Frontline Photos: April 9, 2015

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  • U.S. Marine Scout Snipers assigned to Sniper Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines (2/3), fire down range at Range 10 aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), April 8, 2015. Marines improve their sniper proficiency by utilizing MCBH’s natural resources to execute their training exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Julian Temblador, MCBH Combat Camera/Released)
  • A Coast Guard rescue swimmer hangs from the hoist cable of an HH-65D Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles, April 7, 2015. The aircrew was conducting rescue swimmer and hoist training as part of a demonstration for University of Southern California medical students learning about the affects of hypothermia on the body. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Eggers)
  • U.S. and South Korean soldiers participate in demolitions tactics and procedures training during exercise Foal Eagle in South Korea near the Demilitarized Zone, March 30, 2015. The U.S. soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher R. Baker
  • Spc. Simon Saliba (left), a radio operator, along with 1st Lt. David A. Poole (middle), a platoon leader, and Sgt. Timothy Dehaas (right), a forward observer, all assigned to Ghost Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, obtain tactical security positions as their fellow troopers move forward toward their objective during the unit’s platoon live-fire exercise at Smardan Training Area, Romania, April 8, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate unit capabilities to Romanian military counterparts during live-fire training in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve-South. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter addresses U.S. military personnel during a meeting near an F-16 fighter jet at Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea Thursday, April 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)
  • Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, observe soldiers from the Iraqi Army’s 92nd Brigadeconduct a breach-and-assault training lane at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, March 26, 2015. Members of the 2-505 PIR are training Iraqi soldiers in breaching and assaulting maneuvers as part of a six-week course to improve the Iraqi Army’s combat proficiency. The 2-505 PIR are part of the Combined Joint Task Force to degrade and ultimately defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by building the military capacity of Iraqi Security Forces, an effort that has produced more than 6,000 newly trained Soldiers, with another 5,000 currently in training. (Sgt. Deja Borden, CJTF–OIR Public Affairs)
  • Inside the Hohenfels Training Area’s Camp Albersthof, Soldiers of the U.S. Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment receive machine gun familiarization Monday, April 6, 2015 using the Engagement Skills Trainer (EST 2000) virtual trainer prior to using the same weapons systems in the field during Saber Junction 15. The EST 2000 replicates the realistic effects of several weapons systems for Soldiers to train on without the cost of ammunition. U.S. Army Europe’s Saber Junction 15 takes place April 1-30, 2015 in Germany, Romania and Lithuania and prepares U.S., NATO allies, and European security partners to conduct unified land operations through the simultaneous combination of offensive, defensive and stability operations appropriate to the mission and the environment. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Caleb Barrieau)
  • U.S. sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald heave a line to connect a fuel probe from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos during a replenishment at sea in the South China Sea, April 5, 2015. The Fitzgerald is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Patrick Dionne
  • Approximately 44 members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing were greeted by friends and loved ones when they returned home from a six-month deployment to the Horn of Africa, April 7. The Guardsmen deployed to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom last November, where they served as part of the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. Their mission was to provide personnel recovery capabilities in the region, including combat search and rescue, casualty evacuation and non-combatant evacuation operations. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton/released)
  • Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony B. Lawrence, left, and Cpl. Matthew T. Robinson conduct an external lift with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015. Lawrence and Robinson are assigned to Landing Support Company, 1st Transportation Support Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jodson B. Graves