Frontline Photos: Sept. 1, 2017

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  • Sonar Technician (Surface) Seaman Marcus Smith, left, and Damage Controlman 3rd Class Hayden Hamblin, both assigned to USS Dewey (DDG 105), take a “selfie” with amphibious life divers at the Aquarium of the Pacific during the second annual Los Angeles Fleet Week. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher A. Veloicaza/Navy)
  • Brian Archibald, a rescue specialist assigned to the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Delta in McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., points to a someone who may need help Aug. 31, 2017 in Port Arthur, Texas. (Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez/Air National Guard)
  • This image taken from video provided by the Navy shows sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 rescuing 14 people and four dogs, at Pine Forrest Elementary School, in Vidor, Texas on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The shelter required evacuation after flood waters from Hurricane Harvey reached its grounds. (U.S. Navy via AP)
  • Air Force Pararescuemen with the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron perform a high altitude-low opening jump at a drop zone near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Aug. 30, 2017. (Master Sgt. Russ Scalf/Air Force)
  • An airman from the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron aircraft maintenance unit signals to his team that an F-15C systems check is complete at Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania, Aug. 31, 2017. (Tech. Sgt. Matthew Plew/Air Force)
  • Sisters Jetta Green, left, and Nisha Stevens wave goodbye after being dropped off after being airlifted away from their flooded apartment on Gulfway by the Coast Guard as military crews join in search and rescue and supply efforts, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. (Kim Brent/The Beaumont Enterprise via AP)
  • Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Class Richard Call and members of New Jersey Task Force 1, assist evacuees into a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) to during water rescue operations in Wharton, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017, due to devastating effects caused by Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath. (Senior Master Sgt. Robert Shelley/Air National Guard)
  • Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) heave in line as the ship prepares to leave port following a scheduled port visit in Riga, Latvia, Aug. 31, 2017. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Colbey Livingston/ Navy)
  • Marine Corps League member Jeff Webb, left, of Montgomery, Texas, and rescue diver Stephan Bradshaw, right, of South Carolina rescue a dog that was chained to a flooded porch as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 in Lumberton, Texas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
  • Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing conducting rescue operations in the Beaumont, Texas, area on Aug. 30, 2017. (Airman 1st Class Daniel H. Farrell/Air National Guard)
  • Brig. Gen. Lapthe C. Flora, hugs veteran Larry Bachman, who served in the Navy during Vietnam, at a Vietnam Veterans Commemoration held at the Lexington National Guard Armory on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017, in Lexington, Va. Flora was born in South Vietnam in 1962, during the Vietnam War. He immigrated to the United States in 1980 and first donned a military uniform three years later. At Thursday’s ceremony, Flora thanked the soldiers who liberated his homeland and inspired him to serve in the armed forces. (Stephanie Klein-Davis/The Roanoke Times via AP)
  • People aided by New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing airmen conducting rescue operations in the Beaumont, Texas, area on Aug. 30, 2017, rest on board and HH-60 Pavehawk helicopter. The 106th Rescue wing deployed 120 Airmen, three HH-60 Pavehawk rescue helicopters and two HC-130 search and rescue aircraft to aid the Texas National Guard. (Airman 1st Class Daniel H. Farrell/Air National Guard)
  • Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender, prepares to reset a buoy beset by Hurricane Harvey near Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Klingenberg/Coast Guard)
  • A 920th Rescue Wing HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter crew searches for Hurricane Harvey victims in need of evacuation Aug. 31, 2017, in Beaumont, Texas. (Tech. Sgt. Lindsey Maurice/Air Force)