Best Pics of the week: Oct. 15, 2018

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  • Marine Corps Sgt. Jade Woodend, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/1, fires a FIM-92 Stinger from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled deployment with the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). (MC3 Jenna Dobson/Navy)
  • The first ever Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing (SRVL) has been carried out with an F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter jet conducting trials onboard the new British aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The U.K. is the only nation currently planning to use the maneuver, which will allow jets to land onboard with heavier loads, meaning they wonÕt need to jettison expensive fuel and weapons before landing. (Courtesy photo by Royal Navy)
  • Seaman Jason Heder Petitfrere, from Carrefour, Haiti, assigned to USS Constitution, leads in retiring the colors at the Maryland Fleet Week and Airshow welcoming ceremony. Maryland Fleet Week and Air Show Baltimore is BaltimoreÕs celebration of the sea services and provides an opportunity for the citizens of Baltimore to meet Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsman, as well as see firsthand the latest capabilities of todayÕs maritime services. (Airman Olivia Manley/Navy)
  • Malcolm Perry #10 of the Navy Midshipmen is tackled by Delvon Randall #2 of the Temple Owls during the first quarter at Navy-Marines Memorial Stadium on October 13, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland. (Will Newton/Getty Images)
  • GunnerÕs Mate Seaman Mason Mendiola tracks a small boat with a remote operating console for the Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system during a general quarters exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (MC3 Jonathan Clay/Navy)
  • Members of the US Army distribute water to victims of Hurricane Michael, in Panama City, Florida, on October 14, 2018. – Four days after Hurricane Michael’s devastating strike, search teams in Florida pressed their hunt for victims into hard-to-reach areas Saturday, as the death toll rose to 17 and officials scrambled to deliver aid to those who lost everything.The mammoth storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, claimed lives in four states, but Florida suffered the worst damage by far. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images)
  • Florida National Guard Spc. Thomas Brinsko, with the 753rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, Alpha Co., from Tallahassee, Florida, cuts and removes tree branches from the roadways after the strike of Hurricane Michael, Oct. 13, 2018, in Panama City, Florida. (Pfc. Arcadia Jackson/National Guard)
  • A Coast Guard crew member aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane from Air Station Clearwater, Florida, drops a self-locating datum marker buoy to determine the flow of storm surge during an aerial assessment of damage due to Hurricane Michael near Apalachicola, Florida, on Oct. 11, 2018. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Johnson/Coast Guard)
  • A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary UnitÕs Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon swims toward a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during Helocast and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction training, underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 14, 2018. Helocasting and SPIE operations allow the recon Marines to enter and exit tactical landing zones that are inaccessible to helicopters during amphibious operations. (Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Marine Corps)
  • Corporal Mary London, an administrative specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, coaches Petty Officer 3rd Class Emilie Evans, a hospital corpsman with CLB 22, on proper firing positions during Female Engagement Team training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 10, 2018. Female Engagement Team Marines act as advisers and liasons in foreign countries and help to train their soldiers to act as a quick reaction force. (Lance Cpl. Tawanya Norwood/Marine Corps)
  • Army West Point football coach Jeff Monken leads the Army football team as they “Sing Second” after defeating San Jose State University 52-3 during Army vs. SJSU at LeviÕs Stadium in Santa Clara, California, Oct. 13, 2018. (Sgt. 1st Class Josephine Pride/Army)
  • Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), participate in close quarters battle (CQB) training at Fort Carson, Colorado, Oct. 3, 2018. CQB training is part of a culmination exercise which prepares 2nd BattalionÕs support personnel to integrate with Green Berets on mission. (Sgt. Kent Redmond/Army)
  • A participant receives motivation from a drill instructor at the 17th annual Boot Camp Challenge aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 13. MCRD San Diego hosted a three-mile obstacle race open to military and civilian communities. (Lance Cpl. Christian M. Garcia/Marine Corps)
  • Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron conduct fire containment drills at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 12, 2018. The training was conducted in order to maintain proficiency extinguishing aircraft fires in support of the air station’s mission of launching and recovering aircraft. (Sgt. Akeel Austin/Marine Corps)
  • A Sailor assigned to the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750) receives kiss from a loved one, at Naval Station Norfolk, after returning from a seven month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (MC Darryl Wood/Navy)
  • Staff Sgt. Colleen Curren, structures journeyman from the 202nd REDHORSE of Camp Blanding, Fla., chainsaws through a fallen tree on Debi Road in the Bayou George area of Panama City Oct. 14, 2018. The REDHORSE was called on for their expertise in efficient route clearing after Hurricane Michael came through. (Staff Sgt. Carlynne DeVine/Air National Guard)