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Photos of the Week

Photos of the Week

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads onto an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), flagship of the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group, Dec. 14, 2025, while conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla

Army

Early prototype of an M1E3 tank which is expected to start testing in early 2026. (U.S. Army photo) (Your editor is looking into the specs of the new version of the Abrams tank, and what is pictured is a tech demonstrator/test article. If it seems interesting enough, I may write something about it.)

Navy

A U.S. Navy MH-60 Knighthawk helicopter crew from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 approaches the 459-foot U.S.-flagged cable-laying ship Decisive on Jan. 13, 2026, about 110 miles off Guam to medically evacuate an ill 60-year-old mariner to Guam for a high level of medical care. U.S. Coast Guard Joint Rescue Sub-Center Guam watchstanders received the medical evacuation request from the captain of the Decisive at approximately 10:10 a.m. local time on Jan. 12 while the ship was over 400 nautical miles offshore of Guam, outside of hoist-capable aircraft range, and worked to coordinate the medevac. (U.S. Navy photo by HSC-25)

Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) fire an M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Personnel Weapons System during a live-fire range on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Dec. 23, 2025.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Maurion Moore

Air Force

Airmen from the 157th Maintenance Group and 64th Air Refueling Squadron de-ice a KC-46 Pegasus during cold weather operations at Pease Air National Guard Base, N.H., Jan. 6, 2026. De-icing fluid removes snow and ice from the aircraft’s surfaces, a critical step to ensure safe flight during cold weather operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Victoria Nelson)

Coast Guard

A go-fast style vessel trafficking illegal narcotics in the Windward Passage sits idle late in the evening, Dec. 6, 2025, after it was interdicted by a Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) small boat crew. Alert’s crew seized 2,250 pounds of cocaine valued at $18.4 million, seven pounds of marijuana valued at $7,000 and an illegal firearm, later transferring the narcotics, firearm and four suspected drug smugglers aboard to the Bahamas government for prosecution. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)