{"id":7980,"date":"2018-02-15T22:16:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T22:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/02\/15\/best-pics-of-the-week-feb-15-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:39:21","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-feb-15-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/gallery\/2018\/02\/15\/best-pics-of-the-week-feb-15-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Feb. 15, 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=\"872\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17188\" data-id=\"17188\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_003.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_003.JPG.jpg 872w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_003.JPG.jpg?resize=255,300 255w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_003.JPG.jpg?resize=768,902 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 872px) 100vw, 872px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson presents the American flag to the next of kin during the full honors funeral ceremony for retired Col. Leo Thorsness at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Feb. 14, 2018. Thorsness received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War. (Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1452\" height=\"968\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10524\" data-id=\"10524\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_012.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_012.JPG.jpg 1452w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_012.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_012.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_012.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1452px) 100vw, 1452px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Basic Underwater Demolition\/SEAL students participate in Surf Passage at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado. Surf Passage is one of many physically demanding evolutions that are a part of the first phase of SEAL training.  (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lynn F. Andrews\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1201\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10414\" data-id=\"10414\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg?resize=300,176 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg?resize=768,450 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,601 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_007.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,901 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Members of the 436th Security Forces Squadron render a final salute to Rico, a retired military working dog. His former handler and current owner, retired Tech. Sgt. Jason Spangenberg, carried him to the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Jan. 24, 2018. (Roland Balik\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4001\" height=\"2130\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17197\" data-id=\"17197\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg 4001w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg?resize=300,160 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg?resize=768,409 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,545 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,818 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_001.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1090 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4001px) 100vw, 4001px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Senior Airman Adam Jurek, from the 122nd hydraulic shop, 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Ind., installs a panel after completing a bleed of the engine hydraulic system on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during Operation Guardian Blitz, Jan. 25, 2018, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.  (Staff Sgt. William Hopper\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4953\" height=\"3157\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17205\" data-id=\"17205\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg 4953w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg?resize=300,191 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg?resize=768,490 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,653 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,979 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_011.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1305 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4953px) 100vw, 4953px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron (MWCS) 28 compete in a pugil stick match during the Spartan Cup competition on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 9, 2018. The Spartan Cup is an MWCS-28 event held semiannually to give the Marines a chance to compete against one another while building camaraderie and unit cohesion. (Cpl. Jonathan Wiederhold\/Marines)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2677\" height=\"4023\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17214\" data-id=\"17214\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg 2677w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg?resize=768,1154 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg?resize=681,1024 681w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg?resize=1022,1536 1022w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_009.JPG.jpg?resize=1363,2048 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2677px) 100vw, 2677px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Spc. Moses Ngunjiri marches to the next objective during Operation Punchbowl at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2018. (Alejandro Pe\u00f1a\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5622\" height=\"3162\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17225\" data-id=\"17225\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg 5622w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_005.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5622px) 100vw, 5622px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Spc. Colin Martin, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (Old Guard) gives a kiss to Hank, an 11 years old Caisson Platoon horse, before conducting funeral training at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 6, 2018. (Elizabeth Fraser\/ Arlington National Cemetery)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2076\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17243\" data-id=\"17243\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg?resize=300,208 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg?resize=768,531 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,709 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1063 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_004.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1417 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Senior Airman Jeremy Noel, 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Red Crew, ensures the AIM-9 missile is in the correct position on the F-15 during a weapons load competition Feb. 9 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The annual competition tests the knowledge and proficiency of the Airmen and identifies the load crew of the year. The winning crew is scheduled to be announced at the Maintenance Professionals of the Year Banquet in March. (Samuel King Jr.\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4751\" height=\"3162\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17263\" data-id=\"17263\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg 4751w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_010.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1363 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4751px) 100vw, 4751px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers provide fire support while conducting a night assault during Operation Punchbowl at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2018. (Alejandro Pe\u00f1a\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4998\" height=\"3332\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17275\" data-id=\"17275\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg 4998w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_006.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4998px) 100vw, 4998px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Army Sgt. William J. Cosgrove and Royal Thai Armed Forces Sgt. Maj. 3 Attaporn Uttarahong take a photo together during a break at the rehearsal for the Exercise Cobra Gold 18 opening ceremony on Camp Friendship, Thailand, Feb. 9, 2018. (Staff Sgt. David N. Beckstrom\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4835\" height=\"3224\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-17291\" data-id=\"17291\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg 4835w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02152018_Frontline_002.JPG.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4835px) 100vw, 4835px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, logistics combat element, simulate a gas attack during a field exercise at Mor\u00f3n Air Base, Spain, Feb. 7, 2018. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Takoune H. Norasingh\/Released)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-post-gallery","format":"gallery","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":21,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1817],"class_list":["post-7980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-gallery","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"4QIIQZ6WPFDWBFFKMDZ47OZH64","arc_canonical_url":"\/gallery\/2018\/02\/15\/best-pics-of-the-week-feb-15-2018\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Best pics of the week: Feb. 15, 2018 - Marine Corps Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. 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