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Military in pictures, July 2016 (30 images)

From fixing a flat in the outback to the Blue Angels rocking a delta burst to a Korean War veteran paying his respects to the fallen, soldiers around the world faced a number of challenges in July. Here are some highlights in pictures.



Seabee Divers, with Underwater Construction Team 2 Construction Dive Detachment Bravo (UCT2 CDDB), performing maintenance on undersea cables at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, surface near their Lighter, Amphibious Resupply, Cargo, 5 ton (LARC-V) on July 5, 2016. Photo by Charles E. White/U.S. Navy/UPI
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U.S. Navy Leap Frogs SO 1 (Seal) Brandon Peterson and SO 1 TJ Amdahl perform the parabatic maneuver "bringing up a downplane" during their approach to the Cheyenne Frontier Days arena as part of the Military Appreciation Monday grand entry on July 25, 2016. The Navy parachute team receives air support from Wyoming Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft and crews while in Cheyenne for the 120th edition of CFD. Photo by Jimmy McGuire/Wyoming Army National Guard/UPI
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Canadian Snipers, Pathfinders and Reconnaissance members, from 2nd Bataillon Royal 22nd Regiment, conduct insertion and extraction by helicopter training with a Royal Canadian Air Force CH-147F Chinook helicopter during Rim of the Pacific 2016 on Camp Pendleton in San Diego, Calif., on July 15, 2016. Photo by Marc-Andre Gaudreault/Canadian Armed Forces/UPI
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A F-22 Raptor from Langley Air Force Base, Va. prepares to refuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 27, 2016, during exercise Red Flag, hosted by Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag 16-3 is aimed at teaching service members how to integrate air, space and cyberspace elements and helps service members work together. Photo by David Salanitri/U.S. Air Force/UPI
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