{"id":5287,"date":"2021-12-26T16:14:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/26\/frontline-photos-dec-26-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T23:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T23:23:22","slug":"frontline-photos-dec-26-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/frontline-photos\/2021\/12\/26\/frontline-photos-dec-26-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Photos: Dec. 26, 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=\"2895\" height=\"1930\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3170\" data-id=\"3170\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg 2895w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Airborne-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2895px) 100vw, 2895px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, jump from a KC-130 Hercules during airborne operations over East Africa, Nov. 12, 2021. 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Michael Cossaboom\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4864\" height=\"3243\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3180\" data-id=\"3180\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg 4864w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Lejeune-Blast.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4864px) 100vw, 4864px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lance Cpl. Hunter Cross, a combat engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, fires an M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 9, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3191\" data-id=\"3191\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Up-and-Over.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Army paratroopers, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, jump over a wall during the obstacle course portion of a spur ride at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Dec. 14, 2021. (Markus Rauchenberger\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3069\" height=\"2046\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3206\" data-id=\"3206\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg 3069w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Signaling-Santa.jfif_.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3069px) 100vw, 3069px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lt. Cmdr. Rob Nelson, a shooter assigned to the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, launches a T-45C Goshawk aircraft in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 18, 2021. (MCS3 Brandon Roberson\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4630\" height=\"3086\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3219\" data-id=\"3219\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg 4630w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Snowy-Ops.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4630px) 100vw, 4630px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, boils snow for fresh drinking water near Tolga, Norway, Dec. 5, 2021. Marines are participating in cold weather training. (Sgt. Robin Lewis\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2650\" height=\"1767\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3230\" data-id=\"3230\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg 2650w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Night-Flight.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2650px) 100vw, 2650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the \u201cGauntlets\u201d of Electronic Attack Squadron 136, launches off the flight deck of aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 14, 2021. (MCSN Sophia Simons\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2377\" height=\"1584\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3239\" data-id=\"3239\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg 2377w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2377px) 100vw, 2377px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Army National Guardsmen with the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina National Guard, participate in a competition at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina, Dec. 3, 2021. (Sgt. Tim Andrews\/South Carolina National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6036\" height=\"4024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3258\" data-id=\"3258\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg 6036w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Flyover-Four.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6036px) 100vw, 6036px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Air Force F-35A Lightning II\u2019s assigned to the 495th Fighter Squadron conduct a flyover upon arrival at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, Dec. 15, 2021. (Senior Airman Koby I. Saunders\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5769\" height=\"3846\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3269\" data-id=\"3269\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg 5769w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Resolute-Dragon.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5769px) 100vw, 5769px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, prepare an ambush while on patrol during bilateral field training on Ojojihara Proving Grounds, Japan, Dec. 13, 2021. (Sgt. Mario A. Ramirez\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2131\" height=\"1421\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3273\" data-id=\"3273\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg 2131w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hand-Drawing.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2131px) 100vw, 2131px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Army Sgt. Shafaq Yuhanna applies henna to the hand of an Afghan evacuee at Fort Pickett, Va., Dec. 14, 2021. 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