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![Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation with two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles after receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine exercise over Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2020.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/Pg_6HwQy_MPKorEQJGDXZIoxY8k=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/J6SK3SR7PRDHNJAZ2CHTJKWCJI.jpg)
![Soldiers conduct an emergency deployment readiness exercise mission at Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, on Dec. 10, 2020.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/gUEvD_xZzqqrnjQ2_qhtRA1qFQ4=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/NVQUPRY5BRARRG6UHRB5Y7ZVIA.jpg)
![Aviation Maintenance Administrationman Robert Murdolo signals to the pilots of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter Dec. 15, 2020, during night flight operations aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) in the North Arabian Sea.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/aClMuYegeZHdXM6d1CDrnk3pGgI=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/3WPTOQWC2RC4BBGTMKVWTCFD4A.jpg)
![Marines fire a MK-153 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon in a live-fire squad attack range during exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, on Dec. 10, 2020.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/nhEg9uvWGCMOm2BQ2T8ydZaxdQc=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7MGJRP73GZDRPJHVRWGVWLY474.jpg)
![Electrician’s Mate 1st Class Amber Burns fires an M4 carbine rifle Dec. 15, 2020, during a live-fire qualification exercise as part of unit level training at Camp Pendleton, Calif.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/Aazd-Cd6fem9q_mV2UNOM0htnv8=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/EYSFY2TFYZEB3CBTAANTHTNIQM.jpg)
![A Special Tactics operator guides a 27th Special Operations Wing MC-130J onto a runway during an exercise Nov. 6, 2020, at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/JDuZLgjFdUl0qPQmDcIOD5A9Q38=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7FRUOEHGABAV3P6XGQ3RF5HM7U.jpg)
![Gunnery Sgt. Nathaniel Schoenhoefer takes aim during the 2020 Far East Intramural Matches on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2020.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/LdzfQDST2-ZvloBuaUj6-DFmPMQ=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5BD6SQXD5JBDLFCI32MH5F76WU.jpg)
![A military training instructor, center, stands in front of his flight during a basic military graduation and coining ceremony Dec. 10, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/wgii7A_jWMLFalvIBq3gf_LzFPE=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/LC2ZGD4T5FFJTMNGW27XATBOKA.jpg)
![Gasses ignite as an M1 Abrams tank fires its main gun during a Dec. 10, 2020, live fire as part of the Ready to Fight operations after arriving to the Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/7vY3o4ElOuo8Yc2We3YaXNql8OE=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TUJR34ADM5B6BLJSRIJ64KK734.jpg)
![Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, fire the 120mm mortar system on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 13, 2020.](https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/resizer/pJVpZIqG0rlnMK0bHWGi_nBQP-Y=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/KDLLMYMGLRF7FNPUZG2B7LS2BQ.jpg)
Two U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation with two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles after receiving fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker during a routine exercise over Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2020. (Staff Sgt. Taylor Harrison/Air Force)