Frontline Photos: March 24, 2016

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  • A candidates assigned to Delta Company, Officer Candidates Class-221, breaks the surface of the murky water of ‘The Quigley’ at Brown Field, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., on March 15, 2016. The mission of Officer Candidates School (OCS) is to “educate and train officer candidates in Marine Corps knowledge and skills within a controlled, challenging, and chaotic environment in order to evaluate and screen individuals for the leadership, moral, mental, and physical qualities required for commissioning as a Marine Corps officer.” (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Patrick H. Owens/Released)
  • In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 photo, Tuskegee Airmen James Shipley, from left, Leslie Edwards, Ted Lumpkin and Levi Thornhill all look on during the Tuskegee Airmen 75th Anniversary celebration at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala. Ten of the original Tuskegee Airmen returned to where they made history 75 years ago. On Tuesday the men were honored during anniversary events at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic site at Moton Field, as well as in Montgomery. (Albert Cesare/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) NO SALES; MANDATORY CREDIT
  • An Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016 participant rappels down the tower March 22, 2016, at Fort Bliss, Texas. This exercise provides training across the spectrum of OCS readiness from requirements and development of warfighter staff integration and synchronization through contract execution supporting the joint force commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/Released)
  • Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif – A Marine with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion performs rifle drills during a combat marksmanship program led by Expeditionary Operations Training Group March 17, 2016 at Camp Pendleton. The shooting package helps to better prepare these Marines for an upcoming deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Justin E. Bowles/ Released)
  • HONOLULU (March 18, 2016) Sailors from the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Honors and Ceremonies carry the remains of Ensign Lewis Stockdale, who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, during a reinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl. Stockdale’s remains were recently identified and he was buried with full military honors. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Laurie Dexter/Released)160318-N-GI544-059 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
  • U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Battery B, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire an M119A3 Howitzer during Exercise Rock Sokol at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, March 8, 2016. Exercise Rock Sokol is a bilateral training exercise between U.S. Soldiers assigned to 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian Armed Forces, focused on small-unit tactics and building on previous lessons learned, forging the bonds and enhancing readiness between allied forces. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army’s Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly-deploying forces to the U.S. Army Europe, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility within 18 hours. The brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build stronger relationships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Davide Dalla Massara/Released)
  • U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, open a breach during a live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Rock Sokol at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, March 9, 2016. Exercise Rock Sokol is a bilateral training exercise between the U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade and the Slovenian Armed Forces, focused on small-unit tactics and building on previous lessons learned, forging the bonds and enhancing readiness between allied forces. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army’s Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly-deploying forces to the U.S. Army Europe, Africa and Central Command areas of responsibility within 18 hours. The brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build stronger relationships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Paolo Bovo/Released)
  • Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016 participants await the command to pick up their M-9 pistols utilizing the Engagement Skills Trainer during OCSJX-16, March 23, 2016, at Fort Bliss, Texas. The EST is a simulator that provides marksmanship and enemy engagement scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Manuel J. Martinez/Released)
  • PHOENIX (March 21, 2016) Sailors salute the flag during the national anthem at the opening ceremony of Phoenix Navy Week at the Arizona Science Center. Phoenix Navy Week is one of 15 Navy weeks planned across America for 2016. Navy weeks are designed to show the investment Americans have made in their Navy and increase awareness in cities that do not have a significant Navy presence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Antonio Turretto Ramos/Released) 160321-N-DC018-029 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
  • WEST POINT, N.Y. (March 23, 2015) Secretary of Defense Ash Carter has lunch with cadets during a visit to the United States Military Academy at West Point, March 23, 2015. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tim D. Godbee)(Released)
  • The 45th Space Wing supported NASA’s successful launch of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station March 22, 2016, at 11:05 p.m. ET. The ULA Atlas V rocket carrying Cygnus cargo vessel OA-6 is a resupply mission to the International Space Station supporting NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services program. (Courtesy photo by United Launch Alliance)