Frontline Photos: April 11, 2016

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  • U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Saturday, April 9, 2016. The U.S. Air Force says it has deployed the bombers to take part in the U.S.-led bombing campaign against the Islamic State group. It is the first time the Cold War-era heavy bombers will be based in the region since the 1991 Gulf War, when they operated from neighboring Saudi Arabia. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP)
  • 160407-N-ZZ999-004 FANADIK, Federated States of Micronesia (April 7, 2016) Two men wave life jackets and look on as a U.S. Navy P-8A maritime surveillance aircraft discovers them on the uninhabited island of Fanadik. Three days earlier, the three’s 19-foot skiff capsized after setting out to sea from Pulap, FSM. The P-8A, attached to Patrol Squadron (VP) 5, and operating from Misawa, Japan, responded to a call for assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard and located the men as they waved life jackets and stood next to a large “help” sign made of palm leaves. The men reported their vessel was capsized by a large wave a few hours after their departure on April 4, and spent the night swimming until they arrived at Fandadik Island, approximately four nautical miles from Pulap. A small boat from Pulap recovered the men from the island with no reported injuries. VP-5 is in the midst of a routine deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign John Knight/Released)
  • Two-time Olympian Sgt. Spenser Mango of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program removes his shoes and leaves them on the mat, wrestler’s way of signaling retirement from competition in their sport, during the 2016 U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team Trials on April 9 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. (U.S. Army IMCOM photo by Tim Hipps)
  • U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Heather Moran, returning from an 11-month deployment, surprises her son Ryan Payne, 11, between innings during a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics Friday, April 8, 2016, in Seattle. The surprise reunion was a part of the Mariners’ program that honors members of the military for their service. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
  • U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force call in air support during a Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise at East Tact Airfield Ariz., April 8, 2016. Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-16 is 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 the Marine Corps aviation in support of a Marine 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 weapons and tactics. (U.S Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Jeremy L. Laboy, MWATS-1 COMCAM/released)
  • SAN DIEGO (April 5, 2016) An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35, fires an AGM-114M Hellfire missile near San Clemente Island, Calif., during a live-fire combat training exercise. HSM-35, the Navy’s first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron, flies the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system. (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthurgwain L. Marquez/Released)160405-N-CW570-399 Join the conversation: http://www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil http://pinterest.com https://plus.google.com
  • FILE – In this March 21, 2016 file photo, Dave Cleaveland and his son, Cody, photograph the USS Zumwalt as it passes Fort Popham at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine, as it heads to sea for final builder trials. The ship is so stealthy that the U.S. Navy resorted to putting reflective material on its halyard to make it visible to mariners during the trials. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
  • A cadet from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., hops off the front of a zodiac at the turn around point of the water crossing event during the 2016 Sandhurst competition, April 9, 2016. Competitors were required to paddle across a lake outside of Camp Buckner, grab a single piece of engineer tape, and then paddle back to the finish line.The competition originated in 1967 as a friendly match of skill and endurance between West Points Corps of Cadets and their counterparts at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom. Overall the competition has expanded in both size and difficulty. What started as a 2-team competition in 1967 has expanded to 60 teams from 13 different countries. Each team of cadets is expected to log close to 35 miles over a 36 hour time frame with various squad level tasks thrown in along their route. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/released)
  • Army veteran Mike Eckert of Jacksonville carries a United States flag as he participates in the Silkies Hike in Tyler, Texas on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Participants walked about 13.6 miles, many wearing loose, thin running shorts called “silkies.” The event was hosted by The Irreverent Veterans Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring veterans together using humor and camaraderie to heal the mental wounds of war. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)
  • 160407-N-PO203-598 PORTLAND, Oregon (Apr. 7, 2016) Sea Hunter, an entirely new class of unmanned ocean-going vessel gets underway on the Williammette River following a christening ceremony in Portland, Oregon. Part the of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, in conjunction with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), is working to fully test the capabilities of the vessel and several innovative payloads, with the goal of transitioning the technology to Navy operational use once fully proven. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)
  • Staff Sgt. Travis Bowersock, a 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron paint team lead, clears away dissolved rubber with a Toolcat utility work machine during rubber removal operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 4, 2016. The team travels throughout the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility cleaning runways, some up to 420,000 square feet. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Rau)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Rhonda Williams motivates educators to conduct push-ups during the Educators’ Workshop at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., March 30, 2016. The workshop was a four-day program designed to better inform high school educators and community influencers about the benefits and opportunities available during service in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Jonathan Wright)
  • In this Wednesday, April 6, 2016 photo, servicemen carry a flag-covered casket containing the remains of Army Cpl. Robert Graham from a plane to a hearse at San Francisco International Airport. The remains of the Korean War soldier were flown back to the Bay Area more than six decades after he went missing in South Korea. Graham died in a North Korean prison camp in 1951, but his remains were identified only last year. (Connor Radnovich/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND PUBLICATION NO SALES TV OUT MAGS OUT