War_Conflict

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Matt Hendricks (right) called landing on an aircraft carrier in Bahrain one of his favorite parts of the USO Tour he went on. (Photo courtesy Matt Hendricks)

Capitals forward Matt Hendricks (center, holding banner) and Nationals pitchers Craig Stammen and Ross Detwiler, pose with troops at the transit center in Manas, Kyrgyzstan during their USO Tour in December. (Photo courtesy Matt Hendricks)

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Former Marine Jon Hammar, who served combat tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, was arrested for illegally possessing an antique firearm even though he declared the gun to Mexican Customs agents. He is shown in an official 2003 USMC portrait. He could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Photo courtesy Olivia Hammar. (Associatd Press)

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William J. Burns, left, deputy secretary of state, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 on the Benghazi attack. Burns reiterated that immediately following the attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton labeled it an "act of terror." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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** File ** Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, Dec 17, 2012. (Associated Press)

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This photo taken Friday, April 27, 2012, shows an aerial view over northern Uganda. Some locals in Gulu in northern Uganda have other concerns that complicate the military mission of forces now hunting for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony, such as the fear of reprisal attacks if they are thought to be helping the authorities find him, or concerns that troops hunting him will not be able to distinguish between the regular LRA fighters and their abducted children. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

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Troops from the Central African Republic stand guard at a building used for joint meetings between them and U.S. Army special forces, in Obo, Central African Republic, in April. Obo is one of four forward operating locations where U.S. special forces have paired up with local troops and Ugandan soldiers in the multinational effort to capture elusive warlord Joseph Kony (below). (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2006 file photo, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony answers journalists' questions following a meeting with UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland at Ri-Kwangba in southern Sudan. Roughly one year after 100 U.S. special forces troops arrived in four Central Africa nations to advise African soldiers in their pursuit, Kony is still on the run and his exact whereabouts unknown. (AP Photo/Stuart Price, File-Pool)

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Soldiers and terrorists battle in the streets of Yemen in the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops II.” Video-game violence has come under scrutiny after the killing of 26 in an elementary school in Connecticut last week. (Associated Press)

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New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley says it’s “too early” to be conclusive about links between the World Trade Center bombing and certain diseases, but high interest led to the release of what data is available so far. (Associated Press)

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Mathieu Ngudjolo (left), former leader of the National Integrationist Front, awaits the verdict in his war crimes trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Robin van Lonkhuijsen, Pool)