Amphibious Operations Training

Images of U.S. Marines conducting various amphibious training exercises on rubber boats at sea, showcasing teamwork and tactical readiness in diverse maritime environments.

Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, February 1, 2012 - Crew Members assigned to Riverine Command Boat from Riverine Squadron 2 conduct security escort operations for ships transiting out to sea through the Intracoastal Waterway in North Carolina, during Exercise Bold Alligator 2012.

171024-N-OO032-182SAN CLEMENTE ISL., Calif. (Oct. 24, 2017) Navy divers assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1 retrieve a mine during exercise Dawn Blitz. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven exercise designed to train and integrate Navy and Marine Corps units by providing a robust training environment where forces plan and execute an amphibious assault, engage in live-fire events, and establish expeditionary advanced bases in a land and maritime threat environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies.

060118-N-7027P-055. Base: USS Comstock (LSD 45) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an insert on a beach during a boat raid training exercise on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, June 29, 2022.The exercise was conducted to improve communication between the ground combat element and additional supporting units that may assist them in potential rea-world situations fostering a more efficient and cohesive unit.The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

A U.S. Marine assigned to the Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, connects the fuel line to the engine of a combat rubber raiding craft before an amphibious assault rehearsal at Exercise Cobra Gold in Sattahip, Chonburi province, Thailand, Feb. 29, 2024. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Cameron Palmer, 36th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules loadmaster, sits on the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules after completed airdrop missions over Fais island, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 4, 2022. Loadmasters from the 36 EAS prepared and trained for the safe delivery of each bundle, with many of the bundles weighing over 300 pounds. The aircraft, call sign Santa 11, delivered 14 bundles to the eastern Caroline Islands, included Asor, Falalop, and Fais islands. OCD is the longest-running Department of Defense humanitarian and disaster relief mission. Each year, the USAF partners with countries in the Pacific Air Forces area of responsibility to deliver supplies to remote islands in the South-Eastern Pacific.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, and Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 10 conduct a combined amphibious raid during KAMANDAG 6, in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. 1/2 is forward deployed under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

DN-ST-89-09088. Base: Panama Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

A view of Marines coming ashore in jeeps from a utility landing craft (LCU). The Marines are participating as members of a multinational peacekeeping force. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

120421-A-OO955-101CARIBBEAN SEA (April 21, 2012) U.S Navy and Coast Guard personnel assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG-55) pick up bales of narcotics during recovery operations April 21, 2012 in the Caribbean Sea.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, board a boat during the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition, at Fort Hood, Texas, August 16, 2022. The Best Squad Competition promotes esprit-de-corps and recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to Army Values and embody the Warrior Ethos.

220830-N-UL352-1050 SUEZ CANAL (Aug 30, 2022) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Qinzhe Sun, assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), stands watch during the ships transit through the Suez Canal, Aug. 30. Delbert D. Black is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, January 10, 2005 - An amphibious assault vehicle splashes off the USS Whidbey Island off the coast of North Carolina during ship operation training.

Marine crew of the multipurpose frigate hr.ms. Van Amstel offer help in and around Biloxi after Hurricane Katrina.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a combat rubber raiding craft into the water during a boat raid exercise on Kin Blue Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 8, 2023. The boat raid increased the Marines proficiency to secure contested terrain and allow friendly forces to advance from ship to shore. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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020430-M-9902V-029. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

220603-N-CM110-1040 PACIFIC OCEAN, Japan (June 3, 2022) - Members of Japan Self-Defense Force exit an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 3, 2022. Tripoli is conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force attach an engine to a combat rubber raiding craft alongside reconnaissance Marines from Dispen AL as part of Super Garuda Shield 22 aboard a landing craft assault cushion assigned to the U.S.S. Green Bay (LPD 20), Aug. 3, 2022. Garuda Shield is an annual combined and joint exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade don, rig, and perform Jumpmaster Personnel Inspections in the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons Hangar Five on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 7, 2022. Support from the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing allowed for closer proximity to the aircraft, expedited the airborne timeline, and mitigated jumper fatigue prior to follow-on Saber Junction 2022 operations. Saber Junction is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations.

NORFOLK (Oct. 8, 2016) Marines attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) prepare to board the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). Iwo Jima and the 24th MEU are preparing to provide disaster relief and humanitarian aid to Haiti following Hurricane Matthew

CORONADO, Calif. (Oct. 30, 2012) Fire Controlmen conduct a mock reload of a MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently pierside at Naval Air Station North Island undergoing planned incremental availability. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

221013-DQ787-N-1084NORFOLK (Oct. 13, 2022) - Sailors assigned to the USS New York (LPD 1) prepare to moor the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, Oct. 13, 2022. the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, returns from a seven-month deployment operating in the High North and Baltic Sea. More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Kearsarge ARG supported a wide range of interoperability opportunities and exercises across the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations increasing combat readiness and crisis response capabilities while strengthening relationships with both NATO Allies and partners.

JOHN C. STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Mississippi (April 29, 2019) Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) students participate in a Patrol Craft Officer Riverine (PCOR) training exercise on John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, April 29, 2019. PCOR, is an eight-week course of designed to provide international students the knowledge and skills to operate a riverine patrol craft. NAVSCIATTS is a Security Cooperation training command operating under U.S. Special Operations Command in support of Security Force Assistance and Geographic Combatant Commanders Theater Security Cooperation priorities. Naval Special Warfare Command has the ability to meet emergent requirements from operational commanders, and its training helps develop, shape and maintain long-term strategic relationships with key partner nations. To date, NAVSCIATTS has trained with more than 12,000 students from 121 partner nations.

Philippine Marine Corps scout snipers and force reconnaissance Marines conduct small boat operations alongside U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during KAMANDAG 6 at Kamuning Beach, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 5, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

April 1, 2011, U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), pick up debris near the water during a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief mission at Uranohama Port, Oshima Island, Japan, in support of Operation Tomodachi. The 31st MEU's involvement is part of a larger U.S. government response, after a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck Japan causing widespread damage. The 31st MEU is ready to support our Japanese partners and to provide assistance when called upon.

220715-N-EE352-1226BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) Mexican Naval Infantry Capt. Isai Fernandez, assigned to Mexican Marine 8th Brigade, directs his team next to combat rubber raiding crafts during an amphibious operations training with the U.S. Marine Corps at Bellows Beach during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

PHILIPPINE SEA (May 10, 2022) Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Tristan Nelson, right, from Pilot Point, Texas, and Airman Recruit Shaylia Labay, from Seattle, both assigned to the Chargers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, stow away chocks and chains on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

DF-ST-89-04295. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 88 Base: Bellows Air Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030311-M-0175R-027. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

U.S. military personnel hold up the wall of a temporary building being built for exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo Country: Egypt (EGY)

040217-F-9995T-062. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

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1100705-N-YO394-010CURACAO, Netherlands Antilles (July 5, 2011) Sailors assigned to Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 and marines assigned to the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps carry an inflatable raft into the water in preparation for the start of a six-kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao. RIVRON-3 is cross-training with elements of the Dutch marine corps and navy for a three-week training course intended to familiarize U.S. Navy Sailors with Dutch ship-to-shore amphibious operations.

SSGT Duperry, right, and a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force check the parachute attached to a pallet of supplies staged near a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. In its last mission of this type, the 63rd Air Wing will deliver the supplies to McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Base: Christchurch State: Canterbury Country: New Zealand (NZL)

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Marines and Sailors stand side by side aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during a boat integration exercise, in the East China Sea, Aug. 2, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A member of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) climbs a ladder during diving ops alongside the Croatian Zapovjedništvo Specialjalnih Snaga (ZSS) in Split, Croatia, April 15, 2022. For the Croatian ZSS, Joint Combined Exchange Training, or JCET with partner nations is not uncommon. The ZSS were founded in 2000 as the Special Operations Battalion and since then, its operators have participated in multiple operations, including stints in Afghanistan as part of NATOs International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

030328-N-5362A-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

CAPE INCE, TURKEY (September 11, 1999)--Marines from Lima Company, Battalion landing Team 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, rush from a British Hellcat, Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) and storm their objective. Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) ((MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the USS PONCE (LPD-15), are participating in the NATO exercise, NORTHERN APPROACH, with British and Turkish forces. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN APPROACH Base: Cape Ince Country: Turkey (TUR)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, pull a combat rubber raiding craft onto shore on Recon Beach, Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, December 7, 2022. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Marines with 3rd Recon fostered skills maneuvering rubber raiding craft with added weight to prepare for future operations and exercises.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph C. Iadarola, company gunnery sergeant, Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and a member of the Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia, French Armed Forces conduct an amphibious landing training event during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 5, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito. which means warrior.

Marines land ashore from an inflatable raft during a training exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aboard the Zodiac boat, technicians and support personnel assigned to the Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 from San Diego, California perform a status check on the diving equipment prior to the underwater search for the 500 pound Mark 82 bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed on nearby Gold Dust Peak. Base: Big Spruce Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

From left, Boatswains Mate 3rd Class Ali Fayyad, Chief Warrant Officer Michael Fifer, and Engineman 1st Class Jason Hook from Command Beachmaster Unit (BMU) 2, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2, United States Navy, pose for a photograph after loading their vehicles and equipment aboard Landing Craft, Utility 1663 at Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6, 2022. BMU-2 functions as the beach traffic controller and provides craft landing zone beach party teams in support of ship-to-shore movement to facilitate landing of personnel and equipment. They also provide a salvage capability with Light Amphibious Recovery Craft (LARC) which is essential to the safety and success of the various amphibious operations throughout Brazil. UNITAS, which is Latin for unity, trains forces from across the globe in South America to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious, and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting

Students from local schools explore a light armored vehicle (LAV) 25 with guidance from a U.S. Marine during a demonstration during the Fleet Week San Diego Foundation Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) day in downtown San Diego, Nov. 3. Fleet Week is a community relations event that seeks to cultivate the Navy-Marine Corps relationship with the American people and showcase the Navy-Marine Corps team as Americas expeditionary force in readiness.

SANTA RITA, Guam (July 13, 2022) Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Jacob Zimmerman, left, and Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jonathan Wade, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MESG) 1, Detachment Guam, participates in a sentry boat simulator during a unit level training practice on Naval Base Guam.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, tow a combat rubber raiding craft during a company formation exercise off the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 6, 2022. Blackhearts practiced formations on the water to refine infantry tactics. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

220809-N-QB805-0025 DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug 09, 2022) -- U.S. Navy Boatswains Mate 1st Class Jordan Massey, assigned to U.S. Maritime Expeditionary Security Forces (MSRON-1) provides security for ships inside the Port of Djibouti, , Aug, 9, 2022. MSRON-1, based at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti provides port and harbor security, high-value asset protection, and maritime security operations in coastal waterways of the Gulf of Tadjoura.

SANTA RITA, Guam (July 12, 2022) SANTA RITA, Guam (July 12, 2022) Cpl. Carlos Centeno, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MESG) 1, Detachment Guam, participates in a sentry boat simulator during a unit level training practice on Naval Base Guam.

A joint light tactical vehicle used by U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, is driven onto U.S. Navy landing craft unit 1654 with Assault Craft Unit 2 during Technology Operational Experimentation Exercise (TOEE) 2022 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 28, 2022. TOEE 22 is a joint exercise being conducted to support the Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) concept for an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) mission from the littorals to inland objectives using manned/unmanned teaming (MUM-T) of technologies as a system to support sustainment and expeditionary logistics.

U.S. Navy sailors with Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 4 conduct static and dynamic maritime force protection procedures at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Navy Boat Docks, North Carolina, May 5, 2022. The exercise was intended to increase the sailors ability to gauge maneuvers of small enemy boats and their understanding of the enemys thought process. The mission of the Navy Boat Docks is to provide support to the air station, its bombing targets, and offer a training environment for Navy and Marine Corps units.

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (July 3, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment conduct man-overboard drills with Marines from the Indonesian Korps Marinir during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. John Solomon).

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph C. Iadarola, company gunnery sergeant, Headquarters Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC), assists Capt. Daniel W. Chow, company commander, Headquarters Company, HQSVCBN, MARFORPAC, in boarding a combat rubber raiding craft during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 5, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

Sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) perform a live fire demonstration of M240B machine guns on the flight deck during a friend and family day cruise, June 25, 2022. Friends and family members were invited aboard Ford to experience a day in the life of a Sailor at sea first-hand.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Seth Moore, a machine gunner assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Nevada native, posts security with a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) while transiting the Basilan Strait Feb. 18, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

040821-N-6811L-246. Base: Panama Canal Country: Panama (PAN)

220712-M-TN173-1003 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 12, 2022) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, and Malaysian Armed Forces, conduct a simulated squad and platoon attack during a live-fire range while participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 12, 2022, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Hawaii. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the exercise in the series that began in 1971.

BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 11, 2022) - Mexican Naval Infantry Marines conduct training on a combat rubber raiding craft during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 11. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Mexican Naval Infantry Photo)

U.S. Marines prepare to grapple each other during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course culminating event, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 06, 2022. The purpose of the MCMAIC culminating event was to challenge and test the course participants on both MCMAP techniques and endurance before becoming a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor.

DF-ST-86-07562. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 21, 2012) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Bailey McCulley fires a M240 machine gun during a crew-served weapons shoot on the fantail aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is returning to the U.S. 7th and 5th Fleet areas of responsibility four months ahead of schedule in order to maintain combatant commander requirements in the region.

220515-N-TO573-1212 NAPLES, ITALY (May 15, 2022) Aviation Electronics Technician 1st Class Janai Holcomb, from Philadelphia, left, and Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Erick Espinosanina, from New York, both assigned to the Blue Blasters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, look out to shore from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as the ship departs from a scheduled port visit to Naples, Italy, May 15, 2022. The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

DF-ST-86-07998. Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, participate in an amphibious crossing during Exercise Tres Kolos in Savaneta, Aruba, Oct. 19, 2022. This exercise promotes partnerships, shares knowledge, and enhances interoperability between the forces in order to strengthen our common defense, foster stability and defeat threats.

Blindfolded competitors are taken on a boat to an offshore island during the Region VII Best Warrior Competition on the island of Guam, May 26, 2022. This annual competition featured the best noncommissioned officer and Soldier from eight different states and territories including Arizona, California, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Testing competitors skills and knowledge and pushing them to their limits, the competition graded each participant in key areas such as basic Soldier skills, marksmanship under stress, land-navigation, and physical fitness.

GEORGE C. SCOTT in PATTON (1970), directed by FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER.

120301-N-SS993-569 U.S. 7th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Mar. 1, 2012) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) recover at the stern gate of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after a night exercise in combat rubber raiding craft. Tortuga, part of The Essex Amphibious Readiness Group, is underway on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

011015-5114B-027. Complete Scene Caption: Two Naval personnel from the Spanish Naval Group, Puntales Naval Station, Spain, use a radio to call the Spanish LSD (Landing Ship Dock) Galicia (L 31) (not seen) 20 kilometers from the beach of El Omayed off of the northern coast of Egypt. They are requesting the delivery of goods for Spanish troops, participating in the BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: El Omayed Beach Country: Egypt (EGY)

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

220526-N-EU544-8826 GULF OF THAILAND (May 26, 2022) Gunners Mate 1st Class Quentin Copeland, from San Diego, descends a ladder onto a 7-meter rigid hull inflatable boat (RIB) during a visit, board, search and seizure drill with the Royal Thai Navy aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Jackson (LCS 6) during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2022. CARAT Thailand is an annual bilateral naval exercise between the U.S. Navy and Royal Thai Navy. Thailand has been part of the CARAT exercise series since 1995. Now in its 28th year, the CARAT series comprises multiple multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and allied and partner navies abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional Maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific.

Senior Airman Winchell Austria, of the 451st Expeditionary Support Squadrons Security Forces Flight, scans a sector with binoculars at Delta-1 Post on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 20, 2016. The post provides flightline security and overwatch for convoys returning from missions outside the wire in conjunction with security positions held by additional NATO forces.

030205-M-7031A-012. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

An M-923 5-ton cargo truck towing a trailer is driven off the utility landing draft LCU-1649 at Onslow Beach during Exercise Solid Shield '85. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '85 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, desalinate water for consumption during a persistence exercise (PERSISTEX) in Okinawa, Japan, June 25, 2022. The purpose of the training was to refine and enhance expeditionary advance base operations capabilities and practice distributed operations. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to USS New Orleans (LPD 18) signals to U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a welldeck operations ship verification aboard LPD 18 in the Philippine Sea. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

041021-N-1348L-041. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-10939. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy SEAMAN Fredrick B. Aquino from the USS FORT MC HENRY (LSD 43) guides a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) as it lands in the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan. Excercise Balikatan, which is Tagalog for "shoulder the load together", was the first joint exercise featuring troops from both the United States and the Philippines since 1995. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN Country: Philippines (PHL)

U.S. East-Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs), 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets, and Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commandos conduct diving operations to strengthen interoperability and refine skills in the Arctic region near Kodiak, Alaska Feb. 23, 2024, during Arctic Edge 2024. AE24 is an annual defense exercise for the U.S. Northern Command emphasizing Joint Force operations in an extreme cold weather and high latitude environment and is designed to demonstrate Globally Integrated Layered Defense in the Arctic. Army

U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire rifles to establish a battle sight zero during a live-fire range aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 8, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

SUEZ CANAL (March 16, 2013) Seaman Victoria Bastian, assigned to guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), stands watch on the ship's port bridge wing while transiting the Suez Canal. Hue City is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility and is promoting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

110818-N-NY820-085PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 18, 2011) A Sailor embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) shuffles through French-Creole language cards before arriving at a surgical screening site at the Killick Haitian Coast Guard Base during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Boston (July 29, 2022) U.S. Sailors conduct a line handling evolution as USCGC Eagle ports alongside USS Constitution. USS Constitution, is the worlds oldest commissioned warship afloat, and played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797 to 1855. During normal operations, the active-duty Sailors stationed aboard USS Constitution provide free tours and offer public visitation to more than 600,000 people a year as they support the ships mission of promoting the Navys history and maritime heritage and raising awareness of the importance of a sustained naval presence. USS Constitution was undefeated in battle and destroyed or captured 33 opponents.

220730-N-LI768-1244MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 30, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sydney Smith, from Exeter, R.I., assigned to Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, documents a multinational littoral operations exercise at Pyramid Rock Beach as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, drive an ultra-light tactical vehicle through the well deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 5, 2024. The 15th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Italian Army paratroopers assigned to 4th Alpini Regiment, Folgore Brigade and U.S. Army Ranger assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75 Ranger Regiment,conduct a airborne water operation from a Italian Air Force 46 Aerobrigata Pisa C-27 Spartan into Lake Garda at Pacengo, Lazise, Italy, May 19, 2022. The event highlighted combined NATO airborne operations between the brigade and its host nation allies.

Recruiters across the 8th Marine Corps District (8MCD) compete to build camaraderie during the Pipehitter Training Conference Galveston, Texas, Feb. 2, 2023. Top performing recruiters across 8MCD gathered for a week to share tactics, techniques and procedures in what contributes to their success.

Marines with Marine Forces Special Operations Command push a zodiac into water during the Gung Ho portion of Raider Week at Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 12, 2022. Gung Ho was a segment of Raider Week where participants competed in a series of events consisting of weapons shooting, boat races and the Obstacle Course to focus on the generation and sustainment of the Marine Raider identity and pride.

U.S. Marines use panels to signal the location to ensuing landing craft during Valiant Blitz, the amphibious assault landing phase of exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Tok Sok Ri Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-SC-86-10710. Base: Arromanches Country: France (FRA)

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