National Security Military Photos: A Month Inside the Armed Forces, December Jan. 07, 2013 prev5 of 11next Anatolii Stepanov / ReutersUkrainian Interior Ministry troops take their oath in front of the World War II monument 'Mother of the Motherland' in Kiev, Dec. 8, 2012. Share Read Later TIME’s photo editors bring you the best pictures from the front lines from around the world, and the home front.