Best pics of the week: Oct. 7, 2018

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  • Marines and sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) pass under the Golden Gate Bridge to participate in San Francisco Fleet Week 2018 on Sept. 30, 2018. (Cpl. Jacob A. Farbo/Marine Corps)
  • A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit, deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of the U.S. Strategic Command’s Bomber Task Force deployment, is parked on the flightline on Sept. 26, 2018. (Staff Sgt. Danielle Quilla/Air Force)
  • Army Sgt. Francisco Acosta of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard, competes in the Marksmanship Advisory Council Region VII National Excellence in Competition Pistol event from 50-yards at Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., Sept. 18, 2018. (Senior Airman Crystal Housman/Air National Guard)
  • The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) transits the Mediterranean Sea on Sept. 29, 2018. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests Europe and Africa. (MC3 Krystina Coffey/Navy)
  • Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Brain Chilson, with Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 63, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, watches over the departure of an LCAC from Red Beach in preparation of San Francisco Fleet Week Sept. 27, 2018. (Cpl. Jacob Farbo/Marine Corps)
  • The Shockwave Jet Truck races across the flight line during the 2018 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, Calif., Sept. 28, 2018. ( Lance Cpl Raynaldo D. Ramos/Marine Corps)
  • Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Easter checks the exhaust of an F-16 Fighting Falcon jet engine at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Sept. 27, 2018. (Master Sgt. Caycee Watson/Air National Guard)
  • A landing craft, air cushion assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 leaves the well deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), Oct. 3, 2018. New York departs Mayport, Fla., to participate in Trident Juncture 2018, a NATO-led exercise designed to certify NATO response forces and develop interoperability among participating NATO and partner nations. (MC2 Lyle Wilkie/Navy)
  • U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load ordnance into an F-35B Lightning II aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) on Sept. 27, 2018, in preparation for the F-35B’s first combat strike. (Cpl. A. J. Van Fredenberg/Marine Corps)
  • U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions prepare to land and drop off U.S. Marines on Sept. 18, 2018, during a helicopter insertion exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows (MCTAB), Hawaii. (Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres/Marine Corps)
  • U.S. sailors maneuver a rigid-hull inflatable boat alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) while participating in visit, board, search and seizure training Sept. 10, 2018, during Exercise Bright Star 2018 in the Mediterranean Sea. (MC1 Ryan U. Kledzik/Navy)
  • Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, sit on a Light Armored Vehicle atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) on Sept. 27, 2018, during a defense of the amphibious task force drill in the South China Sea. During the training, Marines with BLT 2/5 and crewmen with the Wasp rehearsed ship security using a variety of mounted and dismounted small-arms and heavy weapons. (Gunnery Sgt. E. V. Hagewood/Marine Corps)