{"id":68036,"date":"2020-12-13T21:45:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/13\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-13-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:24:43","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-dec-13-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/frontline-photos\/2020\/12\/13\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-13-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Dec. 13, 2020"},"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=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Marine Corps Cpl. Janus Zsofka participates in live-fire training in Niigata, Japan, Dec. 8, 2020, during Forest Light, an annual bilateral exercise with U.S. and Japanese forces.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9813\" data-id=\"9813\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/130105-M-CG913-190C.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Corps Cpl. Janus Zsofka participates in live-fire training in Niigata, Japan, Dec. 8, 2020, during Forest Light, an annual bilateral exercise with U.S. and Japanese forces. (Lance Cpl. Scott Aubuchon\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" alt=\"An A-10 Thunderbolt peels away after receiving fuel over Idaho Nov. 25, 2020.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9836\" data-id=\"9836\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201122-F-EN152-9796.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An A-10 Thunderbolt peels away after receiving fuel over Idaho Nov. 25, 2020. (Senior Airman Danielle Charmichael\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a training exercise in northeast Syria on Dec. 3, 2020, while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9844\" data-id=\"9844\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-A-SP997-0261C.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a training exercise in northeast Syria on Dec. 3, 2020, while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. (Spc. Sidney Perry\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Recruits with November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, work together to move as a fire team through events during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec 3, 2020.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9854\" data-id=\"9854\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-M-XU431-0026Y.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Recruits with November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, work together to move as a fire team through events during the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec 3, 2020. (Sgt. Dana Beesley\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" alt=\"Henry Lee, a Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Army veteran, renders honors in the USS Arizona Memorial shrine room on Dec. 7, 2020, as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Day ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9864\" data-id=\"9864\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/50695267426_239198f768_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Henry Lee, a Pearl Harbor survivor and U.S. Army veteran, renders honors in the USS Arizona Memorial shrine room on Dec. 7, 2020, as part of the 79th Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance Day ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii. (MC2 Charles Oki\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"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.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9872\" data-id=\"9872\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201202-M-JR487-1022.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Santa speaks with a child while joining the Blue Angels, the Navy\u2019s flight demonstration squadron, to support the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program by delivering toys and games to families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple hurricanes in Lake Charles, La., Dec. 8, 2020.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9883\" data-id=\"9883\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201208-N-YO638-1114C.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Santa speaks with a child while joining the Blue Angels, the Navy\u2019s flight demonstration squadron, to support the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program by delivering toys and games to families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple hurricanes in Lake Charles, La., Dec. 8, 2020. (MC2 Cody Hendrix\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9890\" data-id=\"9890\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201210-M-QU139-210C.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lucas Mitchell looks through the scope of an M32 multi-grenade launcher in Niigata, Japan, Dec. 10, 2020, during Forest Light, an annual bilateral exercise with U.S. and Japanese forces. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Staff Sgt. Raymond Flores, 12th Combat Training Squadron tactical air control party airman, talks on his radio during a Green Flag West 21-02 exercise, at Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 13, 2020.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9894\" data-id=\"9894\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201113-F-NX702-9002.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Staff Sgt. Raymond Flores, 12th Combat Training Squadron tactical air control party airman, talks on his radio during a Green Flag West 21-02 exercise, at Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 13, 2020. (Airman 1st Class Dwane R. Young\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle prepares to receive from a KC-135 Stratotanker during Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-9901\" data-id=\"9901\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/201203-F-HA049-0023C.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle prepares to receive fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during Emerald Flag over the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 3, 2020. (Staff Sgt Joshua Hoskins\/Air Force)<\/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>Recruits work together during the Crucible at Parris Island, paratroopers train in Syria, Santa appears with the Blue Angels and more in this week&#8217;s Frontline Photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","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-68036","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":"LPO5QXTFPNGKLA4CFO5TBBDHIA","arc_canonical_url":"\/photo-galleries\/frontline-photos\/2020\/12\/13\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-13-2020\/","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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