Frontline Photos: Aug. 20, 2015

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  • U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct external lifts during helicopter support team training at landing zone Swan on Aug. 12. The training was conducted to increase proficiency in logistics tasks and enhance the ability to execute potential contingency missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Sean M. Evans/Released)
  • 150810-N-IP531-080 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 10, 2015) Sailors man the rails on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship arrives in San Diego to conduct a hull-swap. George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, are conducting a hull-swap with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) after serving seven years as the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro/Released)
  • A South Korean soldier uses a radio on a military vehicle at the South Korean border town of Yeoncheon, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015. South Korea’s military fired dozens of shells Thursday at rival North Korea after the North lobbed a single artillery round at the border town, the South’s Defense ministry said. (Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT
  • Marines assigned to Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fast-rope as a fire team aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 17, 2015. The Marines practiced fast-roping as a team to gain proficiency in order to effectively insert from a helicopter.
  • An amphibious assault vehicle with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion makes its way through the waves to make a 500-1,000 meter out gator square as part of training conducted on Onslow Beach aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 17, 2015. The AAV is the only vehicle capable of roving on land as well as functioning in deep water.
  • U.S. Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade jump from a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a combined training airborne jump that is part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, near Nurmsi, Estonia, Aug. 16, 2015. The U.S. and partner nations conducted land, sea and air exercises and maintained a rotational presence in order to reinforce NATO security commitments in Europe. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jacqueline Dowland/Released)
  • The Air Force Band plays music from the World War II era after a wreath-laying ceremony and a four-ship P-51 Mustang flyover at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va., Aug. 14, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Joshua L. DeMotts)
  • Bristol, CT – August 19, 2015: Daniel Ragsdale during the 2015 Fan Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (Photo by Nick Caito / ESPN Images)
  • Incoming first-year students, known as swabs, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy take part in the rigorous Sea Trials, a day-long exercise that tests them physically and mentally in preparation for life at the academy and as future officers in the Coast Guard, New London, Conn., Aug. 14, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lisa Ferdinando)
  • Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, right, laughs with Oakland Athletics catcher Stephen Vogt, left, before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Oakland Athletics and the Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Oakland, Calif. Oakland won the game 5-2. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)