TAKE DOWN

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ruben Clark and Lance Cpl. Andrew Stagmer wrestle on the football field in Yokosuka, Japan, Sept. 10, 2012. The Marines are learning different combat techniques as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Clark and Stagmer are assigned to the Marine Corps Security Company Pacific Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Bravo. U.S. Navy photo by Joe Schmitt

HIGH FIVE

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Patrick McCall, left, receives a high five from an Afghan boy during a security patrol in the Sangin district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 6, 2012. McCall is a rifleman assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison

POSTING THE COLORS

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Kerr posts the colors with fellow service members during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 11, 2012. The event honored the fallen first responders from the 9/11 terrorist attacks 11 years ago. Kerr is the center's chief of military cooperation. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman

SHARED VISION

Navy Cmdr. Jeff Saville tours his son around the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill during a family day cruise in San Diego, Calif., Sept. 7, 2012. The Bunker Hill hosted more than 180 guests to show them the operational capabilities and life aboard the ship. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Karolina A. Martinez

DUSTY PATROL

U.S. Marines begin a patrol from Forward Operating Base Shamsher in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 6, 2012. The Marines, assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, conducted the patrol to disrupt the flow of lethal and illicit aid by the enemy in the area. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Morrison

REMEMBRANCE AT SEA

U.S. Navy Capt. Jon Kreiz, at lectern, the commanding officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York, addresses sailors and Marines in the Gulf of Aden, Sept. 11, 2012, during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony to commemorate the 9/11 terrorist attacks. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zane Ecklund

FUNCTION CHECK

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn M. Smith performs a function check on an AV-8B Harrier aircraft on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 3, 2012. Smith, a power line mechanic, is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paulo Keonaona

COMBAT GUNNER

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Bobby Heimovitz, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9, USS Harry S. Truman, fires a .50-caliber machine gun at a MK-25 smoke target in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 5, 2012. Heimovitz is a naval aircrewman helicopter. The squadron is under way with the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman to support carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mick DiMestico