Humanitarian Military Efforts

Images showing military personnel engaging in community support, including school construction and children's activities across various regions.

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug. 3, 2021) U.S. military personnel stationed on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) speak with children staying at Caritas Djibouti orphanage. Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti serves as an expeditionary base for U.S. military forces providing support to ships, aircraft and personnel that ensure security throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S.-Africa relations.

240106-N-VX158-1021 MANILA, PHILIPPINES (Jan. 6, 2024) Aviation Boatswains Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Anthony Kernaghan, assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), right, a native of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, plays a game with a child at Gentle Hands Orphanage during a community relations event in Manila, Philippines. Vinson is in the Philippines for a port visit, supporting operational readiness and regional partnerships. Vinson is the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE and deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

041028-M-3843C-086. Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug. 3, 2021) U.S. military personnel stationed on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) speak with children staying at Caritas Djibouti orphanage. Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti serves as an expeditionary base for U.S. military forces providing support to ships, aircraft and personnel that ensure security throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S.-Africa relations.

020926-M-1103B-002. Subject Operation/Series: BENGAL TIGER 2002 Base: Chittagong Country: Bangladesh (BGD) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-152

Students of the Ban Prakaet school line up to take a group photo in front of the new building being built at their school at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 23, 2024. Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year is the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise, held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

030521-M-4547R-035. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sterling Howel, left, a combat engineer officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of New Jersey, and Staff Sgt. Raheem Boyd, a heavy equipment operator with MWSS-171 and native of Alabama, make lunch with Royal Thai Marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers and members of the Ban Prakaet Village at the Ban Prakaet School at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 18, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Soldiers, U.S. Coast Guardsmen, German Navy sailors, and local Chuuk community members observe U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Whip Blacklaw operating a drone during a humanitarian assistance response training and drone demonstration in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 16, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.

040218-M-3980Y-016. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Anu Gupta, left, a land use planning coordinator with the Palau Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE), explains the route to U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force before surveying the area in Ngiwal, Republic of Palau, July 15, 2022. The Marines and members of MAFE surveyed and measured the terrain for future development. Exercises such as Task Force Koa Moana demonstrate U.S. commitment through routine operations that foster peace and security and develop relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Mason Howe, a native of Arizona, left, and Lance Cpl. Ian Acosta Villanueva, a native of North Carolina, both are combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 174 stand on a chair with students from the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School at Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 15, 2024. Marines of MWSS-174 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

050116-N-4166B-142. Base: Keuda Panga State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: WHO

030521-M-4547R-004. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Dan Calderon, medic and U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Black, mountaineer, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) purchase fruit from local villagers at Arin Community School, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on Sep. 02 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the mountainous East Sepik Province in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

040701-F-6335P-046. Base: Timehri Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Brandon Grant, medic assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks to a local school about one of the ways a team in the field could conduct a casulty evacuation if required on Sep. 21 2022 in Wewak, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Bamesaka Business Secondary School hosted members from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to discuss how all the different job specialties work together during a mission. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Local Indonesians wait to receive medical screening and treatment at a medical civic action program, conducted at the Dokulamo school by the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during its visit to Tobelo, Indonesia, on July 14, 2010. Mercy is deployed for Pacific Partnership 2010, the fifth in a series of annual U.S. Pacific Fleet endeavors conducted in Indonesia as a disaster relief exercise aimed at strengthening regional partnerships.

Congressman Kaiali'i Kahele, U.S. representative, participates in a tour with Bellows Department of Defense installation commanders and Marine Corps Base Hawaii leadership during a visit to Bellows Air Force Station Hawaii, Nov. 4, 2022. The purpose of the visit was for Kahele to gain a better understanding of Bellows' current use, future use and shared topics of community interest. It was also an opportunity to create an environment for future collaboration, transparency and focused topic discussions.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Ciesienski, left, a team leader from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, discusses equipment needs required to achieve a sustainable and renewable education infrastructure with the Agadez Department of Educations motor pool and equipment yard staff in Agadez, Niger, June 14, 2022. These meetings bring awareness to the U.S. and Nigerien governments regarding key issues in and around Agadez City, providing a crucial step in building self-reliance, stability, and prosperity in Niger.

Tech. Sgt. Levi Grant explains cargo payloads to students from the RedTail Flight Academy's Summer Day Camp as they tour a C-17 Globemaster III at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, NY, August 18, 2022.

Local Japanese residents and participants evacuate to higher ground in a tsunami evacuation drill during Exercise Constant Vigilance 2022 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022. The annual drill was held to convey the readiness and capabilities of various installations and first responders in the event of an emergency. CV22 is a Force Protection Condition and crisis response evaluation to validate regional installations, camps, and tenant antiterrorism plans and policies.

A tower run participant wears a self-contained breathing apparatus air pack during the 9/11 tower run at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022. The Tower Run represented the 110 floors of the Twin Towers that emergency responders ascended after the aircraft attacks of 9/11.

Lance CPL. Mike Steep, Btry. L, 3rd Bn., 10th Marine Regt. 2nd Marine Div., comforts a little boy, one of many victims of Hurricane Andrew. Steep is stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps Camp Two Life Support Center, a distribution point established to assist area residents displaced by the storm, which struck the area on August 24th. Base: Florida City State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Exercise Tamiok Strike is not only about training with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, but experiencing the rich culture of PNG. Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard and the 84th Engineer Battalion visited local villages for fun and food Aug. 6.Tamiok Strike 2023 is a two-week bilateral training exercise aimed at improving the combined interoperability of the Papa New Guinea Defense Forces and U.S. Forces, to increase partner capacity for conventional, complex and future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific region. This is the third iteration of Tamiok Strike. 8th Theater Support Command photo

030517-M-4547R-006. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: Camp Red Horse, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug. 3, 2021) U.S. Navy Sailors stationed on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) deliver a donation of medical supplies from the United States to Caritas Djibouti orphanage. Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti serves as an expeditionary base for U.S. military forces providing support to ships, aircraft and personnel that ensure security throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S.-Africa relations.

050122-N-8539M-038. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken tours evacuation operations at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on September 8, 2021.

020530-M-9902V-014. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

Recruiting Sub-Station (RSS) Oklahoma City North poolees conduct an Initial Strength Test (IST) in Oklahoma City, OK, Dec. 22, 2022.

050720-A-1566H-015. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Whiskeytown Base in the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in northern California, where he joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other officials, National Park Service personnel, and firefighters at a briefing on the Whiskeytown Complex fires and the status of firefighting efforts throughout the state

LOS ANGELES (May 26, 2022) - U.S. Marine Cpl. Paulo Escobar, from Miami, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, examines a post during a volunteer event for Los Angeles Fleet Week May 26, 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.

U.S. Marine Cpt. Jon Tamanah, team leader assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Mr. Anthony Hewitt, geographer build rapport with locals in the East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea on Sep. 14, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the mountainous East Sepik Province in hopes of recovering missing U.S. service members lost during World War II. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

040415-F-5040D-079. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Attendees stand while waiting on the Cook-Chill facility ribbon-cutting ceremony to begin at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on April 6, 2022. The ceremony recognized the movement from Camp Kinser to Camp Hansen and those who participated in the planning, execution, and construction process. It also showcased the importance of future developments of projects under the Defense Policy Review Initiative as part of the land redevelopment, including returns to the Government of Japan from the U.S. forces.

041030-M-3843C-108. Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

PUERTO BARRIOS, GUATEMALA (Oct. 28, 2022) Lt. Chad Haan and Chief Religious Programs Specialist Adonis Albia, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), give away Continuing Promise t-shirts during a community relations event in Puerto Barrios, Izabal, Guatemala, Oct. 28, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, execute pull-ups during a Physical Fitness Test (PFT) event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 10, 2023. The PFT the test all recruits must pass and sets the standards all Marines must maintain once a year to assess battle readiness as well as physical conditioning.

CAMP TITIN, Jordan -U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, 4th Marine Division alongside, Jordanian and Saudi Royal Marines participate in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training during exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 12, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

221016-N-XU073-2205YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 16, 2022) Members of the Japanese local community purchase a balloon onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) during the 44th annual Friendship Day celebration. For the first time in three years, CFAY held the open base event to highlight the friendship between the local Japanese community and U.S. Navy. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

220524-O-NR876-336SATTAHIP, Thailand (May 25, 2022) Royal Thai Navy divers don their dive equipment prior to underwater welding and cutting training 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.

Philippine Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jeffery Neyney, the acting commanding officer of 10th Marine Company, Marine Battalion Landing Team-10, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col Matthew Verdin, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion-31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speak after a traditional Boodle Fight meal during KAMANDAG 6, in Basco, Philippines, Oct. 2, 2022. A boodle fight is the military version of a traditional Filipino Kamayan Feast, in which friends and family share a meal piled over a banana leave lined table. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the AFP and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and shared cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Philippine Marine Corps 1st Lt. Jeffery Neyney, the acting commanding officer of 10th Marine Company, Marine Battalion Landing Team-10, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col Matthew Verdin, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion-31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speak after a traditional Boodle Fight meal during KAMANDAG 6, in Basco, Philippines, Oct. 2, 2022. A boodle fight is the military version of a traditional Filipino Kamayan Feast, in which friends and family share a meal piled over a banana leave lined table. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the AFP and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and shared cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Lance Lee, center, director of Marine Corps Base Hawaiis Installations, Environment and Logistics Directorate, gives members of Pacific Century Fellows a tour from Kansas Tower, MCBH, May 4, 2022. As a part of their Military Day, PCF visited MCBH in order to learn about the bases relationship with the local community and to create a stronger connection for future problem solving.

Dr. (LT. COL.), Pedro Peralta, (center) assigned to the 126th Medical Squadron, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Ill. attends to patients from the local community of Malali. 126th personnel provided three days of medical care the local population in support of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Malali Country: French Guiana (GUF)

DA-SC-88-00449. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '86 Country: Thailand (THA)

981216-M-3661W-003. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Ha Site Brothers Country: Haiti (HTI)

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 14, 2022) Musician 2nd Class Cesar Pimentel-Ortiz, assigned to the U.S. Fleet Forces band and the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), participates in an interview after performing in a concert in Cartagena, Colombia, Nov. 14, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

050821-A-6108G-249. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040628-F-6335P-200. Base: Mahaicony Country: Guyana (GUY) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-160. Hurricane Katrina

030214-F-3961R-004. Subject Operation/Series: COPE TIGER 2003 Base: Korat Country: Thailand (THA)

221105-N-VQ841-1047 PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (Nov. 5, 2022) Musician 2nd Class Andrea Pharis, from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces Band, talks with a child at the Hagar de Niños San Ramon orphanage, Nov. 5, 2022. Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Kelvin Rivas (right), a food distribution coordinator for Adventist Development Relief Agency, assist locals as they pick up a bag of rice at a food distribution site in Carrefour, Haiti, Feb. 12, 2010. Marines from Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and United Nations Security Forces are assisting ADRA and the World Food Program during their major two-week distribution over the first half of February 2010.

Community members onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) participate in a car safety demonstration during the National Night Out. National Night Out is an annual event that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie across thousands of communities in the U.S. and worldwide. For more than 75 years CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 22, 2022) - U.S. Navy Sailors dance with members of the community after a Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP 22) host nation outreach event at the Mientrung University of Civil Engineering. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Haitian natives watch as Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit unload supplies and vehicles Jan. 22, which will be used in the Operation Unified Response relief effort in Haiti by providing a faster more versatile means of transportation to get supplies to remote earthquake victims.

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Leo Cichosz briefs recruits to begin instruction at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center as part of the Army's Echo Company at Joint Base San Antonio on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 30, 2022.The Coast Guard started the new program, established by a memorandum of agreement between DLIELC and the Army, to assist recruits who could struggle in recruit training due to language barriers as well as to incorporate an Enlish Languarge Training Program as a diversity initiative.The length of the program is at minimum 10 weeks dependent on the recruits academic progress but can be up to 24 weeks. Upon completion of the DLIELC program, recruits will return to Training Center Cape May and progress through the follow-on weeks of the normal recruit training process.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Katie Shveda

Islanders from Ulithi greet a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules fly over head at Ulithi, Federated States of Micronesia, Dec. 4, 2022. 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.

Senior Airman Victormore Ogunnowo, a force protection escort assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, teaches Airmen how to play a traditional Nigerian version of mancala called "Ayoayo," during International Heritage Night, September 2, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Ogunnowo belongs to one of the largest ethnic groups in Nigeria, known as the Yoruba, which totals more than 20 million people.

PALAWAN, Philippines (Sept. 2, 2022) Members of the Philippine Army 18th Special Forces Group and U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific patrol Rizal Province during a Joint Combined Exchange Training event in Palawan, Philippines, Sept. 2, 2022. The U.S. works alongside partners across the Indo-Pacific region to ensure stability and security through training and bilateral operations that increase security capacity and interoperability among our forces. These events are a demonstration of the United States unwavering commitment to the Philippines and like-minded allies and partners in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

110108-N-2984R-052MANTA, Ecuador (Jan. 8, 2011) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 and Marines from 2nd Marine Logistics Group build a playground at the Escuela Fiscal Mixta Cardenal Marcelo Spinola during a weeklong Southern Partnership Station 2011 community service project. Southern Partnership Station is a deployment of various specialty platforms to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Central America.

Bales of marijuana, worth an estimated $3 million, rest on pallets, Aug. 30, 2022, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida. The illegal narcotics were offloaded by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627).

010727-F-4860D-002. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 01-02 Base: Nampula Country: Mozambique (MOZ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A local student of San Vicente Elementary School helps a U.S. Marine with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing put together a desk in San Vicente, Bamban, Tarlac, Philippines Oct 12, 2010. The U.S. Marines and Sailors unloaded chairs, desks, and tables to be given to the school in support of PHIBLEX 2011. PHIBLEX 2011 is vital to maintaining the readiness and interoperability between the U.S. and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and it's military forces. Both countries have shared a long standing relationship of working together for more than 58 years.

PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 29, 2022) - Captain Charles Maynard of the Royal Navy, serving as deputy mission commander of Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22), left, shakes hands with Huynh Tan Chau, principal of Luong Van Chanh High School during a PP22 host nation outreach event. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Boston (July 29, 2022) U.S. Navy Seaman Martienne Cabatingan, from Cebu City, Philippines, conducts 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.

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, holds up a Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter memorial t-shirt that was given out to Marines at the Second Annual Soldier Ride - The Hamptons, in Sag Harbor, N.Y., July 25, 2009. The Marines of 1/9 traveled to Sag Harbor to participate in the Second Annual Soldier Ride - The Hamptons, July 25, 2009, which was dedicated this year to the memory of their fallen brother, Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.

U.S. Army Pacific Best Warrior Competition participants attend a meet & greet June 5 at The Hanger, Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

220823-G-TW079-021SINGAPORE (Aug. 23, 2022) Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) participants from partner maritime forces track a vessel of interest during the SEACAT 2022 command post exercise at Changi Naval Base Aug. 23, 2022. In its 21st year, SEACAT is a multilateral exercise designed to enhance cooperation among 21 participating Southeast Asian countries and provide mutual support and a common goal to address crises, contingencies, and illegal activities in the maritime domain in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

031224-F-9871C-008. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army the basics of the M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 29, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

A group of Haitian children gather outside the United Nations compound in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 20. The 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit is a multi-mission capable force comprised of Aviation Combat Element, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (Reinforced); Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; and its command element.

Local residents of Malali, who are seeking medical care arrive by boat at the site of a deployed medical treatment facility. Medical technicians of the 126th Medical Squadron, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Ill. are providing aid to the local population in support of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Malali Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Military children pay respects during the National Anthem at Kids Warrior Day on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 28, 2022. Kids Warrior Day is an event that gives the opportunity for military children to experience the service requirements their parents needed to pass in order to be U.S. Marines. The event featured a mock CFT, close-order drill, a toy gun rifle range, and Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Katie Lee, a supply chain and materiel management specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, and native of New York, hugs a student from the Ban Prakaet School at Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This is the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

Staff Sgt. Owen Kawaihalau-Delena and Staff Sgt. Kayla Johnson, both aerospace ground equipment craftsmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, perform a traditional Hawaiian hula during International Heritage Night, September 2, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Kawaihalau-Delena taught a hula class later in the evening.

U.S. Army Sgt. Moroni Lima, a bridge crewmember assigned to the 250th Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge Company), who was attached to the 142nd Area Support Medical Company, Connecticut Army National Guard, poses for a photograph with his family at the Connecticut Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Sept. 8, 2022. The 142nd ASMC previously spent the past nine months deployed to Poland providing medical care in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

DM-ST-86-07529. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members from the Nevada National Guard are shown around the Samoan Customs and Police Joint K-9 Unit Building in Apia, Samoa, Feb. 19, 2024. The groups met as part of a subject matter exchange between the Independent Government of Samoa and the Nevada National Guard as part of the State Partnership Program.

MILITARY RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI AFTER DEVASTING EARTHQUAKE

Myanmar (Burma), Sagaing State, Leshi, the Sagaing Briadger General Myint Soe accompanied with militaries take a bow on Nagas during the opening ceremony of a road between Leshi and Homalin

(CHINA LAKE) - OICC China Lake Commanding Officer Capt. Laurie Scott delivers opening remarks during the change of command ceremony held July 13 aboard Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

JAKARTA, Indonesia (Feb. 26, 2019) Lt. Cmdr. Fred Crayton, commanding officer of the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Chief (MCM 14), poses for a photo with traditional Indonesian dancers after a welcoming ceremony for the ship. Chief is visiting Jakarta while operating in U.S. 7th Fleet to work with their Indonesian navy counterparts to strengthen regional security and stability, and enhance interoperability.

Changing of the Guard, The Garrison, Bridgetown, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

221029-N-LP924-1033 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 29, 2022) Sailors attached to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) attend a Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) seminar at Puerto Barrios first womens shelter, Oct. 29, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Security Gaurd at Durban Deep--abandoned gold mine

Sailors inspect the luggage of families arriving at a temporary evacuation center during Operation Fiery Vigil. The center was set up to process military dependents who were evacuated from the Philippines after volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo disrupted operations at Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay.. Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam(GUM)

040727-F-0571C-044. Base: New Amsterdam State: Berbice District Country: Guyana (GUY)

050119-F-0347F-017. Base: Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

060530-N-8391L-192. Base: Zamboanga State: Maidanao Country: Philippines (PHL)

Illustration of the territory of Hong Kong.Illustration du territoire de Hong Kong.

A six year old Haitian boy is given water by U.S. Air Force Technical Sgt. Patricia Wilson, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field Fl., at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prior to beign air lifted to a stateside hospital in southern Fl., Jan. 19, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

TARAWA, Kiribati (July 17, 2013) Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, waves goodbye to Kiribati children during Pacific Partnership 2013. Working at the invitation of each host nation, U.S. Navy forces are joined by non-governmental organizations and regional partners that include Australia, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and New Zealand to improve maritime security, conduct humanitarian assistance and strengthen disaster response preparedness.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kaitlin Harms, a legal services specialist with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), plants a flower during a town beautification at Kin, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2022. Marines with the 31st MEU regularly seek opportunities to build relationships with members of the local community that fosters a clear understanding of the 31st MEUs purpose in Japan, and develops mutual respect between service members and the local Okinawan population. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Chuukese children play while members of the Humanitarian Assistance Rapid Response Team (HARRT) work together to construct medical tents during a validation exercise Sept. 2, 2009, on Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. The HARRT is the U.S. Air ForceÕs new expeditionary medical capability designed to deploy within 24-hours of notice during disaster relief operations. During the deployment, the team will treat 350-500 Chuukese patients per day.

110702-N-HG891-030 KHAMMOUAN PROVINCE, Laos (July 2, 2011) Tech. Sgt. William Adomeit, left, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist assigned to the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC), stands by to search for metal as Anthropologist Mary Megyesi, center, and a team member excavate dirt for evidence in Khammouan, Laos. Adomeit is part of an 11-person team from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, on a 35-day mission to search for evidence of two Americans lost in the Vietnam War. The mission of JPAC is to achieve the fullest possible accounting of all Americans missing as a result of our nation's past conflicts.

A U.S. Marine heads a soccer ball during a friendly soccer match as part of a community relations event, in Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds 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.

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