Frontline Photos: Dec. 9, 2014

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  • World War II Army veteran Robert Hall (center, foreground) escorts Marine veteran Harold Davis to toss flowers overboard during a ship-board ceremony commemorating the lives lost during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The service was held aboard the USS Taylor Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014 at Mayport Naval Station, Fla. The event propelled the United States into World War II. (AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Will Dickey)
  • Navy Divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 and Fleet Combat Camera Pacific and crewmembers from amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) approach the NASA Orion Crew Module after splash down in the Pacific Ocean. Anchorage is currently conducting the first exploration test flight for the NASA Orion program. EFT-1 is the fifth at sea testing of the Orion Crew Module using a Navy well deck recovery method. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Charles White/Released)
  • Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), battle zero their weapons at a live-fire range during sustainment training in D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Dec. 4. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th MEU provide a versatile, sea-based expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga/Released)
  • Paratroopers turn in their toys for the opportunity to earn foreign jump wings at the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. The airborne operation is hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), a U.S. Army Reserve operational command, Dec. 5, 2014 at Pope Field, North Carolina. Operation Toy Drop is the worldÕs largest combined airborne operation with seven allied partner nation paratroopers participating and allows Soldiers the opportunity to help children in need everywhere receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Army photo by Timothy L. Hale/Released)
  • Eight-year-old Gavin White gets a hug and a kiss from his father, U.S. Army Spc. Dylan Effan, Monday Dec. 8, 2014, in a surprise reunion in the lunchroom of Gavin’s school, Lewis and Clark Elementary School in Wood River, Ill. Effan just returned home for the holidays from a seven month tour in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/The Telegraph, John Badman)
  • International Security Assistance Forces honor guards take part in a flag-lowering ceremony in north of Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The U.S. and NATO ceremonially ended their combat mission in Afghanistan on Monday, 13 years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks sparked their invasion of the country to topple the Taliban-led government. From Jan. 1, the coalition will maintain a force of 13,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak around 140,000 in 2011. There are around 15,000 troops now in the country.(AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)
  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel delivers a speech to U.S. troops at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Hagel visited the camp which once was a staging post for troops headed to Iraq. (AP Photo/Mark Wilson, Pool)
  • Tech. Sgt. Andrew Carpenter, 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron joint tactical air controller, writes down coordinates of a simulated target, Dec. 2, 2014, in Barcis, Italy. During a week-long exercise near Aviano Air Base, Italy, U.S. military and the Dutch army are training with 555th Fighter Squadron pilots to stay current in their proficiencies. The training allows JTACs to coordinate with F-16 Fighting Falcons and practice calling in airstrikes on simulated targets in the mountains. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Matthew Lotz)
  • Soldiers take in front row seats during the NBA basketball game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, in Dallas. Mavericks season ticket holders donated their seats for the annual “Seats for Soldiers.” (AP Photo/LM Otero)
  • The Navy Operation Support Center in Knoxville, Tenn., hold a ceremony for Peal Harbor Remembrance Day on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014. Information Technician First Class Petty Officer (SWC) Amanda Stachey, from left, Air Traffic Controller Second Class Petty Officer Shanna Veilleux, Master-at-Arms Second Class Petty Officer Andre Peak, Construction Mechanic First Class Petty Officer (SCW/EXW) Mark Nielsen and Aviation Mechanic Airman Timothy Dale recite the names at the citations of the 15 Medal of Honor recipients from the Pearl Harbor Attack. (AP Photo/The Knoxville News Sentinel, Saul Young)
  • This photo taken Dec. 6, 2014, shows Santa and Mrs. Claus getting off a C130 military transport plane in Shishmaref, Alaska. The Alaska National Guard provided transport for the good Samaritan program Operation Santa, which took gifts and schools supplies to about 300 children in the Inupiat Eskimo community. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
  • Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force returned to Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, from a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, Dec. 6, 2014. HMLA-467 was part of the last Marines to be deployed to the Helmand province of Afghanistan in support of OEF with the purpose of providing close-air support to the Marines operating on the ground. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Olivia McDonald/ Released)