Forces TV's Best Pictures Of 2016
Our POTDs, or Pictures Of The Day, have been providing windows into the world of the military for the last year and beyond.
Now, we've picked our favourite from each month as an end-of-year celebration.
January saw a very unusual view of HMS Cumberland.
The picture was taken in front of her stern using a wide-angled lens.
From ships to aircraft, February saw the 25th anniversary of the end of the first Gulf War (2 August 1990 - 28 February 1991).
These US aircraft are flying over fires set by the retreating Iraqi army.
The best shot from March also featured an aircraft, though this time it was a helicopter.
A uniquely-angled picture shows both the interior and the mountainous terrain on the exterior of this RAF helicopter.
This one was a Merlin participating in Exercise Merlin Vortex, in the Californian desert in 2010.
It was designed to prepare personnel for deployment in Afghanistan.
In April, troops on the ground were shown on Exercise Shamal Storm with some unusual kit.
Taking place in Jordan, the troops got to practice using L12A2 para-flares - extremely bright distress flares.
POTDs returned closer to home in May, for a memorial flight of a Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane over RAF High Wycombe.
Bucking the summer shine, HMS Protector appeared in June for a frosty patrol in the Arctic.
Getting below the waves was the theme of July's POTD pick.
Here is an exercise designed to practice escaping from a submarine.
August saw an impressive bit of kit on display: The cannon of an A-10 Warthog beside a VW Beetle, to give a sense of scale.
September's rather amusing snap came courtesy of a French sniper celebrating his top score on the range during training.
Troops conducting a combined arms assault exercise on Copehill Down urban operations training area showed up in October.
Guy Fawkes would have been proud of our November favourite.
Picked to celebrate Fireworks Night, two FA-18 Hornets are shown in front of a wall of fire at a US airshow.
And last but not least, December's pick featured tracer rounds from .50 calibre heavy machine guns.
They're mounted on Jackals and show up against the sky during a night exercise.
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