Frontline Photos: Dec. 9, 2015

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  • MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Students at the Aviation Water Survival Training Center train to use their equipment while upside-down underwater at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Dec. 3, 2015. Aviation Water Survival Training is hosted every week, twice a week, and is mandatory for all pilots every four years.
  • A soldier lays a wreath with Frank Levingston of Lake Charles, La. (left) and Rear Adm. Craig Faller (center) during the Pearl Harbor remembrance day at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, Dec. 6, 2015. Levingston is 110-years old and is believed to be the oldest World War 2 veteran in the United States. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)
  • A U.S. Army Special Operations Forces parachute team member descends toward Luzon Drop Zone during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 7, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operation and provides soldiers the opportunity to help children in need receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis/Released)
  • 151205-N-XX888-001 SPLIT, Croatia (Dec. 5, 2015) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class Kristen Jacobson, center, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Tanner Johnson, right, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8, conduct a reacquire dive with their Croatian partners Dec. 5, 2015. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied, joint, and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Jonathan Dobbins/ Released)
  • An M1A2 Abrams from Company D, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, engages a target during a live-fire exercise at the Udari Range Complex near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 2. The exercise tested each tank crew’s ability to react to real world challenges. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James J. Bunn, 19th Public Affairs Detachment, U.S. Army Central Public Affairs Office)
  • U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, talks with U.S. sailors during his visit on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Dec 6, 2015. Dunford is traveling with entertainers to visit U.S. service members overseas during the 2015 USO Holiday Tour. DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen
  • 151207-N-VS214-106 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 07, 2015) Dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) prepares for night time flight operations. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is underway off the coast of Southern California completing a certification exercise (CERTEX). CERTEX is the final evaluation of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) and Boxer ARG prior to deployment and is intended to certify their readiness to conduct integrated missions across the full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman/Released)
  • Paratroopers from 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division exit a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 3, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love)
  • US marines stand guard outside the US consulate in Istanbul on December 9, 2015. The United States consulate in Istanbul was offering only limited services with a scaled-down staffing due to information about a possible security threat, the mission said. / AFP / OZAN KOSEOZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images
  • 151207-N-ON468-040 PEARL HARBOR (Dec. 07, 2015) Pearl Harbor survivors enter the USS Arizona Memorial for a wreath dedication ceremony in remembrance of the 74th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks, Dec. 7. This year’s theme focuses on the Road to Reconciliation. More than 2,000 guests, including Pearl Harbor survivors and other veterans, attended the National Park Service and U.S. Navy-hosted joint memorial ceremony at Kilo Pier on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. This year’s theme focuses on the Road to Reconciliation. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeff Troutman/Released)
  • Air Force Falcon Kyle Haak, a U.S. Air Force Academy freshman, battles for possession of the puck as the Falcons met local foe Colorado College Tigers at the Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 27, 2015. Air Force defeated the Tigers 4-3. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)
  • Elizabeth Banks entertains the troops during the USO Tour at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.