A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It holds a GPS III payload meant to “deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America's warfighters, our allies, and civil users,” according to the Department of Defense. (Senior Airman Thomas Sjoberg/U.S. Air Force)
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Two MV-22 Ospreys fly in formation over a training area in Hawaii.
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Sailors conduct a small boat exercise alongside the USS Nimitz. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe/U.S. Navy)
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A Marine drill instructor “corrects” a recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. (Cpl. Grace J. Kindred/U.S. Marines)
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A sailor maintains an emergency breathing air compressor on an aircraft carrier. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Tang/U.S. Navy)
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-- Drew F. Lawrence can be reached at drew.lawrence@military.com. Follow him on Twitter @df_lawrence.
![Members of Bashar Assad's army line up to register with Syrian rebels in Damascus, Syria.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Syria_93981.jpg?itok=KtmjProB "Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)")
![A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship Esbern Snare.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Cyprus_Syria_83465.jpg?itok=FpC0C1Xo "FILE - A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship "Esbern Snare" as the Danish cargo ship Ark Futura, background, transports Syria's dangerous chemical weapons out of the strife-torn country, out of Cyprus coastal city of Larnaca, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)")
