<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"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>Military Times </i>at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/photo-galleries/frontline-photos/2018/12/30/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-30-2018/">https://www.militarytimes.com/photo-galleries/frontline-photos/2018/12/30/best-pics-of-the-week-dec-30-2018/</a></div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h1 itemprop="name" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-size: 36px; font-family: "PT Serif", serif; line-height: 40px; -webkit-font-kerning: normal; letter-spacing: -0.03em; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Best pics of the week: Dec. 30, 2018</h1></div><div><br></div><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><br></div><div>1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> Members of Battery C, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment fire a salute Dec. 21, 2018, in honor of the Georgia National Guard's 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which held a casing ceremony at Fort Stewart, Ga. This is the fourth combat deployment of the 48th IBCT since Sept. 11, 2001.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_01.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_01.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Senior Airman Cullen Thomas, 824th Expeditionary Base Defense Squadron military working dog handler, and his military working dog Klepa perform a perimeter check at Nigérien Air Base 201, Niger, Dec. 9, 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_123018_02.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_02.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 21, 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_123018_03.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_03.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Marines and sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force stand at attention before Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller speaks in Sigonella, Italy, Dec. 25, 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_123018_04.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_04.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>5.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Airman 1st Class Ashley Libby, a 99th Medical Operations Squadron aerospace medical technician at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., raises her arms to keep the American flag off the ground during the 2018 Las Vegas Bowl opening ceremony at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Dec. 15, 2018. The half-ton flag required more than 200 airmen to carry it.</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_123018_05.jpg">http://www.TomandRodna.com/MoscowCares/Photos/Military_Times/Military_Times_123018_05.jpg</a></span></div><div><br></div>———————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, 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="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><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>