{"id":5581,"date":"2021-07-05T16:51:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T16:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/07\/05\/best-pics-of-the-week-july-4-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:43:16","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-july-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/frontline-photos\/2021\/07\/05\/best-pics-of-the-week-july-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: July 4, 2021"},"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=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3838\" data-id=\"3838\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-MEU-.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights his M1110 semi-automatic sniper system to provide security during a maritime interdiction training exercise aboard the dock landing ship Germantown in the Philippine Sea June 24. (Cpl. Karis Mattingly\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2986\" height=\"1991\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3850\" data-id=\"3850\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg 2986w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-soldier-NJ.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2986px) 100vw, 2986px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Active-duty, National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers conduct a training exercise during the 1-254th Regional Training Institute&#8217;s Infantry Advanced Leaders Course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 26. (Spc. Michael Schwenk\/Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4397\" height=\"3120\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3863\" data-id=\"3863\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg 4397w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg?resize=300,213 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg?resize=768,545 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,727 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1090 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-sub.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1453 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4397px) 100vw, 4397px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sailors man the bridge aboard the ballistic-missile submarine Alabama (Blue) while conducting operations in the Pacific Ocean June 17. (MCC Josue Escobosa\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4066\" height=\"2705\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3870\" data-id=\"3870\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg 4066w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-wundow-washing.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4066px) 100vw, 4066px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Airman 1st Class Sarah Miller and Senior Airman Austin Dihn, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, clean the windows of a C-130J Super Hercules during Red Flag-Alaska 21-2 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 14. (Airman 1st Class Mario Calabro\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3290\" height=\"2193\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3875\" data-id=\"3875\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg 3290w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mar-F-35.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3290px) 100vw, 3290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An F-35B Lighting II fighter aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit lands on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship America during night flight operations in the Philippine Sea June 26. (MC2 Vincent Zline\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4644\" height=\"3096\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3883\" data-id=\"3883\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg 4644w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NAV-Scrubbing-sailors.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4644px) 100vw, 4644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Boatswain&#8217;s Mate Seamen Lucille Duncan, left, and Danielle Griffith, scrub ropes aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford June 27. The Ford is in the Atlantic Ocean conducting full-ship shock trials. (MC3 Dalton Lowing\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3947\" height=\"2631\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3893\" data-id=\"3893\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg 3947w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Air-A-10-Nellis.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3947px) 100vw, 3947px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Airman 1st Class Zane Campbell, a tactical aircraft maintainer assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, performs maintenance on an A-10 Warthog at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 26. (Airman 1st Class Zachary Rufus\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2644\" height=\"1763\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3902\" data-id=\"3902\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg 2644w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Arm-Orient-Shield-Japan.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2644px) 100vw, 2644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers assigned to the &#8220;Black Lions&#8221; of 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, set up security after dismounting a UH-60 Black Hawk on Aibano Training Area, Japan, June 28 as part of exercise Orient Shield. (Spc. Summer Keiser\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4096\" height=\"2731\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3910\" data-id=\"3910\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg 4096w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Ride-the-Wave.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4096px) 100vw, 4096px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The guided-missile destroyer Halsey operates in the Arabian Sea June 26. The Halsey is part of the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group. (MCSN Oswald Felix Jr.\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3915\" data-id=\"3915\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Marr-loading.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Lance Cpl. Gavin Montgomery, a machine gunner in Combined Anti-armor Team Blue Platoon, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force\u2013Darwin, prepares ammunition during exercise Southern Jackaroo at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 23. (Cpl. Sarah Taggett\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 31st MEU in the Philippine Sea, soldiers at the Infantry Advanced Leaders Course, Air Force maintainers at Red Flag-Alaska, Navy submariners in the Pacific and more in this week\u2019s Frontline Photos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-gallery","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":87,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[100,87,25,16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1846],"class_list":["post-5581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-frontline-photos","category-newsletters","category-photo-galleries","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"VWLFNFHIY5BW3HRTKT7KMKAD2I","arc_canonical_url":"\/photo-galleries\/frontline-photos\/2021\/07\/05\/best-pics-of-the-week-july-4-2021\/","remove_feature_photo":true,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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