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Best pics of the week: May 14, 2018

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Chief Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) Miguel Mosquera, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), hugs his family upon the ship's return to San Diego from a scheduled deployment. Theodore Roosevelt departed San Diego, Oct. 6, 2017 and spent the deployment supporting Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedom’s Sentinel, as well as maritime security cooperation efforts in U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operation. (MCSN Nick Bauer/Navy)
Air Force kids learn their parents' deployment process at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Military families shared a playful version of military processing to introduce children of deploying reservists to what their parents will experience when preparing for their deployment. (Staff Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel/Air Force)
Operations Specialist 3rd Class Neil Wierboski, assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 3, prepares the unmanned aerial vehicle for launch aboard a Mark VI patrol boat during training. (BMC Nelson Doromal Jr./Navy)
A Rafale Marine attached to squadron 17F of the French navy lands during flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). George H.W. Bush is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French navy to strengthen partnerships and deepen interoperability between the two nations' naval forces. (MC3 Brooke Macchietto/Navy)
The patch of the Chesapeake 2018 joint exercise of the French and the US Navy is seen on the chest of a French Pilot on May 12, 2018 in the Atlantic Ocean - For ten days some 300 French sailors, including 16 pilots, their 12 Rafales fighter jets and one Hawkeye Surveillance plane are training on the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic ocean in what is been called the "Chesapeake 2018 deployment". (ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
French Rafale pilot Vincent Isorce (L) and US Navy pilot Patrick Baker chat prior to a media session inside the hangar deck of the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier on May 12, 2018 in the Atlantic Ocean - For ten days some 300 French sailors, including 16 pilots, their 12 Rafales fighter jets and one Hawkeye Surveillance plane are training on the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier in the Atlantic ocean in what is been called the "Chesapeake 2018 deployment". (ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)
C-130J Super Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron prepare to take off during the 374th Airlift Wing Generation Exercise Elephant Walk at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 4, 2018. The exercise was conducted in order to demonstrate the wing’s ability to rapidly deploy forces across Indo-Pacific region. (Yasuo Osakabe/Air Force)
U.S. Army Tradale Bryant, assigned to 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), pulls himself over a high bar during the obstacle course portion of the 2018 SPC Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, May 1, 2018. The competition is an annual event open to all branches of the military, it’s hosted by the 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) in order to test the technical and tactical proficiencies of Department of Defense combat photographers. (Staff Sgt. Pablo N. Piedra/Army)
Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, conduct a deception breach during a company attack on Range 400 as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California. (Cpl. Antonia E. Mercado/Marine Corps)
A Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas, dismounts from a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle and rushes towards his defensive position during Combined Resolve X in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, May 2, 2018. Exercise Combined Resolve X is an U.S. Army Europe exercise series held twice a year in southeastern Germany to prepare forces in Europe to work together to promote stability and security in the region. (Spc. Dustin D. Biven / Army)
Navy veteran Kermit Snyder, left, and Army veteran John A. Koch view The Moving Wall Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Island Park in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania. (Jacqueline Dormer/The Republican-Herald via AP)
An Army Ranger kicks in a door during a demonstration at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s open house event May 5, 2018, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The event was a chance for the public to learn how Rangers train and operate. The event displays showed equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo, face painting and weapon firing among others. The demonstrations showed off hand-to-hand combat, a parachute jump, snake show and Rangers in action. (Samuel King Jr./Air Force)
Air Force Senior Airman Ashley Dudley plays with her 8-month old daughter at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 4, 2018. Dudley is assigned to the 509th Security Forces Squadron. (A1C Taylor Phifer/Air Force)
A Special Forces soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducts advanced marksmanship drills during a training event at Panzer Kaserne, Germany. (Staff Sgt. Matt Britton/Army)
Navy officer Lt. j.g. Ben Thayer, of Tallahassee, a member of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Group 2 Unit, greets visitors while diving in the large coral reef tank at The Florida Aquarium, Tuesday, May 8, 2018 in Tampa, Fla. Tampa Bay is hosting Navy Week with a week-long celebration of events to coincide with the Tampa Bay AirFest on May 12-13. (Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP)


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