900-mile memorial hike honors 16 lives lost in 2017 Miss., KC-130 crash

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES
07.24.2018
Photo by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger
Marine Corps Installations East       

Family and friends of the seven U.S. Marine Raiders and nine Marine Aviator crew members who died in the July, 2017, KC-130 crash in Laflore County, Miss., hike on the shoulder of US-17 in Jacksonville, N.C., during a 900-mile memorial hike from Itta Bena, Miss., to Stump Sound Park, Sneads Ferry, N.C., July 24. 10 teams took turns hiking a continuous 24 hours until reaching Stump Sound Park, but the final stretch finished at the MARSOC Compound on MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger)

Flight Deck Operations

SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES
08.13.2018
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Jaen
USS Boxer (LHD 4) 

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2018) Sailors assigned to crash and salvage operate a P-25 firefighting vehicle prior to flight deck operations aboard amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD4). Boxer is underway conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jose Jaen/Released)

NYCJTE18

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES
07.09.2018
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mikki Sprenkle
55th Combat Camera   

U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Dunnett, assigned to the 287th Engineer Detachment, trains at the The New York City Fire Department Academy, New York City, New York, on July 9, 2018. SPC Dunnett is training on the Jaws of Life. A hydraulic apparatus used to pry apart the wreckage of crashed vehicles in order to free people trapped inside. New York City Fire Department (FDNY) with U.S. Army North, and U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) conducts training as a joint exercise simulating Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) events to maximize the appropriate response from first responders. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mikki L. Sprenkle)