Week In Pictures: Nov 30 – Dec 6
U.S. Marines, an Assault Breacher Vehicle Joint Assault Bridge Operator with the 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division prepares to set pins on a M60 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge as part of the annual exercise Steel Knight 2019 that aims to demonstrate the Marines and Sailors skills, tactics, and combat readiness by performing various dynamic tasks, ground combat maneuver operations, and liver fire ranges. Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 28, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Miguel A. Rosales) A RAF’s F-35B Lightning stealth fighter jet, left, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle, center, and a French Air Force multirole fighter aircraft Dassault Rafale fly behind a U.S. Air Force military aerial refueling aircraft KC-135 Stratotanker over the English Channel, part of the Exercise Point Blank, which brings together NATO allies to improve interoperability and integration between allied fourth and fifth-generation fighter aircraft and to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regional security. Nov. 27, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Luke Milano) U.S. Soldiers and Marine Corps, the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, exercise non-lethal crowd control drills. The Calexico West Port of Entry in Calexico, California on Nov. 27, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Nyatan Bol) A light armored vehicle with the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion guided by a U.S. Marine, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, after participating in Exercise Trident Juncture in Norway and Iceland, and returning home from USS New York (LPD 21). Onslow Beach at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 30, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert Durham) The U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy transits the Adriatic Sea, while operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group to enhance cooperation with regional allies and partners, as well as to strengthen regional stability. The Adriatic Sea, Nov. 27, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ford Williams) A military working dog handler of the U.S. Air Force Staff, the 8th Security Forces Squadron, a and military working dog, 8th SFS MWD, perform an building search operation at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 20, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Savannah L. Waters) A squadron of CH-53 Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters of the U.S. Marines CH-53 lands at Marine Corps Air Station New River, after participating in Exercise Trident Juncture 2018, where provided vertical lift and transport in an amphibious environment. North Carolina, Nov. 30, 2018, (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Seims) A U.S. Marine, the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, sets up a defensive position at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, during the annual exercise Steel Knight. California, Nov. 29, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Audrey M. C. Rampton) U.S. Air Force Staff, an aerial port specialist with the 36th Contingency Response Group, marshals the military transport aircraft, C-130J Super Hercules that had picked up U.S. Army Reserves soldiers redeploying to Guam. The Saipan International Airport, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 28, 2018. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia) U.S. Reconnaissance Marines being instructed on which targets they will engage during a live-fire range at Camp Hansen, where they trained to stay familiar with the weapons systems that the Marines use. Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 27, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers)