Stallion Launch
A Marine Corps CH-53 Sea Stallion prepares to launch from the USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 12, 2015. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group is underway off the coast of Southern California completing a certification exercise. The Sea Stallion is assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer Seaman Eric C. Burget
Lightning at Sunset
An F-35B Lightning II sits as the sun sets on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015. The aircraft is participating in Exercise Steel Knight, an integrated live-fire exercise with the 1st Marine Division. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cameron Storm
Operation Toy Drop
A U.S. soldier jumps out of a UH-60 Black Hawk during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 8, 2015. Operation Toy Drop provides paratroopers from the U.S. and seven partner nations an opportunity to help children receive toys for the holidays. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis
Razor Talon
An Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon receives fuel from a KC-135R Stratotanker over the coast of North Carolina during Exercise Razor Talon, Dec. 14, 2015. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman John Nieves Camacho