{"id":8483,"date":"2017-07-20T19:55:46","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/20\/frontline-photos-sept-9-2015\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:51:27","slug":"frontline-photos-sept-9-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2017\/07\/20\/frontline-photos-sept-9-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Photos: Sept. 9, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19920\" data-id=\"19920\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877779021500-september-9-frontlines-1jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Meghan Florich places a rose on her husband&#8217;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. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3874\" height=\"2690\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19929\" data-id=\"19929\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg 3874w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=768,533 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=1024,711 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1067 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877502733103-september-9-frontlines-2jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1422 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3874px) 100vw, 3874px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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&#8217;s defense ministry has made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid lingering territorial rows and worries over China&#8217;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&#8217;s mainland to waters near Taiwan.    AFP PHOTO \/ MARK RALSTONMARK RALSTON\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3682\" height=\"2799\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19940\" data-id=\"19940\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg 3682w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=300,228 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=768,584 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=1024,778 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1168 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877411625015-september-9-frontlines-3jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1557 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3682px) 100vw, 3682px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4806\" height=\"3199\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19951\" data-id=\"19951\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg 4806w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877418333316-september-9-frontlines-4jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4806px) 100vw, 4806px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2025\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19969\" data-id=\"19969\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877440642317-september-9-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3600px) 100vw, 3600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3240\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19983\" data-id=\"19983\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877399456469-september-9-frontlines-6jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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 \u00d2greenside\u00d3 corpsmen, working side-by-side and caring for Marines. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1366\" height=\"676\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-19993\" data-id=\"19993\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877405228728-september-9-frontlines-7jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877405228728-september-9-frontlines-7jpg.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877405228728-september-9-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=300,148 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877405228728-september-9-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=768,380 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877405228728-september-9-frontlines-7jpg.jpg?resize=1024,507 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20008\" data-id=\"20008\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877423325540-september-9-frontlines-8jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">150903-N-SS390-354 \rFALLON, 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&#8217;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)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3910\" height=\"2602\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20018\" data-id=\"20018\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg 3910w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877421297449-september-9-frontlines-9jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3910px) 100vw, 3910px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5534\" height=\"3953\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20026\" data-id=\"20026\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg 5534w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877436742142-september-9-frontlines-10jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5534px) 100vw, 5534px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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\u2019s 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)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2915\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-20045\" data-id=\"20045\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=768,547 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1024,729 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1093 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635773877434870058-september-9-frontlines-11jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1458 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4096px) 100vw, 4096px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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&#8217;s defense ministry has made its biggest ever budget request, as Tokyo bolsters its military amid lingering territorial rows and worries over China&#8217;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&#8217;s mainland to waters near Taiwan.    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