Frontline Photos: April 8, 2015

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  • CAPE COD, MA – Staff Sergeant Ryan Dush, a pararescue jumper with the 103rd Rescue Squadron, 106th Rescue Wing exit a US Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry during Operation Orange Flag 2015 at Cape Cod Air Sation March 31st 2015. Operation Orange Flag 2015 is a multi-service, multi-national search and rescue exercise designed to allow various rescue personnel and assets to learn to seamlessly operate together under a variety of conditions. Orange Flag featured multiple jumps out of US Coast Guard, Air National Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft, including C-144’s, C-130’s, H-60’s and HH-60’s. (New York Air National Guard / Staff Sergeant Christopher S Muncy / released)
  • Pvt. 2nd Class Dominic Sblendario (left) and Sgt. Gary Cole (right,) both infantryman assigned to Ghost Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, provide security after arriving at their objective during the unit’s platoon live-fire exercise at Smardan Training Area, Romania, April 6, 2015. The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate unit capabilities during a live-fire training event while supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve-South. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William A. Tanner/released)
  • Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona – U.S. Marine Corps artillerymen assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, fire 155mm rounds using an M777 Howitzer weapons system during an artillery raid exercise. The exercise was in support of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., April 4, 2015. WTI is 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. Navy sailors on the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald connect a fuel probe from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos during a replenishment in the South China Sea, April 5, 2015. The Fitzgerald is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Patrick Dionne
  • Marine Cpl. Joshua S. Baczkowski carries an M240B machine gun during a Marine Corps activity to test and evaluate on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 30, 2015. Baczkowski is a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez
  • U.S. Marine Pfc. Zach C. Hagestad, right, looks downrange through a Vector optics system as U.S. Marine Cpl. Viktor I. Cadiente coordinates fire via radio with troops on the ground March 24 at Susungri Range in Pohang, South Korea. The Marines completed a week of fire support coordination training with Republic of Korea Marines as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-14.2, a small-unit training exercise, which enhances the combat readiness and interoperability of the two forces. Hagestad, from Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a fire support man with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF. Cadiente, from Honolulu, Hawaii, is a fire support man with the company. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)
  • 150406-N-NT265-097 OKINAWA, Japan (April 6, 2015) A landing craft air cushion assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 departs the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Green Bay is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christian Senyk/Released)
  • Sgt. Noelle Encina, a carpentry masonry specialist with the 409th Engineer Company out of Fort Collins, Colo., digs the side walls out for a latrine being built for the local school in support of this year’s Beyond the Horizon mission here April 5. BTH is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for several months and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cliff Coy)
  • Connecticut Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman shakes the hands of National Guard Soldiers, during a deployment send off ceremony at the Connecticut National Guard base, Tuesday, March 7, 2015, in Windsor Locks. Ninety members of the 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, will be deploying soon to Kosovo where they will provide aerial medical evacuation, transportation support and fuel testing, the Connecticut Army National Guard said. (AP Photo/Journal Inquirer, Jim Michaud)
  • A spur holder instructs a Korean Augmentation to the United States Army soldiers and his spur ride teammates during the final 4th Squadron, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division spur ride at Camp Hovey, South Korea, April 1. Soldiers had to score at least 75 points on the Army Physical Fitness Test, complete a four-mile run in 34 minutes, pass knowledge tests, finish a 12-mile ruck march and go through lanes to include the gas chamber, zone reconnaissance and a mystery lane to earn their spurs.