Frontline Photos: Sept. 9, 2015

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  • Meghan Florich places a rose on her husband’s casket during the burial service for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas C. Florich, III at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Tuesday, September 8, 2015. Florich, a helicopter crewman with the Louisiana National Guard, was killed along with four other soldiers and seven Marines in a training accident in March.
  • A US Marines MV-22 Osprey lands during an amphibious landing operation with US Forces and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at the Dawn Blitz 2015 exercise in Camp Pendleton, California on September 5, 2015. Japan’s defense ministry has made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid lingering territorial rows and worries over China’s expanding naval reach. The ministry wants 5.09 trillion yen ($42 billion) for the next fiscal year, with the focus on strengthening protection of a string of southern islands that stretch from Japan’s mainland to waters near Taiwan. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
  • Retired Col. Daniel Ragsdale is passed through the cadet cheering section during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Army and Fordham on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
  • American military personnel check an aircraft at Szentgyorgyi Dezso Air Base in Kecskemet, 85 kms (52 miles) southeast from Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The US Airforce are scheduled to perform joint defence exercises over the coming days. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)
  • Members of the Oregon National Guard conduct wildfire cleanup operations at the Grizzly Bear Complex Fire near Elgin, Oregon, Sept. 3, 2015. Approximately 375 Soldiers and Airmen were split into three separate teams and deployed to different fire camps throughout the state to support firefighting efforts. The Oregon National Guard has an ongoing agreement with the Oregon Department of Forestry known as Operation Plan Smokey, which stipulates the details of how Oregon National Guard members will be utilized to assist in firefighting efforts. This agreement is reviewed by both agencies annually to remain up-to-date for each fire season. (Photo by Jason van Mourik, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)
  • Students with the Field Medical Service Technician Course near the endpoint of a 6-mile hike at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 1, 2015. The hike is one of three hikes that every student must complete on their journey to becoming ÒgreensideÓ corpsmen, working side-by-side and caring for Marines.
  • U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practiced employing hunter-killer techniques with multiple weapons platforms during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paris Capers /RELEASED)
  • 150903-N-SS390-354 FALLON, Nev. (Sept. 3, 2015) F-35C Lightning IIs, assigned to the Grim Reapers of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 101, and an F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to the Naval Aviation Warfighter Development Center (NAWDC) fly over Naval Air Station Fallon’s (NASF) Range Training Complex. VFA 101, based out of Eglin Air Force Base, is conducting an F-35C cross-country visit to NASF. The purpose is to begin integration of F-35C with the Fallon Range Training Complex and work with NAWDC to refine tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) of F-35C as it integrates into the carrier air wing. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Darin Russell/Released)
  • U.S. Air Force honor guard members render honors during the Fisher House Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll event on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Oahu, Hawaii, Sept. 5, 2015. More than 7,000 combat boots were placed along the 8-kilometer route, each adorned with a photo of a service member who gave their life while serving their country after 9/11.
  • 150902-N-GM561-505 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 2, 2015) The amphibious transport dock New Orleans (LPD 18), the aviation logistics support ship SS Curtiss (T-AVB 4) and the amphibious transport dock Somerset (LPD 25), the Mexican navy patrol vessel ARM Usumacinta (A 412) and the Mexican navy patrol vessel ARM Revolucion (P 164) participate in a simulated strait transit. Boxer is currently underway off the coast of Southern California participating in Dawn Blitz 2015 (DB-15). DB-15 is a multinational training exercise being conducted by Expeditionary Strike Group 3 (ESG-3) and 1st 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. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Veronica Mammina/Released)
  • US Marines and a Japanese soldier consult a map during an amphibious landing operation with US Forces and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) at the Dawn Blitz 2015 exercise in Camp Pendleton, California on September 5, 2015. Japan’s defense ministry has made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid lingering territorial rows and worries over China’s expanding naval reach. The ministry wants 5.09 trillion yen ($42 billion) for the next fiscal year, with the focus on strengthening protection of a string of southern islands that stretch from Japan’s mainland to waters near Taiwan. AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images