![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It holds a GPS III payload meant to “deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America's warfighters, our allies, and civil users,” according to the Department of Defense. (Senior Airman Thomas Sjoberg/U.S. Air Force) SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral.](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-01/mil-spacex-falcon-9-canaveral-1800.jpg?itok=7NFXWjXT)
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It holds a GPS III payload meant to “deliver sustained, reliable GPS capabilities to America's warfighters, our allies, and civil users,” according to the Department of Defense. (Senior Airman Thomas Sjoberg/U.S. Air Force)
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![Two MV-22 Ospreys fly in formation over a training area in Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick King) Two MV-22 Ospreys fly in formation over a training area in Hawaii.](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-01/mil-MV22-ospreys-hawaii-1800.jpg?itok=wCcxkXRH)
Two MV-22 Ospreys fly in formation over a training area in Hawaii.
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![Sailors conduct a small boat exercise alongside the USS Nimitz. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe/U.S. Navy) Sailors conduct a small boat exercise alongside the USS Nimitz.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-01/mil-navy-small-boat-exercise-1800.jpg?itok=D8Pjf9D-)
Sailors conduct a small boat exercise alongside the USS Nimitz. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Rowe/U.S. Navy)
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![A Marine drill instructor “corrects” a recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. (Cpl. Grace J. Kindred/U.S. Marines) A Marine drill instructor “corrects” a recruit.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-01/mil-drill-instructor-scolds-recruit-1800.jpg?itok=H2togBC4)
A Marine drill instructor “corrects” a recruit at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. (Cpl. Grace J. Kindred/U.S. Marines)
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![A sailor maintains an emergency breathing air compressor on an aircraft carrier. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Tang/U.S. Navy) Sailor maintains an emergency breathing air compressor on an carrier.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/full/public/2023-01/mil-sailor-emergency-breathing-air-compressor-1800.jpg?itok=usOrIOdk)
A sailor maintains an emergency breathing air compressor on an aircraft carrier. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kevin Tang/U.S. Navy)
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