defense Media Activity, right, bow their heads during a memorial ceremony July 27, 2015, at the Defense Information School, Fort George G. Meade, Md. DINFOS held a ceremony honoring Cpl. Sara Medina and Lance Cpl. Jacob Hug, who lost their lives in a helicopter crash while documenting the relief efforts in Nepal during Operation Sahayogi Haat.

Photo by Sgt. Terry Brady

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington fire the canons during an evening parade in MBW, D.C., July 24, 2015. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., 36th commandant of the Marine Corps, was the official host and Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of Naval Operations, was the guest of honor. The Evening Parade summer tradition began in 1934, and features the Silent Drill Platoon, the U.S. Marine Band, the U.S. Marine Drumand Bugle Corps alongside two marching companies. More than 3,500 guests attend the parade every week.

U.S. Marines with Marine Barracks Washington fire the canons during an evening parade in MBW, D.C., July 24, 2015. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., 36th commandant of the Marine Corps, was the official host and Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of Naval Operations, was the guest of honor. The Evening Parade summer tradition began in 1934, and features the Silent Drill Platoon, the U.S. Marine Band, the U.S. Marine Drumand Bugle Corps alongside two marching companies. More than 3,500 guests attend the parade every week.

Photo by Lance Cpl Alex A. Qiles