During a Twilight Tattoo at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, May 25, two civilians were recognized with "Outstanding Civilian Service Awards," for their tireless and unwavering support to Soldiers and their families. The award is the third highest public service honor the Army can bestow upon a civilian.

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U.S. forces provide support by fire as Jordanian Armed Forces soldiers clear a town building-by-building. This was the scene at the Joint Training Center, Jordan, during the Eager Lion 16 exercise, May 24. The annual event culminated with a combined arms live fire exercise between the U.S. and Jordanian militaries.

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The Honorable Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment, and Brig. General John S. Laskodi, with the Department of the Army Headquarters logistics office, assessed current and future construction projects and environmental concerns during a visit to Kuwait, May 24-25.

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Sergeants first class seeking another stripe saw increased opportunity during the fiscal year 2016 master sergeant promotion board, as the selection rate jumped 35 percent, from 8.4 in FY15, to 11.8 in FY16.

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Meeting the Army Physical Fitness Test standard is expected of every Soldier, but those who exceed the standard are awarded the Army's Physical Fitness badge.

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From the top of the hill overlooking the training area you can see a few armored vehicles moving across the desert, racing to their battle positions and getting ready to fire.

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The Turkish national exercise, that began May 4, is being held as a mutlinational event for the first time this year, including about 7,000 service members from the U.S. Army and Navy, Azerbaijan, England, Germany, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia

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Since 1981, military personnel have come and gone through the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., to prepare for missions around the world. These month-long rotations are usually geared to prepare a unit for an upcoming mission. For the 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, their May 2016 rotation to NTC was a way to hone in on those key fighting skills as a brigade.

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As the petroleum laboratory specialists and the inspector from the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) walk into the lab -- a mobile trailer called the Petroleum Quality Analysis System-Enhanced -- they smile at the smell of fuel as if they just entered a coffee shop. The lab holds all the equipment needed to perform quality surveillance testing of bulk fuel allowing petroleum laboratory specialists, or PLSs, to begin testing samples within 120 minutes of arrival to a deployed environment. The inside of the lab is well lit, ventilated, clean and organized to allow the PLSs to reach most fuel testing tools within arm's length.

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Sky Soldiers are no strangers to making their mark in history, especially in Europe. However, this week the paratroopers and their Turkish partners carved their names side-by-side in Asia's history.

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