Frontline Photos: Jan. 5, 2015

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  • US soldiers arrive at the scene following a suicide car bomb attack on a European Union police vehicle along the Kabul-Jalalabad road in Kabul on January 5, 2015. A suicide car bomb hit a European Union police vehicle in Kabul on January 5, killing at least one passer-by but not injuring any of the passengers, officials said, days after the NATO combat mission ended in Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO / Wakil KOHSARWAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images
  • U.S. Navy personnel from USS Sampson unload the body of a victim aboard the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501 from a U.S. Navy helicopter as National Search and Rescue Agency personnel and Indonesian policemen receive it upon arrival at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, Friday, Jan. 2, 2015. The investigation into the AirAsia crash has turned to the ocean floor, with more sonar equipment and metal detectors deployed Friday to scour the seabed for wreckage, including the plane’s black boxes. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
  • Members of the Army salute during the National Anthem prior to the U.S. Army All-American Bowl high school football game, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
  • An Army honor guard carries the casket of Maj. Peyton S. Mathis Jr., at the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. Mathis died when the airplane he piloted crashed on Guadalcanal in 1944. His remains were recently identified. He will be buried in Montgomery Saturday. (AP Photo/ AL.com, Mark Almond)
  • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Dec. 28, 2014) The joint high-speed vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV-1) departs Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. Spearhead is deploying to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility to support maritime security efforts and to help build partnerships in the Gulf of New Guinea and off the coast of West Africa. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Desmond Parks/Released) 141228-N-XB010-012 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
  • Service members take part in a flag ceremony on the ice in Nationals Park, Washington, D.C., before the start of the 2015 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic hockey game between the Washington Capitals and Chicago Blackhawks, Jan. 1, 2015. The National Hockey League paid tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces during pre-game and in-game festivities. DoD Photo by EJ Hersom
  • An assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) with the AAV platoon, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), approaches the well deck of the dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), following a wash-down operation, Dec. 30. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger/Released)
  • A member of the U.S. Air Force parachute team, Wings of Blue, prepares to land on the field before the start of the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game between Georgia Tech and Mississippi State, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
  • In this image released by the US Navy, US sailors assigned to the Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 1 from the USS Fort Worth make preparations to launch a Tow Fish side scan sonar system on January 4, 2015. Fort Worth is currently on station in the Java Sea supporting Indonesian-led efforts to locate missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Indonesia resumed a sea and aerial search at dawn on January 5 for an AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea with 162 people on board, an official said. == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO HANDOUT-US NAVY/Mass Communication Specialist MC2 Antonio P. Turretto Ramos”/ NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == Antonio P. Turretto Ramos/AFP/Getty Images
  • U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Victor Rodriguez, a drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego stands with players of Team West Jan. 4, 2015, at The StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Rodriguez and other Marines spent a week with Team West preparing the players and teaching them about Marine Corps values. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler J. Bolken/Released)
  • Fireworks explode in the air over U.S. ships docked in Yokosuka, Japan, Jan. 01, 2015, as part of a New Year’s celebration. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Cavagnaro
  • Several KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueler aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 sit staged on the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 5, 2015, as the Air Traffic Control Tower rises in the background. Cherry Point is home to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and several of its squadrons. Its runways operate 24/7, 365 days each year, and the air station hosts squadrons that specialize in heavy helicopter lift and transport; air-to-ground attack support; electronic warfare; aerial transport and refueling; and sea and land search and rescue.