Frontline Photos: March 2, 2015

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  • A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a live-fire machine gun range in Djibouti, Feb. 18, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines was ashore in Djibouti conducting sustainment training in order to maintain proficiency while deployed. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joey Mendez)
  • Staff Sgt. Craig Eveland, 436th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, gives MWD Vito the command to release a jute tug Feb. 26, 2015, on Dover Air Force Base, Del. Vito chased and retrieved the jute tug in the MWD training area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Roland Balik)
  • U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mike Leatherman checks for improvised explosive devices while leading a patrol during a training exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2015. Leatherman is a combat engineer assigned to India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek
  • U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Timmothy Annoni signals as a fuel probe seats to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during a replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl in the Persian Gulf, Feb. 18, 2015. The carrier is supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, conducting strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli
  • Pfc. Shane Baer, a medic with K Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, exits a Stryker to direct first aid procedures during a raid exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie Land Forces Training Center, Poland, Feb. 28, 2015, in preparation for an upcoming live-fire exercise with the Polish army. The exercise was part of Operation Atlantic Resolve, a U.S. Army Europe-led land force assurance training mission taking place across Eastern Europe to enhance multinational interoperability, strengthen relationships among allied militaries, contribute to regional stability and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt. Jim Wagner / Released)
  • 150226-N-VO234-027 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 26, 2015) Gunner’s Mate 1st Class Thomas Culbertson, right, from Media, Pa., a search and rescue swimmer assigned to Surface Warfare Mission Package, Detachment 1, embarked aboard the littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), performs a cross chest carry on Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class James Rutherford, from Galveston, Texas, a search and rescue swimmer assigned to Fort Worth, during a training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Conor Minto/Released)
  • HAMPTON, GA – MARCH 01: Members of the United States military display the American Flag before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 1, 2015 in Hampton, Georgia. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk/Getty Images)
  • Spc. Isaac Viers, a heavy equipment operator assigned to the Virginia National Guard’s Cedar Bluff-based 1033rd Engineer Company, 276th Engineer Battalion directs a high-mobility engineer excavator to remove snow Feb. 28, 2015, throughout communities in Lee County, Va. More than 65 Soldiers have supported response and recover efforts following significant amounts of snowfall in Southwest and Eastern Virginia. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Andrew J. Czaplick)
  • U.S. Army Staff Sgt. James Callahan inspects a German soldier’s M16 rifle before entering the firing range in Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwšhr, Germany, Feb. 19, 2015. Callahan is a platoon sergeant assigned to Company C, 44th Expeditionary Signal Battalion. The German soldier is assigned to the 383rd Communications and Information Systems Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marshall R. Mason
  • 150226-N-EV723-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 26, 2015) Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commander of Task Force (CTF) 51, addresses Sailors and Marines during an all-hands call on the flight deck of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Essex is underway conducting an amphibious squadron and Marine expeditionary force integration training exercise with Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON 3) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (15th MEU) in preparation for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jason M. Graham/Released)
  • Sgt. Christopher Hughes, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo., carries the American flag across the finish line at the Army Marathon Shadow Run March 1 at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Hughes conducted a ruck march for the half marathon course, carrying the flag the entire 13.1 mile distance, finishing with a time of 2:33:35.