Combat Training and Operations

Dynamic scenes of military personnel engaged in combat training and operations. Includes weapons handling, urban tactics, and multi-national exercises across various terrains.

United States Army ranger in the mountains.

Paintball players lying on ground aiming with paintball guns during a paintball game

060422-N-5169H-377. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view through a fisheye lens, of members of the 1ST Bn., 35th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., as they exit a UH-1A Iroquois helicopter in an air-mobile assault during Opportune Journey 4-83. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chad Melanson, Provincial Reconstruction Team-Kunar security forces member from the Nevada National Guards 1st Squadron, 221st Calvary Regiment currently assigned to Camp Wright in Asadabad, Afghanistan, speaks with other members of the security team prior to a night patrol of the camps perimeter, Jan. 24.

A Polish soldier assigned to the 151st Light Infantry Battalion receives an award from a U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (3-4 ABCT) at Skwierzyna, Poland, Sept. 30, 2022. The 3-4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe

031213M-6237R-024. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020930-F-6449C-006. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Soldiers with the 1-110th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division fire their assigned weapons during an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap.

U.S. Army National Guard aircrews fly two UH-60 Black Hawks assigned to the 1-126th Aviation Regiment in support of Special Operations Forces training, Sept. 18, 2020, from Rhode Island. The aircrew supported day-time, air assault training operations.

DULZURA, Calif. (Oct. 19, 2022) A Sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 participates in an M9 pistol training course run by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit (EODTEU) 1 at a gun range in Dulzura, Calif., Oct. 19, 2022. EODTEU-1 develops and provides realistic training to Navy EOD, and mobile diving and salvage forces to prepare them to support the fleet and joint force in accomplishing national objectives.

030426-M-3692C-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the Crucible aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Jan. 26, 2023.The Crucible is the final test, the last thing that stands between recruits and the title of U.S. Marine, and tests not only physical endurance but mental and teamwork as well.

Sniper aiming and shooting from a hiding place, especially accurately and at long range, war concept

A U.S. Army soldier (left) from Battery B, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, observes the firing of a D-30 122 mm howitzer by Afghan National Army soldiers from 4th Kandak, 3rd Brigade, 201st Corps, during certification exercises at Forward Operating Base Tagab, Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2013. Battery B, stationed in FOB Gamberi in Laghman province, goes throughout eastern Afghanistan advising and instructing artillery soldiers on the proper handling of D-30s, a Soviet-made heavy artillery weapon capable of engaging targets more than 15 kilometers away.

Spc. Sammantha Ohm assigned to 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, Delta Co, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division pulls security on the M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 exercise at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2024. JPMRC 24-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere in the world. Army

DM-ST-86-09289. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Steeves, a structural engineer assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing, Detachment 1, also known as Deployment Cell or D-Cell, maintains security during a training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2023. Based out of MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, D-Cell consists of 54 members across 15 job codes forming four agile teams, whose primary role is to bare base - to rapidly turn undeveloped locations into fully functional bases. The unit visited Alaska to train and test their capabilities in an arctic environment.

Staff Sgt. Raul Adrian” Ayala, an explosive ordnance disposal technician assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a flashlight to check a door for tripwires during a Kill House” exercise September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. During this challenge, EOD teams had to enter a building rigged with several improvised explosive devices, in black out conditions, and secure two hostages.

U.S. Marines braved the heat at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., during the Marine Corps yearly Summer Fury exercise. Summer Fury is the largest Marine aviation exercise on the West Coast.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Walter Hix, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, fires a M134 GAU-17 minigun while conducting a close air support drill as part of exercise UNITAS LXIII at Santa Cruz Air Force Base, Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 8, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility. Hix is a native of Arab, Alabama.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army weapons familiarization training on the M249 and the M240 during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 27, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, sets security in an urban environment while performing dry-fire training during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.

War game player in military camouflage uniform, equipped with tactical ammunition, aiming with service rifle replica while moving in sand with cloudy sky on background, during airsoft game event. Equipped airsoft player aiming with service rifle

Members of the Royal Air Force of Oman work with U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Paul Hebb, a tactical air control party specialist from the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, on flight details during Accurate Test 22, May 16, 2022. This joint force training shared processes for calling in close air support using specific targets to improve accuracy.

Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War. Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a simulated raid during military operations in urban terrain as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 18, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - U.S. Army Sgt. Josiah M. Jessup, the medical evacuation platoon sergeant with the 547th Medical Company (Area Support), 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade, and native of South Haven, Mich., dons his M5 gas mask during the Kosovo Force, Regional Command East Best Warrior Competition at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Sept. 30, 2022. Four noncommissioned officers and three junior enlisted Soldiers competed for the title of Best Warrior during the three-day event.

Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute and plan platoon raids at the Leschi Town Collective Training Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23, 2022. A raid is a limited-objective, special purpose attack conducted as part of a larger force offensive in order to accomplish a number of missions. The candidates were faced with unexpected variables during the training, such as responding to simulated casualties and handling enemy prisoners of war.

LT. COL. Wolski of DPTMSEC Directorate receiving preflight instructions on the AH-64 Apache helicopter. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army soldier of the 9th Engineering Battalion (Combat), 1ST Infantry Division, Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina in the open hatch of a vehicle in the town of Celici, BIH. Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR, 18 Decembver 1996. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Celici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute a platoon raid and air extraction at the Leschi Town Collective Training Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24, 2022. A raid is a limited-objective, deliberate operation entailing swift penetration of hostile terrain. Squad and platoon missions help candidates to develop their leadership skills, and quickly make critical decisions based on an understanding of Army tactical doctrine.

Tech. Sgt. Andrew Glynn, an explosives ordnance technician in the 119th Wing, shouts a warning prior to detonating and explosive tool as Staff Sgt. Mark Voges, a tactical air control party (TACP) Airman in the 284th Air Support Operations Squadron (ASOS), provides support prior to breaching a door while conducting training during Exercise Southern Strike 19 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg, Miss., Jan. 18, 2019. Southern Strike 19 is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guards Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., and Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center near Hattiesburg, Miss. from Jan. 15 through Jan. 30, 2019. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Luna, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, surveys the area for opposing forces during Assault Support Tactics 1 (AST-1) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Combat Village training area, Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2022. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation.

Spec ops police officers SWAT in black uniform in action.

Soldier aiming weapon

DA-SC-87-04684. Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD '85 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

060828-N-9818V-061. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers with the 145th Field Artillery Battalion, Utah National Guard, prepare for movement to situational training exercise lanes during Western Strike 22, a multi-state National Guard training exercise, June 5, 2022, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the Utah National Guards 65th Field Artillery Brigade, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, holds open his bolt in order to show the rifle is clearedduringM16A4 service rifleissue at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, July 18, 2022. Recruits were issued rifles and briefed on their responsibilities regarding rifle security, safety and handling.

Low angle view of U.S. Army Rangers pointing weapons to the camera.

Two soldiers in the desert during the military operation.

Soldiers in the 870th Military Police Company fire the M320 at Camp Roberts, California on 20 July 2022. Soldiers fired three different kinds of round. Can you guess what they used

TREK NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Gunnery Sgt. Chris Denham, the company gunny for India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watches as the rocket from his light anti-tank weapon closes in on a compound used by enemy fighters during a firefight in Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, while participating in Operation Mako, Sept. 21, 2010. “The only thing louder than the back blast of the rocket was the Marines cheering,” said Capt. Francisco X. Zavala, the India Company commander. Mako was a one-day clearing mission to disrupt enemy activity. Denham is from Millbrook, Ala.

060120-A-7969G-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cook State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard conduct a live fire exercise with 105 mm Howitzers atthe eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win.

Armed soldier, photographed as part of a Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

A service member of the Royal Bermuda Regiment provides security while conducting Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) at the MOUT town on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. MCB Camp Lejeune hosted the Royal Bermuda Regiment during Exercise Island Warrior. The exercise strengthened the partnership between the two forces and the training and resources provided by the base enhanced the warfighting skills and readiness of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.

U.S. Army Sgt. David Bauer attempts to breach a door during a house-to-house search for illegal weapons, explosives and high value targets in the Sadiyah section of Baghdad, Iraq, May 6, 2007. Bauer is from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division out of Schweinfurt, Germany.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Brady, a machine gunner with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, provides security while conducting force-on-force training during Fuji Viper 22.5 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 22, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Brady is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Love, 75 Security Forces Squadron entry controller, provides security for his fire team during a mock mission at the 75 SFS Combat Readiness Training course at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Oct. 22. The 75 SFS CRT provides tactical training for Airmen.

Troopers assigned to Delta Troop, 4-6 Air Cavalry Squadron, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, pull security during Downed Aircraft Recovery Team training (DART), at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Oct 12, 2022. DART trains on a variety of individual and collective tasks that are necessary to the recovery of an aircraft in the event it is down and cannot fly away under its own power.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Dye, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, prepares for aircraft arrival during exercise Swift Response, May 11, 2022, at Setermoen Range, Norway. Swift Response is an annual USAREUR-AF led multinational training exercise taking place throughout Eastern Europe, including the Arctic, Baltic Sea, and the Balkan Peninsula regions and is designed to enhance readiness and airborne interoperability with allies and partners.

U.S. Marines Corps Sgt. Carter Pullman and a Republic of Korea Marine set security during Korea Viper 24.1 at Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, Feb. 7, 2024. Urban operations training strengthens Marines' proficiency in navigating and engaging in urban terrain, ensuring readiness through realistic training of close-quarters combat scenarios. In its first iteration, Korea Viper demonstrates the ROK-US Marine Corps ability to respond decisively in the region as a singular, unified force while strengthening relationships and trust between the two allies. Pullman, a native of Minnesota, is a machine gunner with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. 2/7 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Marine Corps

030913-M-9023R-009. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Golf 2nd Bn 3rd Mar

010709-F-8293W-007. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Kentucky U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct squad live-fire exercise in Djibouti at Arta range complex, Djibouti, June 8, 2022. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, is a dynamic operational headquarters, supporting missions to counter violent extremist organizations, responding to crises and enhancing stability in East Africa.

040602-M-8096M-010. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

Maj. Travis Holt, a signal officer for the 38th Regional Support Group from Cross Lanes, West Virginia, holsters his M9 pistol after qualifying at the range during Warrior Exercise 78-22-02 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, July 22, 2022. The 78th Training Division conducted WAREX July 16-30 in order to build Warfighter collective readiness and prepare units to execute missions in support of Unified Land Operations.

Recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, shoot live rounds with M16-A4 service rifles during the Table One course of fire on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Dec. 09, 2022. Recruits shoot at the 200, 300, and 500 yard lines during this course of fire.

U.S. and Philippine Marines provide security at a bilateral amphibious landing during Balikatan 22, Claveria, March 31, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

A National Guard member stands watch on a ridge above Nogales, Ariz., at the U.S. border with Mexico on July 19, 2006. Up to 40 percent of National Guard troops participating in Operation Jump Start, the National Guard's assistance to the U.S. Border Patrol, are expected to be armed for self-defense. The Citizen-Soldier is a member of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Brigade Combat Team.

Combat engineers with the Iowa National Guards 833rd Engineer Company out of Ottumwa, Iowa, watch an explosion from a safe distance on a demolition range at Orchard Combat Training Center, in Idaho, on June 10, 2022. The Soldiers traveled to Idaho to take part in an exportable combat training capabilities exercise, or XCTC, called Western Strike. The exercise aimed to increase the units combat readiness and lethality.

A U.S. Marine with India company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, posts a security position during training at the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) site on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. The IIT is designed to provide Marines with a realistic combat environment using sound, smell, atmospherics and role-players to increase combat efficiency.

021208-F-6701P-005. Base: Vasiani Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

041118-M-2353F-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

FORT HOOD, Texas - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ashley Froberg, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to 21st Chemical Company, prepares to jump through a window during the urban obstacle lane of the FORSCOM Best Squad Competition 2022 at Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 18, 2022. The Best Squad Competition promotes esprit de corps and recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to Army Values and embody the Warrior Ethos.

040224-M-5753Q-035. Base: Camp Udairi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060519-A-4576B-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Ghazni Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

970628-N-9315S-006. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine Special Operations Team member fires a M240B machine gun during night fire sustainment training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. Marine Special Operations Team members are deployed in Helmand province to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces.

031024-F-6849F-0331. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Marines from 11th Marines, Kilo Battery, receive a short briefing before they begin an assault on the enemy (not shown) during the live fire exercise Desert Knight held at MCAGCC Twentynine Palms California in December of 1999. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT KNIGHT 99 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Spc. Michael Davis, an artilleryman with the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team, checks the breech of an M119A2 105mm lightweight howitzer during a live fire exercise Jan. 16, 2013, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Davis is assigned to Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment.

Aerospace Audiovisual Service photojournalist and videographer document activities of training exercise participant in a camouflaged area. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kourtney Haggins, the first sergeant of the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, fires an M18 pistol at Prince Sultan Air Bases firing range, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 8, 2022. The 378th ESFS invited the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing leadership out to see some of the squadrons equipment and feel its capabilities firsthand.

DF-ST-87-13310. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

III raid tactico Coprino- Bravo, Andratx, mallorca, islas baleares, spain, europa.

040923-F-5469R-010. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Nuclear post apocalypse life after doomsday concept. Grimy survivor with homemade weapons. Studio portrait. post apocalypse survivor with weapons.

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment conceals himself with smoke Oct. 18, 2007, after one of his regiment's vehicles was hit by an improvised explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq.

U.S Army Spc. Michael Washington, assigned to Bravo Company, 70th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Engineer Reconnaissance Team, pulls security during troop movement at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024, during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024. JPMRC 24-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere in the world. Army

New York National Guard Private First Class Daniel Cordero is lowered into a manhole to rescue a casualty during a Homeland Response Force validation exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA on September 10, 2022. Cordero is part of a Search and Rescue team assigned to the 152nd Engineer Battalion. (New York National Guard photo by SSG Matthew Gunther)

Special Forces Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) train on the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle at Orchard Combat Training Center during Western Strike 22, June 12, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

Drill sergeants demonstrate how to properly move around a corner during close quarters combat training.

020821-M-0175R-075. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

020521-F-1545M-001. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG 02-02 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine aiming a gun with grenade launcher.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexis Diaz, an opposing force team leader (Left), and Staff Sgt. Josiah Sullivan, a combat engineer with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, prepare a small remote-controlled all-terrain vehicle equipped with a M240B Machine Gun automated turret during Adversary Force Exercise 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 26, 2022. During each Service-Level Training Exercise, the adversary force is provided with advanced equipment from the Office of Naval Research to test emerging technology for effectiveness in the multi-domain, force-on-force environment.

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