AFT: Course Crawl Marine Cpl. Abigail Hermenegildo, an intelligence specialist with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawls up a hill during a Martial Arts Instructor Course culminating event at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2021. (Sgt. Danny Gonzalez/Marine Corps)
aft: Sunlit Silhouette Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, conduct Exercise Iron Sky 21.2 on Wake Island, Nov. 6, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
AFT: Alaska Descent Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to the 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron descend after jumping from a helicopter during joint airborne training over Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 9, 2021. (Alejandro Peña/Air Force)
AFT: Field Live Fire Soldiers assigned to 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, fire during gunnery platoon qualifications, Oct. 27, 2021, at Fort Carson, Colorado. (Capt. Tobias Cukale/Army)
Activists hold slogans as they protest outside the Chinese consulate in Makati, Philippines on Nov. 24, 2021. The Philippine navy successfully transported food supplies to marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a week after China's coast guard used water cannons to force the supply boats to turn back, sparking outrage and warnings from Manila, officials said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Newly commissioned upgraded F-16V fighter jets are seen at Air Force base in Chiayi in southwestern Taiwan Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Taiwan has deployed the most advanced version of the F-16 fighter jet in its Air Force, as the island steps up its defense capabilities in the face of continuing threats from China. (Johnson Lai/AP)
aft: Puppy Paw Senior Airman Anthony Stuart, a military working dog handler assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, waits with his K-9 partner, Nico, prior to a joint training event at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Nov. 22, 2021. (Senior Airman Brandt Self/Air Force)
AFT: Formation Flight Army aviators from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, fly a formation of helicopters in support of Marne Week events on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Nov. 16, 2021. (Sgt. Savannah Roy/Army)
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Marine Maneuver Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Stephen Shedd, an anti-tank missile gunner with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, maneuvers over an obstacle during selection day of a competition at Camp Lejeune, N.C. on Nov. 15, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Deja Thomas/Marine Corps)