Seaman recruit Shanda Martinez, a recruit chief petty officer, checks to see if her division is ready for their first task during a dynamic material inspection Dec. 21, 2020, at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill. (MC1 Camilo Fernan/Navy)Santa Claus waves as he taxis on the ramp in a 120th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules at Montana Air National Guard Base on Dec. 5, 2020. Retired Master Sgt. Joel Clum volunteered to be Santa Claus. (Senior Airman Jackson N. Haddon/Air National Guard)Senior Airman Amber Barkley lays a wreath on a grave at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro, Del., Dec. 19, 2020. (Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer/Air Force)Lance Cpl. Jerren Strong covers his face with camo paint in preparation for a simulated boat raid at Kin Red, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 16, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Brienna Tuck/Marine Corps)A U.S. soldier sits in the gunner’s seat of a M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle in Syria in the Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 11, 2020. (Spc. Jensen Guillory/Army)U.S. Marines conduct a combat patrol during exercise Forest Light on mainland Japan, Dec. 16, 2020. (Capt. Nicholas Royer/Marine Corps)A crew chief with the 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines conduct an air assault during exercise Forest Light Eastern Army in mainland Japan, on Dec. 15, 2020. (Cpl. Levi J. Guerra/Marine Corps)A T-45C Goshawk lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), Dec. 10, 2020, in the Atlantic Ocean. (MC3 Zack Guth/Navy)U.S. Army Spc. Kevin Piepenbrink records firing points during a live-fire exercise, Dec. 16, 2020, at the Koron Djiboutian range complex. (Senior Airman Kristin Savage/Air Force)