{"id":7899,"date":"2018-05-07T14:43:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/07\/best-pics-of-the-week-may-7-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T17:22:07","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-may-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2018\/05\/07\/best-pics-of-the-week-may-7-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: May 7, 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=\"1840\" height=\"1228\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16721\" data-id=\"16721\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg 1840w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_002.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1840px) 100vw, 1840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Airman 1st Class Matthew Cable, 4th Aircraft Maintenance Unit aerospace maintenance apprentice, reviews a technical order before starting preventative maintenance at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 26, 2018. Maintainers with the 4th AMU work day and night to keep Hurlburt Field&#8217;s aircraft ready for global operations. (A1C Caleb Pavao\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2441\" height=\"1628\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16737\" data-id=\"16737\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg 2441w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_009.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2441px) 100vw, 2441px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An MH-60S Sea Hawk, assigned to the Indians of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6, fires flares alongside the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during an air power demonstration. Theodore Roosevelt is currently deployed in the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Michael A. Colemanberry\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16745\" data-id=\"16745\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_005.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Future Marines from Marine Corps Recruiting Station Fort Worth got a taste of what Recruit Training will be like during the station\u2019s Annual Pool Function, April 27-28, 2019. (Sgt. Danielle Rodrigues\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4834\" height=\"3223\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10654\" data-id=\"10654\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg 4834w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_006.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4834px) 100vw, 4834px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christipher Watts, machine gunner, Battalion Landing Team 3\/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), calls out a simulated misfire while aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) at sea, April 29, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU integrated to conduct the second major exercise of their pre-deployment training. ARG, MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) provides essential and realistic ship-to-shore training, designed to enhance the integration of the Navy-Marine Corps team. ARGMEUEX provides an opportunity to integrate unique individual and unit skills and develop the Essex ARG and 13th MEU\u2019s collective proficiency in challenging and unfamiliar environments. (Cpl. Danny Gonzalez\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3742\" height=\"2495\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16770\" data-id=\"16770\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg 3742w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_004.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3742px) 100vw, 3742px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Children of Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division participate in &#8220;bring your kid to work&#8221; day on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. (Lance Cpl. Michaela R. Gregory\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16780\" data-id=\"16780\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_010.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5568px) 100vw, 5568px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sailors at Naval Support Facility (NSF) Deveselu, Romania, stand in formation for a dress white uniform inspection May 1, 2018. NSF Deveselu and AAMDS Romania are co-located with the Romanian 99th Military Base and play a key role in ballistic missile defense in Eastern Europe. (U.S. MC1 Jeremy Starr\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4520\" height=\"3422\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16794\" data-id=\"16794\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg 4520w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg?resize=300,227 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg?resize=768,581 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,775 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1163 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_011.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1550 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4520px) 100vw, 4520px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Ross fire a .50-caliber machine gun during exercise Joint Warrior 18-1 off the coast of Scotland. (MC1 Kyle Steckler\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4010\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16803\" data-id=\"16803\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_003.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">The 179th Airlift Wing conducts a five ship formation flight using five of their eight C-130H Hercules to conduct coordinated airdrops. (Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3820\" height=\"2547\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16814\" data-id=\"16814\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg 3820w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_008.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3820px) 100vw, 3820px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers from 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment cross a river during the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division&#8217;s May Best Squad Competition. (Maj. Thomas Cieslak\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5226\" height=\"3484\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16830\" data-id=\"16830\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg 5226w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_007.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5226px) 100vw, 5226px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program class aboard the San-Antonio class amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23), April 28, 2018.The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU integrated to conduct the second major exercise of their pre-deployment training. ARG, MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) provides essential and realistic ship-to-shore training, designed to enhance the integration of the Navy-Marine Corps team. ARGMEUEX provides an opportunity to integrate unique individual and unit skills and develop the Essex ARG and 13th MEU\u2019s collective proficiency in challenging and unfamiliar environments. (Cpl. Austin Mealy\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16844\" data-id=\"16844\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_001.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division breech through concertina wire during the Sapper Squad Competition on Camp Lejeune, N.C. April 19, 2018. Sapper Squads from each division accross the Marine Corps used their skills in various combat scenarios and operations. ( Pfc. Tyler M. Solak\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5485\" height=\"3661\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-16853\" data-id=\"16853\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg 5485w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg?resize=768,513 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1025 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FLP0507_012.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1367 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5485px) 100vw, 5485px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Vincina Lonergan works with shipmates to upload ordinance to an F\/A-18 Super Hornet on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft USS Harry S. 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