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![U.S. soldiers with the Virginia National Guard listen to a squad leader briefing after arriving near the Capitol in Washington on, Jan. 13, 2021.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/5_3RuK6Jp-p1DphOgKmy6pFnjOw=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/OQ3EJE3RSFCNVK6QT3O75ZANYQ.jpg)
![U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ethan Sawyer conducts route reconnaissance during the 3d Marine Division Rifle Squad Competition at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 11, 2021.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/IwSYoITVJWQS2PJrdTSPDp5Uark=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/P265YILEQVCDHMXX5L3OZLCXAU.jpg)
![U.S. Army and Italian Army paratroopers conduct airborne operation after exiting a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy, Dec. 10, 2020.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/8hXcQkedKcZbxZNQnNON4K0SUjk=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/YBFGNQ66GFBINPHDCYFYMJNHEA.jpg)
![A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender during an n-air refueling mission supporting Operation Octave Quartz with armed over-watch in Africa, Jan. 9, 2020.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/QyVucWguov9jEkFxSk1J77Z54-A=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ZEMHKBVI5NHKHGW6ZZS3WLOODA.jpg)
![An MV-22 Osprey stages during a night during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/yj4cb-gCUej5H9aHXFmjCuA-f4Y=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/YO54MMKGR5GBVI3FO2NO3JANLA.jpg)
![Boatswain Mate 2nd Class Jorge Monarez Jr. speaks to a recruit division Jan. 7, 2020, during an applied training exercise inside the USS Marlinspike Seamanship Trainer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/mE7tRbtD4r0OTAvRsMh1hZku0fo=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/CSV2MEV5PRG2FB2M77G2VJSSP4.jpg)
![Pvt. 1st Class Pablo Aguirre secures an M1101 trailer to the back of a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle on Dec. 22, 2020, in support of Spartan Shield.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/H4Ds6zo6gZYsWRgZ1sAVhnaHpmE=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/FIJHOF2QJBDJHPK5IY2AMOGG5Q.jpg)
![Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shane Miller prepares COVID-19 vaccines at the Naval Base San Diego fitness center on Jan. 8, 2020, as part of Operation Warp Speed.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/qgvntIOk61WmWiiho1k67zN9gKQ=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/7SQYF5WW6BC4JPSCK45O37YFFM.jpg)
![An F-35B Lightning II lands on the flight deck o the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) on Jan. 9, 2020, in the Philippine Sea.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/ZqogvjttWP_5yGt5POQd7IwxMoU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/L4VFCDXORFENJF3Z6Q2DOGKXFE.jpg)
![The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 12, 2021.](https://www.navytimes.com/resizer/2Rrwfvc_qMc0wTKqQAFhyxfUYZ0=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/KGS5UGHJ6BGJ5KMILF6OM6CG7I.jpg)
U.S. soldiers with the Virginia National Guard listen to a squad leader briefing after arriving near the Capitol in Washington on, Jan. 13, 2021. (Master Sgt. Matt Hecht/Air National Guard)
U.S. soldiers with the Virginia National Guard listen to a squad leader briefing after arriving near the Capitol in Washington on, Jan. 13, 2021. (Master Sgt. Matt Hecht/Air National Guard)