Military Cargo Operations

Visuals illustrate airmen handling cargo in military aircraft, showcasing logistics operations, troop deployment, and support missions.

Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron palletize flood relief items bound for Pakistan September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Tasked with building approximately 180 pallets weighing more than 6,000 pounds each, Airmen from various specialties within the 380th ELRS jumped in to assist.

030409-F-4806N-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Airmen from the 728th Air Mobility Squadron and the 496th Air Base Squadron offload cargo from a KC-10 Extender at Morón Air Base, Spain, April 5, 2022. Airmen from the 728th AMS were deployed from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to Morón AB to augment aerial port capabilities in support of the first Air Mobility Command KC-46 Pegasus Employment Concept Exercise (ECE) and real world operations. While this is not the first time the KC-46 has operated under the scope of the 521st AMOW, the ECE is designed to enhance operational fielding and sustainment of the KC-46.

Members from the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Wisconsin Air National Guard, aboard a 155th Air Refueling Wing, Nebraska Air National Guard, KC-135R Stratotanker preparing for deployment in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC/ANG

011010-F-3329S-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Medium shot, aircraft interior, AIRMAN First Class Matt Conton, loadmaster, 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, helps load a 105mm towed howitzer M119A1, into a C-130, Hercules. Not shown: Howitzer is to be dropped at Bunker Hill Drop Zone, Grafenwohr, Germany, in Exercise Lion Drop 12, 9 August 2000. The 37th AS dropped members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, 1/508th Infantry (Airborne Battalion Combat Team), from Vicenza, Italy. Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040713-F-4800N-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Buehring Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron palletize flood relief items bound for Pakistan September 8, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Tasked with building approximately 180 pallets weighing more than 6,000 pounds each, Airmen from various specialties within the 380th ELRS jumped in to assist.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron unload cargo during Exercise Agile Angel at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Feb. 20, 2024. The Airmen were trained in pararescue and survival, evasion, resistance and escape and tactical air control party but operated in roles usually performed by U.S. Air Force loadmasters. Air Force

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Jones, a physician assistant with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, debriefs Sailors during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Pendleton, California, April 11, 2022. 1st Medical Battalion performed a MCCRE in order to assess unit effectiveness and readiness.

US Army Soliders from B Company, 5th of the 158th, employ static training with the UH-60A Blackhawk Helicopter. The goal of this training exercise is to enter a UH-60A and strap in within 30 seconds. Static training is part of the Lariat Response Exercise that will prepare the infantry for futher deployments. Subject Operation/Series: LARIAT RESPONSE Base: Caserma Country: Italy (ITA)

030203-M-4419R-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3D MEB) Alert Contingency Marine (ACM) Air Ground Task Force, secure gear and equipment to pallets during an ACM drill on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, June 8, 2022. 3D MEB is III Marine Expeditionary Forces Fire Brigade, ready to respond to a wide range of crisis events throughout the Indo-Pacific region as a command-and-control node or as the nucleus of a Joint Task Force, from delivering humanitarian assistance during natural disasters to combat operations. This ACM drill showcased the 3D MEBs readiness and validated its ability to rapidly activate and deploy a Forward Command Element. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Francesca Landis)

Straight on internal medium shot as US Air Force members of the 86th Air Mobility Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and the 21st Special Operations Squadron, Royal Air Force, Mildenhall, United Kingdom, load up a MH-53 helicopter with humanitarian relief supplies at the International Airport at Maputo, Mozambique, Africa, 17 March 2000. They and their teams and crews are deployed here in support of Operation Atlas Response, a Humanitarian Aid Operation to help the people of Mozambique, after severe flooding (flooding and victims not shown) displaced over a million people from their homes. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Maputo State: Inhambane Country: Mozambique (MOZ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 23rd Wing pick up equipment from the 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, July 13, 2022. The 23rd Wing is preparing for the Agile Flag exercise. This exercise marks a significant milestone in standardizing the way Air Combat Command organizes, trains and equips for agile combat employment.

020410-F-2409C-002. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

DF-ST-89-00945. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

050630-A-9930K-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

U.S. Airmen from the 151st Air Refueling Maintenance Group and 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) load a Polaris Military RZR onto a KC-135R Stratotanker at Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, Utah, in preparation for a joint force exercise being held at Dugway Proving Ground on Sept. 1, 2022. The exercise is designed to challenge the status quo and allow the U.S. military to improve strategies against their greatest competitors.

030122-F-0502F-003. Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 721st Aerial Port Squadron push a pallet of infant formula onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 22, 2022. U.S. Transportation Command expeditiously coordinated across federal agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration, to support U.S. President Joe Bidens direction to conduct Operation Fly Formula. The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing provided critical aircraft maintenance, aircrew support, command and control, and aerial port services to coordinate logistics and execute the mission with urgency and safety.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division unload bags in support of Operation European Assure, Deter and Reinforce in Poznań, Poland, Nov. 30, 2022. The 1 ID is proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

CPL P. S. Royston, CPL T. M. Dale and LCpl A. Olguin from Combat Camera perform preventative maintenance on an INMARSET that is used to transmit digital imagery via satellite during Operation Uphold Democracy in Cap Haitien, Haiti. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Military personnel position construction materials onto a forklift during disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. Base: Homestead Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060723-N-6403R-012. Base: USS Trenton (LPD 14)

050115-N-8539M-049. State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

011029-A-5329B-005. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Gnjilane Country: Serbia (SER)

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force present an M2 Browning heavy machine gun during a static weapons display during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 4, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Medics from the 18th Hospital Squadron, wearing chemical-biological masks, help wounded troops during a simulated chemical attack during Foal Eagle '93. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Taegu Air Base Country: Korea

Straight on medium long shot from a high angle looking down as US Army troops from the 1ST of the 508th Infantry Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT), 173rd Airborne Brigade, from Vicenza, Italy, wait to be issued their parachutes before a drop inot Bunker Drop Zone at Grafenwohr, germany for Lion Drop 12 on 09 August 2000. Subject Operation/Series: LION DROP 12 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040126-F-6836G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

040716-M-3717S-020. Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Valerie Martinez, 721st Aerial Port Squadron cargo processing specialist, prepares a pallet of infant formula for travel at Ramstein Air Base Germany, May 23, 2022. Martinez and others helped ensure pallets of medical grade infant formula were palletized and ready to be loaded onto transport aircraft and flown to the United States for further distribution. A second shipment of formula began arriving May 23 at Ramstein Air Base for processing and loading onto a commercial contracted carrier destined for the United States.

Senior Airman Zachary Tresik (left) and Airman 1st Class Elec Ciha-Soults, 8th Maintenance Squadron stockpile management crew members, close the door of an intermodal shipping container during a Munitions Retrograde Operation at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov. 30, 2022. When the team loads up an intermodal shipping container with MXU-169s, they must make sure that the ISO is filled with less than an inch of spare room in order to prevent damages to the shipment.

U.S. Sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII discuss medical equipment with Brazilian marines during a surgical training event during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Marambaia, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2022. The training event consisted of a medical equipment presentation, a field surgery, and a casualty evacuation via a Brazilian armored personnel carrier. UNITAS trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious, and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating navy and marine forces.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant William Shaffer, 36th Fighter Squadron Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, inventories real world pilot chemical bags during Osan's Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marines with 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, load supplies and cargo onto a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing aboard the United States Naval Ship Sacagawea in Kushiro Port, Japan, Oct 8, 2022. The U.S.N.S Sacagawea serves as the command operating center for Combat Logistics Regiment 37, and provides logistical support to various units participating in Resolute Dragon. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

041102-F-5494H-002. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220815-N-FO865-1058PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug 15, 2022) - (From right to left) Crash and salvage team member Damage Controlman Fireman George Helferich assesses Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Sarmiento with the Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during a simulated crash and salvage drill on the flight deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), August 15. Crash and salvage team members are trained to respond to aircraft crashes on the flight deck from entry into the damaged aircraft to the rescuing of personnel within it. John P. Murtha, part of amphibious squadron (CPR) SEVEN, along with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is currently underway conducting integrated training in U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.

011007-F-3573Z-022. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft crew from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base (AFB), Calif., deliver a load of U.S. Army equipment and personnel with the 4th Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Group, 9th PSYOP Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., to Port-au-Prince, Haiti in support of the earthquake relief efforts, Jan. 27, 2010.

U.S Air Force Airman 1st Class Zachary Harrison, 100th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment apprentice, and A1C Christopher Schultz, 100th OSS AFE journeyman fold and store an Emergency Life Raft at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, July 27, 2022. Emergency Life Rafts are vacuum sealed, folded, and stored after passing annual diagnostic testing.

040221-F-4177H-002. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040720-F-0993P-001. Base: Otis Angb State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040301-F-6634H-012. Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait for instruction during a boat raid debarkation aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 2, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli 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.

031024-F-9796L-005. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

010621-F-3745E-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

061107-N-6247M-004. Base: Oak Harbor State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAVAL STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND, WA

Airmen from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base., unload a Utility Terrain Vehicle along with other cargo from a C-5M Galaxy at an undisclosed location, Southwest Asia, Oct. 11, 2022. UTVs are used to haul equipment and supplies in locations that make using larger vehicles impractical or impossible.

010924-F-5171M-026. Base: Minneapolis-St Paul Iap/Ars State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

LEXINGTON, Mass. - Army Staff Sgt. Ross E. Bandy, squad leader, 272 Chemical Company, Massachusetts Army National Guard, stands among the more than 9000 sandbags filled at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation-Highway Division here, March 29, 2010. The 125th Quartermaster Company and the 272 Chemical Company have been working around the clock filling sandbags to help combat the potential flooding in Massachusetts.

220908-N-UF592-1010 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sept. 8, 2022) Culinary Specialist Seaman Kevin Barr, from Brooklyn, New York, transfers boxes of food onto a cargo conveyer in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Sept. 8. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

DA-ST-87-13001. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force Airmen unload a pallet from a C-17 Globemaster III at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 22, 2022. Airmen train alongside Allies and partners to enhance interoperability and bolster the collective ability to support a free and open Indo-Pacific.

A Finnish citizen looks at an U.S. Army M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, at a static display during the Oripää Airshow at Säkylä, Finland, July 16, 2022. The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the Pori Brigade of the Finnish army began summer training in Finland to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between the two nations.

011002-F-9931S-036. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Airman from the 144th Fighter Wing simulate a deployment with the prototype ACE trailer at the Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, June 25, 2022.

Members of the 101st Combat Group stand by as 5-ton trucks move along a staging area during loading of the unit's equipment aboard the Saudi Arabian roll-on/roll-off cargo ship SAUDI HAIL. The vessel will transport the equipment to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Ellsworth Air Force Base 28th Munitions Squadron, assemble two thousand pound bombs in preparation for Operation Odyssey Dawn at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., March 26, 2011. Ellsworth Airmen generated several aircraft and hundreds of weapons to provide the combat configuration needed halfway around the globe.

From November 20th to 24th, 16 members of the Kuwait Marine Fire & Rescue unit trained with US Army medical personnel of Area Support Group - Kuwait on Combat Life Saver skills and best practices in emergency paramedic procedures. Fire & Rescue completed their workshop with drills on shore and in the Arabian Gulf on November 24th, 2022.

011007-F-3573Z-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a combat rubber raiding craft during a welldeck operations ship verification aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 1, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli 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.

040402-F-5646C-001. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Safo, left, and Staff Sgt. Mathew Roth, both 22nd Airlift Squadron loadmasters, push a pallet off a C-5M Super Galaxy at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 26, 2022. During this movement, the C-5M and its personnel transported over 63,000 pounds of warfighting support equipment and military personnel from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, to Kadena AB, Japan.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 156th Contingency Response Group, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, receive a simulated combat readiness training briefing during the February Regularly Scheduled Drill at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Feb. 24, 2024. The training prepared the Airmen to respond and control potential hostile environments during deployment scenarios. Air National Guard

DF-ST-86-07664. Country: Jordan (JOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Matthew T. Good, Deputy Commander, Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command, visits the Marines of Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve during exercise Arctic Edge 2024 (AE24) at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 21, 2024. Good emphasized the advantages of deploying the AN/TPS-80 (Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar) in an arctic environment with joint forces. AE24 is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. militarys capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region. Marine Corps

050104-N-9403F-138. Base: Banda Aceh Airport (BTJ) State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Children with the Box4Kids charity take a tour of the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during the Singapore Airshow 2024 at Changi Exhibition Center, Republic of Singapore, Feb. 24, 2024. This organization provides a safe and relaxing environment for children and most importantly the opportunity to be treated like a VIP for the day. Air Force

U.S. Army service members with the 10th Homeland Response Force, Washington National Guard, conduct a three-day collective training event at the Spokane Fire Training Center, Wash., April 8-10, 2022. The objective was to rapidly deploy and establish a multifunctional decontamination facility in response to a notional CBRN disaster. The 10th HRF is a joint Army-Air Force program designed to quickly alert, assemble and deploy a domestic response asset to assist civilian authorities in FEMA Region 10. 10th HRF elements can conduct decontamination, logistical support, search and rescue, medical treatment, and security as needed.

CHIEF PETTY Officer Craig C. Hall updates administration statistics on a bulletin board in a field hospital during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Lance Corporal Wille, a Marine postal clerk, waits on a customer in the station post office. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

DA-SC-88-01647. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030327-M-0175R-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

030902-F-1342R-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Marines assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Task Force Los Angeles, supervise children on a Light Armored Vehicle 25 at the Los Angeles Fleet Week exposition site in San Pedro, California, May 29, 2022. The purpose of Fleet Week is to showcase the capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps team and give back to the community with events, static displays, and personal interactions between service members and the public.

040515-F-9927R-006. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: STRATCOM

041119-M-4711R-018. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR 452

041101-F-0086S-005. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011007-F-3573Z-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

010927-F-3961R-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force

060509-N-2568S-265. Base: Naval Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Rafael Pacheco, Air Combat Command functional manager, talks with airborne cryptologic language analyst students assigned to the 517th Training Group at Presidio of Monterey, Calif., May 11, 2022. Pacheco was one of more than 20 operational leaders who visited the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center for a bi-annual VisitPalooza. VisitPalooza is an event hosted by the 517th TRG, allowing visitors the opportunity to get a glimpse of students' lives as they go through the strenuous curriculum.

Hector Pagan, NAVSUP FLC San Diego Logistics Support Representative and Edwin Figueroa, NAVSUP Assistance Contracting Officer Representative, meet with sailors from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) supply department to discuss the subsistence on-load at Naval Air Station North Island, Nov. 17.

TECH. SGT. Ken Walker (left), TECH. SGT. J. D. Sagor (center) and STAFF SGT. Michael Hagood from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, work to pass out bottles of water to rescue and support personnel at the explosion site of the Federal Building. The U.S. Air Force is providing around-the-clock support of personnel, equipment and supplies during rescue and relief efforts. Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030312-F-9259M-004. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

220712-N-ZS023-1033 SAN DIEGO (July 12, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Leo, center, an Atlanta native and the operations officer aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit Canberra (LCS 30), speaks with Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team Four (CDT4) Sailors in the mission bay of the ship. CDT4 is currently participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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.

Airmen with 167th Logistics Readiness Squadron review proper netting procedures before beginning a pallet training event at the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 9, 2022. Building pallets like these are essential to quickly and safely load and unload U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft.

050107-N-0057P-037. Base: Banda Aceh State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

U.S. Airmen and Soldiers strap a training patient into a litter at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 14, 2022. TF Longhorn in partnership with the attending point of care units conducted a large-scale joint force MedEvac litter load training and K9 environment conditioning. Army MedEvac capabilities allow USCENTCOM forces to expedite casualties to next-level care and augment base medical capabilities.

U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Gillian Watkins, left, personnel support of contingency operations specialists, 114th Fighter Wing, places contaminated gear into a plastic bag being held by U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Julia Maassen, right, personnel support of contingency operations specialists, during Lobo Trident on Volk Field Air National Guard Base near Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, March 30, 2023. Lobo Trident is a large-scale readiness exercise used to demonstrate the 114th Fighter Wings capability to support adaptive operations in a contested environment.

010924-F-7930W-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Soldiers with the Kansas National Guard unload cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker upon arrival to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Jan. 18, 2021. At least 25,000 National Guard men and women have been authorized to conduct security, communication and logistical missions in support of federal and District authorities leading up and through the 59th Presidential Inauguration.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Schoonover, right, an amphibious combat vehicle crewman assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Task Force Los Angeles, explains the capabilities of the ACV at the Los Angeles Fleet Week exposition site in San Pedro, California, May 29, 2022. The purpose of Fleet Week is to showcase the capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps team and give back to the community with events, static displays, and personal interactions between service members and the public.

220718-N-PI330-1008 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (July 18, 2022) Lt. j.g. Caleb Tilley, left, and Builder Constructionman Traevon Mensterhouston, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), set up c-wire during a camp layout training in Rota, Spain, July 18, 2022. NMCB 133 is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied, and partner interests.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 218th Brigade Support Battalion, South Carolina Army National Guard, from Orangeburg, S.C., pick up cots and blankets for the American Red Cross, the cots and blankets were transported to shelters around the state for people evacuating from Hurricane Florence, Sept. 13, 2018. Approximately 2,600 Soldiers and Airmen have been mobilized to prepare, respond and participate in recovery efforts as forecasters project Hurricane Florence will increase in strength with potential to be a Category 4 storm and a projected path to make landfall near the Carolinas and east coast.

A member of the 5th Quarter MASTER (QM) Company, Rhine Ordnance Barracks build a 5 staging area set-up at Ramstein Air Base, Germany to box humanitarian daily rations in a Tri-wall Aerial Delivery System (TRIADS) for upcoming airdrops in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

US Soldiers board a C-5 at the airport in Mogadishu enroute to the United States. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

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