Hurlburt Field - Hurricanes, tornadoes, torrential downpours: the Florida panhandle experiences it all. How does Team Hurlburt make sure severe weather doesn’t stop the mission?

Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada -The 33rd Fighter Wing and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 are participating in the first combat exercise with Air Force F-35As and Marine Corps F-35Bs operating simultaneously during Red Flag 17-3, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi - About 20 years ago, an African Methodist Episcopal pastor placed his hands on a 7-year-old boy’s forehead. After a moment of reflection, he prophesied the boy would be a man of God. Today that boy is now 2nd Lt. William Hammond, an Air Force chaplain candidate completing his Master of Divinity.

Hurlburt Field - The 1st Special Operations Wing hosted Summer Leadership School for the seventh consecutive year, June 26-30, here, providing nearly 60 Junior ROTC cadets from five local high schools with a week of hands-on experience in military affairs and mentorship from Airmen assigned to Hurlburt Field and Eglin Air Force Base.

Eglin Air Force Base - The 96th Civil Engineer Group’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight led its first joint law enforcement improvised explosive device awareness training June 8.

Eglin Air Force Base - The 20th Space Control Squadron Airmen led the first joint Walton County Sheriff’s Office and Eglin first responders to conduct active shooter training here, June 27.

Hurlburt Field - Team Hurlburt gathered together to remember Operation Eagle Claw at a memorial ceremony June 23, and pay tribute to the five Air Commandos assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron and three Marines who lost their lives during the mission.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina - For the first time in history, members from another service spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s Individual Training Course, with one goal in mind: learn how to lead a joint ground force.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida presented the Ron Mobayed Military Big of the Year award to Master Sgt. Carl E. Byrd Sunday at First City Church. The Big of the Year award is presented to the Big Brother or Big Sister who has gone above and beyond as a positive role model.

King Abdulla Special Operations Task Center, Jordan -- One by one, parachutes pop open, silhouetted in the Jordanian sunset as joint nation special operations forces float toward the desert terrain below—completing a military free fall from 18,000 feet out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules.