Military Briefings and Training

Service members engaged in briefings and training exercises, highlighting teamwork and military operations in varied environments.

Col. Andrew Garcia, 15th Maintenance Group Commander, briefs members from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility during a tour at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 6, 2024. The tour showcased the capabilities of each shop in the maintenance squadron. Air Force

A service member of the British 4th Armoured Brigade conducts a brief prior to conducting Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) at the MOUT town on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. MCB Camp Lejeune hosted the Royal Bermuda Regiment during Exercise Island Warrior. The exercise strengthened the partnership between the two forces and the training and resources provided by the base enhanced the warfighting skills and readiness of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Brian Clark, center, briefs Marines and sailors prior to rapid explosive hazard mitigation (REHM) training during Valiant Shield 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 7, 2022. The training focused on the rapid clearing of unexploded ordnance in response to a simulated airfield attack allowing for safe airfield repair and continued operations.

Daniel J. Seehafer, National Commander of the American Legion, visited Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Thursday, February 22, 2024. Lt. Col. Richard Rowland, Deputy Commander of Camp Shelby, welcomed Mr. Seehafer to the post with an introduction to our state-of-the art Mississippi Armed Forces Museum. Army National Guard

Distinguished visitors from Air Combat Command, 15th Air Force, among others visit the medical tent at Avon Park Auxiliary Air Field, Florida during AGILE FLAG 22-2, July 25, 2022. AGILE FLAG 22-2 prepares todays leaders for the rapid operational decisions and mission type orders required to win against peer adversaries.

230406-N-MR862-034 TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. (April 6, 2023) Operations Specialist Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Ricks and Yeoman Chief Petty Officer Meagan Watkins, assigned to Strategic Communications Wing (SCW) 1, frock Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Ryan Weeks, to the rank of petty officer 1st class at an awards quarters April 6, 2023. SCW-1 is a tenant command of Naval Air Forces Command, ensuring national security through the deterrence of adversarial nuclear ambitions.

U.S Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Bellon, Commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South hands a challenge coin to Cpl. Eli Sommers with Marine Air Control Group Squadron 24, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, at Great Bend, Kansas on June 22, 2022. Exercise Gunslinger 22 is a joint Kansas National Guard and U.S. Marine Corps exercise designed to increase joint aircraft control and training for potential real world contingencies.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, the offgoing III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Roger Turner during the III MEF change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 26, 2024. During the ceremony, Bierman relinquished his duties as commanding general of III MEF to Turner.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kofie Primus, senior enlisted advisor of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, talks to senior leaders during the non-commissioned officer professional development, Feb. 15, on Panzer-Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany. The NCOPD consisted of a physical fitness event and a classroom portion, to include guest speakers from the Kisling NCO Academy. The focus was to enhance the leadership skills of the first sergeants and detachment sergeants across the formation.

Col. Andrew Garcia, 15th Maintenance Group Commander, briefs members from the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility during a tour at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 6, 2024. The tour showcased the capabilities of each shop in the maintenance squadron. Air Force

040114-A-1915L-019. Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army Master Sgt. Jesse Downs, a senior supply sergeant with the Vermont Army National Guard, talks about the Vermont National Guard Biathlon Program with a visitor at the Vermont National Guard Open House Sept. 11, 2022, in South Burlington, Vermont. The Vermont Guard has maintained a dedicated biathlon program at the Ethan Allen Firing Range since 1973.

100329-N-0696M-163Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is greeted by U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael Linnington, chief, International Security Assistance Force, Joint Command upon his arrival to Kabul, Afghanistan on March 29, 2010. Mullen is accompanying a USO tour in the region with celebrities James Gandolfini and Tony Sirico from HBO's "The Sapranos", New Orleans Saint Jon Stinchcomb and actress Rose McGowen.

020422-F-6020H-010. Base: Charleston Harbor State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Police Officers assigned to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams from police departments across South Carolina attend a welcome brief during the 2022 SWAT Summit at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, Columbia, South Carolina, Sept. 26, 2022. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy hosted a weeklong Federal Bureaus of Investigation Special Weapons and Tactics summit to train law enforcement officers in firearms, close quarters combat, tactical medical care, patrolling tactics and familiarize officers with improvised explosive devices.

040313-F-2828D-476. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

060412-N-0411D-001. Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Joint Task Force : Horn

060320-A-7969G-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Ramirez, the 156th Medical Group commander, and Airmen with the 156th Wing render U.S. Air Force Col. Pete Boone, the 156th Wing commander, his final salute as wing commander during the 156th Wing change of command ceremony at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Oct. 15, 2022. The change of command ceremony took place during the October regularly scheduled drill.

DA-SC-86-08871. Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A poster of the World Trade Center hangs on a wall at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 25, 2014.

051007-A-9247D-002. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

051227-A-2718K-084. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Alexander Morgan, an administrative specialist with, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea, is congratulated on a promotion to his current rank on, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Jan 3, 2024. MARFORK is the U.S. Marine Corps service component for United States Forces Korea and United Nations Command. It commands all U.S Marine Forces assigned to USFK and UNC; as well as advises on the Marine Corps capabilities, support and proper employment of Marine forces.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaac Robinson, company gunnery sergeant with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, gives a class on carrying methods of the RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher during the battalions first field training exercise (FEX) of 2024, Pyramid Rock Training Area, MCBH, Jan. 10, 2024. The FEX was conducted in order to increase combat readiness, unit morale and camaraderie.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Calvert Worth Jr., commanding general of 2d Marine Division, visits Marines during Exercise Joint Viking during Marine Rotational Forces Europe 23.1 in Setermoen, Norway, March 9, 2023. Exercise Joint Viking took place as part of MRF-E 23.1 to demonstrate North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliances warfighting capabilities.MRF-E focuses on regional engagements throughout Europe by conducting various exercises, mountain-warfare training, and military-to-military engagements which enhance overall interoperability of the U.S. Marine Corps with allies and partners.

060506-N-0411D-333. Base: Dikhil Country: Djibouti (DJI)

The Army Prepositioned Stock-3 operations continue as military vehicles and containers are being downloaded from the U.S. Naval Ship Watson at Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 30, 2022, in support of Operation Pathways 2023. As the U.S. Indo-Pacific materiel integrator, the 8th TSC synchronizes capabilities and resources across the theater, enabling both our land forces and those of our allies and partners. Our mission is to plan, integrate, and synchronize theater distribution and sustainment operations with our joint logistics enterprise partners, stabilizing and securing the Indo-Asia Pacific Region.

220802-M-JX780-1036 CARIBBEAN SEA - (Aug. 2, 2022) - Tyler Driscoll, left, ships master, speaks with Lt. Christopher Martinez, military detachment officer in charge, following a ship self-defense drill aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), Aug. 2, 2022. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support expeditionary maintenance to deployed littoral combat ships operating in the region and conduct theater security cooperation engagements to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

A 1st Special Operations Wing member tells President Mario Abdo Benítez, of the Republic of Paraguay, about part of the Wing's mission at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 31, 2023. Paraguay and the United States have been allies under the Rio Treaty, an agreement signed by several countries in the Americas for defense solidarity, since 1947.

Maj. Gen. Linda Hurry, right, Director of Logistics, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, listens to Maj. Marcus Perez, second from left, 436th Aerial Port Squadron director of operations, during a tour of the 436th APS In-transit Munitions Facility at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, March 20, 2023. Hurry is responsible for organizing, training and equipping more than 201,000 logisticians who maintain and support mission generation and the aerospace weapons system inventory.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jasmon Anthony, left, 60th Aerial Port Squadron traffic management apprentice, speaks with Chief Master Sgt. Stefan Blazier, Air University command chief, during a base visit at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 20, 2022. Blazier visited Travis AFB to engage with Airmen about education, leadership and readiness and was a guest speaker at the senior noncommissioned officer induction ceremony.

Maj. Gen. Sean Gainey, Director, Joint C-UAS Office (JCO) and Director, Fires in the G3/5/7, HQ Department of the Army, presented Pfc. Austyn Boekel with a challenge coin in recognition of his outstanding performance while deployed in support of air defense operations with the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery in southeast Poland.Two batteries of the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, a part of the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command, deployed to Poland from their home base in Baumholder, Germany in February 2022, just days after Russias unprovoked invasion of the sovereign European nation of Ukraine. The deployment of these air & missile defense systems is purely defensive. They contribute to the robust shielding provided along NATOs Eastern flank.

070303-A-0101A-012. Base: Camp Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHWEST

070225-M-4393H-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Taqaddum Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: II MEF (FWD)

Lithuanian First Lt. Dalius Dulke (left), TACP commanding officer, reviews paperwork with another Lithuanian soldier at the Kazlų Rūda range in Lithuania during DEFENDER-Europe 22, May 19, 2022. The annual U.S. Army-led large-scale, multinational joint exercise aims to build readiness and interoperability between U.S., NATO and partner militaries.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

US Marines from the 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, Headquarters, gather at Camp Coyote, northern Kuwait and listen General (GEN) Michael W. Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: USMC

040614-F-1351B-032. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the Marine detachment from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) listen as an intsructor explains the det ails of a rifle grenade during a live-fire exercise. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director, Air National Guard, left, listens to Master. Sgt. Andy Warren, right, a radar, airfield, weather systems craftsman, 266th Range Squadron (RANS), Idaho National Guard, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 20, 2022. The RANS provides realistic electronic threats for military aircraft from across the Department of Defense and their allies.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Miguel Carmona, left, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)operator with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Staff Sgt. Peter Ashline, right, a field artillery cannoneer, with the 11th MEU, answer a question from a Philippine Marine with 3rd Marine Brigade during a HIMARS period of instruction as part of KAMANDAG 6 on Marine Base Rodolfo Punsalang, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 4, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Fridrik Fridriksson, former director of Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, observes the field prior to his promotion ceremony to brigadier general at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 3, 2022. Fridriksson will assume command of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and concurrently serve as the Deputy Commanding General of III Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa, Japan.

Lt. Col. (Ret.) John B. Stringer, director of the Mississippi National Guard Youth Challenge Academy, speaks with a retired service member during the annual MSNG 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 Airman 1st Class Branden Valle, 315th Training Squadron student, laughs with Airman 1st Class Brooklyn Baxter,315th TRS student,, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, October 11th, 2022. Valle joined the Air Force as a Spanish speaker, learning English at the Defense Language Institute English Learning Center.

GEN John Jumper, Commander of United States Air Forces Europe and MGEN William Hinton, Commander Joint Task Force Shining Hope are visiting with troops (not shown) in Tirana, Albania. Personnel are deployed in support of Operation Shining Hope. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Base: Rinas State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

Tom Burkard, a U.S. civilian, and Brig. Gen. Brian Wolford, the 3rd Marine Logistics Group commanding general, address the audience after an award ceremony for 1st Lt. Steven LaDine, a logistics officer with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd MLG, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 7, 2022. LaDine was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism for rescuing Burkard from drowning in May 2021 when Burkards sailboat capsized off the coast of Nagahama Beach.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Jeffrey Edson, 58th Rescue Squadron director of operations, and Capt. Dylan Martin-Abood, combat rescue officer assigned to the 58th RSQ, review mission plans before participating in Rigid Pulse 22-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, August 18, 2022. Rigid Pulse 22-1 is a readiness culmination exercise used to validate mission essential task lists to support personnel recovery operations in a deployed environment as well as refine and exercise agile combat employment capabilities.

U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Gabriel Campbell, U.S. Naval Base Guam K-9 Unit handler, receives advice from U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jean Novenario, 736th Security Forces Squadron instructor, during a Military Working Dog Immersion Course at Northwest Field, Guam, Sept. 22, 2022. The course was hosted by the MWD instructors assigned to the 736th SFS. Both Navy handlers and Guam Police Department units joined the course. Campbell is receiving feedback after he and his K-9 partner, Bart, MWD assigned to NBG, simulated clearing an urban area.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Fernando Berrios-Colon, 325th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel distribution operator, poses for a portrait during Checkered Flag 22-2 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, May 11, 2022. Checkered Flag is a large-force aerial exercise held at Tyndall which fosters readiness and interoperability through the incorporation of 4th- and 5th-generation aircraft during air-to-air combat training. The 22-2 iteration of the exercise was held May 9-20, 2022.

Distinguished visitors gather to observe members of joint service components as they provide dental, medical, optometry, physical and mental health, nutrition and pharmaceutical services during a medical mission centered between Meigs, Hamilton and Rhea counties in support of Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training at the Birchwood Community Center and Rhea County Middle School, Tenn., June 3, 2022. Birchwood Cares, Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense sponsored training event that links community partners with joint force partners to provide medical care for surrounding communities while simultaneously providing hands-on training to joint members.

Cadets of 11th Regiment, Advanced Camp, prepare for the 12-mile foot march during Cadet Summer Training at Fort Knox, Ky., August 13, 2022. The 12 mile foot march is the final event Cadets must complete as a graduation requirement for CST. | Photo by Sarah Windmueller, U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Raoof Wali (right), information technician specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, administers the oath of enlistment to Spc. Alejandro Lopez-Flores (left), help desk technician, 1st TSC, during a reenlistment ceremony at Fort Knox, Kentucky, April 29, 2022. Lopez-Flores is a native of Compton, California.

DM-SC-89-05449. Base: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

From left to right, Donald Rescigno, University of North Dakota unmanned aircraft systems associate, Daniel Myles, UND UAS lead flight instructor, Senior Airman Travi Effron, 319th Security Forces Squadron installation entry controller watch as Steven Passement, Skydio technical training instructor, demonstrates how to set waypoint missions on the controller during an unmanned aircraft system flight training course at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 27, 2022. The UAS provides real time oversight of local terrain with context aware path planning.

221005-N-VX158-1237 SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 5, 2022) Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Mears, right, a native of Madison City, Wis., conducts a tour of his Light Armored Vehicle 25 in support of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW). SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas 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 the city and its surrounding areas.

020325-M-3022S-006. Base: Ashland State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

Maj. Gen. John Richardson IV, 1st Cavalry Division, commanding general, stands in front of the formation at the ceremony in celebration of the 101st birthday of the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, Sept. 16.

On January 18, 2023, Soldiers demonstrated their expertise and knowledge during training today, helping set up signal operations that provide communication between units far and wide. Nothing moves without their hard work and diligence, and we appreciate everything they do to make this the best Signal Brigade in the U.S. Army!

020127-F-3356N-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

U.S. Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Ricardo Suarez-Rodriguez, a Navy Corpsman for U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea, stands at attention during his Navy and Marine Corps commendation ceremony, Feb. 29, 2024, U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea. MARFORK is the U.S. Marine Corps service component for U.S. Forces Korea and United Nations Command. MARFORK commands all U.S Marine Forces assigned to USFK and UNC; as well as advises on the Marine Corps capabilities, support, and proper employment of Marine forces. Marine Corps

070311-A-1474P-085. State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Reporters from International News Network interview a U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, during a training excersise at Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 20, 2007.

Capt. Margaret Linthicum, 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility nurse, prepares a dose of medicine for a wounded Marine prior to transporting him to a C-130 Hercules at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The CASF team is responsible for taking care of patients and transporting them from the staging facility and hospital to a waiting aircraft who are then taken to the next level of medical care. Captain Linthicum is deployed from the 633rd Medical Group, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

040314-M-5150A-019. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041128-F-5646C-002. Base: Royal Air Force Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

041023-M-3988H-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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041213-M-4711R-012. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1FSSG

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. George W. Smith Jr., command general, I Marine Expeditionary Force gives his remarks during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Force change of command ceremony on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 2, 2022. The ceremony was held to relinquish command from Col. James W. Lively to Col. Thomas M. Siverts.

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266, brief French Armed Forces Rear Adm. Eric Aymard before a flight during French-Caribbean exercise Caraibes 22 at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, June 16, 2022. Caraibes 22 is a French-led, large-scale, joint-training exercise in the Caribbean involving naval, air, and land assets from the French, U.S., and regional forces focused on responding to simulated-natural disasters. VMM-266 is a subordinate unit to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

220721-N-VQ947-1073 SAN DIEGO - (July 21, 2022) Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. David Miln, right, provides a status update to U.S. Navy Cmdr. Christian Blasy, center, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Robert Moran, 2nd Bomb Wing Liaison Officer, in the final moments before executing Combined Task Force (CTF) 177s photo exercise (PHOTOEX) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Wollmershauser (left), 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Vehicle Search Area Team member, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dominique Gully (right), 380th Expeditionary Security Forces patrolman, ask a driver to stop their van during a Vehicle Improvised Explosive Devise training exercise at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 30, 2022. The exercise included several first responders including Explosive Ordnance Disposal and the Security Forces K-9 unit.

Beth Vandell, left, the Coast Guard Fifth Districts assistant governmental affairs officer, Cooper Cheetham, middle, a defense legislative correspondent to Senator Dan Sullivans office, and U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Anitra Keith, right, a senior enlisted Senate liaison, listen to a Maritime Security Response Team East crew member explain live fire training demonstration at the units training center in North Carolina, Jan. 12, 2023. MSRT-East is an advanced-ready force trained in counterterrorism, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats, high-risk law enforcement boarding procedures and maritime security.

New York Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Pierre Sume, a marksmanship coordinator for the New York Army National Guard and New York State Army National Guard Training Noncommissioned Officer assigned to Joint Force Headquarters NY, briefs competitors 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. Army Col. John B. Mountford, deputy commanding officer for maneuver of the 1st Infantry Division speaks with Polish media outlets during the opening ceremony of the Abrams Tank Training Academy at Biedrusko, Poland, Aug. 10, 2022. The Abrams Tank Training Academy was established to teach Polish tank crewmen on operations, tactics and maintenance of the M1 Abrams tanks, bringing the U.S. and Poland closer as allies.

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

LT. GEN. Carl E. Mundy Jr., commanding general, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic and Europe/II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF), talks with a group of Marines waiting to embark aboard Navy ships. Elements of the 2nd Marine Division are leaving the U.S. to participate in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldier Lt. Col. Mark Bauer signs his name on a T-Wall on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Sept. 8 2022.

U.S. Air Force members assigned to the 120th Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National Guard and the 352d Special Operations Wing, stand in formation during the opening ceremony of Adriatic Strike 2022, in Slovenia, May 29, 2022. Adriatic Strike is a Slovenian-led joint terminal attack controller exercise attended by over 650 participants from 26 Allied and partner nations to enhance interoperability and combined capabilities.

Michael Lents, University of North Dakota flight instructor, attends a pre-flight briefing for his Hometown Hero flight with the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds June 17, 2022, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Lents is an assistant professor at UND as well as a coach for the UND aerobatic team.

050907-A-9419D-010. Subject Operation/Series: KATRINA RELIEF Base: Stennis State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1776th MP Co

U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, left, Air Mobility Command commander,presents a coin to Star Performer Mr. Cristopher Roache, a civilian 735thAir Mobility Squadron employee, for his work during Exercise GlobalDexterity during an AMC leadership visit to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,Hawaii June 22, 2022.

The 10th Mountain Division honors Gold Star Spouses Apr. 05, 2023, on Fort Drum, NY. Gold Star Spouses Day honors surviving spouses of fallen service members, specifically those who died while on active duty. Leadership, garrisons and Guard/Reserve locations plan community events to show appreciation to Gold Star spouses annually on April 5.

A Kuwait Army firefighter demonstrates how to properly apply a tourniquet to stop bleeding during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class taught by Airman 1st Class Alex Moore, 386th Expeditionary Medical Squadron aerospace medical technician, September 14, 2022. Prior to the training, the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire department were able to craft a simulated, realistic and functioning injury for trainees to practice proper tourniquet application out of spare materials they had in the fire department.

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman and combat rescue officer assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron goes over a piece of equipment with a French paratrooper at Base aerienne 188 Djibouti, Djibouti, Aug. 18, 2022, during a jumping coalition immersion. U.S. Air Force pararescuemen conducted freefall jumps alongside French paratroopers conducting static-line jumps to familiarize each others tactics and procedures while jumping.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jean Novenario, 736th Security Forces Squadron Airman, prepares to rappel down a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordinance Disposal Tower on Naval Base, Guam, Oct. 21, 2022. The 736 SFS, 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers and 36th Contingency Response Squadron partook in a training exercise that aimed toward updating and refreshing their skills in rappelling.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Brian W. Cavanaugh, the commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, greets Col. Richard Joyce, the commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 29, Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 2023. MAG-29 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF). Cavanaugh and respective leadership visited II MEF to tour subordinate commands, discuss capabilities, innovations and meet with Marines.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Brandon Bylina, 75th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot, speaks to U.S. Air Force Academy cadets about the daily operations at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, June 24, 2022. USAFA cadets came to Moody AFB for Operation Air Force, a required summer program that gives cadets the opportunity to see an operational Air Force base. Cadets spent a day learning about the life of a fighter pilot and had the opportunity to sit in the seat of an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Marshalee Clarke, commanding officer of Marine Corps Combat Service Support Schools, takes part in an interview during a Woman Marine Commanders Assembly, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 5, 2023. The 14 women commanders organized the informal meeting to discuss a variety of topics, ranging from personal experiences, MAGTF operations, readiness, and challenges facing their respective units.

U.S. Army Warrant Officer 1 Justin Jones, an Apache pilot with the 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, speaks with an airshow guest, September 24, 2022. Jones was interacting with the public during the Frontiers in Flight airshow, where the 1st CAB supported army recruiting efforts with aircraft static displays.

Members of the Visual Information Support Center, Rapid Response Documentation Team interview US Army Command Sergeant Major Lee, of the Logistical Operations Support Area (LOSA), North Carolina Army National Guard, following Hurricane Bonnie. Base: Kinston State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army ROTC Cadets assigned to the U.S. Army Cadet Command 2nd Brigade accept awards for placing first overall during the Ranger Challenge at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Oct. 23, 2022.The competition is conducted over two days on a non-tactical course. The mission is to challenge Cadets' mental and physical toughness and to develop leadership while fostering teamwork and esprit-de-corps. Teams participate in nine graded events, each team is awarded points based on how well they perform in each event. The best team in each event is awarded a trophy for being the first, second, and third place teams. The number one team is The Ranger Challenge Winner for that year.

U.S. Marines with maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a safety brief, aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship USS America, before a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure exercise off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 30, 2023. The training refines Marines skills in maritime interdiction by incorporating real world scenarios from room clearing to hostage rescue. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

061129-A-3715G-231. Subject Operation/Series: JUMP START State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

From left, Technical Sergeant Darren Newman a videographer for the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston AFB, South Carolina, films coverage of SENIOR CHIEF Andy Nelson a close air support instructor at the Naval Station Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) here, as he briefs British Special Forces personnel from the 22nd Special Air Service (SAS) at Hereford, England. This was before a simulated Hellfire missle launch on targets from F-18D Hornets and HH-60 helicopters at range B-17 during DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

050409-A-2611-020. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: psyops

U.S. Army Capt. Enrique Lopez, a finance officer, Alpha Company, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, gets ready to conduct the low-belly over during the air assault pre-assessment on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 6, 2023. Soldiers were required to complete a nine-event obstacle course as a prerequisite for air assault school.

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