Humanitarian Operations and Recovery

Images depicting military personnel conducting humanitarian efforts and recovery missions in remote areas, showcasing teamwork and community support in challenging environments.

Gunnery Sgt. Ian Swain, explosive ordinance disposal technician assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gathers rope during a joint field activity (JFA) in Xekong Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 10, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Data from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, Senior Enlisted member of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), uses a metal detector to search for subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 6, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Gogue, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, digs during a joint field activity (JFA) in Xekong Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 10, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

Local men wait to pick up relief supplies that are to be delivered by United States, United Kingdom, and German helicopters to the people in the town of Machanga, south of Beira, Mozambique. To date, Joint Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations, 16 March 2000. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Machanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ)

A Marine with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) completes M4 rifle qualification requirements July 26, 2022, on Range 18 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding annual training at Fort McCoy.

Guatemalan Naval Special Forces fast rope from a UH60 Blackhawk for FRIES training during CENTAM Guardian 23 in San Jose, Guatemala on March 21, 2023. CG23 is an annual Army-led combined, joint, interagency, multi-national partnership-building exercise designed to build capacity, capabilities and interoperability with Central American partner nations.

041117-M-2353F-022. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

MASTER Sergeant Tom Peele, left, Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin Air Force Base, FL., and SGT. Oscar Gomez, Jungle Operations Training Center, test a AN/PRC-112(V) radio set in triple canopy jungle near Fort Sherman. Country: Panama (PAN)

Personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) listen to a speech during the Papua New Guinea independence day celebration in Banak, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 16, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Gunnery Sgt. Ian Swain, explosive ordinance disposal technician assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), gathers rope during a joint field activity (JFA) in Xekong Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 10, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Data from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

981217-M-3661W-006. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

U.S. Army veterinarians and veterinary technicians from the 109th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services fill a livestock syringe with a multivitamin Jun. 7, 2022, on a local cattle ranch in Las Viñas, Guatemala. The 109th MDVS have supported local Guatemalan farms by funding supplies and providing veterinarian services as part of Resolute Sentinel 22.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dydra Cook, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) deployable communications specialist records survey findings with a survey grade GPS during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, May 14, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new COVID-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, reconstruct a pathway on Peleliu, Republic of Palau, July 27, 2022. The Marines and locals replaced the decaying stairs to provide visitors a safe passage to the Battle of Peleliu memorial at Umurbrogol Mountain, known as Bloody Nose Ridge. 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.

A local member helps clear grass so the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team members can conduct a survey of an area at Erima, Rai Coast District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea ,Oct. 4, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the coastal Madang 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.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Allen Jones, a diver assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), climbs a tree with local children during an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea, Oct. 07, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A group of Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) take a moment to relax and eat chow in the shade of a large tree near the schoolhouse they are building in Faza. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

000505-N-6492H-531. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

Egyptian soldiers guarding the Great Pyramid of Cheops, Giza plateau, Egypt.

Royal Thai Armed Forces SM1 Yingyong Tilarak, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 1, questions the on-scene commander during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 29, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

Lt. Jacob Westerberg, research psychologist for the Robert E. Mitchell Center (REMC) RPOW studies, dons the uniform and camouflage face paint to re-enact scenes from his training and describe his professional take on psychological experiences faced by those having to endure real-life survival scenarios like those taught in the survive evade resist and escape (SERE) training. Photos were captured onboard Naval Air Station Pensacola, Jan. 11. The Robert E. Mitchell Center houses the POW research studies program for all branches the armed forces and has been an active program for 50 years as of 2023.

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.

Builder 1ST Class Jeffrey A. Stevens and Steelworker 2nd Class Daniel O. Hurt repair toilet facilities at an elementary school on the island of Yap. The men, members of a United States (US) Navy construction battalion, are part of a Civic Action Team deployed to the area to aid villagers with construction projects and offer vocational training. Country: Micronesia

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer, Zachary Orn, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA Investigation Team member, shows U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, DPAA Senior Enlisted leader, how to use a metal detector to investigate subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 6, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) off-load wood from a rope system during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 28, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Bernard Bueno, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team medic, supports a rope system during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 28, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant David Walker from the 517th Airlift Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Arkansas, and an unidentified member of the 7th Military Region, Viet Nam, unload a water purification system during a humanitarian airlift to Tan Son Nhat, Viet Nam. Base: Tan Son Nhat Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

Personnel assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) dislodge a ratchet strap during an underwater recovery mission in Papua New Guinea, Oct. 03, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A French soldier, one of the international force supporting the relief effort adjusts the concertina wire surrounding the airport while Rwandan refugee children watch. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Goma Country: Zaire (ZAR)

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.

030521-M-4547R-055. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

Actors dressed as Pathet Lao soldiers in traditional costume at Site 2, Plain of Jars; Xiangkhouang, Laos

South africa, mine removal operation

Mursi warriors guarding their village in the omo region of Ethiopia, Africa. (MR)

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Gogue, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team leader, rests during a joint field activity (JFA) in Xekong Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 10, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, Senior Enlisted member of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) uses a metal detector to search for subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 5, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthony Worsley, Senior Enlisted member of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) uses a metal detector to search for subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 5, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

SGT Corey Stigen from the 108th Military Police (MP) Company, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, talks on the radio while on patrol on a busy street in Port au Prince, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

A Belgian soldier, in Somalia in support of OPERATION CONTINUE HOPE walks through a market. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Mogambo Village Country: Somalia (SOM)

A man acting as a VC pops out of a small tunnel at the Cu Chi Tunnel area near Saigon, Vietnam.

220615-N-LZ409-1182 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (June 15, 2022) Denver King, a civilian contract employee, practices self-defense against two combatants after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum during a security training course at Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands.PMRF is the worlds largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

British soldiers fighting against Zule warriors at the reenactment of the Battle of Talana. Dundee. KwaZulu Natal. South Africa

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chris McClain, a water support technician from Houston, Texas, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, emplaces a dolphin strainer before completing water purification with a Lightweight Water Purification System at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 20, 2022. CLB-15 purified and provided potable drinking water to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during 1/1s battalion field exercise to enhance operational capability between the ground and the logistics combat elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force in preparation for a future deployment.

U.S. Marines spouses, with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), prepare to conduct rappelling operations at Annex Stump Neck, Md., Oct. 28, 2022. CBIRF hosted a Spouse Appreciation Day to build camaraderie within its family core and give spouses a personal opportunity to be involved with CBIRFs unique capabilities.

030405-M-4779G-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

The medical aid tent erected by personnel assigned to the 126th Medical Squadron, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Ill., was located next to the river, used by the Malali residents for transportation. The 126th personnel provided three days of medical care to the local Malali 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. The medical aid tent erected by personnel assigned to the 126th Medical Squadron, O'Hare Field, Chicago, Ill., was located next to the river, used by the Malali residents for transportation. The 126th personnel provided three days of medical care to the local Malali population in support of the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and G

A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter and a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter parked in the Joint Task Force area for the US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Another UH-60 is approaching the area to land. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

040616-F-6335P-379. Complete Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Tonia Morgan, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), South Carolina (SC), documents the construction of the new Timehri Primary School. The school kids watch the daily events as the school goes up as part of Exercise NEW HORIZONS 2004-Guyan. NEW HORIZONS 2004 - Guyana is a joint service training exercise held in Guyana, South America co-sponsored by both the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) in Miami, Florida (FL), and the Guyana Defense Force (GDF). During this four-month exercise, a combined team of GDF and US military personnel will be engaged in construction projects and medical training activities that directly benefit the local community. The exercise will include up to three construction projects and two Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETE). Base: Timerhi State: Mahaica-Berbice Country: Guyana (GUY)

Bangladesh, Dhaka, October 2021. Reportage on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence. Memorial of the martyred intellectuals. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Bangladesh, Dacca, October 2021. Reportage sur le cinquantenaire de la guerre d independance du Bangladesh de 1971. Memorial des intellectuels martyrs. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A local pastor helps build shelter to keep the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team out of the sun while screening for dirt at Erima, Rai Coast District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 3, 2022. The investigation team visited multiple areas across the coastal Madang 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.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Theodore Fioto, a life support investigator with Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), sets up a unit during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Jan. 19, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

A child sits in a Sikorsky HH-60M MEDEVAC Black Hawk Helicopter during the 2022 Kaneohe Bay Air Show, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 14, 2022. The air show provided an opportunity for MCBH to foster positive relationships with the local community, while providing a unique experience to the public. The Kaneohe Bay Air Show, which contained aerial performances, static displays, demonstrations and vendors, was designed to celebrate MCBHs longstanding relationship with the local community.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ly Sebastian, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with Plans, Policies & Operations South, and Pfc. Leland Henderson, a rifleman with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, dispose of invasive vegetation at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 8, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. sea services from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and static equipment displays.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ly Sebastian, a Marine Air-Ground Task Force planning specialist with Plans, Policies & Operations South, and Pfc. Leland Henderson, a rifleman with Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, dispose of invasive vegetation at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 8, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. sea services from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and static equipment displays.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Gary Raymundo, team leader, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) and Blake Ayala, scientific recovery expert, DPAA, brief Shannon Farrell, U.S. Embassy Vientiane deputy chief of mission and U.S. Embassy staff members at a recovery site in the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023. Since 1985 the United States and Lao governments have worked together to find and recover unaccounted-for American service members. Through unified work, both countries work to identify the 286 missing Americans in Laos from the Vietnam War.DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

A U.S. soldier, armed with an M-16A2 rifle, helps Kurdish refugees moves supplies from a landing zone to a camp. The material is being provided as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Field morgue personnel, from the Services Squadron, process the body of a simulated dead British soldier and place it in a sealed aluminum container for shipment. The Services Squadron is not only responsible for feeding the masses, but also for bagging and tagging dead personnel. The team is made up of 120 Air Force, Navy, and British Army reservists currently undergoing a two-week field-training course at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A local village chief and main witness of an incident case rests after an interview with a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) analyst in Salavan Province, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, May 8, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Data from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new Covid-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019.

000504-N-1012K-546. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI)

100921-M-6740B-516BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (Sept. 21, 2010) A Nicaraguan farmer holds a rope for U.S. Army Pfc. Angela M. McCormick, a veterinary assistant from Sacramento, Calif., embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), while she gives cows vaccines on his farm outside Bluefields, Nicaragua. Service members and civilians are deployed supporting Operation Continuing Promise 2010 providing medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

ZAMBALES, Philippines (April 14, 2013) Hundreds of San Narciso residents cross the new San Pascual footbridge following an official ribbon cutting ceremony. The footbridge was one of seven engineering civic action projects completed by Combined/Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force (CJCMOTF) units in support of exercise Balikatan 2013, an annual Philippine-U.S. bilateral exercise.

Vietnam,Ho Chi Minh City,Cu Chi Tunnels,Exhibit of Vietcong Fighters

060321-A-9157N-047. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON Base: Santa Clara State: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

021211-M-3022S-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

020528-M-9902V-068. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

030523M-0367H-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR

030128-A-5273C-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

SGT Blake Tedder from the Florida National Guard showcases the M4 weapon system for media May 17, 2022 in Belize for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-140. Hurricane Katrina

Because of its very close proximity to Guatemala, Belize military personnel guard the site from looters entering from Guatemala.

070307-M-6412J-150. Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET State: Bargoni Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU

020508M-9902V-002. Country: Brunei Darussalam (BRN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

Tent city in Sacramento, CA.

040415-M-6553M-031. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

030202-M-7031A-012. Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

AIR BASE 201, Niger - A local Agadez vendor dances while a group of local Agadez women performs music during a bazaar at Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 17, 2022. With the support from the Nigerien Armed Forces (FAN), the event, coordinated by Airmen and Soldiers from the 409th Air Expeditionary Group, allowed 76 vendors from different groups in the area to sell their products.

Marine Corps Base Hawaii held a Hawaiian ceremonial blessing and groundbreaking ceremony for a new P-953 Gas Chamber Training Facility, MCBH, Feb. 22, 2024. The new training chamber is set to meet all safety standards for a tear gas training facility, with a modernized seal and filtration system that will improve the basic training capabilities for Marines stationed in Hawaii. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Clayton Baker)

020530-M-9902V-020. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

Royal Thai marines with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers pose for a photo at the Bankhaocha-Angkromklong School in 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

Officers with Honolulu Police Department arrive on scene of a training scenario during a tactics training event, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2022. The event focused on tactics training in structures that best replicate the houses the teams would respond to in a real world situation.

Samburu moran (warrior) tries the feel of a shotgun at the end of a bird shooting safari.

Congolese soldiers charged with protecting the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of CongoCongolese soldier with an ivory tusk

060421-N-8683B-101. Base: Naval Air Station, Key West State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PHANG NGA, Thailand (May 30, 2013) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) walk with children during a community service project at Ban Tee Tae public school. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

US Army soldiers, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division, Fort Richardson, Alaska, unroll camouflage netting to put over their tents during Operation TANDEM THRUST '99, Tinian Island. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST '99 Base: Tinian Island Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Officer candidates with Officer Selection Team (OST) San Jose and OST Berkeley, practice proper carrying techniques for the Combat Fitness Test during a monthly pool function in San Mateo, California November 5, 2022. The Marine Officer Program functions prepare future candidates for Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, by providing knowledge, an intense training environment, and challenge them with the Marine Corps physical fitness tests.

040218-M-3980Y-004. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

040916-M-2697B-076. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

In celebration of the 61st Anniversary of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Soldiers and their families participated in a family leisure obstacle course during Reunion Week at Fort Campbell, Ky. on Sept. 24, 2022.

Thai soldiers and members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), compete in a form of tug-of-war while participating in a "sports day" at a Thai army camp during the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

060316-N-9643K-001. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and U.S. Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) 511.2 participate in a coastal cleanup during International Coastal Cleanup Day in Zamboanga, Philippines, Sept. 17, 2022. SOTF 511.2 regularly conducts humanitarian and civic assistance activities to provide direct support to the local community while also forging greater relationships with partners from the PCG, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and various local organizations.

A woman and child wait to board a helicopter aboard the tank landing ship USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-1197) for a flight to Freetown, Sierra Leone, during Operation Sharp Edge. The two were brought to the Barnstable County after being evacuated from the midst of the civil war in Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: USS Barnstable County (LST 1197) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Vietnam, DMZ Area. Quang Tri Province, Truong Son National Military Cemetery, military officers honoring the dead

ASIA, Indonesia, West Papua (Irian Jaya), Asmat Region, Biwar Laut. Warriors in dugout (Editorial Usage Only)

050601-A-6108G-421. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dohuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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