Frontline Photos: Aug. 5, 2015

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  • An Army Reserve Soldier from the 341st Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge), out of Fort Chaffee, Ark., plunges into the Arkansas River during a training exercise known as a helocast at Fort Chaffee, Aug. 1, as part of Operation River Assault. The entire River Assault training exercise lasted from July 28 to Aug. 4, 2015, involving one brigade headquarters, two battalions and 17 other units, to include bridging, sapper, mobility, construction and aviation companies. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)
  • Water survival refresher trainee, Master Sgt. Joshua Mal, 3d Airlift Squadron C-17A Globemaster III loadmaster, keeps his head above water as Staff Sgt. Adam Ellerd, 436th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Operations NCO in charge, looks over his shoulder from a personal watercraft to see when and if Mal successfully releases from his harness July 17, 2015, near Dover Air Force Base, Del. Mal and other students had to find and release their torso harness fittings while being towed through the water to simulate being dragged by their canopy after landing in water. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
  • A female Army Ranger student crosses the Yellow River on a rope bridge on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Two out of 19 females have made it to the final phase of Army Ranger training which ends at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base. Pentagon leaders decided in 2013 to investigate the possibility of opening all military jobs to women. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)
  • Army Capt. Bob Drexel scans the right side of a CH-47D Chinook helicopter above the Rocky Fire near Clear Lake, Calif., Aug. 1, 2015. DrexelÕs position on the aircraft requires him to scan for potential hazards and help direct the release water from a large bucket. U.S. Army photo
  • A Midshipmen fires an M240B machine gun at a training exercise during Career Orientation for Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) on Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 30, 2015. The purpose of CORTRAMID is to expose midshipmen to opportunities in the Fleet Marine Forces and generate interest in pursuing a Marine Corps commission. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Schlosser, MCIEAST-MCB CAMLEJ Combat Camera/Released)
  • U.S. Army soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-14 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, take part in an indirect fire drill in Forward Operating Base (FOB) Connolly near Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
  • The Coast Guard’s latest 418-foot National Security Cutter, James (WSML 754), pulls into Boston Harbor Aug. 3, 2015. The James is the fifth of eight planned National Security Cutters – the largest and most technologically advanced class of cutters in the Coast Guard’s fleet. The cutters’ design provides better sea-keeping, higher sustained transit speeds, greater endurance and range, and the ability to launch and recover small boats from astern, as well as aviation support facilities and a flight deck for helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)
  • Tech. Sgt. Joseph Monreal, the 436th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Operations flight chief, watches as a trainee uses a seam in a C-9 round parachute canopy to move from one edge to the other during aircrew water survival refresher training in the Delaware Bay July 17, 2015, near Dover Air Force Base, Del. Aircrew members of the 436th Airlift Wing and 512th Airlift Wing operate the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III, and had members who participated in the required refresher training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)
  • 150804-M-GO800-028 SAN FERNANDO CITY, Philippines (Aug. 4, 2015) Service members with Pacific Partnership 2015 wave to locals from aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3). The service members are assigned toTask Force Forager and will be in the Philippines until Aug. 15 providing medical and engineering assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by combat correspondent Sgt. James Gulliver/Released)
  • Marines march during an evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2015. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the parade’s guest of honor, and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., confirmed by the Senate as the next Joint Chiefs chairman, hosted the event. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Marnell
  • A soldier fires an M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun during Operation River Assault at a gun range on Fort Chaffee, Ark., Aug. 2, 2015. The training exercise involves Army engineers and other support elements to create a modular bridge on the water across the Arkansas River. The soldier is a member of the Army Reserve. U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret
  • Celebrity chef Robert Irvine toured base facilities, interacted with Airmen, and participated in a live show at the base theater on Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., July 23, 2015. Irvine has appeared on a variety of Food Network programs including “Dinner: Impossible,” “Worst Cooks in America,” “Restaurant: Impossible” and “Restaurant Express.” (U.S. Air Force photo/Matthew Jurgens)