Sailors of the USS Norfolk bow their heads for the invocation during the submarine’s inactivation ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014 at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. The Navy submarine named in honor of the city of Norfolk is set to be inactivated after 31 years of active service. During its years of service, the submarine completed 15 deployments to the North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Central Command and European Command. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Stephen M. Katz) MAGS OUT 
(Right to Left) Master Sgt. Paul Huston, Command Sgt. Maj. Alexis Shelton, Col. Clark Lindner and 2nd Lt. Jonathan Bobb, all serving with Task Force Sinai and the Multinational Force and Observers salute the American Flag during the playing of the National Anthem Dec. 12, 2014, as part of the MFO’s 2014 Gander Memorial Ceremony held on North Camp’s Memorial Square located in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. The ceremony is held annually to honor the 248 fallen Soldiers and eight crew members of the fatal plane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, on Dec. 12, 1985. The crash took the lives of 248 Soldiers serving with the 3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division ‘Air Assault’ who were returning home to Fort Campbell, Ky., after completing a six-month deployment to Egypt in support of the MFO’s peacekeeping mission. (U.S. Army Photo By: Sgt. Thomas Duval, Task Force Sinai Public Affairs) 
Pfc. Roberto Pena with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit fires an M249 squad automatic weapon during a realistic urban training exercise aboard Camp Roberts, Calif., Dec. 9, 2014. RUT prepares the 15th MEU’s Marines for their upcoming deployment, enhancing their combat skills in environments similar to those they may find in future missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jamean Berry/Released) 
Army Reserve Soldiers from the 416th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Darien, Ill., as well as service members from the U.S. Marines, Air Force and Navy around the greater Chicago area, salute Gold Star families on board of a Snowball Express airplane at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport, Dec. 11. Snowball Express is a nonprofit organization sponsored by American Airlines that organizes an all-expenses-paid trip for children and spouses who have lost a fallen military hero to offer them support, activities, healing and positive memories during the December holiday season. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret) 
Engineering officer Lt. Cmdr. Michael Ridler accepts his Cutter Hamilton plankowner certificate before the commissioning festivities begin later in the morning of Dec. 6, 2014. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Sarah B. Foster 
GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 8, 2014) Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Matthew Wellington hangs holiday decorations aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104). Sterett is deployed as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric Coffer/Released) 141208-N-GW139-033 Join the conversation http://www.facebook.com/USNavy http://www.twitter.com/USNavy http://navylive.dodlive.mil 
U.S. Army paratroopers with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command jump out of a U.S. Army C-27J Spartan aircraft during a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump in support of the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 11, 2014, at Mackall Army Airfield, N.C. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operation with six allied partner nation paratroopers participating and allows Soldiers the opportunity to help in need throughout the community to receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gary Silverman) 
The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard�s Silent Drill Team precisely execute elaborate manual of arms for the Cutter Hamilton�s commissioning ceremony Dec. 6, 2014. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen B. Lehman 
Lt. Cmdr. Wes Smith serves as a shooter as he launches an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Fighting Redcocks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, strike operations in Iraq and Syria as directed, maritime security operations, and theater security cooperation efforts in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Scott Fenaroli/Released) 
The 374th Airlift Wing crew members distributed a total of 16 bundles to several Pacific islands on one mission as part of Operation Christmas Drop 2014. OCD, a partnership between the 374th Airlift Wing, the 36th Wing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and the 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, is the longest-running Department of Defense-led humanitarian airlift operation and will provide 25 tons of critical supplies to 56 islands this year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Mark Lazane/374th Airlift Wing Public Affairs)
Frontline Photos: Dec. 12, 2014
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