Frontline Photos: Dec. 15, 2015

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  • SAN DIEGO (Dec. 12, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marlon Yulo, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, places a wreath on a headstone during the 23rd annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. In its 10th year of participation, Fort Rosecrans laid down 4,600 wreaths for fallen service members. U.S Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom (Released)151212-N-NB544-242 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
  • PHILADELPHIA, PA – DECEMBER 12: Brendon Clements #1 of the Navy Midshipmen celebrates the win as Edgar Poe #82 and DeAndre Bell #15 of the Army Black Knights react to the loss at Lincoln Financial Field on December 12, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The Navy Midshipmen defeated the Army Black Knights 21-17. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
  • SALT LAKE CITY, UT – DECEMBER 14: Children run to members of the Utah National Guard as they walk past security and return home for the holidays at the Salt Lake City International Airport on December 14, 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They are part of the Utah National Guard’s 141st Military Intelligence Battalion who is returning form Afghanistan where they have been deployed since last February. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images
  • Maj. Gen. Nadja West was sworn in as the Army’s new surgeon general on Friday by Acting Army Secretary Eric Fanning. (Photo: Army)
  • Staff Sgt. Travis Livingston, 36th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, checks instruments over the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2015, during Operation Christmas Drop. Every December, C-130H Hercules aircrews from Yokota head to Andersen Air Force Base to execute low-cost, low-altitude humanitarian airdrops to islanders throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau. These islands are some of the most remote locations on the globe spanning a distance nearly as broad as the continental U.S. It is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian airdrop operation with 2015 being the first trilateral execution with support from Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Osakabe Yasuo/Released)
  • Marines hold security during maintenance on a mine resistant ambush-protected vehicle as a part of Exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 12, 2015. The Marines are with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion. During route clearance Marines use a variety of vehicles to search for improvised explosive devices, mines and other dangerous obstructions. Steel Knight is a 1st Marine Division led exercise, which enables the Marines and sailors to operate in a realistic environment to develop skill sets necessary to maintain a fully capable Marine Air Ground Task Force.
  • United States Air Force Reserve Maj. Menashe Miller, second from right, a chaplain, watches his sons light the fourth candle on the Menorah — one for each day of Hanukkah during a candle lighting ceremony at the Main Base Chapel, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 9, 2015. The event was co-sponsored by the Main Base Chapel and Jewish War Veterans Post 126. Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the Maccabean Revolt. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter shakes hands with President Barack Obama as Obama departs the Pentagon after meeting with the National Security Council about the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at the Pentagon Dec. 14, 2015. (DoD photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)(Released)
  • Staff Sgt. Ryan Woods, 108th Maintenance Squadron, takes down the Stars and Stripes prior to the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, annual commander’s call at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 12, 2015. The Wing’s primary mission is to provide Global Reach and Global Power. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released)
  • NEW ORLEANS – Rudolph joins Marine Corps Band New Orleans on stage at Saenger Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana on Dec. 11, 2015. The band conducted their holiday performance ÒSanta Meets Sousa.Ó The performance was part of their yearly Toys for Tots tour, where they accepted new, unwrapped toys from audience members to give to less fortunate children during the holiday season.