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The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble is underway to participate in exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in the Timor Sea, July 6, 2015. The bilateral training exercise help to maintain a high level of interoperability between U.S. and Australian forces. @usnavy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Flewellyn
Happy Birthday, America! #4thofJuly #IndependenceDay
#Fireworks over Yokota Air Base, Japan in 2012. #4thofJuly
U.S. soldiers fire the 120mm main gun of an @usarmy M1A2 Abrams tank to prepare for a live-fire tank shoot during Operation Speed and Power as part of Atlantic Resolve South on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, June 24, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alan Brutus
Active Duty and Veteran athletes of the U.S. and British Armed Forces compete in the freestyle swimming event during the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games in Manassas, Va., June 27, 2015. The games are an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. DoD photo by EJ Hersom
Active Duty and Veteran athletes of the U.S. and British Armed Forces take aim during the shooting competition at the 2015 Department of Defense #WarriorGames at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 26. The games are an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans. Approximately 250 athletes representing teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations Command and the British Armed Forces will compete in archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track & field and wheelchair basketball. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Garry Abidin/Released)
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter shakes hands with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves as he departs the Presidential Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, June 23, 2015. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz #SecDef #VictoryDay #Estonia
@usarmy athletes cross the finish line during a tandem cycling competition at the 2015 @dodwarriorgames on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 21, 2015.
@usarmy Spc Chasity Kuczer follows through on her shot during the individual round of the archery competition portion of the 2015 @dodwarriorgames on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 22, 2015.
#SecDef Carter visits the German #Holocaust memorial.
The @dodwarriorgames are underway! #WarriorGames
#SecDef Carter stands with senior leadership as #warriorgames athletes march in for the opening ceremony.
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