U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry watches as the Stars and Stripes is presented by the same three Marines who lowered the flag at the U.S. Embassy’s closing in 1961, at the flag raising ceremony outside the newly opened U.S. Embassy, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Kerry arrived in Havana, Friday, for an historic ceremony to raise the U.S. flag over a restored U.S. Embassy in the Cuban capital. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) 
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division participate in a proficiency jump into the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday, August 15, 2015. 
JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VA – AUGUST 14: US Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno (C) recieves the Defense Distinguished Service Medal from Army Secretary John McHugh (L) while his wife Linda Ordierno stands nearby during his retirement ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson, August 14, 2015 in Arlington, Virginia. Gen. Odierno who was the Army’s 38th Chief of Staff was replaced by Gen. Mark Milley during a Army Chief of Staff Change of Responsibility ceremony. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) 
Janice Binnicker, widow of retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James C. Binnicker, is presented with the flag from her husband’s casket by Air Force Chief Master Sgt. James Cody during burial services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. Binnicker was the 9th chief master sergeant of the Air Force from 1986-1990. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) 
Marine First Sargeant John Coyne announces the names of the fallen Marines and Sailor during Roll Call at a memorial service Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The service is for four Marines and a sailor killed as a result of attacks on a military recruiting station and a Naval operations center July 16 in Chattanooga. (AP Photo/Mark Gilliland) 
Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, Sgt. Jeffrey Hanson, a gunner from Idaho Falls, Idaho, Sgt. Jordan Egbert, a vehicle commander from Pingree, Idaho, and Spc. Connor Mason a driver from Jerome, Idaho, combat engineers with the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team review routes on a field map at the National Training Center, Aug. 15, at Fort Irwin, Calif. (Photo by Sgt. Anita VanderMolen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard) 
Capt. Paul Corcoran indicates to 1st Sgt. Eric Cuilla that his paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are ready to jump into the Sicily Drop Zone during a proficiency jump at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on Saturday, August 15, 2015. 
Soldiers fire missiles as they train on a multiple rocket system from Yankton, S.D., Aug. 2, 2015, during the South Dakota Army National Guard’s annual training on Camp Guernsey, Wyo., Aug. 2, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Battery, 147th Field Artillery. The military uses multiple rocket launch system to engage enemy targets more than 175 miles away and move to different locations rapidly from enemy counter fire. South Dakota National Guard photo by Air Force Senior Airman Duane Duimstra 
U.S. Marines and Airmen are put through a high-stress casualty scenario as part of their final test in the Combat Life Saver course in Southwest Asia, Aug. 12, 2015. During the final test the students work in pairs and each pair is given a different scenario where they must assess, treat and pass along a patient to a follow-on medical provider. The SPMAGTF corpsmen provide a three-day CLS course teaching combat triage and emergency trauma care to improve the survivability of the Crisis Response Company and coalition partners. 
The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team moves out for field training exercises at the National Training Center (NTC), Aug. 14, at Fort Irwin, Calif. The brigade returned to NTC after 17 years with a deployment-sized element of approximately 5,200 Soldiers and more than 1,400 vehicles. (Photo by Sgt. Anita VanderMolen, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard)
Frontline Photos: Aug. 17, 2015
Share:
- Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Facebook
- Share on X (Opens in new window)X
- Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window)Bluesky
- Share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Reddit
- Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)LinkedIn
- Share using Native toolsShareCopied to clipboard
- Share on Mail (Opens in new window)Mail
