{"id":6762,"date":"2018-04-23T16:40:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T16:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/23\/best-pics-of-the-week-april-23-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T16:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T16:09:39","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-april-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2018\/04\/23\/best-pics-of-the-week-april-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the Week: April 23, 2018"},"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=\"1200\" height=\"698\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11151\" data-id=\"11151\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_11.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_11.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_11.JPG.jpg?resize=300,175 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_11.JPG.jpg?resize=768,447 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_11.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,596 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey takes off from the training area in Jordan in support of exercise Eager Lion. (Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11163\" data-id=\"11163\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_12.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_12.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_12.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_12.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_12.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine assigned to Scout Sniper Platoon, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sights in on a long range target during exercise Eager Lion at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center, Amman, Jordan, April 17, 2018.  (Cpl. Jon Sosner\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11169\" data-id=\"11169\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_06.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_06.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_06.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_06.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_06.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Navy Sailors run to crew the USS Portland (LPD 27) during it\u2019s commissioning ceremony in Portland, Oregon. The USS Portland is the 11th San Antonio class amphibious transport ship and is the second ship to honor the City of Portland, Oregon, and is the third U.S. Navy ship to bear the name Portland. (Staff Sgt. Zach Holden\/ Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11180\" data-id=\"11180\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_03.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_03.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_03.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_03.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_03.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pfc. Alexis Jones, a U.S. Army Reserve horizontal construction engineer with the 160th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, from Winter Garden, Florida, looks into the camera for a sun-lit portrait during the 200th Military Police Command&#8217;s Best Warrior Competition held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, April 19, 2018. During the competition, Soldiers were tested both physically and mentally in events that include the Army Physical Fitness Test, land navigation, obstacle course, ruck marching, weapon qualification, Army Warrior Tasks, reflexive fire, written exams and the Army appearance board. Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command also participated in the competition. The winning Soldiers will move on to compete in the U.S. Army Reserve Command competition later this year. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"797\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11187\" data-id=\"11187\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_02.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_02.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_02.JPG.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_02.JPG.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_02.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Pfc. Alexis Jones, a U.S. Army Reserve horizontal construction engineer with the 160th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, from Winter Garden, Florida, navigates through an obstacle course during the 200th Military Police Command&#8217;s Best Warrior Competition held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, April 19, 2018. The winning noncommissioned officer and top junior enlisted Soldier will move on to compete in the U.S. Army Reserve Command competition later this year. (Master Sgt. Michel Sauret\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11193\" data-id=\"11193\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_14.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_14.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_14.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_14.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_14.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct training with an M1A2 Abrams tank during Combined Resolve X Live Fire Exercise at Grafenwoehr, Germany, April 19, 2018. The Joint Warfighting Assessment (JWA) helps the Army evaluate emerging concepts, integrate new technologies, and promote interoperability within the Army, with other services, U.S. allies, and other coalition partners. (Spc. Genesis Gomez\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"732\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11198\" data-id=\"11198\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_09.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_09.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_09.JPG.jpg?resize=300,183 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_09.JPG.jpg?resize=768,468 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_09.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,625 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M249 squad automatic weapon during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command\u2019s initial Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces.\n(Senior Airman Ryan Conroy\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11203\" data-id=\"11203\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_17.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_17.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_17.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_17.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_17.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Army Staff Sgt. Michael Kostelnik, an infantryman assigned to the 106th Infantry Regiment, Regional Training Institute, New York Army National Guard (NYARNG), competes in the 12-mile Road March portion of the state-level NYARNG Best Warrior Competition at West Point, N.Y., April 21, 2018. The Best Warrior Competition, held April 18-22, 2018, is an annual event in which junior enlisted Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from various units compete in several events intended to test their military skills and knowledge, as well as their physical fitness and endurance. (Staff Sgt. Michael Davis\/Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"852\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11207\" data-id=\"11207\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_04.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_04.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_04.JPG.jpg?resize=300,213 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_04.JPG.jpg?resize=768,545 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_04.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,727 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Staff Sgt. Trey Riley, with the 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron blue team, performs load checks on his F-16 Fighting Falcon at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. (Samuel King Jr.\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11208\" data-id=\"11208\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_01.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_01.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_01.JPG.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_01.JPG.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_01.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, Delta pilots perform the Loop Break Cross maneuver during a practice demonstration for the Tuscaloosa Regional Air Show. The Blue Angels are scheduled to perform more than 60 demonstrations at more than 30 locations across the U.S. and Canada in 2018. (MC1 Daniel M. Young\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"857\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11211\" data-id=\"11211\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_16.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_16.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_16.JPG.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_16.JPG.jpg?resize=768,548 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_16.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Electronics Technician Communications 1st Class Alex Hepburn, assigned to Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 15, picks up trash behind the cemetery in Agat, Guam, April 20. More than 20 volunteers from SUBRON 15 and Performance Monitoring Team detachment Guam teamed up to pick up more than 40 bags of trash and other debris in Agat as part of an Earth Day clean-up. (Lt. Lauren Spaziano\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11214\" data-id=\"11214\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_07.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_07.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_07.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_07.JPG.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_07.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) conducts a lightline exercise with Peruvian frigate BAP Qui\u00f1ones (FM 58). Lake Champlain is participating in Silent Forces Exercise (SIFOREX) 2018 with the Peruvian and Colombian Navies. (MC1 Nathan Carpenter\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"814\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11215\" data-id=\"11215\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_13.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_13.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_13.JPG.jpg?resize=300,204 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_13.JPG.jpg?resize=768,521 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_13.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,695 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers assigned to Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division wade through a river while conducting a ruck march.\nThe ruck march was part of the company&#8217;s assault command post physical training and helped the paratroopers train for future operations while building teamwork. (Maj. Thomas Cieslak\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11217\" data-id=\"11217\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_05.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_05.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_05.JPG.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_05.JPG.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_05.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Oregon Army National Guard soldiers with A Battery, 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, perform a 19-gun salute in honor of the attendance of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown at the commissioning ceremony of the amphibious transport dock Portland. (Staff Sgt. Zach Holden\/Oregon Military Department)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"744\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11219\" data-id=\"11219\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_15.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_15.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_15.JPG.jpg?resize=300,186 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_15.JPG.jpg?resize=768,476 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_15.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,635 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit play dodgeball during Resiliency Training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Friday, April 20, 2018. The unit&#8217;s resiliency program is designed to foster camaraderie and unit cohesion, where each member participates in scenario-based guided discussions on topics pertaining to inspire and maintain resiliency within the unit, at the conclusion of the physical training session. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Maida Zheng)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"797\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11220\" data-id=\"11220\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_10.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_10.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_10.JPG.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_10.JPG.jpg?resize=768,510 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_10.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,680 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Best Warrior competitors from 2nd Infantry Division\/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, drag simulated casualties during the Stress Shoot event of the second day of the 2ID\/RUCD Best Warrior competition at Camp Casey, April 10. The 2nd Infantry Division is conducting a weeklong Best Warrior Competition to identify and recognize the most outstanding officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer, junior enlisted Soldier, and Korean Augmentation To the United States Army (KATUSA) within the division. (Cpl. Yeon Yo Kim\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-11221\" data-id=\"11221\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_08.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_08.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_08.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_08.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/042318_FLP_08.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge is moored to the Julia Street Pier in New Orleans during Navy Week New Orleans. (MC3 Class Dana D. 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