Potential FP candidates

I find the images below, in different ways, evocative and inviting. While they each tell their own story, I find my imagination writing new storylines.

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  Incoming Craft
  U.S Navy air-cushioned landing craft prepares to dock aboard the USS Iwo Jima during training in the Atlantic Ocean, 14 May 2025. (uploaded 23 May 2025)
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  Island Formation
  Beautiful added blue from the Wake Island lagoon below
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  Peak Fitness
  Consider the symmetry/asymmetry; the almost eerie vibe from the overcast skies with the nearly monochromatic features; the strength of the structure challenging the strength of the Marines.
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  Mixi's March
  Great colors; companionship; stride-for-stride; Mixi looking straight into the camera; worm’s-eye view.
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  In Perfect Alignment
  Air-to-air view from a USAF KC-135 Stratotanker preparing to refuel a JASDF F-35A Lightning II

Featured pictures

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  Wet Silk (F)
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  Fiery Fusion (F)
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  Rescue Ready (F)
  Consider the web-like water ripples, and the two sailors being hoisted out of the danger of the dark abyss.
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  Eye Sight (F)

Images to be renamed

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  Super Hornet fighteraircraft launching from the USS Nimitz in the Philippine Sea - April 2025
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  US Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft flying over Yokota Air Base, Japan - April 2025
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  US Navy sailor hand launches RQ-20 Puma unmanned aircraft in southern Finland, February 2025
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  US Marine Corps recruit aims weapon in simulated security training during the Crucible at MCRD Parris Island, March 2025
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  US Army National Guard officer candidates taking oath of office during commissioning ceremony, Jefferson City, MO, April 5, 2025
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  US Army soldier welding two metal pieces, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, March 2025
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  USAF General Kevin Schneider pilots F-22 Raptor off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, April 2025
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  US Navy Blue Angels perform aerobatic maneuvers in 2025 Beaufort Airshow, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC, April 2025
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  Runners in Marine Corps Marathon 17.75 km race at Prince William Forest Park, VA, March 2025
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  US Army Old Guard's Fife and Drum Corps perform during at George Washington University's Lisner Auditorium, Washington, DC, March 2025
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  SpaceX Crew-10 launches aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center, FL, March 2025
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  US Army band in wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, April 2025
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  Military and first responders work near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok after 7.7 earthquake, March 28, 2025