2018 Year in Photos

Maneuver Center of Excellence leaders, Family and friends of Ranger Class 02-18 gather to watch the Rangers in Action demonstration at Fort Benning, Ga.,  Jan. 26, 2018.

A Soldier assists with railhead operations in subzero temperatures at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2018, as part of Arctic Thrust, a short-notice rapid deployment exercise.

A Marine wrestles a Soldier in the 72 kg weight class of the 2018 Armed Forces Wrestling Championship Greco-Roman competition at Camp Lejune, N.C., Feb. 24, 2018.

A crew chief with the Louisiana National Guard preforms preflight inspection of a UH-60M Black Hawk at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 27, 2018.

Soldiers from 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fight range fires during an M1A2 Abrams tank gunnery operation, March 8, 2018, at Fort Carson, Colo.

Paratroopers conduct a platoon live-fire exercise during two week long training exercise at Fort AP Hill, Va., March 13, 2018.

A paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, communicates via radio during a platoon level live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 19, 2018.

The 12th annual Best Sapper Competition opened Sunday with opening ceremonies held at Training Area 160, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 17, 2018.

A U.S. Soldier conducts exercise and obedience training with a Military Working Dog at Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, April 24 2018.

An air assault instructor fast ropes from the Fort Bliss Air Assault School rappel tower, May 18, 2018, at Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Air Force and Army medics hoist a medical manikin onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., July 2, 2018.

A Soldier jumps an obstacle during the Modern Pentathlon Masters World Championship, July 9-14, 2018, in Halle, Germany, where she won gold in her individual event.

Combat engineers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, blast through a concrete wall during demolition training at Fort Hood, Texas, July 17, 2018.