Frontline Photos: Feb. 11, 2015

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  • A C Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment flight medic hooks a hoist to a jungle penetrator carrying two 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines during a casualty evacuation exercise Feb. 5, 2015, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Marines were simulated casualties to be lifted into a medevac helicopter. (Minnesota Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jess Nemec/Released)
  • MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER – Chief Petty Officer John K. Maury, senior enlisted officer, Mountain Medicine Program, Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, native of Macauley Hill, Calif., uses his ski poles to exit the freezing water during an Ice-Breaker Drill at Levitt Lake, MCMWTC, Bridgeport, Calif., Jan. 30, 2015. The six week course is designed to train Marines on what to expect in a cold weather environment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo/Released)
  • Two fire fighting teams from the North Carolina National Guard train together at N.C. Air National Guard’s burn pit in Charlotte Feb. 7, 2015. The 677th Fire Fighting Team from Morrisville N.C., and the 430th Fire Fighting Team from Salisbury come together to train as one force to combat simulated aircraft fires. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Stephens 382nd Public Affairs Detachment/ Released)
  • Sgt. William Nagy with the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division demonstrates hill driving techniques in a small unit support vehicle (SUSV) during a driver’s training course on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 4, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Love/Released)
  • Republic of Korea Marines demonstrate their combat tactics for U.S. Marines during Korean Marine Exchange Program 15-4 Feb. 4 at the Pyeongchang Winter Training Facility, Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea. Sharing cultures is a significant factor in gaining a better understanding of the combat tactics of the two forces despite the language barrier, according to ROK Marine Capt. Moon Jung Hwan. KMEP is a regularly scheduled, bilateral, small-unit training exercise, which enhances the combat readiness and interoperability of ROK and U.S. Marine Corps’ forces. The ROK Marines are with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st ROK Marine Division. The U.S. Marines are with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Cedric R. Haller II/Released)
  • Eddie Ray Routh takes his seat in court, with law enforcement officers standing by, before a pretrial proceeding, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, in Stephenville, Texas. The former Marine is accused of killing Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and Kyle’s friend Chad Littlefield at a gun range on Feb. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/LM Otero, Pool)
  • 150209-N-NB544-037 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 9, 2015) Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Francisco (SSN 711) stand on the bridge as it arrives pierside following a seven-month deployment. San Francisco executed the Chief of Naval Operations’ maritime strategy in supporting national security interests and maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kyle Carlstrom/Released)
  • 150204-N-NI474-381 SAN DIEGO (Feb. 4, 2015) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight (HSC) 8 prepares for a live fire exercise. HSC-8 provides vertical lift search and rescue, logistics, anti-surface warfare, special operations forces support, and combat search and rescue capabilities for Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 in support of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 11 operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel M. Young/Released)
  • Soldiers with 2nd Bn., 34th Armor Regt., 1st ABCT, 1st Inf. Div. conduct a platoon live-fire demonstration for more than 1,000 Iraqi Army trainees and officers Feb. 5 at Camp Taji, Iraq. The demonstration by U.S. forces served as a precursor to an upcoming Iraqi-led live-fire exercise which will similarly require the use of complex maneuver and communication among units.
  • U.S. Army Sgt. Cody Hunt, with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe Helicopter Flight Detachment checks the de-icing of the blades on top of a UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter, while Sgt. Alex Spaulding continues the flight checks prior to a logistical mission flight, on Chièvres Air Base, Chièvres, Belgium, Feb. 5, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Pierre-Etienne Courtejoie/Released)
  • WEYMOUTH, MA – FEBRUARY 10: A National Guard soldier watches as trucks are loaded with snow following the most recent snow storm to hit the Boston area on February 10, 2015 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Weymouth and surrounding towns were impacted the most from the storm. Boston has received over 70 inches of snowfall in the last 30 days. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
  • In this photo taken Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, World War II veteran Louis Hoelle, 94, is saluted by U.S. Navy personnel specialist Matthew Denny at Avalon Springs in Valparaiso, Ind. Through Unity Hospice’s Hospice for Heroes patient program, Hoelle, surrounded by his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, was honored by the U.S. Navy color guard. (AP Photo/The Times, John J. Watkins) MANDATORY CREDIT; CHICAGO LOCALS OUT; GARY OUT