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![U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Wick provides security during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/a9gZ6e5MMqUX1U2OWkq02K1ig8M=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TIOFAXE7Z5FPZHFJ6NSKZR5I34.jpg)
![The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) steams in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 6, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/tsS7tK-XQXF_Z6WhnDQtXwfAh2A=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/GNNQSTEKMJGD7F3E5ZNAQAUN2Y.jpg)
![Army Spcs. Timothy Martin, left, and Shane Flores, middle, and Cpl. Dario Martinez prepare for a detonation during training in Boise, Idaho, Nov. 18, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/snQHZ7uCyxs-D6GB3Kkds9TEW_w=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/BLR4JCVSWVFMZFGDQJ534QNOAE.jpg)
![Six Airmen assigned to the 31st Medical Group receive the first Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Jan. 8, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/Agvs_fscfiPxQJQP4ne3qXYsfls=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/T7BUNNUEIVGTXPI6AZL7TIHSNQ.jpg)
![A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker for an in-air refueling mission supporting Operation Octave Quartz with armed over-watch in Africa, Jan. 1, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/znp3S_2CL50aG0S4H5nUPiut7Es=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/6FOL4Q4C4BHG7FPUFXFGD73PCM.jpg)
![A U.S. Space Force trainee participates on the over-and-under bars obstacle during Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas, Dec. 2, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/9UmmHoyiBCIiJtHT1mlgCeFBNuE=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/XUMEI3CE35AIVFGMYKNNUSMLQQ.jpg)
![A U.S. Marine patrols during a force-on-force exercise at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan on Oct. 16, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/23zZEh2wRiRa6uhM2raHYMUtK60=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/SJ2ZSYSHKZAQNG3YBWAAR5MQOQ.jpg)
![The statue of the Lone Sailor stands on the snow-covered grounds of Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill., on Dec. 30, 2020.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/fjOVOifI0OMHXZeaLBkHDo_4h1I=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/SKKALLSXOVH75CS2QHLNB4FHKY.jpg)
![A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, operated by soldiers with Alpha Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, flies over the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/hAtNUQYpCdnChrhwJoeVLEBRyCU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/TDOIGMLVOZCQXODB43OB3MHPDI.jpg)
![U.S. sailors inspect a propeller on an E-2C Hawkeye on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) in the Pacific Ocean on Jan. 5, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/SVDY-OsV-1xTG1cqJGHDuz7LYW8=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5HSZTQVCFVFDPEEO6SVPDXIKTY.jpg)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Wick provides security during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. (Sgt. Jennessa Davey/Marine Corps)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Wick provides security during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. (Sgt. Jennessa Davey/Marine Corps)