Soldiers fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer to support Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq, Aug. 15, 2017. (Cpl. Rachel Diehm/Army)
Sgt. Freemon Draw shares a funny story about Lance Cpl. Cody Haley Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017, during his funeral service as Hospitalman 3rd Class John Stillwell and Sgt. David Hommes laugh and smile on, in Eldora, Iowa. Haley died in a training accident at Camp Pendleton, California on Aug. 4. (Chris Zoeller/Globe-Gazette via AP)
A harpoon missile launches from the missile deck of the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) off the coast of Guam on Aug. 22. (MC2 Kaleb R. Staples/Navy)
Oregon National Guard soldiers and airmen hike to a training area in Salem, Ore., Aug. 15, 2017, for firefighting refresher training as they prepare to support wildfire response efforts. (Master Sgt. John Hughel/Air National Guard)
U.S. soldiers stand next to a guided-missile launcher, a few miles from the frontline, in the village of Abu Ghaddur, east of Tal Afar, Iraq, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Iraqi forces have launched a multi-pronged assault to retake the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, marking the next phase in the country's war on the Islamic State group. (Balint Szlanko/AP)
Air Force F-22 Raptors assigned to the 94th Fighter Squadron landed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 10, 2017. (Staff Sgt. Carlin Leslie/AIr Force)
U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, exercise with Republic of Korea Marines during Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) 17-14 aboard the North West Islands, Republic of Korea, Aug. 10, 2017. (Cpl. Aaron S. Patterson/Marine Corps)
Airmen assigned to the Air Force's 821st Contingency Response Support Squadron prepare cargo to be loaded on aircraft at Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, Yakima, Wash., Aug. 10, 2017. (Tech. Sgt. Jared Becker/Air Force)
Musician 2nd class Dan Webber, assigned to the U.S. Navy Band Northwest popular music group, Passage, performs at the St. John's Summer Concert Series on Aug. 17 during Navy Week Montana. (MC2 James Vazquez/Navy)
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, left, and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, are escorted by host Maj. Gen. Scott Berrier, special assistant to the director of the U.S. Army staff, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
