Week In Pictures: Dec 7 – 13
A U.S. Air Force military aerial refueling aircraft KC-135R Stratotanker that is assigned to the New Jersey Air National Guardâs 108th Wing, sits on the flight line on sunrise. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Dec. 8, 2018. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht) 
U.S. Army serviceman, the 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, sets up a defensive position in an M2 Bradley IFV during exercise Combined Resolve XI, which is the final exercise in 1-1 CDâs rotation to support Atlantic Resolve in Europe and it aims at evaluating the interoperability of U.S. forces with their NATO allies and partners. Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 6, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ron Lee) 
U.S. service members of the Ceremonial Honor Guard carry the casket of the 41st U.S. President George H.W. Bush, into the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where the funeral took place. Dec. 5, 2018. (DoD photo by U.S. Army Spc. Lane Hiser) 
A U.S. Soldier, the 1st Cavalry Division, who acts the role of opposing forces, fires an M240 machine gun during the exercise Combined Resolve XI, at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Dec. 4, 2018 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. John Onuoha) 
A C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft airdrops a Low-Cost, Low-Altitude bundle at the LCLA training – Operation Christmas Drop 2018, held at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 7, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Gilmore) 
U.S. Navy Petty Officer, engineer under instruction, Coastal Riverine Squadron 8, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, mans a security post on a RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) while en route to provide armed security escort in the Gulf of Tadjourah, Dec. 7, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Shawn Nickel) 
U.S. Air Force mobility crew chief, the 36th Contingency Response Group, marshals a military transport aircraft C-130J Super Hercules at the Saipan International Airport, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Dec. 7, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Joshua J. Garcia) 
U.S. Marines, who are attending a Marine Corps Instructor Course of Water Survival, jump into water to carry out a simulated rescue at the base pool, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns) 
U.S. Navy Machinery Repairman measures a section of steel in the machinery repair shop on the board of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis that is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support naval operations ant to provide maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. The Indian Ocean, Dec. 7, 2018. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joshua L. Leonard) 
U.S. Soldiers, the headquarters, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division carry a simulated injured soldier during coming under simulated gas attac, part of the exercise Combined Resolve XI in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 7, 2018. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ron Lee)