Sailors and Marines aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) post security from the flight deck during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 off the coast of Southern California, Dec. 4, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Cameron Rowe/Marine Corps)
AFT: Marines fire a MK-153 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon in a live-fire squad attack range during exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, on Dec. 10, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun/Marine Corps)
A J-15 carrier-borne fighter jet takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning during a maritime training exercise. The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning and its carrier strike group carried out realistic training in an undisclosed sea area. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Li Tang)
Hammer, 375th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, sits next to the Ghost Robotics Vision 60. (U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead)
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A U.S. Marine fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during advanced marksmanship drills at exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun/Released.
AFT: A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle departs after receiving fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during an air refueling mission over Southwest Asia, Dec. 22, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Trevor T. McBride/Air Force)