A UH-1N “Huey” flies back to Joint Base Andrews after performing a flyover of the Baltimore Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 19, 2021. (Senior Airman Spencer Slocum/Air Force) 
Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct dive operations at Kin Blue Beach Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15, 2021. (Cpl. Grace Gerlach/Marine Corps) 
An M1A2 Abrams tank fires a projectile during target practice on Dec. 9, 2021, at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif. (Capt. Evan Cain/Army) 
Coast Guardsmen, assigned to the “Los Ochos Locos” of Law Enforcement Detachment 408, and sailors assigned to the littoral combat ship Billings, conduct rigid-hull inflatable boat operations, Dec. 19, 2021, in the Caribbean Sea. (MCS3 Aaron Lau/Navy) 
Sailors observe morning colors aboard the littoral combat ship Charleston during routine operations in Guam, Dec. 26, 2021. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Breeden/Navy) 
An F-15C Eagle assigned to the 67th Fighter Squadron, taxis through the bird bath after a training event at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 8, 2021. (Senior Airman Jessi Monte/Air Force) 
Marine Corps Cpl. Dajarius Hobson participates in a leadership class at Fort Pickett, Va., Dec. 29, 2021. (Cpl. James Stanfield/Marine Corps) 
A paratrooper from the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, freefalls during Operation Toy Drop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 9, 2021. (John Pennell/Army) 
The littoral combat ship Tulsa conducts an archipelagic sea lane passage through the San Bernardino Strait, crossing from the South China Sea into the Philippine Sea, Dec. 23, 2021. (MCS Devin M. Langer/Navy) 
An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 55th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron waits on the flight line during an agile combat employment exercise at an undisclosed location, Dec. 21, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick/Air Force)
