Frontline Photos: July 17, 2015

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  • Police officers enter the Armed Forces Career Center through a bullet-riddled door after a gunman opened fire on the building Thursday, July 16, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Authorities say there were multiple casualties including the gunman. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
  • Australian Soldiers return fire in a M1A1 Abrams tank during exercise Hamel 15 a sub-mission of exercise Talisman Sabre in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 14, 2015. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries’ ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jordan Talbot/Released)
  • CORRECTS DAVID’S LAST NAME TO KENDLE FROM CLINTON – U.S Navy Fireman, Machinists Mate Striker Aixa Cruz, right, salutes the flag and remains of unclaimed Navy veteran David Kendle at State Veteran’s Cemetery, Wednesday, July 15, 2015, in Middletown, Conn. Four Connecticut veterans received long overdue burials with military honors, years after they died and their remains went unclaimed. The men served in the military decades ago and all died within the past 13 years. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
  • U.S. Marines attached to 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, and Australian Army Soldiers, assigned to 101st Battery, 8/12 Regiment, conduct a regimental helo assault utilizing CH-53E Super Stallions during Talisman Sabre 2015 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Australia, July 15, 2015. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise that provides an invaluable opportunity for nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations in a combined, joint and interagency environment that will increase both countries’ ability to plan and execute a full range of operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel M. Young/Released)
  • An Airman thanks Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, James A. Cody, for hiking alongside members of team Yokota at Mount Fuji, Japan, July 11, 2015. Cody invited Yokota personnel to join him on the hike so that he could take time to interact with them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Baker/Released)
  • 150715-N-WB378-116 MIAMI, Fla. – Steel Worker 1st Class Brett Sligo, assigned to Underwater Construction Team 2 (UCT-2), makes a vertical fillet weld on a half-inch steel plate. Members of UCT-2 are attending a 10-day underwater welding course provided by Hydroweld, in order to develop techniques required to weld in accordance with the American Welding Society wet welding standards. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight/Released)
  • A paratrooper from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, scans the skies while aboard a CH-47 Chinook, Fort Bragg, N.C., July 15. The Chinooks were used for Operation Federal Eagle, an annual event led by the German army to promote friendship and military partnership. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Freeman/ 82nd CAB PAO)
  • U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Gordon Kwei, anti-tank missile man with Weapons Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, fires the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided anti-tank missile (TOW), while Staff Sgt. Wayne Edmiston, combat correspondent with Black Sea Rotational Force, records it during the combined anti-armor team sustainment training for Exercise Platinum Lion 15-3, July 8 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria. The Marines launched 10 TOW missiles fired from M41 Sabers mounted to the turrets of Humvees. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force and service members from Bulgaria, Romania, the United Kingdom and Albania are conducting the two-week exercise to promote regional cooperation and foster interoperability in order to combat security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st Lt. Sarah E. Burns)
  • U.S. Marines and Australian service members secure a beachhead following an amphibious assault at Fog Bay, Australia, July 11, 2015. The Marines with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australians with Combat Team Bravo, 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, assaulted the beach and moved inland to secure additional objectives as part of Talisman Sabre 2015. Talisman Sabre is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in the exercise while deployed on its regularly scheduled Fall Patrol of the Asia-Pacific region.
  • 150716-N-QO941-002 CHATANOOGA, Tenn. (July 16, 2015) Police tape and a makeshift memorial frame the scene at an Armed Forces Career Center, where earlier in the day an active shooter opened fire, injuring one U.S. Marine. The gunman later moved to the nearby Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) firing multiple shots, killing four Marines and injuring one Sailor. (U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz/Released)
  • Sgt. Maj. Michael Johnson maneuvers through obstacles in the tree line while participating in the Devil Dog Dare at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 10, 2015. The Devil Dog Dare is a part of Operation Adrenaline Rush, a Marine Corps-wide program designed to teach Marines how to deal with every day stress in positive ways.Johnson is the sergeant major of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. N.W. Huertas/ Released)