This Week's Top Military Photos: Robot Helps Dispose of Sugar Bomb, Troops Jump Out of Perfectly Good Plane

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A military working dog dons safety glasses and a muzzle to help prepare for UH-1N training. (Airman 1st Class Stassney Davis/ U.S. Air Force)

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Troops jump from a C-130 during a training event over Bahrain and the Arabian Gulf (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anita Chebahtah/U.S. Navy)

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In what could fit right in with a dystopian sci-fi TV episode, an unmanned ground vehicle helps Marines distribute candy at Camp Hansen’s Halloween event in Okinawa. (Lance Cpl. Abigail Godinez/U.S. Marine Corps)

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The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze approaches a burning civilian motorboat in the Gulf of Aden to render aid. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal/U.S. Navy)

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A sailor is greeted by his wife and newborn after returning home from deployment aboard the USS North Dakota. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Wesley Towner/U.S. Navy)

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A sailor dons a gas mask in preparation for nuclear, biological and chemical training. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Sawyer Connall/U.S. Navy)

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-- Drew F. Lawrence can be reached at drew.lawrence@military.com. Follow him on Twitter @df_lawrence.