{"id":5714,"date":"2021-12-12T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/12\/frontline-photos-dec-12-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:27:25","slug":"frontline-photos-dec-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/photo-galleries\/2021\/12\/12\/frontline-photos-dec-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Photos: Dec. 12, 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=\"4290\" height=\"2860\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3687\" data-id=\"3687\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg 4290w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Machine.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4290px) 100vw, 4290px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Service members with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, and 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, embark an MV-22 Osprey during a joint training exercise on Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Nov. 30, 2021. 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(Senior Airman Jessi Monte\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4321\" height=\"2881\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3704\" data-id=\"3704\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg 4321w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Reflected-Response.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4321px) 100vw, 4321px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">173rd Airborne Brigade soldiers assigned to the North and West Africa Response Force carry a simulated patient to a drop zone during a training exercise, Dec. 7, 2021, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. 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Jean Pendergrass sights in with an M4 carbine during training at the Udari Range Complex, Kuwait, Nov. 28, 2021. (Sgt. Jaxson Fryar\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"573\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3732\" data-id=\"3732\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovering-Helicopter.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovering-Helicopter.jpg.jpg 859w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovering-Helicopter.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hovering-Helicopter.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Soldiers assigned to Bulldog Company, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, and soldiers from the Brazilian army conduct a simulated medical evacuation mission in Resende, Brazil, Dec. 8, 2021. (Cpl. 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(MCS3 Nadia Lund\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3748\" data-id=\"3748\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Connection-Concentration.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Marine Cpl. Kevin Morales, with Marine Light Attack Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Maine Aircraft Wing, connects a weapons system to a UH-1Y Venom helicopter on Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 3 2021. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7359\" height=\"4906\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3753\" data-id=\"3753\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg 7359w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Green-Scene-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 7359px) 100vw, 7359px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Service members participate in a nighttime sniper rifle championship at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ark., Dec. 6, 2021. (2nd Lt. Daniel J. Condit\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-3761\" data-id=\"3761\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Warrior-Walk.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A soldier assigned to the 229th Military Intelligence Battalion participates in a battalion competition at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., Dec. 4, 2021. 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