A soldier with the 4th Infantry Division competes in Fort Benning, Georgia’s annual Finest Ranger competitors, a three-day train by which Ranger-qualified troopers check their mettle. (Sgt. Woodlyne Escarne/U.S. Army)
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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alixandra Valenti, a communications officer with Fight Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Pressure, poses together with her trophy after being acknowledged as Camp Pendleton’s Feminine Marine Athlete of the Yr. (Cpl. Angela Wilcox/U.S. Marine Corps)
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A Philippine Marine launches an unmanned plane system, or UAS, throughout a joint-U.S. train at Cagayan Airfield, Philippines. (Cpl. Eric Huynh/U.S. Marine Corps)
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U.S. and Philippine Marines interact in martial arts. (Sgt. Patrick King/U.S. Marine Corps)
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Apache helicopters put together to conduct aerial gunnery at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. (Eve Baker/Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Workplace)
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Maj. Gen. JP McGee, commanding normal of the a hundred and first Airborne Division, renders honors throughout a memorial ceremony April 13, 2023, in Clarksville, Tennessee. The ceremony was held to honor the 9 troopers from Charlie Firm, sixth Battalion, a hundred and first Fight Aviation Brigade, killed in a helicopter accident March 29, 2023. (Pfc. Matthew Wantroba/U.S. Army)
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— Drew F. Lawrence could be reached at drew.lawrence@army.com. Observe him on Twitter @df_lawrence.
