<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of the Military Times at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://link.militarytimes.com/view/5758875b498e57457974923298b3e.5n8/32157419">https://link.militarytimes.com/view/5758875b498e57457974923298b3e.5n8/32157419</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Military Best Pix of the Week</i></b></div><div><br></div><div>Every week, Military Times publishes hundreds of photos that show how the news affects service members, veterans and their families. Of all of those photos, here are the top five most awesome, inspiring and moving of the past week.</div><div><div><br></div><div>1. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter flies in formation during a Division Run during Tropic Lightning Week on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Dec. 17, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_01.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>2. Santa Claus paid a special visit to McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base to visit with airmen and their families Dec. 2, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_02.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_02.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>3. A propeller is installed on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., Oct. 16, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_03.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_03.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>4. Marines with the Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage prior to embarking on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), on Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 19, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_04.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_04.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>5. Army Lt. Col. Steven Templeton fires an M2 Browning .50 Cal machine gun at Novo Selo Training Range, Bulgaria, Dec. 14, 2018.</div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_05.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_122318_05.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Have a merry Christmas, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">– Roy L. Smith</span></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>