Frontline Photos: June 8, 2015

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  • Marines and Sailors with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, escort a simulated isolated person onto an MV-22 Osprey during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training exercise, May 29, 2015, in Southwest Asia. With U.S. and coalition forces conducting airstrikes in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, the TRAP forces of the SPMAGTF provide an on-call force dedicated to the safe return of the U.S. and coalition service members. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Garrett D. White, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs)
  • George Shenkle, World War II veteran and former U.S. Army Soldier with the Easy Company, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, reacts as U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. More than 380 U.S. service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units participated in the 71st Anniversary air drop as part of Joint Task Force D-Day 71. The task force, based in Sainte Mere Eglise, France, is supporting local events across Normandy, from June 2-8, 2015, to commemorate the selfless actions by all the Allies on D-Day that continue to resonate 71 years later. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Brian Bahret)
  • Marine Corps Hospital Corpsman Melissa Irvin, a 1st Dental Battalion dental corpsman, from Camp Pendleton, Calif., carries a box of medical supplies to Unggai Primary School, where medical professionals set up during Pacific Angel 15-4 at Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea, May 29, 2015. Efforts undertaken during PACANGEL help multilateral militaries in the Pacific improve and build relationships across a wide spectrum of civic operations, which bolsters each nation’s capacity to respond and support future humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marcus Morris)
  • 150604-N-LN833-005 SAN DIEGO (June 4, 2015) Sailors man the rails as the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) returns to homeport at Naval Air Station North Island. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group completed a deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jacob G. Kaucher/Released)
  • U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Worley examines a puppy during a Continuing Promise 2015 veterinary event in Colon, Panama, June 2, 2015. Worley is assigned to the Army’s 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Southern Command sponsors the deployment to conduct humanitarian operations and other civil-military missions in partner nations, and show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Schneider
  • Visitors stand among a display of 120 American flags, representing the 120 Wyoming soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who died during the Vietnam War, at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery, Sunday, June 7, 2015, in Evansville, Wyo. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
  • PORTLAND, Ore. (June 4, 2015) The guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) arrives to participate in Portland Fleet Week during the 106th annual Rose Festival. The festival and Portland Fleet Week are a celebration of the sea services, with Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the U.S. and Canada making the city a port of call. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Justin A. Johndro/Released) 150604-N-MN975-066 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
  • Soldiers from NATO countries attend a opening ceremony of military exercise ‘Saber Strike 2015’, at the Gaiziunu Training Range in Pabrade some 60km.(38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, June 8, 2015. The annual multinational Exercise Saber Strike 2015 organized by the U. S. Army in Europe (USAREUR) on June 1 through 19 comprises brigade-level command post exercises held concurrently in all the three Baltic States and Poland. This year the exercise will train the record number of 6,000 troops from 13 NATO member and partner states – Denmark, Estonia, U.S.A., UK, Canada, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Slovenia and Finland. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
  • A UH-1Y Venom with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands with a Bambi Bucket on the flight deck of the USS Anchorage (LPD 23) in the Philippine Sea, June 3, 2015. Marines of the 15th MEU practice firefighting operations to be prepared for potential missions in the future. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Steve H. Lopez/Released)
  • Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jesse Ibarra greets his wife during a homecoming celebration on Naval Base San Diego, June 4, 2015. Ibarra, a boatswain’s mate, is assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill, which returned from almost a 10-month deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Stacy M. Atkins Ricks