4th CISM World Military Games
Spc. Sarah Lusk and Ens. Ashley Kins try to block a shot by 2nd Lt. Liu Xiaojing of China during the U.S. women's first volleyball game at the Military World Games in Hyderabad, India. The U.S. women fell to the Chinese team in three games, 25-15, 25-11, 25-7. The Conseil Internationale du Sport Militaire's Military World Games event is the largest international military Olympic-style event in the world. In this year's fourth edition of the Games, 103 countries and more than 5,000 athletes are competing Oct. 14 to 21 in boxing, diving, soccer, handball, judo, military pentathlon, parachuting, sailing, shooting, swimming, volleyball and track and field. The purpose of the Military World Games is to promote "friendship through sport." (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Jennifer A. Villalovos)