{"id":5455,"date":"2019-12-15T22:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/15\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-15-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:23:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:23:32","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-dec-15-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/frontline-photos\/2019\/12\/15\/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-15-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Dec. 15, 2019"},"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=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4153\" data-id=\"4153\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191208-M-AB981-1006.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines prepare and execute training during Steel Knight 20 (SK20) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Dec. 2, 2019. 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Benjamin Aulick\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1328\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4171\" data-id=\"4171\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191207-Z-SW430-913.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1020 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A KC-135 Strato Tanker refuels an F-16 Fighting Falcon Dec. 7, 2019, over South Dakota. (Capt. Ramah Husidic\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Black Hawk helicopter\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4185\" data-id=\"4185\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/original.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew-chief scans the horizon during a 20 multi-ship air assault to the Pohakuloa Training Area on the Island of Hawaii, Nov. 11, 2019. (Spc. Geoff Cooper\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4199\" data-id=\"4199\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348731235723.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348731235723.jpg.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348731235723.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348731235723.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19348731235723.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">President Donald Trump throws the coin before the start of the Army-Navy college football game in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/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-4208\" data-id=\"4208\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-M-VO343-2004.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. Zachary Cooper, a radio operator, uses the AN\/PRC-117 Multiband Manpack Radio to set up communication during exercise Steel Knight (SK20) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 5, 2019. (Cpl. Alexa M. Hernandez\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4216\" data-id=\"4216\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49104468513_515cd89d82_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aviation Electrician\u2019s Mate 2nd Class Trevor Brewster, left, and Aviation Electrician\u2019s Mate 3rd Class Caleb Byers run diagnostics on the weapons system of an F\/A-18F Super Hornet on Nov. 20, 2019, in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Pacific Ocean. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Olympia O. McCoy\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1332\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4228\" data-id=\"4228\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191206-M-IU565-1285.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1023 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marines participate in an amphibious landing and assault through a combat town on Red Beach during Steel Knight 20 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 6, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Angela Wilcox\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1463\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4235\" data-id=\"4235\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,732 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49094620468_8fedab3265_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Coast Guardsmen assigned to Maritime Safety Response Team (MSRT) West prepare to be hoisted up from the deck of aerial target launch ship (ATLS 9701) onto an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter on Nov. 12, 2019, while conducting helicopter visit, board, search and seizure training operations off the coast of San Diego. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1429\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-4246\" data-id=\"4246\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,732 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191205-F-FH328-962.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Two F-22 Raptors fly over Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2019. 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