Frontline Photos: Sept. 4, 2015

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  • A C-17 Globemaster III from Alaska Air National Guard’s 249th Airlift Squadron drops a Humvee fitted with a parachute system out the back of the aircraft over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Aug. 27, 2015, during Pacific Airlift Rally. PAR is a biennial, military aircraft symposium sponsored by Pacific Air Forces for nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. This year’s PAR was co-hosted by Alaska ANG’s 176th Wing. The exercise uses a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief scenario to provide participating nations the opportunity to cooperate, interact and advance airlift topics specific to the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Edward Eagerton)
  • 150901-N-KM939-1390 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 01, 2015) – Logistics Specialist Seaman Nina Bowers from Mount Airy, N.C., fires a M240 machine gun on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group and is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class David A. Cox/Released)
  • Sgt. Christopher D. Sutton, a 13B Field Artillery Cannoneer assigned to 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division Artillery, takes cover after hooking up his M777A2 the cargo hooks of a CH-47 Chinook from 3rd General Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade during a sling load training exercise Aug. 29, Fort Bragg, N.C. (Capt. Joe Bush, 82nd Airborne DIVARTY/ Released.)
  • 150831-N-CC789-098 CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Aug. 31, 2015) U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion observe the approach of amphibious assault vehicles (AAV) during well deck operations aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). Somerset is participating in Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 (DB-15). Exercise DB-15 is a multinational training conducted by Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade (1 MEB) to build U.S., Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand’s amphibious and command and control capabilities through live, simulated, and constructive military training activities off the coast and ashore at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center 29 Palms, California. Somerset is the ninth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vladimir Ramos/Released)
  • Australian Army, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and People’s Liberation Army personnel disembark a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in the Northern Territory for Exercise Kowari 2015, Aug. 31. Kowari is a trilateral environmental survival training opportunity hosted by Australia and includes forces from Australia, China and the U.S. simultaneously. Environmental survival training in the Australian Outback offers a unique training opportunity in the Pacific. (Australian Defence Force photo by LCPL Kyle Genner)
  • Retired Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hiniker, a wounded warrior, pulls back an arrow with a bite tab during an adaptive archery class as part of the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program Warrior Care event Aug. 27, 2015, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The Warrior Care event featured adaptive and rehabilitative sports activities, career readiness, recovering Airman mentorship and caregiver training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ashley Hyatt)
  • An F-15C Eagle flies over East Anglia, England, Aug. 27, 2015, during a flyover event at Royal Air Force Lakenheath. The F-15C, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, circulated until it flew in unison with the U.K. Avro Vulcan XH558 to mark the first and last time these aircraft will fly together. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Trevor T. McBride)
  • Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 185th Theater Aviation Brigade, simulate a downed aircrew in the North Arabian Gulf as a UH-60 Black Hawk drops a life raft to the crew. The all-day training event allowed crew members from across the 185th Theater Aviation Brigade to develop new tactics, techniques and procedures for the rescue and recovery of personnel in the event of a downed aircraft in the North Arabian Gulf. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Allen Baxter/Released)
  • New Jersey Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Justin B. Gielski swings on a set of bars he built in the backyard of his home in Medford, N.J., as he trains to compete on the TV show ÒAmerican Ninja WarriorÓ Aug. 21, 2015. New Jersey Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen
  • The Coast Guard Cutter Albacore is lowered into the water while the Coast Guard Cutter Chinook is moored at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Aug. 19, 2015. The Albacore, home-ported in New London, Conn., replaced the Chinook under the 87-foot “Bow-to-Stern” program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Andrew Price)
  • CARIBBEAN SEA (Aug. 31, 2015) Hospitalman Stephen Pedrani, left, and Lt. Ashley Rohrman, both assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va., escort patients aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) in support of Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Tomarius Roberts/Released) 150831-A-ZA034-020 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
  • Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake man the hoisting line as an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter prepares to pick up an aids-to-navigation tower from the cutter and deliver it to an ATON crew waiting on a rock amongst the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound, Aug. 28, 2015. The tower will be secured to a mount and will have ATON markers attached to it to warn mariners of hazards in the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Levi Read)