Frontline Photos: April 20, 2015

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  • Seen above the Chesapeake: The X-47B successfully engages the refueling drogue of an Omega K-707 tanker yesterday afternoon.
  • Former President Bill Clinton, left, salutes Marine Major Ryan Cohen, right, during a ceremony for the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Oklahoma City National Memorial in Oklahoma City, Sunday, April 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
  • US army soldiers from 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat of the 5th Infantry Division based in Hawaii take their positions after disembarking from a C-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault exercise with their Philippine counterparts inside the military training camp of Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija province north of Manila on April 20, 2015, at the start of the joint US-Philippines annual military exercise. The Philippines voiced alarm April 20 about Chinese “aggressiveness” in disputed regional waters as it launched giant war games with the United States that were partly aimed at warning China. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images
  • ADDS LEFT TO RIGHTS – An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains Tech. Sgt. Anthony E. Salazar as from left: U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Timothy S. Green, Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rosenmeier U.S. Air Force Reserve, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, Chief Master Sgt. Cameron B. Kirksey Air Force Reserve Command and Col. Daniel F. Merry U.S. Air Force salute Friday, April 17, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Salazar, 40, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., died April 13, at an air base in southwest Asia in a non-combat related incident. The incident is under investigation. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
  • A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter sets down to pick up 366th Security Forces Squadron and 124th Air Support Operation Squadron members during Gunfighter Flag 15-2 at Saylor Creek Range, Idaho, April 15, 2015. The exercise allowed joint service members a chance to execute realistic operation scenarios in an environment similar to Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Roy Lynch III/Released)
  • U.S. Marine Cpl. Whyte, a missileman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Task Force Al Asad, fires a FGM-148 Javelin missile at simulated enemy armored targets during a combined-arms training exercise at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, April 3, 2015. Elements from Golf and Weapons Companies combined their skills and capabilities to suppress and destroy their objective. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Carson Gramley/Released)
  • Cpl. Michael Foster and his military working dog, Nero, play before conducting detection training aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 14, 2015. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brittney Vella/Released)
  • Members of the U.S. military team wait to compete during the 7th Annual International Warrior Competition hosted by the King Abduallh Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC), Sunday, April 19, 2015, Amman, Jordan. Jordan is hosting a competition of elite anti-terrorism squads from 18 countries, including fellow members of the military coalitions fighting rebels in Yemen and Islamic State extremists in Iraq and Syria. The competition opened Sunday with a drill by Jordanian special forces rescuing hostages from a plane and rappelling from a helicopter. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
  • In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crewman from the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell guards some of more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine, seized at sea and offloaded at Naval Base San Diego, Thursday, April 16, 2015. The vessel arrived with more than 14 tons of cocaine, part of what authorities described as a surge of seizures near Central and South America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Connie Terrell via AP)
  • In this Wednesday, April 15, 2015, photo, Staff Sgt. Andrew Burke embraces his wife, Shawna Burke, of Albany, after a welcome home ceremony at the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center in Redmond, Ore. (Joe Kline/The Bulletin via AP)
  • The 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey makes remarks during the 2015 Military Child of the Year Awards Gala, in Arlington, Va., April 16, 2015. The awards gala is held to recognize outstanding military children – one nominated for each of the service branches. DoD photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp/Released
  • Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano, center, stands with members of the military during the Mariners’ Salute to Armed Forces ceremony before a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Sunday, April 19, 2015, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)