Frontline Photos: Oct. 7, 2015

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  • A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom provides urban close air support at Yodaville, Yuma, Ariz., on Oct. 2, 2015. This exercise was part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-16, a seven week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine Corps Air Ground Task Force. MAWTS-1 provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roderick L. Jacquote, MAWTS-1 COMCAM/Released)
  • Sgt. Robert Cunningham, a combat engineer (12B) from the West Virginia Army National Guard’s 119th Engineer Company, competes in the Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green, Va., on Tuesday, October 6, 2015.
  • A U.S. Marine with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force conducts a helocast exercise out of a UH-1Y Venom at Ferguson Lake, near Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 3, 2015. The exercise is part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) 1-16, a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) cadre. MAWTS-1 provides standardized tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine Aviation Training and Readiness and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by SSgt. Artur Shvartsberg, MAWTS-1 COMCAM/Released)
  • South Carolina Army National Guard soldiers deliver sandbags to the Columbia Riverfront Canal in an effort to repair the canal’s breached levee in Columbia, S.C., Oct. 5, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to Company A, 218th Brigade Support Battalion. South Carolina National Guard photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago
  • Army Spc. Conner Cota recovers his parachute after conducting a helicopter jump on Malemute drop zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2015. Cota is assigned to Company E, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion. U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena
  • Staff Sgt. Christopher Thompson, a motor transport operator (88M) assigned to XVIII Airborne Corps NCOA watches as his pack is weighed following a 12-mile ruck march during the Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green, Va., on Wednesday, October 7, 2015.
  • U.S. Army Spc. Frank Williams from the 742nd Maintenance Company, South Carolina Army National Guard, works alongside a civilian volunteer, to distribute drinking water to residents affected by the South Carolina flood at the Lower Richland High School, Columbia, South Carolina, Oct. 6, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard has been activated to support state and county emergency management agencies and local first responders as historic flooding impacts counties statewide. Currently, more than 1,100 South Carolina National Guard members have been activated in response to the floods. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)
  • 151006-N-IG780-141 NORFOLK (Oct. 6, 2015) Families wave goodbye to Sailors and Marines departing for deployment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Shane A. Jackson/Released)
  • Col. Harry Benham, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Operations and Plans chief, salutes during the playing of taps during the unavailing of a memorial stone for a crashed World War II pilot Sept. 25, 2015, at Dietingen, Germany. Second Lt. Priesley Cooper Jr. was conducting an escorting mission when he was shot down. The town of Dietingen buried him and 70 years later held a ceremony to honor him. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales)