Frontline Photos: April 1, 2016

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  • NORFOLK (March 30, 2016) An MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter from the Blackhawks of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15 conducts an aerial refueling exercise with a Lockheed Martin KC-130 tanker. Navy and Marine Corps aviators regularly conduct training in order to maintain mission readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor N. Stinson/Released) 160330-N-TP976-074 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
  • An Explosive Ordinance Disposal team from the Little Rock Air Force Base, in Jacksonville, Ark., works the scene in Hot Springs, Ark., on Thursday, March 31, 2016, where a Civil War era landmine was transported to after it was found on an excavation site near Danville, Ark., Wednesday. (Richard Rasmussen/The Sentinel-Record via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
  • U.S. Marine Sgt. Robert McCabe, a section leader with Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), points out areas of interest to members of his team during a perimeter patrol in Al Taqaddum, Iraq, March 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-CC Marines are responsible for the force protection of coalition assets at some Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve bases within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as part of the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Rick Hurtado / RELEASED).
  • Airmen, carrying 35-pound rucksacks, participate in the 2016 Bataan Memorial Death March with 6,600 other participants March 20, 2016, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The 27th annual march was 26.2 miles long and served as a reminder for todayÕs generation of the harsh conditions World War II veterans endured during their 60-mile march to a prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Harry Brexel)
  • Royal Netherlands Marines move a role-playing captured insurgent during an urban training exercise involving U.S. Marines and Royal Marines on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2016. The Royal Marines worked with U.S. Marines as part of a bilateral training exercise to learn new techniques as well as develop working relations between partner nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)
  • Spc. Danny Welds (center), fires an FGM-148 Javelin surface-to-air missile, as Sgt. Jacob Saccameno (left), and 1st Sgt. Miquel Antia (right), the senior noncommissioned officer in charge of Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, supervise and assist during scout platoon level certifications, March 30, at Adazi Military Base, Latvia. Scouts conducted the culminating training event in addition to various multinational training during a rotation in Latvia in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a multinational demonstration of continued U.S. commitment to the collective security of North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies.(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Paige Behringer, 10th Press Camp Headquarters)Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, Oahu, Hawaii, Greenwich, Connecticut
  • Staff Sgt. James Smith, 3rd Bn., 39th Inf. Reg., scans the terrain while searching for his next position while taking direct fire during Expert Infantry Badge testing held at Ft. Jackson, S.C., March 31, 2016. Soldiers vying for the coveted Infantry qualification were given 30 timed Army Warrior tasks to complete in addition to being tested on the Army Physical Fitness test, day and night land navigation. Testing ends on April 1 with a 12-mile forced march. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/released)
  • Chief Petty Officer Mark Wanjongkhum and Chief Warrant Officer Michael Allen, both from Surface Forces Logistics Center, walk around the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy while in dry dock at Vigor Shipyard in Seattle, March 31, 2016. Healy will return to the water this week after three months of maintainance. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Zac Crawford.
  • Army Sgt. 1st Class Ethan Feldner crawls through a culvert during the endurance obstacle course as part of the 2016 Best Warrior competition at Fort Jackson, S.C., March 23, 2016. Feldner is assigned to the 95th Training Division. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton
  • Secretary of Defense Ash Carter tours Texas Advanced Computing Center and Visualization Lab, March 31, 2016. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Clydell Kinchen) (Released)
  • In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels Flight Demonstration Squadron flies over Key West, Thursday, March 31, 2016, practicing for an air show set for Saturday and Sunday, April 2-3, at Naval Air Station Key West. The 2016 Southernmost Air Spectacular is to feature other aerial demonstrations including the Navy Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-122 Flying Eagles, Fighter Squadron VFC-111 Sun Downers and the Special Operations’ Command Parachute Team. (Mike Freas/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)