Frontline Photos: Dec. 28, 2015

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  • In this image released by the US Air Force (USAF), an Air Force carry team transfers the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Chester J. McBride during a dignified transfer on New Castle Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware on December 23, 2015. McBride was assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 405, and was killed alongside five other US soldiers by a motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide bomber during a joint patrol with Afghan forces near Bagram, the largest US military base in Afghanistan on December 21, 2015. AFP PHOTO / US AIR FORCE / Roland Balik = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / US AIR FORCE / Roland Balik ” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =Roland Balik/AFP/Getty Images
  • US first lady Michelle Obama (L) listens while US President Barack Obama speaks to members of the US Marines, their loved ones and others to celebrate the holidays during Christmas Day at Marine Corps Base Hawaii December 25, 2015 in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Obama and the First Family are in Hawaii for vacation. AFP PHOTO/ BRENDAN SMIALOWSKIBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images
  • U.S. service members cheer as they prepare to view the first showing of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2015. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service partnered with Walt Disney Studios to give troops a chance to see the movie from a deployed location. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys
  • Shooters fire on their targets during the Far East Division Marksmanship Match Dec. 17 aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. The winners of the competition received medals and a chance to become part of the Marine Corps Shooting Team. Only Marines stationed throughout Japan competed in the match. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Doug Simons/Released)
  • Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James speaks to a group of Airmen Dec. 15, 2015, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. James spoke at an all call where she provided updates about current issues, ranging from budget cuts to fleet modernization, and answered Airmen’s questions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Harry Brexel)
  • Corporal Jared Royce, a military working dog handler with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, returns from a patrol with his dog, Hugo, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 12, 2015. Steel Knight prepares Marines and sailors with the 1st Marine Division and adjacent I Marine Expeditionary Force units with the skill sets necessary to operate as a fully capable Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Will Perkins/RELEASED)
  • A Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew, from Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., tows a stolen “go-fast” vessel, to the station, following a pursuit that covered more than 300 miles off the coast of southwest coast of Florida, Friday, Dec. 27, 2015. The pursuit came to end, after nearly 20 hours, when the vessel stopped 125 miles east of Cancun, Mexico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley J. Johnson)
  • Joe Gutierrez hands out gifts to students during a community outreach event at an elementary school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Dec. 21, 2015. Gutierrez, a midshipman cadet from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, is assigned to the USNS Walter S. Diehl. U.S. Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana
  • Romanian children play games with U.S. service members during a Christmas celebration on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Dec. 19, 2015. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez
  • Col. Larry Lang conducts The U.S. Air Force Band along with the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Color Team during the national anthem at the opening of the final holiday concert at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., Dec. 18, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Burns)
  • A U.S. soldier dressed as Santa Claus waves to fellow troop son Christmas day at the U.S. air base in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
  • 151221-N-VE959-091 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 21, 2015) Sailors participate in security defense drills on the flight deck of guided-missile destroyer USS Gonzalez (DDG 66). Gonzalez is deployed as part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class P. Sena/Released)