Frontline Photos: March 21, 2016

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  • Retired marine sergeant Matt Parker received the Silver Star at Camp Lejeune, N.C. March 18, 2016. Parker took over his unit after a severe, multi-pronged attack hit his patrol in Afghanistan. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)
  • Army Pfc. Rene Anguiano acquires his target with a command launch unit for a Javelin rocket during a live-fire exercise at Tapa Training Area in Estonia, March 12, 2016. Anguiano is an infantryman assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Steven M. Colvin
  • Paratroopers from across Fort Bragg, N.C., perform a static line jump during the Saturday Proficiency Jump Program (SPJP) at Sicily Drop Zone on March 19, 2016. The SPJP builds proficiency, experience, and confidence of individual Paratroopers, ensuring the XVIII Airborne Corps remains ready for contingency response missions. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Tierney P. Curry)(Released)
  • Lance Cpl. Evan D. Deniston, a military policeman with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, throws a dummy grenade, a non-exploding practice tool, during an assault course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2016. This drill is part of an annual training event to prepare them for combat situations when they are called upon to deploy. Marines took turns providing cover fire for their partner, allowing them to throw a dummy grenade near the simulated enemy position.
  • 160315-N-DQ503-070 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 15, 2016) – Guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61), left, launches a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) to destroy an advanced high-speed target while USS Stout (DDG 55) and USS Mason (DDG 87) transit formation during a live-fire test of the ship’s Aegis weapons systems. The live-fire event was conducted during the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final certification event prior to deployment. As the world’s premier fleet-aria air defense weapon, SM-2 is an integral part of the layered defense that protects the world’s naval assets and gives warfighters a greater reach in the battlespace. SM-2 variants are lethal against subsonic, supersonic, low- and high-altitude, high-maneuvering, diving, sea-skimming, anti ship cruise missiles, fighters, bombers, and helicopters in an advanced electronic countermeasures environment. SM-2 has an extensive area and self-defense flight test history with more than 2,650 successful flight tests from domestic and international ships. (U.S. Navy Photo by Chief Damage Controlman Andrae L. Johnson/Released)
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Tai, left, and Maj. Tim Vander Pyl, right, pilot a KC-135R Stratotanker during an air refueling mission, March 18, 2016. Tai and Vander Pyl are both assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jesse Hamblin, left, directs the movement of a cement block into the water during the construction of a simulated expeditionary wharf as part of Exercise Foal Eagle 2016 at Chinhae, South Korea, March 10, 2016. Hamblin is a steelworker assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2. Foal Eagle is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance the readiness of U.S. and South Korean forces, and their ability to work together during a crisis. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles E. White
  • Cpl. Zachary Summers, a radio operator with 3rd Radio Battalion, combat glides toward a target shooting his M9 Service Pistol during a Pacific Combat Shooting Match at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 16, 2016. Teams from different units used various weapons and tactics to achieve the fastest time possible on different courses of fire, while earning points for awards during the competition. Marines from the Marine Corps Combat Shooting Team instructed and gave advice to the Marines participating in the event.
  • Marines run to load a simulated casualty into an MV-22B Osprey aircraft during a casualty evacuation exercise at landing zone Penguin on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erick Galera
  • 160317-N-LV695-063 NEW YORK (March 17, 2015) Senior Chief Operations Specialist Ryan King interacts with the crowd during the 255th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City. The Ceremonial Guard is the Navy’s most prestigious unit and conducts ceremonies for Presidential inaugurations, distinguished visitors, and burials at Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Destiny Cheek/Released)
  • Candidates assigned to Charlie Company, Officer Candidates Class-221, are evaluated on close order drill at Brown Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., on March 17, 2016. The mission of Officer Candidates School (OCS) is to “educate and train officer candidates in Marine Corps knowledge and skills within a controlled, challenging, and chaotic environment in order to evaluate and screen individuals for the leadership, moral, mental, and physical qualities required for commissioning as a Marine Corps officer.” (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Patrick H. Owens/Released)