The East Africa Response Force trains in Kenya, U.S. Marines drill Down Under, USS Kearsarge sailors on deck, and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
The warship, which is supposed to be deployed with the Ike's carrier strike group, got underway last weekend after repairing a leaky fuel tank, only to suffer another leak.
An M1 Abrams at Grafenwoehr, recruits on the Confidence Course in San Diego, an F-16 over the CENTCOM area of responsibility and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
In this commentary, the author of a six-book military fiction series on a World War Three-style conflict in the Pacific discusses how such a clash might evolve.