The Stars and Stripes of the American flag are on display in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon as the pilot prepares for refueling from a KC-10 Extender from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 25, 2021. (Master Sgt. Dan Heaton/Air Force)
Cpl. Alec Burris performs the 1400-meter swim event during the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 3, 2022. The week-long competition tests jungle survival skills, basic infantry tactics, and excellence in weapons handling. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Fleitas applies spray paint to an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, in the hangar bay of aircraft carrier Carl Vinson in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 31, 2021. (MCSA Isaiah B. Goessl/Navy)
Coast Guard Seaman Ariana Claudio looks through long-range binoculars aboard the cutter Thetis near the port of Fortaleza, Brazil, on Dec. 23, 2021. (Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower/Coast Guard)
A soldier assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," walks the mat during a snowstorm at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Jan. 3, 2022. (Elizabeth Fraser/Army)
Seamen Dion Brown and Steven Hartman step in unison to simulate putting out a fire on the flight deck of the littoral combat ship Milwaukee during a firefighting drill, Jan. 4, 2022, in the Caribbean Sea. (MCS2 Danielle Baker/Navy)
Airmen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron parachute to a drop zone during training at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Dec.10, 2021. (Senior Airman Noah Sudolcan/Air Force)
Army Spc. Hailey McGrew caulks an exterior cistern crack during a well leak repair project at Chabelley Village, Djibouti, Dec. 29, 2021. (Spc. Gauret Stearns/Army National Guard)
The aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman transits the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 30, 2021. (MCS3 Abbigail Beardsley/Navy)
Marine Corps 1st Lt. Gregory Dreibelbis laughs during a snowball fight with Afghan children at Fort Pickett, Virginia on Jan. 3, 2022. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. (Lance Cpl. David Intriago/Marine Corps)
