{"id":54608,"date":"2018-12-16T21:01:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T21:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/16\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-16-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:31:43","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-dec-16-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/frontline-photos\/2018\/12\/16\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-16-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Dec. 16, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"726\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12500\" data-id=\"12500\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46312917561_dd2c207ffa_o.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46312917561_dd2c207ffa_o.jpg.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46312917561_dd2c207ffa_o.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46312917561_dd2c207ffa_o.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46312917561_dd2c207ffa_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The U.S. Army\u2019s 10th Mountain Division honors President George H.W. Bush\u2019s service to the nation with a 21-gun salute at Fort Drum, N.Y., Dec. 6, 2018, the day of his interment. (Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12507\" data-id=\"12507\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/32443568628_81b377ce6f_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines attending the Corporals Course at Marine Corps Base Hawaii low crawl on Fort Hase Beach during a small unit leadership evaluation on Dec. 12, 2018, in Hawaii. (Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12513\" data-id=\"12513\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46273198891_18315cb68c_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Airman 1st Class Chanelle Juhasz, 2nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman, guards a B-52 Stratofortress during Global Thunder 19 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Nov. 4, 2018. 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The USS Utah Memorial Sunset Ceremony honors the loss of USS Utah (AG-16) and 58 crew members. The Utah was the first ship torpedoed during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Struck by two torpedoes, the ship capsized and sank within 12 minutes. (MC2 Somers T. Steelman\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"890\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12524\" data-id=\"12524\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45591282504_ca2a3b2c8b_o.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45591282504_ca2a3b2c8b_o.jpg.jpg 1334w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45591282504_ca2a3b2c8b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45591282504_ca2a3b2c8b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45591282504_ca2a3b2c8b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1334px) 100vw, 1334px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. and British paratroopers conduct a training patrol Nov. 28, 2018, in Kenya. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari Storm, a multinational training exercise occurring in Kenya, Africa between U.S., British and other partner-nation forces. (Spc. John Lytle\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12532\" data-id=\"12532\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46264087782_d02536a5b7_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">First lady Melania Trump departs a Marine Corps V-22 Osprey support aircraft at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Dec. 12, 2018, following a holiday visit aboard USS George H.W. Bush. (Andrea Hanks\/White House)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1330\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12538\" data-id=\"12538\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,195 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,499 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,665 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45360568025_4281c321a1_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,998 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A 28th Expeditionary Aerial Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker refuels an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Nov. 29, 2018. (Staff Sgt. James Cason\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12545\" data-id=\"12545\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/44446473690_c4e5bf236b_o.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/44446473690_c4e5bf236b_o.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/44446473690_c4e5bf236b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/44446473690_c4e5bf236b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=768,548 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/44446473690_c4e5bf236b_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet on Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor completed a Defense POW\/MIA Accounting Agency underwater recovery mission searching for personnel who went missing during WWII in Papua New Guinea. (MC1 Tyler Thompson\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"996\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12553\" data-id=\"12553\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,146 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,374 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,498 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/46209235822_8cb6dc3422_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,747 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the \u201cArgonauts\u201d of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 sits chained on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) on Dec. 9, 2018, in the Pacific Ocean. (MC3 Matthew Granito\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1088\" height=\"726\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-12561\" data-id=\"12561\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45589400634_01957e5810_o.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45589400634_01957e5810_o.jpg.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45589400634_01957e5810_o.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45589400634_01957e5810_o.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/45589400634_01957e5810_o.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1088px) 100vw, 1088px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course 19-01 practice snowshoeing at a training area Dec. 6, 2018, on the Fort McCoy, Wis., cantonment area. 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