{"id":52997,"date":"2020-01-05T13:48:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T13:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/05\/best-pics-of-the-week-jan-5-2020\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:11:50","slug":"best-pics-of-the-week-jan-5-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/frontline-photos\/2020\/01\/05\/best-pics-of-the-week-jan-5-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pics of the week: Jan. 5, 2020"},"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=\"4080\" height=\"2720\" alt=\"Immediate Response Force Paratroopers Deploy\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10077\" data-id=\"10077\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg 4080w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6012322.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4080px) 100vw, 4080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paratroopers assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare equipment and load aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2020. (Spc. Hubert Delany III\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6708\" height=\"3773\" alt=\"Reinforcing the BEC- Day 4\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10092\" data-id=\"10092\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg 6708w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011462.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6708px) 100vw, 6708px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, supervises his squad as they provide over watch security at the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 3, 2019. (Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5042\" height=\"2836\" alt=\"Reinforcing the BEC- Day 4\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10102\" data-id=\"10102\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg 5042w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011444.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5042px) 100vw, 5042px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, provides long-range over watch security with an M40A6 sniper rifle at the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 3, 2020. (Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"7436\" height=\"4794\" alt=\"Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10113\" data-id=\"10113\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg 7436w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg?resize=768,495 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,660 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,990 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6011946.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1320 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 7436px) 100vw, 7436px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Spectators gather around Sgt. Tim Wolfbrandt and his horse during Equestfest in Burbank, Calif., Dec. 29, 2019. Wolfbrandt is a stableman with the mounted Color Guard stationed in Marine Corps Base Barstow, Calif. (Lance Cpl. Fernando Moreno\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" alt=\"Sailors Aboard USS Milius (DDG 69) Participate in Non-Lethal Weapons and OC Spray Training Course\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10121\" data-id=\"10121\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49323071591_976b19a572_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Electronics Technician 3rd Class Philip Pugh participates in a non-lethal weapons and oleoresin capsicum spray training course on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) on Dec. 30, 2019, in the Sea of Japan. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4935\" height=\"3290\" alt=\"Red Tail launch\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10131\" data-id=\"10131\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg 4935w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999184.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4935px) 100vw, 4935px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aircrew of the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing prepare to launch an F-15E Strike Eagle on Dec. 24, 2019, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. (Senior Master Sgt. Ralph Branson\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" alt=\"India Company Marine Corps Martial Arts Program - Counter to Chokes and Holds\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10146\" data-id=\"10146\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6009394.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, practice escaping headlocks during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training session Dec. 30, 2019, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. (Gunnery Sgt. Tyler Hlavac\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"air assault school at Camp Buehring, Kuwait\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10156\" data-id=\"10156\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49298947613_6bbf1e8723_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">U.S. soldiers in the South Carolina National Guard&#8217;s 4-118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team conduct tryouts on the obstacle course for air assault school at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 21, 2019.  (Maj. David House\/Army National Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2166\" height=\"1420\" alt=\"Marine Raiders learn to handle multipurpose canines\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10162\" data-id=\"10162\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg 2166w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg?resize=768,503 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,671 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1007 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191219-M-IU565-1571.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1343 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2166px) 100vw, 2166px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">A Marine Raider conducts high-value target detainment and evacuation operations during a multipurpose canine handler training course hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif,, Dec. 19, 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=\"4978\" height=\"2800\" alt=\"Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10169\" data-id=\"10169\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg 4978w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5999540.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4978px) 100vw, 4978px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">C-130 Hercules loadmasters and aerial porters stand-by as a K-loader moves into position to unload cargo at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 24, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. Michael Mason\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1363\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10178\" data-id=\"10178\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/49322505717_1af95ff79a_k.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1022 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Daniel Rivera and Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Anthony Morales remove corrosion on the main rotor head of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Jan. 2, 2020, in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 2, 2020. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Megan Wollam\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4380\" height=\"3732\" alt=\"Bravo Company Rappel Tower\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-10185\" data-id=\"10185\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg 4380w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg?resize=300,256 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg?resize=768,654 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,873 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1309 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6004295.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1745 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4380px) 100vw, 4380px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, go down the rappel tower at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 30, 2019. 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