Representatives from 41 nations have assembled in Bahrain to prepare for International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) 13, May 6-30, in the Gulf Region.

Midway through retired Tech. Sgt. Katie Robinson's first track and field practice at the Air Force Warrior Games training camp, she pulled out a pair of butterfly wings from her workout bag and strapped them to her back. The wings were both comedy relief and symbolized a dramatic change several fellow wounded warriors noticed in her personality from her first Warrior Games last year.

"She's a little jokester, which is great because from what I understand, she was a little reserved last year," said Capt. Ben Payne, first year track coach. "But Katie doesn't have any reservations about being herself this year, either on the track or with the team. She makes it fun and goes out there and gives her all at everything she's doing competition-wise and makes everyone feel comfortable. She'll bring the butterfly wings out, and she'll bring out some laughs on the track."
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Members of Team Navy began arriving May 4 in Colorado Springs, Colo., to prepare for the fourth annual Warrior Games, a Paralympic-like competition taking place May 11 - 16 among more than 200 wounded warriors from the United States and United Kingdom.

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Adelaide class guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG 3), homeported in Sydney, arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, May 6.

More than 200 Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed joint exercise Sea Soldier in Oman and returned to amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), May 4.

The Career Management System Interactive Detailing (CMS/ID) application phase is scheduled to begin, May 9, and remain open until 5 a.m., May 21, for Sailors in their permanent change of station (PCS) orders negotiation window.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, his wife Linda, and several others were honored at the Red Cross "A Salute to Service" gala, in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2013.

A New York high school won the masters level unarmed division of the National High School Drill Team Championships, May 6, 2013, at Daytona Beach, Fla.

They tend to be older, more experienced, and more likely to have families, but deployed members of the National Guard share something in common with their active-duty brothers and sisters -- the likelihood of suffering from traumatic brain injuries, or TBI.

Wounded Soldiers recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio have a message they'd like to pass on to the Boston bombing victims: "You're not alone."

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno, his wife Linda, and several others were honored at the Red Cross "A Salute to Service" gala, in Washington, D.C., May 4, 2013.

The "Hiring Our Heroes" job fair at Joint Base Andrews, Md., introduced a new workshop, May 3, 2013, to assist job seekers with resumes, interview techniques and career transition skills.

Health workers failed to check up on almost a third of veterans at risk for suicide, raising serious questions about the VA's mental health care.

Soldiers took to the mat to compete in the Eighth Army Combatives Tournament at the Seoul American High School Falcon Gym on Yongson Garrison, South Korea, May 3-4, 2013.

A crowd of more than 4,000 people gathered May 4 at the Port of Anchorage to witness the commissioning of the U.S. Navy's newest amphibious transport dock, USS Anchorage (LPD 23), during a ceremony held in the ship's namesake city.