Leadership and Team Engagement

Images depict military leaders greeting and engaging with personnel during visits and training exercises. The environment is collaborative and focused on teamwork and development.

Participants for MREP 2022 work together on team building exercises at Camp Nymindegab July 4, 2022. MREP is a program that houses almost 130 participants from 6 different nations, to increase interoperability, strengthen partnerships, and to enhance professional development between allies.

Sgt. 1st Class Taylor Strack gets pinned by his father, John during a promotion ceremony on July 8, 2022 in Vicenza, Italy.Strack's father flew to Italy from Wisconsin to be present for the ceremony.

U.S. Army Soldiers Staff Sgt. Felix Guerrero, left, Sgt. 1st Class Jerry Coleman and Sgt. 1st Class Hardy Kendrick, all assigned to the 425th Transportation Company, Saline Kan., are visited by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, command chief warrant officer, U.S. Army Reserve Command, Aug. 13, 2022 during Northern Strike at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Mich. Northern Strike is designated to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advances interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Augustine Ortega, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron chemical biohazard radioactive nuclear emergency management, briefs Staff Sgt. Robert Frey, 375th CES explosive ordnance disposal technician, during a suspicious package exercise on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 25, 2022. Ortega ensured EOD members were taking necessary safety precautions when dealing with a CBRN event.

(CAMP SHELBY, Miss.) Assistant Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jerry Martin discusses training plans with the leadership team from the 203rd Military Police Battalion July 22, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Jim Slife, Air Force Special Operations Command commander, greets Christopher Maier, Assistant Secretary of Defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 28, 2022. In his role, Maier oversees special operations, irregular warfare, counterterrorism, and information operations policy issues, among other responsibilities.

Staff Sgt. Jamie Bailey (left) 1st Battalion, 185th Aviation Regiment, 66th Troop Command, Mississippi Army National Guard, and Sgt. 1st Class Brian Alford, 1st Battalion, 204th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 66TC, MSARNG pose for a photo at the Thomas Cardozo Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2022. "I chose to serve so that I would be able to give back and serve others," said Bailey."Helping to give water to citizens of Mississippi, moments like these is why I chose to serve. Being able to serve at home is a unique benefit of serving in the Guard," said Alford.

(From left to right) Col. Andrew Kiser, commander of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Eiermann, senior enlisted advisor of 2SBCT, 4th Inf. Div., await the results of the Utah Beach PT competition May 23 at Fort Carson, Colo. Ivy Week, a week long event hosted by 4th Inf. Div., encourages units across Fort Carson to participate in competitions to build esprit de corps and to trust each other as they go through them to prove they are the best in the Division.

Cannon Crewmembers, Sgt. Anthony Hoggard, Sgt. Christopher Sigler, and Pfc. Trey Mickelson of 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rest on their M119 howitzer before performing with the Oregon Symphony's playing of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at the Waterfront Concert and Festival, located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland Sept. 3, 2022. The Oregon Army National Guard has been performing with the Oregon Symphony at Portland's Water Front Park as a free concert for Oregonians for over a decade.

Sgt. Jacob Davis (left) and Staff Sgt. Yaozhuo Xu show U.S. Army NATO Brigade Soldiers how to apply a tourniquet during tactical combat casualty care training in Sembach, Germany.

U.S. Army Capt. Luke Musseau, commander of Charlie Company, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, briefs soldiers before a multinational ambulance exchange point training during Defender 22 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 26, 2022. Defender Europe 22 demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

Vermont Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Nathan Lord with the 42nd Infantry Division presents a medal to New York Army National Guard Sgt. Adam Crist with the 42nd Infantry Division during the 26th Annual Marksmanship Advisory Council Region One (MAC1) Combat Championships held at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, August 19-21, 2022. The MAC1 provides a combat focused marksmanship sustainment training event and competition for all the states in New England and New York. These matches are the second priority in the Chief of the National Guard Bureaus guidance for sustainment training events. The matches are operational focused marksmanship sustainment exercises, designed to validate and sustain perishable marksmanship skills essential to mobilization readiness and success.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael A. Loh, director, Air National Guard (ANG), coins Airmen of the 105th Airlift Wing, New York National Guard, while visiting Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh, New York, on June 3, 2022. The Airmen were recognized during a town hall where Loh discussed his priorities for the ANG and answered questions from members of the wing

Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen return to Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 30 from assisting Nome community residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. The Alaska Joint Task Force members removed more than 180,000 pounds of storm-related debris and logged more than 3,000 work hours across 32 communities. (Alaska National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

1st Lt. Chesnee Giraldo, a quartermaster officer assigned to the 55th Quartermaster Field Feeding Company, 16th Special Troops Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, returns her first salute as 1st Lt. to her father, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Andres Giraldo, a targeting officer assigned to the XVIII Airborne Corps. Andres rendered her the first salute after pinning her patrol cap with her new rank.

Members from the 501st Combat Support Wing gather together for the 501st CSW Sports Day and BBQ at Royal Air Force Alconbury, England, June 10, 2022. Military members, civilians and family members celebrated the end of the school year and the beginning of summer break through shared activities together.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, right, speaks with a member from the 57th Rescue Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, April 21, 2022. The 57th RQS provides personnel recovery, combat search and rescue, civil search and rescue and casualty evacuation subject matter experts to fulfill United States European Command, United States Africom and NATO security cooperation requirements.

Senior Enlisted Advisor Tony Whitehead, the senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, speaks with Chief Master Sgt. Pranav Zaveri, New Hampshire Air National Guard state command chief, and Staff Sgt. Austin Grant, an aircraft maintainer with the 157th Maintenance Group, at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire, May 3, 2022. Whitehead met with senior leadership and Airmen at Pease and toured the Granite State in a N.H. Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. (U.S. Air National Guard photo Staff Sgt. Victoria Nelson)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Leonard, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire department crew chief, conducts aircraft familiarization training Oct. 6, 2022, on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Firefighters from Latvia and Lithuania learned how to extract a pilot from an F-16 Fighting Falcon as well as how to put out various fires that could engulf the jet.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ted Vanzant, Army Field Support Battalion-Mannheims senior maintenance technician, (center) briefs the 405th Army Field Support Brigades command team, Col. Crystal Hills and Command Sgt. Maj. Terrell Brisentine, at the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 turn-in site in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 9.

From left, U.S. Army Cpt. Kasey Robbins, Alpha Battery commander, 1-119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, speaks with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general of the Michigan National Guard, during exercise Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 2022. Summer Shield, led by Latvian Mechanized Infantry Brigade is one of multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22 exercise, led by U.S Army Europe and Africa. Defender demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

Lauren Knausenberger, Department of the Air Force chief information officer, is briefed by a 36th Communications Squadron Airman on the process of laying fiber-optic cable at Northwest Field, Guam, Sept. 29, 2022. The purpose of Knausenbergers visit was to tour the installations cyber infrastructure and speak with personnel from the 36 CS and the 644th Combat Communications Squadron about their mission, equipment, innovation and capabilities in the region.

Lauren Knausenberger, Department of the Air Force chief information officer, is briefed by a 36th Communications Squadron Airman on the process of laying fiber-optic cable at Northwest Field, Guam, Sept. 29, 2022. The purpose of Knausenbergers visit was to tour the installations cyber infrastructure and speak with personnel from the 36 CS and the 644th Combat Communications Squadron about their mission, equipment, innovation and capabilities in the region.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Grabowski, right, assistant adjutant general-air, Georgia National Guard, greets Georgia Military College (GMC) leaders during a recruiting event in Milledgeville, Georgia, Sept. 17, 2022. Georgia Air National Guard leaders, recruiters, and Airmen engaged with the community during the event prior to a GMC football game.

DARWIN, Australia (May 10, 2022) Officers and senior enlisted of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, Australian Army, and U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF) 22 conducted professional exchanges and toured the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). Ashland, part of Amphibious Squadron 11, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Hector Garcia, command chief, 156th Wing, left, Lt. Col. Tirso Peña, commander, 120th Operations Support Squadron, Montana Air National Guard, center and Lt. Col. Luis Martinez, deputy commander, 156th Contingency Response group, right, remember the fallen Airmen of Rican 68 at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Aug. 22, 2022. Lt. Col. Peña was previously a member of the 156th Wing and shares their history. The 120th Airlift Wing has provided support to the unit by helping to maintain career enlisted aviator load masters and flight engineers current with their qualifications.

U.S. Army Capt. John Flegal, chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear (CBRN) officer-in-charge, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, briefs Soldiers following a CBRN training exercise at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2022. This training required Soldiers to be exposed to a mild and benign chemical irritant in order to build confidence in using their M50 Gas Mask.

Col. William "Lee" Henry (left), director of military support, speaks with a retired service member during the annual Mississippi National Guard Retiree Day at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, Nov. 9, 2022. Retiree Day is held to honor and celebrate the service and sacrifice of retired Mississippi service members and their families.

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force gaming teams watch the roll out of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Starliner OFT-2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., May 18, 2022. The top teams from the Spring season of the Department of the Air Force Gaming competed at Patrick Space Force Base for a chance to represent the USAF and the USSF at FORCECON 2022, the Armed Forces Sports Halo Championship, and the first ever U.S. government esports event.

Staff Sgt. Brandan Wisecup, from Northern Warfare Training Center, trains Staff Sgt. Vidal Arroyo, 11th Airborne Division, on how to tie the initial knots of what will become their improvised seat harness at Black Rapids Training Site 7 July. The purpose of the 14-day course is to train Soldiers on how to maneuver through mountainous terrain and then go back to their units and provide the techniques and procedures to get across the mountainous terrain of Alaska. (Photo provided by Staff Sgt. Christopher Dennis/ 11th Airborne Division Public Affairs NCO)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Brian Russell (center), commanding officer of II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (II MIG), speaks to Lelia Gardner (center right), acting assistant director of intelligence at Headquarters Marine Corps, and Russel Meade (center left), executive director at U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, during a visit at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. The distinguished visitors visited II MIG to gain a greater understanding of II Marine Expeditionary Forces approach to achieve all domain effects.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from U.S. Air Forces in Europe's 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, take part in the airfield fiber reinforced polymer matting event April 19, 2022, at the Silver Flag Exercise Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

U.S. Army Spc. Bridger Harris, a medic assigned to the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division reviews a medic guide belonging to British army Pvt. Jack Parker-Allen, assigned to the 1st Armoured Medical Regiment, Royal Army Medical Corps before starting a joint multinational medic lane training at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 25, 2022. Defender Europe 2022 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

US Army CHIEF of STAFF, GEN Gordon Sullivan, right, reaches out to shake the hand of an unidentifiable US Army officer. Other identifiable flag officers in the picture are; Restore Hope US Army STAFF, MGEN Moore, center looking on; and US Army LGEN Leon Salomon, Deputy CHIEF of STAFF for Logistics, far right. An unidentifiable commercial 747 airliner is partially seen in the background. GEN Sullivan arrived in Somalia to visit troops assigned to the Joint Task Force for Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Airport Country: Somalia (SOM)

Members of the 113th Wing, District of Columbia National Guard said goodbye to loved ones before deploying in support of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Jan. 17, 2024. The team, comprised of F-16 pilots, crew chiefs, maintenance personnel, logistics, medical and more, continually train throughout the year for tasks such as these.

Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen return to Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 30 from assisting Nome community residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. The Alaska Joint Task Force members removed more than 180,000 pounds of storm-related debris and logged more than 3,000 work hours across 32 communities. (Alaska National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

The Fort Leavenworth Fire Department stopped by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center headquarters to do a surprise ambush and present Lt. Gen. Theodore Martin, outgoing commanding general for CAC and Fort Leavenworth, with some farewell gifts and thank him for his support.

The Fort Leavenworth Fire Department stopped by the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center headquarters to do a surprise ambush and present Lt. Gen. Theodore Martin, outgoing commanding general for CAC and Fort Leavenworth, with some farewell gifts and thank him for his support.

Assistant Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard Brig. Gen. Omer C. Tooley points out the advantages of a marketplace” training area at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., to Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. The Adjutant General of the state of Indiana, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, looks on.

In the middle of the night, Capt. Francisco Lopez, 812th Signal Company, Tactical Installation Network-Enhanced commander, bids his Soldiers good luck as they board buses, at the U.S. Army Reserve Center on the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, September 11, 2022, that would put them on their way to Kuwait. The 812th Sig. Co. TIN-Es mission is to provide cable support to military installations around the country and overseas as needed, providing deployable force projection signal support and rapid communications for the U.S Army, joint and combined operations.

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The 202nd RED HORSE Squadron prepare and depart from 3-265 ADA Regiment, National Guard Armory, Bradenton, Florida in response to Hurricane Ian, Sept. 29, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joey Lubbers, 409th Air Expeditionary Group, deputy commander, speaks before Tech. Sgt. Tyrese Thompson and Tech. Sgt. Chase Blumberg reenlist at AB 201, Niger, March 31, 2023. The Airmen had the opportunity to reenlist in front of a C-17 Globemaster III.

U.S. Army Sgt. Seth Beihn, Staff Sgt. Pang Prounh, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Josh Weston, and U.S. Army Sgt. Clint Okamoto assemble a playset for children waiting to be seen by physicians at the Humanitarian Civic Assistance (HCA) center in Taliouine, Morocco, June 21, 2022 as part of African Lion 22. African Lion 22 is Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner-nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Staff Sgt. Kevin McGauley, 647th Logistics Readiness Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge of airlift support action function, gives final remarks after hands-on training with cargo familiarization during the Tier 1 Multi-Capable Airmen class at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, May 18, 2022. The MCA training is poised to directly support the Agile Combat Employment doctrine by training Airmen to be able with skills outside their primary career field duties.

Sgt. Osvaldo Pina, a member of the Georgia National Guard's 1st Battalion of the 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade, shakes hands with a member of the Honduran Armed Forces, Sept. 8, near Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Pina was deployed to Honduras as part of the 54th SFAB's 6-month deployment to Honduras providing security force assistance, which was the first National Guard deployment of its kind.

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael "Myke" L. Lewis Jr., chief warrant officer of the aviation branch, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence, visited his alma mater, North Davidson High School, April 25, 2022, at Lexington, North Carolina.

Command Sgt. Maj. Clark Charpentier, MEDCoE Command Sergeant Major, hosted a panel to discuss the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) Thursday, August 11, 2022, in Blesse Auditorium. On the panel were Lt. Col. Kayla Ramotar, H2F Subject Matter Expert, Staff Sergeant Kiara Wheeler, Master Fitness Trainer, 1st Sgt. Greg Rios, First Sergeant, A Co, 264th Medical Battalion, and Sgt. 1st Class Ray Cheers, Senior Drill Sergeant, 32d Medical Brigade. The panel addresses questions from the in-person audience and online attendees watching on Facebook live over a variety of AFCT topics. Starting April 1, 2022, the U.S. Army began implementing the ACFT as the Armys general physical fitness test for personnel actions. The Army will incorporate the ACFT in a time-phased, deliberate manner to ensure all Soldiers can train and adjust to the new events and scoring scales before scores used for personnel actions.The Army will incorporate the ACFT into personnel policies in a time-phased, deliberate manner

Leadership from the Wisconsin National Guard, including Maj. Gen. Paul E. Knapp, Wisconsin's Adjutant General, visited soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 120th Field Artillery and 132nd Brigade Support Battalion, both a part of the 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during Northern Strike 23-1 on Jan. 25 in Camp Grayling, Mich. Northern Strike is a winter exercise hosted by the Michigan National Guard, and took place at Northern Michigans National All-Domain Warfighting Center from Jan. 20-29.

The Deputy Commander of the7th Infantry Division, Col. Leo meets with soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, Survey and Design at Python 1 Range, Baturaja, Indonesia, July 29, 2022, as part of Garuda Shield 2022. Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military, Indonesia National Armed Forces, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and other regional partners reinforcing joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

U.S. Army Brigadier General Jeffrey Smiley, California National Guard Joint Staff Director, welcomes the California Army and Air National Guard Helicopter units as they train together alongside Cal Fire. This partnership enhances California and wild land fire fighting capabilities.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Hendrex, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, interacts with local high school students prior to the 'This is my Squad' challenge at Todd Stadium, Newport News, Virginia, July 21, 2022. during the Fort Eustis Summer Camp. The summer camp is designed to promote and foster camaraderie, team work, fun, and esprit de corps between Fort Eustis and the local Newport News community.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division show a Swiss firefighter team their vehicles at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 20, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide command and control for rotational and assigned units in the European theater.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion, Tennessee Army National Guard, prepare to take off for a Pre-accident Plan Rehearsal as part of Northern Strike 22 at Camp Grayling Army Airfield, Grayling, Mich., Aug. 6, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge the training audience with multiple forms of convergence that advances interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

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Sgt. 1st Class Rachel Heath, a Soldier part of the 25th Infantry Division, instructs Soldiers how to properly medevac an injured Soldier during the Jungle Medicine course at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on Feb. 6, 2024. Jungle Medicine is a two-week course that gives U.S. Army medical personnel hands-on training in a variety of skills. Army

Kentucky National Guard Col. Timothy Starke, brigade commander of the 75th Troop Command, speaks with Mr. Glenn Cheatham, lead planner from U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, before the closing ceremonies of Operation Tradewinds 22 at Price Barracks, Belize on May 20, 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

Capt. Eliot Fletcher, commander of the 491st Medical Care Area Support (MCAS), discusses Tactical Operations Center (TOC) operations and medical management of radiological patients with his Executive Officer, 1st Lt. Bonita Rutkowski, and Platoon Leader, 1st Lt. Aaron Presley, during the "Guardian Response" exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., in April 2022.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Veronica Williams, 690th Cyberspace Control Squadron commander welcomes the 16th Air Force command team, Sept. 8, 2022 at Port San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 74th Fighter Generations Squadron discuss the A-10C Thunderbolt II mission and its capabilities with honorary commanders during a 23rd Maintenance Group immersion tour at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Oct. 21, 2022. The honorary commander program connects community leaders with Moody AFB leadership and personnel to build and strengthen relationships between the base and the local community.

Rear Adm. Brandon Taylor, Director for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Public Health visits the Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Two (NEPMU-2) June 27, 2022, on Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Virginia. The purpose of the visit was to provide Admiral Taylor knowledge about the Navys operational public health mission and get a first-hand glimpse into some of the Navy preventive medicine capabilities readily available to Fleet and Marine Corps customers.

Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, U.S. Transportation Command commander, is greeted by 374th Airlift Wing leadership during a leadership tour of Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 17, 2022. The USTRANSCOM team has made it a priority to meet with the military members that make the transportation mission succeed every day and have traveled to installations concerning cargo and personnel movement throughout the Indo-Pacific theater of operations. The 374th AW mission is to support rapid global mobility through agile airlift operations across the Indo- Pacific region.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Derrick C. Garner of Security Assistance Group- Ukraine speaks with Staff Sgt. Anthony Robbins and Pfc. Janelle Bradshaw, members of Task Force Thunder, during his visit at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 19, 2024. While visiting, Garner interacted with and recognized Soldiers that are part of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine mission.

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau and Army Maj. Gen. James Adkins, the adjutant general of the Maryland National Guard, at a town hall meeting with troops at MFO South Camp near Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, on Oct. 21, 2011. Maryland National Guard members are currently deployed to the Sinai in support of the international peacekeeping force.

U.S. Army Soldiers with Task Force Sinai, participate in a Best Squad Competition at South Camp, Egypt, April 11-12, 2022; culminating in an awards ceremony April 14, 2022. The Soldiers conducted a series of events to measure their physical fitness, military discipline and team cohesion to include an Army Combat Fitness Test, stress shoot, medical lane, forced march, obstacle course and squad board.

BERLIN, Germany - Lt. Gen. Robert Marion, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, coins Spc. Carlos Reyes during opening day of the Innovation and Leadership in Aerospace, Berlin trade show at the Berlin Expo Center Airport, Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, Germany, June 22, 2022. ILA Berlin provides a platform for international exchange between the aerospace industry, space agencies, the military, politics, and science. Representatives of world- renowned companies, leading exhibitors, and aviation experts use it as an opportunity to discuss market developments, strategies, and trends. Maintaining a capable U.S. presence in Europe strengthens our national security by encouraging peace, unity and cohesion.

U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas Graham, 52nd Operations Group commander (center), and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Rogers, 52nd Operations Group senior enlisted leader (left), both stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, greet Maj. Jose Driller Fernandes of the Portuguese air force, during a key leader engagement at Exercise Real Thaw 22, on Beja Air Base, Portugal, July 5, 2022. Senior leadership from participating NATO partner countries visited in order to observe this significant European exercise.

Facility workers and military members from the 25th Infantry Division (ID) onlook the refueling of AH-64s during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hi., Nov. 1, 2022. JPMRC allows the rehearsal of strategic movement and maneuver, integration with allies and partners and demonstrates the unique contributions by the 25th ID to the joint force.

HOHENFELS, Germany, Sept. 17, 2008 - Sgt. 1st Class Jason Wright, Observer Controller, HHC Joint Multinational Readiness Center, coaches, teaches and mentors Canadian Soldiers from I Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment during practice for a live fire event Wednesday during Cooperative Spirit 2008 at JMRC near Hohenfels, Germany. Cooperative Spirit 2008 is a multinational Combat Training Center rotation intended to test interoperability among the American, British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand armies (ABCA).

U.S. Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guards 1-114th Infantry Regiment stand at a security post near the Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.

Members of the African Land Forces Colloquium (ALFC) meet with Soldiers and observe lanes during Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) and Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) training in Grafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 14, 2021.ALFC 22 brings together African Land Force Commanders from multiple nations, along with select U.S. Army and Allied and partner army leaders, to 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area to address land force security challenges and opportunities. ALFC 22 emphasizes U.S. Army institutional training and ways to Train to Fight. Soldiers attempted to master their individual competencies and abilities to perform Skill Level 1 Warrior Tasks during ESB and EIB training, and those who successfully complete all the tasks during testing week receive their ESB or EIB.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Omar Mendez Dorta, center, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG), stands before Brigadier General Adam Chalkley, center left, the commanding general of 3rd MLG, during exercise Winter Workhorse 24 on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 5, 2024. Dorta is a native of Florida. Winter Workhorse is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance warfighting capabilities in contested environments. Marine Corps

A sergeant major assigned to 4th Infantry Division commands his Soldiers, May 23, 2022, during the Ivy Week Utah Beach Physical Training event, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Mountain Post Soldiers are fit, motivated, disciplined and READY.

A survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 437th Operations Support Squadron poses in front of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 30, 2022. Airmen assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing departed Joint Base Charleston to conduct off-station training in the U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibilities to hone global reach and readiness capabilities.

The 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, JoAnne S. Bass, visited Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base on Jan. 6-7, 2024. Chief Bass participated in a base tour where she heard from subject matter experts about the mission capabilities and accomplishments of the 151st Wing. Afterward, she attended the Utah Air Guard Airmen of the Year Banquet, where Bass gave the keynote speech and celebrated with the Airmen of the Year award winners.

Flooding - Fargo, N. D. , April 10, 2011 FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan thanks North Dakota National Guard members for all their hard work. Photo: Micahel Rieger/FEMA. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Sergeant First Class Jason E. Pate, 187th Medical Battalion Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training Instructor, performs the Pullups during the best medic competition, Sep 28 ,2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Tx. During the competition, two-soldier teams navigate a grueling series of events that push their stress and physical fitness. Competitors progress through all of these exhausting challenges in just 3 days.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Cory Swanson, Commanding Officer of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment, gives his thanks to Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al Maqableh after the final exercise of Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 14, 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.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., greets an Air Force Recruiting Service Airman at the Classic Tailgate Party Air Force Recruiting Booth in the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium parking area, Sept. 10, 2022, in Memphis, Tennessee.Brown met with Airmen from Air Force Recruiting Service, Detachment 1, 345th Recruiting Squadron, 318th Recruiting Squadron, 116th Operation Support Squadron, United States Air Force Academy, 164th Memphis National Guard Air Airlift Wing, 16th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, and 330th Recruiting Squadron. Air Force Recruiting Service, Detachment 1, was established in October 2018 to conceive and implement innovative programs supporting Air Force Total Force recruiting efforts. It is the tactical execution arm of the Chief of Staff of the Air Forces Rated Diversity Improvement initiative. Its mission is to inform, influence, and inspire tomorrows leaders through innovative outreach opportunities.

Brig. Gen. John Nipp, a Tupelo native and commander of the 184th Sustainment Command, Mississippi Army National Guard, poses for a photo at the Davis Road Park water distribution site near Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 7, 2022. "My father and my brother served in the Guard. I joined to serve my community. I'm proud of my community and being able to serve is special to me. It fills me with a sense of purpose."

Command Sergeant Major Michael Burns, 7th Infantry Division Operations Sergeant Major for the Yama Sakura 83 Exercise, and Command Sergeant Major Isa Nakamura, Bilateral Training Section Operations Sergeant Major for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces Western Army, have their picture taken during Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Kengun, Japan, Dec 10, 2022. The two Sergeants Major epitomize the spirit of Yama Sakura through their friendship built on their shared vision of peace, and prosperity not just for the region but the world.

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force participate in a joint training session with Belgian firefighters on the Hungarian JAS 39 Gripen aircraft June 23, 2022 at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jon B. Worley PA National Guard Senior Enlisted advisor, addresses Soldiers from the 1069th Military Police Company, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade during their Annual Training at Ft. Indiantown Gap, July 13, 2022. The senior enlisted advisor is the most senior noncommissioned officer in PA National Guard, acting as an advisor to the adjutant general and serving as a link between TAG and the thousands of enlisted Guardsmen serving under his command. (Photo by; Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Nelson)

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Subretta L. Pompey, U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command, is briefed by aircrew with the New Jersey National Guard's 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 16, 2022. New Jersey Army aviation flew U.S. Army Reserve senior leaders on a tour of New Jersey military facilities.

Farewell Palehorse And Welcome Heavy CAV!The Latvian Airbase Commander, COL Masulis, said farewell and thank you 1st Air Cavalry Brigade "Air Cav" and welcomed 3-6 Air Cavalry Squadron to Latvia. HEAVY CAV!

Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, poses with members of the Maryland National Guard after a town hall meeting with troops at MFO South Camp near Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, on Oct. 21, 2011. Maryland National Guard members are currently deployed to the Sinai in support of the international peacekeeping force.

Sgt. Joshua Rhim and Sgt. Bethany Hall, all-source intel analysts with Charlie Company, 519th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, are promoted from Specialist to Sergeant on Sept. 1, 2022 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The pair are currently deployed in Europe with individuals from XVIII Airborne Corps in order to assure NATO allies and deter Russian aggression.

Sgt. Joshua Rhim and Sgt. Bethany Hall, all-source intel analysts with Charlie Company, 519th Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Battalion, 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, are promoted from Specialist to Sergeant on Sept. 1, 2022 in Wiesbaden, Germany. The pair are currently deployed in Europe with individuals from XVIII Airborne Corps in order to assure NATO allies and deter Russian aggression.

U.S. Army Capt. Paul A. Zavislak III, the Charlie Battery, 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment incoming commander, assumes command from Capt. John W. Hupp III, the outgoing commander, Feb. 12 in Ansbach, Germany. The unit extends its gratitude to Hupp for his dedication and commitment to Charlie Battery and the 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Jesse Ermer, a 379th Air Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, demonstrates to U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Gerald Donohue, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander, how to use a virtual reality headset on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 24, 2022. The headset is part of a new training tool that security forces received, called the Street Smart VR Simulator.

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Patrick D. Frank, commanding general of U.S. Army Central (right), meets Task Force Rough Rider Soldiers of 3-142nd Assault Helicopter Battalion, attached to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, at an aircraft hangar in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Sept. 17, 2022. 36th CAB, mobilized as Task Force Mustang, is deployed in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission to advise, assist, and enable partnered forces in the enduring defeat of Daesh, the common Arabic term for IS or ISIS, within designated areas of Iraq and Syria.

A U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Detachment 407, special agent assists Col. Ryan Crowley, 81st Mission Support Group commander, with capturing a finger print during Police Week defender demo day at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 18, 2022. The event was held during National Police Week, recognizing the men and women in law enforcement.

US Army Colonel Dave Fastabend, Commander, 555th Engineer Group, Fort Lewis, Washington, greets US Army General Dennis J. Reimer, CHIEF of STAFF, US Army, during the General's visit to Fort Lewis, Washington. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Francois, Regimental Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, poses with Col. Todd W. Hook, Regimental Commander, in front of the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAPM) display located outside the Regiments Headquarters at Building 185, Avenue B, Fort Irwin, California. The display will be available for the remainder of the month of April 2022 and serves as a talking point for Soldiers assigned to the National Training Center and Fort Irwin, to have conversations about sexual assault/sexual harassment and efforts of prevention.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Andrew Rohling, Commanding General of Southern European Task Force, Africa, conducts an initial engagement with General Belkhir El Farouk, Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and commander of the southern zone, at the beginning of the African Lion 22 exercise, June 16, 2022 in Agadir Morocco. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

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Distinguished guests listen as Captain Adarsh Menon, a civil engineer with the 166th Civil Engineer Squadron, gives details of the Blackfeet Nation Senior Center job site in Heart Butte, Montana, September 8, 2022. Innovative Readiness Training builds mutually beneficial civil-military partnerships between US communities and the Department of Defense, providing high quality, mission-essential training for Active, Guard, and Reserve support personnel and units.

Lt. Col. Benjamin Hassell, left, commander of 52nd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, escorts Ms. Bryn Wollacott, military legislative assistant for Congressman Dough Lamborn, during a visit to Ft. Carson, Colo., July 6. Congressman Lamborn's delegation visited the installation to receive an update on military operations in the area and speak to Soldiers about their concerns. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Jason Elmore.

Today the 10th Mountain Division honored the Soldiers from Task Force 2-14 by participating in the Mogadishu Mile. The original mile was a route taken by Soldiers from a Blackhawk helicopter crash site to a rally point held by the 10th MTN DIV on National Street during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 4, 1993.

Indiana Army National Guard soldier converses with visitors during the Armed Forces weekend event at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before the Indy 500 qualification Indianapolis, Indiana May 21, 2022.

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