Frontline Photos: Feb. 1, 2016

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  • An Air Force Reserve pararescueman descends into the Atlantic Ocean from a C‐17 Globemaster III in an effort to recover a NASA astronaut as part of an exercise Jan. 14, 2016, off the shore of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The 45th Operations Group’s Detachment 3 joined NASA’s Commercial Crew Program; Air Force pararescuemen; combat rescue officers; and survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists to practice recovering astronauts quickly and safely in the event they would need to abandon their spacecraft. (U.S Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)
  • U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), provide security as part of a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Jan. 25, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is ready to respond to any crisis response mission in theater to include the employment of a TRAP force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Akeel Austin/Released)
  • South Korean marines and U.S. Marines from 3rd Division Expeditionary Forces demonstrate in their reconnaissance mission during a combined military winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. About 200 marines from the two countries participated the three-week winter combined exercise in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
  • Senior Airman Ian Kuhn, a survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) instructor with the 103rd Rescue Squadron, demonstrates how to build a concealed shelter during a combat and water survival training course at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Jan. 20, 2016. During this training, aircrew members gained refresher training on using their emergency radios, tactical movements through difficult terrain, how to build shelters, ways to build fires and methods for evading the enemy. (U.S. Air National Guard/Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy)
  • Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Heather Heelan shakes hands with 1st. Lt. Carl Crawford during a deployment ceremony for 30 soldiers at the Illinois Military Academy on Camp Lincoln in Springfield, Ill., Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. The 233rd Military Police Company will provide security operations in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, which is the new name for operations in Afghanistan. (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP)
  • U.S. Marine Cpl. Ben Downing, mortarman with Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, gives advice on a proper shooting position to Japan Self-Defense Force soldiers, during an unknown distance course of fire, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2016. This training was a part of Exercise Iron Fist, an annual bilateral amphibious training exercise held in Southern California between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JGSDF.
  • 160128-N-LN619-587Hull Technician 1st Class Jarrett L. Zubiate, Enlisted Recruiter of the Year, Active and Navy Counselor 1st Class Ying Holiday, Enlisted Recruiter of the Year, Reserve render honors during a wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery during Navy Recruiting Command’s (NRC) Recruiters of the Year (ROY) event on January 28. NRC recognized the top Navy recruiters of 2015 during ROY week held in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Preston Paglinawan/Released)
  • U.S. Soldiers assigned to 720th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) conducted a demolition range to complete quarterly familiarization requirements and train Soldiers on basic and advanced demolition at Demolition Area “F,” Baumholder Military Training Area, Jan. 19–21, 2016. (U.S. Army photos by Erich Backes, TSC Baumholder/released)
  • Defense Secretary Ash Carter walks with Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as they return to the Pentagon after a visit to U.S. Cyber Command headquarters on Fort George G. Meade, Md, Jan. 27, 2016. The defense leaders met with Cybercom commander, Adm. Michael S. Rogers. DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
  • An Army honor guard carries Korean War veteran Cpl. Kenneth Stuck. Stuck was buried with full military honors at Hummelstown Cemetery, in Hummelstown, Pa., Jan. 30, 2016. The funeral service for Army Cpl. Kenneth Stuck was held at Evangelical Free Church of Hershey. Stuck was killed in November, 1950 in a battle near Unsan, North Korea, and was listed as missing in action. His remains were returned to his family this week for burial. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive.com via AP)
  • The future USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is launched into the Menominee River on Jan. 30 seconds after ship sponsor Mary Winnefeld, wife of retired Adm. James “Sandy” Winnefeld, christened the Freedom variant littoral combat ship. LCS 11 is the first naval vessel to be named in honor of Sioux City, Iowa. (U.S. Navy photo by Lockheed Martin/Released)