Frontline Photos: Nov. 17, 2015

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  • U.S. Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents the Portrait of a Nation Award to U.S. Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter at the The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2015. Carpenter is the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient. (DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen/Released)
  • NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 16: U.S. Army Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg (C), a recipient of the Medal of Honor, rings the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on November 16, 2015 in New York City. Trading was also marked by a moment of silence before the opening bell for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
  • Marines and sailors with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, conduct close-quarter firing drills in the Gulf of Aden aboard the USS Oak Hill, Nov. 7. The live-fire exercise provided an opportunity for the unit to practice marksmanship and increase the unit’s shooting proficiency. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is embarked on the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. bobby J. Yarbrough/Released)
  • An Army Green Beret takes to one knee during a noncombatant evacuation exercise as part of Southern Strike 16 on Meridian Naval Air Station, Miss., Nov. 3, 2015. New York National Guard photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy
  • US President Barack Obama speaks following a tour of the BRP Gregario Del Pilar in Manila Harbor in Manila on November 17, 2015 after arriving to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The 378-foot ship formerly belonged to the US Coast Guard, but was acquired by the Philippines in 2011. Asia-Pacific leaders are arriving in the Philippines on November 17 for a summit meant to foster trade unity but with terrorism and territorial rows in focus. AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
  • An Australian soldier assigned to Task Group Taji shoots off a flare during a night urban operations training exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2015. The soldier was demonstrating the amount of light that a flare would give off and the potential to give away a squad’s location. This training teaches the Iraqi soldiers how maneuver without light and to be as silent as possible to surprise the enemy during an urban assault against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charles M. Bailey/Released)
  • A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk takes off with Honduran soldiers and their equipment, Nov. 5, 2015, in the Gracias a Dios department (state) of Honduras as other soldiers await transport to forward operating posts in the area. The helicopters, assigned to the 1-228th Aviation Regiment at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, fulfilled a Honduran military request for airlift to aid in their freedom of movement in the area, helping them to combat drug trafficking and related criminal activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Christopher J. Mesnard/Released)
  • 151116-N-WB378-076 GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Nov. 16, 2015) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sean Furey, assigned to Expeditionary Combat Camera, conducts underwater photo training off the coast of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Nov. 16, 2015. Expeditionary Combat CamerasÕ Underwater Photo Team conducts annual training to hone its divers specialized skill set and ensure valuable support of Department of Defense activities worldwide. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Blake Midnight/Released)
  • This November 13, 2015 US Coast Guard handout photo shows the Coast Guard Cutter Alligator and a fixed-wing Coast Guard aircraft during a search for a woman who was reported overboard from a cruise ship 22 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba. The FBI said November 16 that it is investigating the case of a woman who fell into the ocean from a cruise ship sailing near the coast of Cuba. Kaylyn Rose Sommer, 24, fell overboard November 12 evening from the Norwegian Pearl, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship. The ship was packed with young people as it hosted a non-stop live-music party featuring electro-pop performers. AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US COAST GUARD == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / US COAST GUARD “/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == -/AFP/Getty Images