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Photos of the Week

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Photos of the Week

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Featured Image caption: A U.S. Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transports to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise, in the Coral Sea, June 28, 2025. VBSS is part of the maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

Army

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), engage with opposition forces during exercise Combined Resolve 26-1 in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Oct. 17. 2025. Exercise Combined Resolve 26-1, through JMRC, provides 101st with tailored inputs that reflect the complexities and lessons learned from current large scale ground combat operations happening in this theater. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Collin Mackall)

Navy

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), transits the Strait of Gibraltar, Nov. 4, 2025. Gerald R. Ford, a first-in-class aircraft carrier and deployed flagship of Carrier Strike Group 12, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to support the warfighting effectiveness, lethality and readiness of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and defend U.S., Allied and partner interests in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Triniti Lersch)

Marine Corps

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jon Lizotte, a platoon sergeant with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, traverses the endurance course during the Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2025. The week-long course instructed the Marines on basic jungle survival skills, tactical rope suspension techniques, and jungle warfare tactics to enhance lethality in harsh jungle environments. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the In

Air Force

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) sits on the flight line prior to being loaded into a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron during a HIMARS Rapid Insertion training at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Sept. 18, 2025. The training gave personnel an opportunity to practice emerging tactics, techniques, and procedures that allow C-130 aircrews to reload ammo pods into a HIMARS without any material handling equipment, such as K-loaders and forklifts, in a process known as HIMARS Direct Reload Inside Plane (HIDRIP). This marked the first time on record that a Mobility Air Force aircrew within Pacific Air Forces has executed HIDRIP, as the 36th AS continues to develop homegrown training events designed to refine the skills needed to support operations in austere environments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Natalie Doan)

Coast Guard

The USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) crew return to homeport Nov. 5, 2025, after a deployment of more than eight months that included scheduled drydock maintenance in Honolulu and activities in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The cutter departed Guam on Feb. 24 and is the third Guam-based Fast Response Cutter to complete the significant systems overhaul. Crews and contractors restored full mission capability through a $4.5 million drydock addressing required maintenance and a major engineering upgrade. The crew also on loaded $750,000 in unit gear and steamed over 7,970 nautical miles.

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