Frontline Photos: April 12, 2016

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  • Nathan Aldaco, a 12 year-old boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, walks with Marines to a demolition site during a Make-A-Wish event supported by 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, at Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 24, 2016. The Marines helped to make Nathan’s wish of becoming a Marine come true by demonstrating the capabilities of their EOD robots and detonating TNT, C4, dynamite and blasting caps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Laura Gauna)
  • Philippine marines with the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF), conduct an amphibious landing utilizing Philippine logistical navy ships to seize a scenario-based objective as part of Exercise Balikatan 2016, in Antique, Philippines, April 11, 2016. The JRRF, consisted of U.S. and Philippine forces, worked together during the exercise to test their capabilities, maintain a high level of interoperability and to enhance combined combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hilda M. Becerra)
  • During the second day of competition at the 2016 Sandhurst competition, April 9, 2016, a Cadets from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., carry simulated casualties and their gear 560 meters at the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) station. In all 60 teams of cadets from 13 different countries participated in this year’s Sandhurst competition. (U.S. Army photo Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton/released)
  • Paratroopers board and position their gear inside an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft before participating in a night jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 31, 2016. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena
  • A Royal Netherland’s Air Force KDC-10 Extender conducts an aerial refueling with a U.S. Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter attached to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron above Mount Whitney, Owens Valley, and the Western Mojave Desert in Southern California, March 31, 2016. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Air Force)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillon Ellzey , front, and Lance Cpl. Andrew Whitbeck assigned to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the Unit Deployment Program, fire a M153 Shoulder Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon in a ground assault maneuver training during Balikatan 16 at Crow Valley, Philippines, April 9, 2016. U.S. and Philippine Marines trained shoulder-to-shoulder after an aerial insert in ground assault maneuvers to build their combined capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron Darrough)
  • U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets U.S. military personnel at Resolute Support Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 9, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)
  • The U.S. Navy ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) transits the Hood Canal as the boat returns to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., April 11 2016. The boat recently completed a 40-month Engineered Refueling Overhaul, which will extend the life of the submarine for another 20 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amanda R. Gray)
  • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 7, 2016) A bronze statue honoring President Gerald R. Ford is unveiled aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) during a ceremony in the ship’s hanger bay. Ship Sponsor Susan Ford Bales, sculptor J. Brett Grill, and representatives of Huntington Ingulls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding attended the event. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew Fairchild/Released)160407-N-OG138-076 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
  • Vince Cavazos, a wounded warrior, winds up for a shot put toss during a morning track and field session at the Air Force team’s training camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 6, 2016. The base hosted a weeklong Warrior Games training camp, which is the last team practice session before the yearly competition in June. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
  • The Corps of Cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy march off the field after passing in review during a Regimental Review Friday, April 8, 2016 on the academy’s Washington Parade Field in New London, Conn. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day via AP)
  • DENVER, COLORADO – APRIL 08: The American Flag is unfurled as the national anthem is observed prior to the San Diego Padres facing the Colorado Rockies during opening day at Coors Field on April 8, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)