A soldier lays a wreath with Frank Levingston of Lake Charles, La. (left) and Rear Adm. Craig Faller (center) during the Pearl Harbor remembrance day at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, Dec. 6, 2015. Levingston is 110-years old and is believed to be the oldest World War 2 veteran in the United States. (Daniel Woolfolk/Staff)First Lady Michelle Obama and a Marine sort toys during a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, Dec. 9, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)A US M1A2 tank crosses a river during a US-South Korea joint river crossing exercise in the border county of Yeoncheon, northeast of Seoul, on December 10, 2015. The Korean peninsula is the world's last Cold War frontier as Stalinst North Korea and pro-Western South Korea have been technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War. REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE AFP PHOTO / YONHAPYONHAP/AFP/Getty ImagesA U.S. Army Special Operations Forces parachute team member descends toward Luzon Drop Zone during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec. 7, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world's largest combined airborne operation and provides soldiers the opportunity to help children in need receive toys for the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis/Released)U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Company “F”, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, reinforce a simulated U.S. Embassy against protesters at the Maritime Law Enforcement Training Center, Los Angeles, Calif., during their Certification Exercise (CERTEX), Dec. 8, 2015. Embassy reinforcement is a mission the MEU is specifically trained for. CERTEX will test the unit’s ability to complete each of its mission essential tasks and determine if the unit is prepared to deploy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Hector de Jesus/RELEASED)
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