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Collection of images showcasing military leaders in strategic discussion settings, emphasizing training, planning, and command transitions.

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lonnie Branum, land component commander, Arizona National Guard, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Steven Slee, command sergeant major, 85th Support Command, met and key leaders at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center to discuss training during Exercise Pershing Strike 2022, July 26, 2022. Exercise Pershing Strike aims to establish and execute the functions required to mobilize and deploy a company-sized element for the U.S. Army. Exercises like this demonstrate Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Centers ability to produce trained and validated units ready to deploy throughout the world.

Earthquake - Little Rock, Ark. , May 17, 2011 Administrator Fugate (Center) meets with several members of the emergency management team in Little Rock, Ark. during the National Level Exercise, a simulated earthquake drill. They are meeting inside a Mobile Emergency Response Support vehicle, which was deployed for the simulation... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Soldiers and Airmen representing the North Carolina National Guard, participate in Cyber Shield 2022 at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas June 12, 2022. Cyber Shield 2022 is the Department of Defense's largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.

Cpt. Kaleb Dahl, assistant operations officer, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, discusses door gunner training on a CH-47F Chinook helicopter with Col. Jörn Rohmann, commander, Air Mobility Training and Exercise Center, Bundeswehr, and Col. Heinz Claus, chief of staff, AMTEC, in the Griffin Conference Room, Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, June 9, 2022. Being the only enduring aviation brigade in USAREUR-AF, 12 CAB continuously fosters trust and understanding with allied partners. 12 CAB is among other units assigned to V Corps, America's Forward Deployed Corps in Europe. They work alongside NATO Allies and regional security partners to provide combat-ready forces, execute joint and multinational training exercises, and retain command and control for all rotational and assigned units in the European Theater.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Kummer and Sgt. Tyler Holloway, with the U.S Army National Guard, are inspected by the board panel while competing in the 2022 Best Squad Competition at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 7, 2022. The competition tests the squads proficiency in their warrior tasks and battle drills and identifies the most cohesive, highly trained, disciplined and fit team - ready to fight and win - while demonstrating commitment to the Army Values and Warrior Ethos.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Bryan Kummer and Sgt. Tyler Holloway, with the U.S Army National Guard, are inspected by the board panel while competing in the 2022 Best Squad Competition at the Pentagon Library and Conference Center in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 7, 2022. The competition tests the squads proficiency in their warrior tasks and battle drills and identifies the most cohesive, highly trained, disciplined and fit team - ready to fight and win - while demonstrating commitment to the Army Values and Warrior Ethos.

221012-N-RQ186-3001NORFOLK, Va. (October 12, 2022) Air Commodore Mike Baulkwill, center, commander of the United Kingdoms combat air force, discusses the Maintenance Operation Center (MOC) Aircraft on Ground (AOG) with MOC leadership during a visit, Oct. 12. The MOC AOG works to assess, improve, and properly organize the efforts that keep mission-capable aircraft fully ready to fly wherever the Navy needs them.

PEARL HARBOR (August 3, 2022) Philippine Navy Capt. Charles Villanueva, commanding officer of Jose Rizal-class guided missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF 151), far left, and senior leadership of Antonio Luna speak with U.S. Navy Capt. Aaron Taylor, commanding officer of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), second from left, and senior leadership of Essex aboard Antonio Luna during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, August 3, 2022. 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 world's 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 world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

PEARL HARBOR (July 8, 2022) - Rear Adm. Larry Watkins, Deputy Commander of U.S. 3rd Fleet, speaks at a senior staff command forum as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. 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.

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041127-M-2583M-030. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Col. Russ Cook, 23rd Wing commander, addresses attendees during the quarterly Air Force Community Partnership meeting at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, May 12, 2022. Cook highlighted the benefits of Moodys Fire Department partnering with the community. He explained how the relationship provides base firefighters the ability to effectively impact emergency response to community fires.

NSA Bahrain - U.S. Navy Capt. Joanna Sarmiento, the Deputy Commander of Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (TF51/5), conducts the Operations and Intelligence Brief at TF51/5 September 28, 2022. Capt. Sarmiento is one of dozens of reserve Sailors who have deployed to in support of TF 51/5 over the years. TF 51/5 responds to crises and contingencies; coordinates, plans, and executes operations; conducts theater security cooperation; and advances emerging Naval concepts at sea, from the sea, and ashore in order to support CENTCOM, 5th Fleet, and Marine Corps Forces Central Command theater objectives.

220721-N-UD469-1126 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2022) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday tours the Republic of Korea Navy ship ROKS Marado (LPH 6112) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 21. 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 world's 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 world's oceans.

220915-N-PC065-1078 KLAIPEDA, Lithuania (Sept. 15, 2022) - Lithuanian Navy Cdr. Remigijus Monstvilas, a chaplain, conducts a religious service aboard the U.S. Navy San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), Sept. 15, 2022. The Arlington is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, 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.

Senior leaders with Qatar Emiri Corps of Engineers visit Port San Antonio, June 13, 2022, Texas. QECE is developing an operations and maintenance (O&M) program to support the Qatar Ministry of Defenses current and future requirements.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Zana, commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), welcomes Department of Defense and Department of State officials during the annual East Africa Security Forum (EASF) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 11, 2022. More than 50 US government interagency officials working in more than 10 countries throughout East Africa attended the EASF. During the forum, representatives with the U.S. DoS, DoD, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the National Security Council discussed topics ranging from overarching long-term strategy to specific security threats in the region.

Stephen Sullivan, the Chief Financial Officer and Director for Resources, Installations, and Materiel for the Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve, sits in on a briefing April 25, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., as part of an official visit. Sullivan visited Fort McCoy from April 25-27 to learn more about the installation and see facilities throughout the post. The visit included an initial overview briefing by Garrison Commander Col. Michael Poss with other members of the Fort McCoy Garrison command team as well as several Fort McCoy workforce leaders and members. The visit also included tours of barracks buildings and dining facilities used for the Operation Allies Welcome mission at Fort McCoy between Aug. 15, 2021, and Feb. 15, 2022. And Sullivan received an aerial tour aboard a UH-60 Black Hawk that showed him the entire installation from north to south and in between.

041127-M-2583M-032. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 15, 2022. Exercise Maltese Dragon is a training exercise, hosted by Marine Corps Logistics Operation Group, where logistics staffs train in an exercise-controlled environment undergoing different Combat Operations Center simulated stressors used to train and educate well-rounded Marine Air Ground-Task Force logisticians. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Vice Adm. Doug Perry, commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, speaks with Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group leadership aboard the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) as the ship prepares to return to Naval Station Norfolk following an eight-month deployment, Jan. 17, 2024. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group was deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Retired Col. Samuel L. Russell, with the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., visited with Maj. Gen. Anthony R. Hale, Fort Huachuca and USAICoE commanding general, April 29-30.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomes Brazilian General Sergio Negraes, Brazilian Armys Secretary of Finance and Economics to the IADC campus at Ft. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 11, 2022. During the visit General Novaes spoke to students and was inducted into the IADC Hall of Honor. Additionally, he participated in an office call with leadership, received a college briefing and took a tour of the campus.

Joint force service members participate in the war gaming phase during the Information Warfighter Exercise (IWX) at Camp Upshur, VA, Sept. 19, 2022. The IWX is a training event that focuses on implementing all Information Related Capability requirements with the joint force, government agencies and partnering nations that provides accurate subject matter expertise to all Marine Corps operations. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo taken by Cpl. Devin T. Horton)

U.S. Army Reserve soldiers, currently instructors for the Military Peace Keeping Intelligence (MPKI) course, instructs the MPKI students at Birendra Peace Operations Centre during Shanti Prayas IV on March 2nd, 2024. MPKI is a course taught to service members to elaborate on the essential role the intelligence community plays in identifying every part of a mission in preparation to UN mission deployments. Shanti Prayas IV is a multinational peacekeeping exercise sponsored by the Nepali Army and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and is the latest in a series of exercises designed to support peacekeeping operations. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Matthew P. Beevers, Adjutant General, California Military Department host GEN Manoj Pande, Chief of the Army Staff, Indian Army, during Pande and his delegations visit at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., Feb. 16, 2024. The visit marks a significant stride in a collaborative efforts to deepen professional military education and trust, supporting each other's modernization through tech advancements and to conduct joint exercise, enhancing interoperability and readiness. Air National Guard

Senior military leaders from numerous United States Combatant Commands and NATOs Allied Commands took part in the Allied Warfighter Talks at the General Jacob E. Smart Conference Center on Joint Base Andrews, Md, Nov 8, 2022.

PENSACOLA, Fla. (Sept. 28, 2022) Rear Adm. Pete Garvin, commander, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), speaks during the NETC fall leadership off-site at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Sept. 28, 2022. Leaders from throughout the NETC Force Development domain attended both in-person and online to discuss issues ranging across the "street to fleet" mission to recruit, develop and deliver combat-ready warfighters to the fleet.

Ms. Kristin French, deputy director of logistics operations (J3), Defense Logistics Agency, meets with Brig. Gen. (P) Paula Lodi, commanding general, 18th MEDCOM (Deployment Support), to discuss medical challenges in the Indo-Pacific region in the 18th MEDCOM (DS) headquarters at Fort Shafter Flats, Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2023. French is responsible for the end-to-end supply chain management of DLA's nine supply chains, providing logistics and materiel process management policy, guidance, oversight, and monitoring of supply chain performance.

Togolese Army Lt. Col. Talake Ably (right), introduced U.S. Air Force Capt. Jeremiah Colbert (center right), North Dakota National Guard bilateral affairs officer, and U.S. Army Staff Sgts. Jacob Thompson (center left) and Adelard Hoffarth (left), both instructors, 1st Battalion, 164th Regional Training Institute, North Dakota Army National Guard, to the Togolese Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy instructors during a State Partnership Program instructor knowledge exchange event, Temedja, Togo, Feb. 26, 2024. This instructor knowledge exchange was event four of an eight-part series to expand the experience of NCO academy instructors from the North Dakota National Guard and Togolese Army under the National Guards State Partnership Program. Army National Guard

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 15, 2022) - Bob Thompson, DirectorStrategy and Future Requirements at Commander, Navy Installations Command, speaks at the Region Commander Executive Steering Conference at the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2022. Navy installation leadership gathered to discuss the important services bases provide to Sailors and their families. Commander, Navy Installations Command oversees 48,000 employees located across 70 Navy shore installations in 10 regions around the world and is charged with sustaining the Fleet, enabling the Fighter and supporting the Family.

Maj. Gen. Michael C. McCurry, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and Fort Rucker commander, receives a brief during the hurricane tabletop exercise from USAACE command staff, August 24, 2022, at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandon Savage, 56th Component Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, talks to the military spouses during the Heart Link Spouse Orientation, Oct. 19, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The one-day class included briefings from wing leadership, a meet and greet with various First Sergeants and a small tour of Luke AFB operations.

NJ Army National Guard State Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Leonard meets with Albanian military leaders in Tirana May 16, 2022. State Command Sgt. Maj. Leonard travels to Tirana along with other prominent Non-Commissioned Officers of the NJ Army National Guard to help promote the development of the Albanian NCO Core. (NJ Army National Guard photo by SSG Jacqui Robinson)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Maryland National Guard (MDNG), teaches a lesson on photography techniques to Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) service members during a public affairs workshop, March 27, 2023, at the Army Hall in downtown Sarajevo. For the past 20 years, MDNG and AFBiH members have been able to exchange their military knowledge and share experiences from diverse backgrounds, allowing for continuous improvement in functional capabilities and further strengthening their relationship.

Italian Rear Adm. Michele Orini, Italian Rear Adm. Massimiliano Grazioso, Italian Rear Adm. Valentino Rinaldi, commander, Amphibious Task Force for Steadfast Defender, Royal Canadian Navy Rear Adm. David Patchell, vice commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet and commander, Task Force North for exercise Steadfast Defender, and Capt. Marco Guerriero, commanding officer of the Italian Landing Assault Helicopter Ship Giuseppe Garibaldi, meet with Cmdr. Christopher W. Van Loenen, commanding officer of the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), in the captains cabin aboard the ship, Feb. 25, 2024, in Harstad Norway. Steadfast Defender 2024, NATOs largest exercise in decades, will demonstrate NATOs ability to deploy forces rapidly from across the Alliance to reinforce the defense of Europe. Navy

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin speaks with community leaders from Altus, Okla. during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., April 5, 2022. The group discussed local initiatives for Altus Air Force Base. This image has been altered to obscure security badges.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Carter S. Hays, a data systems administrator with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command explains his understanding of leadership traits and characteristics while attending Lance Cpl. Leadership and Ethics Seminar 1-22 at Marine Corps Community Services, Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 17, 2022. This week-long course consists of knowledge assessment, physical training and open leadership discussions. The Lance Cpl. Leadership and Ethics Seminar is designed to reaffirm the values, ethos, and principles of small unit leadership and is required training for Marines prior to achieving the non-commissioned officer rank of Corporal.

Soldiers from Task Force Spartan celebrate Women's Equality Day with a prayer breakfast and discuss the role of women in American history and the U.S. Army on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Aug. 25, 2022.

General Glen VanHerck, North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, welcomes nearly 70 senior officers and enlisted leaders from across the commands to open the 2022 NORAD and USNORTHCOM Commanders Conference at the commands headquarters on Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado. The two-day event provides a forum for the leaders at the Components, Subordinates and Regions to align and integrate activities witht eh NORAD and USNORTHCOM staff in support of the commands strategy for defending the homelands. (Department of Defense photo by Jhomil Bansil)

Gen. Andrew P. Poppas, Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces Command, listens to a brief at Project Convergence 2022 at Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 20, 2022. During the first of two demonstration days for Project Convergence 22, All-Service and Multinational leaders gathered at Camp Pendleton to discuss lessons learned and ways ahead after several weeks of transformational future force experimentation.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III is briefed on the current status of defueling operations at Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility by U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John Wade, Commander, Joint Task Force-Red Hill, Sept. 30, 2022.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Erik Campbell, all source analyst for the 285th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron, Oklahoma National Guard, gathers information to disseminate to mission commanders as part of a Special Operations Task Group during a certification exercise at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Dec. 7, 2022. His role is to gather information and act as a compendium to provide up-to-date operations information.

On 5 October 2022, during their culminating training event, 131As in Warrant Officer Basic Course, Class #004-22 facilitated a target decision board for Col. Victor Scharstein, the 428th Field Artillery Brigade Commander.Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) is 30 weeks long ending with a two-week culminating training exercise where they will receive a brigade OPORD, conduct MDMP, FS planning and lead a target working group and target decision board chaired by brigade and battalion commanders.

221006-N-DK722-2008 VENICE (Oct. 6, 2022) U.S. Navy Adm. Stuart B. Munsch, center right, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples, meets with Capitaine de vassieau-major (CVM) Mohammed Adil Britel, left, Director of External Relations, during the 13th Trans-Regional Seapower Symposium (TRSS), hosted by the Italian Navy. Held every Two years, TRSS provides a forum for international Naval leaders, organizations and agencies from more than 50 nations to discuss the latest developments in confronting maritime challenges.

Chief Master Sgt. David R. Wolfe, Command Chief, U.S. Pacific Air Forces speaks with Warrant Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force Fiona Grasby during the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit 2022 in Arlington, Virginia, Aug. 1, 2022. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass hosted SELIS to reassure Allies and partners of the USAFs commitment to secure our common interests and promote shared values.

WASHINGTON (October 20, 2022) Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday meets with Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger and Royal Navy First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Adm. Sir Ben Key for a Strategic Dialogue at the Pentagon, Oct. 20. During the dialogue the leaders discussed maritime strategies, warfighting concepts, and future force design.

Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hiyasat, fourth from left, commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, speaks with Brig. Gen. John Teichert, assistant deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for international affairs, before a meeting with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 30, 2022. Brown and Hiyasat discussed partnership between their services.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 11, 2022) Master Chief Electricians Mate Doug Stevenson, an enlisted community manager for surface ratings, advises Professional Apprenticeship Career Tracks (PACT) Sailors during a Fleet Engagement Team event aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Enlisted community managers, rating specialists and detailers from Navy Personnel Command met with PACT Sailors forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet to provide career counseling, designate ratings and negotiate orders on site.

Washington, DC. September 18, 2006. Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force Delegation discuss some of the concepts regarding crisis communications and the importance of managing expectations thru media vehicles. FEMA .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Bethany Harris, 131st Bomb Wing director of psychological health, discusses suicide prevention strategies with 131st public affairs staff at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 10, 2022. Harris was awarded the Air Force Association Outstanding Air Force Civilian Employee of the Year Award in the Civilian Program Manager category.

Bethany Harris, 131st Bomb Wing director of psychological health, discusses suicide prevention strategies with 131st public affairs staff at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 10, 2022. Harris was awarded the Air Force Association Outstanding Air Force Civilian Employee of the Year Award in the Civilian Program Manager category.

Major General Keith D. Reventlow, commanding general, Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM) and Colonel Matthew Mulvey, Installations and Logistics, speak during the 18th annual Albany Area Chamber of Commerce meeting with Marine Corps leadership in Washington D.C. on September 15, 2022. The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce met with Marine Corps leadership and the Georgia congressional delegation to discuss how current and future Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany and LOGCOM initiatives align with the global force posture. The visit further reinforces the value of MCLB Albany and LOGCOM to members of Congress and explores ways the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, local community and members of Congress can support the needs of the base and its tenant commands.

Royal Saudi Air Forces Commodore Al Mutairi Sattam Thaib, Armed Forces Intel and Security Institute commander, speaks with U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Reilman, 17th Training Wing commander, during a brief at Goodfellow Air Force Base, May 18, 2022. Members of the RSAF visited Goodfellow AFB to learn about the joint and coalition forces intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance training provided by the 17th TRW.

Personnel participate in a blood drive July 15, 2022, by the American Red Cross at Fort McCoy, Wis. Dozens of Soldiers and other personnel donated blood in a successful effort by the Red Cross. Red Cross officials said there is an ongoing urgent need for blood donors and ask people to give if they can.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomes General Eduardo Enrique Zapateiro Altamiranda, Commander General of the Colombian National Army to the IADC campus at Ft. Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., April 6, 2022. During the visit General Zapateiro spoke to students and was inducted in to the IADC Hall of Honor. Additionally, he participated in an office call with leadership, received a college briefing and took a tour of the campus.

Senior Wisconsin National Guard leaders receive a unit orientation brief of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force Dec. 1 at Taurama Barracks in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The Wisconsin National Guard conducted a senior leader National Guard State Partnership Exchange visit to Papua New Guinea Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Maj. Brian Faltinson

U.S. Army Europe and Africas Command Sgt. Maj. Jeremiah E. Inman and Command Sgt. Maj. Mark Morgan of the 7th Army Training Command pose with U.S. Army Soldiers for a photo in Grafenwoehr, Germany, on May 25, 2022. Soldiers at the 7th Army NCO Academy met with Inman and Morgan for a mentorship luncheon.

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Harold Young, top, the senior enlisted advisor of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), I Marine Expeditionary Force, answers a question during a combined command and control operations class during Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 23 at the 7th Infantry Battalion Base, Lampung, Indonesia, Nov. 18, 2022. Keris MAREX is a bilateral exercise hosted by the Indonesian National Military between the Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia and U.S. Marine Corps focused on promoting military interoperability, maritime domain awareness, strengthening relationships, and expanding capabilities among participating forces. MRF-SEA is an operational model developed by Marine Corps Forces Pacific that postures scalable I Marine Expeditionary Forces west of the International Date Line, conducts a series of planned subject matter expert exchanges and enablers, and advances security objectives shared with our Allies and Partners.

220414-N-TH560-0084 SASEBO, Japan (April 14, 2022) Sailors taking part in the Professional Apprenticeship Career Tracks (PACT) program work one-on-one with enlisted community managers, rating specialists and detailers from Navy Personnel Command during a Fleet Engagement Team event onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo. The Fleet Engagement Team met with PACT Sailors forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet to provide career counseling, designate ratings and negotiate orders on site.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (April 11, 2022) Sailors taking part in the Professional Apprenticeship Career Tracks (PACT) program work one-on-one with enlisted community managers, rating specialists and detailers from Navy Personnel Command (NPC) during a Fleet Engagement Team event aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). The Fleet Engagement Team met with PACT Sailors forward-deployed to the 7th Fleet to provide career counseling, designate ratings and negotiate orders on site.

GREAT LAKES, Il. (Aug. 26, 2022) Educators and local community leaders with Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Pacific tour Recruit Training Command and Naval Station Great Lakes as part of the Educator Orientation Visit (EOV) to familiarize teachers and community leaders with different aspects of the Navy. Opened in 1911, NSGL is the Navys largest training installation and the home of the Navys only Boot Camp. Located on over 1600 acres overlooking Lake Michigan, the installation includes 1,153 buildings with 39 on the National Register of Historic Places. NSGL supports over 50 tenant commands and elements as well as over 20,000 Sailors, Marines, Soldiers, and DoD civilians who live and work on the installation.

Major General Al Dohrmann, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general addresses the Grand Forks-East Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee in Grand Forks, North Dakota on April 20, 2022. General Dohrmann updated the committee on the impact and needs of the National Guard in the state.

Leaders from across the 501st Combat Support Wing listen to a brief during a professional development conference at RAF Alconbury, England, May 11, 2022. Wing leaders attended the conference, which provided a forum for sharing lessons learned from various experiences and challenges faced throughout their careers.

230327-N-DB801-0111MIAMI - (March 27, 2023) - U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, Commander, U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM), delivers keynote remarks during the Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) flag course at USSOUTHCOM headquarters March 27-31, 2023. This years course features 16 partner nation senior officers and 19 U.S. flag and general officers. The purpose of the CFMCC flag course is to improve the effectiveness of senior leaders (flag and general Officers) who routinely work together at the operational level of command and control. Rear Adm. Jim Aiken, Commander U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT), serves as host for this iteration of the course. USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT is the trusted maritime partner for Caribbean, Central and South America maritime forces leading to improved unity, security and stability.

Mr. Derek Gondek, professional staff member for the Senate Budget Committee (right), sits with Brig. Gen. Andrew M. Niebel (left), commanding general, Marine Corps Installations East Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, during a visit to MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 13, 2022. Gondek visited MCB Camp Lejeune to view current and future facilities sustainment, restoration and modernization projects on the installation.

Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón Colón-López speaks during the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit in Arlington, Va., Aug. 2, 2022. The summit is hosting senior enlisted leaders from 54 countries to reinforce partnerships between military services.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeannine Ryder, San Antonio Market director and 59th Medical Wing commander, meets with U.S. Air Force Col. Kristen Beals, 59th MDW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kristy Earls, the 59th MDWs command chief master sergeant, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Aug. 22, 2022.

Lance Lee, center, director, Marine Corps Base Hawaiis Installations, Environment and Logistics Directorate, briefs U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Eric Austin, commanding general, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during a visit to MCBH, Sept. 27, 2022. The purpose of the visit was to inform Austin on the bases progression toward Force Design 2030.

SAN DIEGO (APR. 13, 2022) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Shaun Thomas, a candidate for Commander, Navy Region Southwest's (CNRSW) Sailor of the Year (SOY), answers questions from a board of installation Command Master Chiefs. Air Traffic Controlman 1st Class Samuel Zacarias was selected as CNRSW's SOY after competing against top-performing Sailors from across CNRSW's 10 installations.

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221207-N-VI040-1036 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (Dec. 7, 2022) Cmdr. Zathan Baker, executive officer, Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan, from Pagosa Springs, Colo., briefs newly commissioned officers attached to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 203rd Air Training Squadron from Chiba Prefecture, Japan on NAF Atsugis mission and vision during their visit onboard the installation. NAF Atsugi supports the combat readiness of Commander, Fleet Air Western Pacific, Commander, Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW) 5, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 and 23 other tenant commands, and provides logistic support, coordination, and services to units assigned to the Western Pacific.

U.S. Space Force Col. Bryan Titus speaks with members of the Military Order of World Wars at the Elks Lodge in Goleta, Calif., January 18, 2022. As a guest speaker, Col. Titus spoke to the MOWW about his career in the Air Force and subsequent transfer into the Space Force. He also discussed Vandenberg's history, mission, and how vital the Space Force is to national security.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks live via video at the at the the eighth Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 20, 2023. The meeting brought together representatives from more than 50 nations and organizations to determine the best way to get the military capabilities that Ukraine needs to repel Russian forces from their sovereign territory.

Brig. Gen. Mohammad Hiyasat, right, commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, speaks with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. during a meeting at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., June 30, 2022. Hiyasat and Brown discussed partnership between their services.

On 5 October 2022, during their culminating training event, 131As in Warrant Officer Basic Course, Class #004-22 facilitated a target decision board for Col. Victor Scharstein, the 428th Field Artillery Brigade Commander.Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) is 30 weeks long ending with a two-week culminating training exercise where they will receive a brigade OPORD, conduct MDMP, FS planning and lead a target working group and target decision board chaired by brigade and battalion commanders.

Ron Pontius, deputy to the commanding general of U.S. Army Cyber Command (right) moderates a discussion panel on development of the joint cyber workforce at the Armed Forces Communications-Electronics Association's Cyber Education, Research and Training Symposium in Augusta, Ga., May 10, 2022. Pontius was joined on the panel by Brig. Gen. Paul Craft, commandant of the U.S. Army Cyber School (center); Col. Joseph D. Broome, commander of the Marine Corps Communications-Electronics School (left); Rear Adm. Stephen Donald, reserve deputy commander of the U.S. Navy 10th Fleet (not pictured) and Col. Dennis Howell, commander of the U.S. Air Force's 480th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group (not pictured). (Photo by MAJ Lindsay Roman)

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120612-XZ912-N-027NAPLES, Italy (June 12, 2012) Rear Adm. Kenneth "K.J." Norton, deputy chief of staff for strategy, resources and plans at U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, right, signs the official minutes of a meeting with Turkish naval Rear Adm. Aydin Sirin, chief of intelligence for Turkish Naval Forces Command Headquarters. During the staff talks, Norton and Sirin discussed interoperability in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas to better understand and achieve each nationÕs common interests and goals.

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve (left), speaks with Almirante (Colombian Navy Admiral) Francisco Hernando Cubides Granados (center right), Commander of the Colombian Navy, during a strategic briefing while at the Base de Entrenamiento de Marina in Coveñas, Colombia, for a graduation ceremony, Jan 11, 2023. For the first time in Colombian history, 60 women completed the Juramento de Bandera de Infantes de Marina after they completed three months of recruit training and joined the ranks in the Colombian Naval Infantry. U.S. Marines attended the ceremony to show solidarity and support partner nations significant contributions to the principles of Women, Peace, and Security and to demonstrate unwavering support for the women Naval Infantry graduates.

Members of Team Kirtland listen to a briefing detailing two Kirtland Airmens personal experiences during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 8, 2022. The briefing covered topics such as the mission, operations, building tension within Afghanistan, and the final days of withdrawal.

Daniel Grubiak, a provider partnership manager for the TRICARE Overseas Program, briefs U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (4 ID) on the TRICARE Overseas Program in Bolesławiec, Poland, Feb. 15, 2023. The 4 IDand their supporting units are proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

221012-N-DB724-1083CEBU, Philippines (Oct. 12, 2022) Chief Information Systems Technician Bernie Conanan, from Lasam, Cagayan, Philippines, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 7, speaks to sailors from the Philippine Navy, U. S. Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy, and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during a pre-sail brief during Exercise Sama Sama-Lumbas 2022 in Cebu, Philippines, Oct. 12. Sama Sama-Lumbas is a multilateral exercise and includes forces from Philippines, the United States, Australia, France, Japan, and the United Kingdom designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability.

U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Bartlow Jr., Chief of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center Natural Disaster Recovery Division, meets with leaders from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Omaha District in the USACE, Omaha District headquarters building, Omaha, Neb., Aug. 10, 2022.

220816-N-JC800-0126 SINGAPORE (Aug. 16, 2022) - (From left) Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander, 7th Fleet, and Capt. Tom Ogden, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 7 (DESRON 7) answer questions during a press conference to local and international news outlets during Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) Aug. 16. SEACAT is an annual multi-national exercise to strengthen cooperation and increase maritime security by sharing information and resources in the Southeast Asia region.

181122-N-PE636-0130MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Nov. 22, 2018) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith eats Thanksgiving dinner with Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). While aboard, Smith and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday serving dinner to the crew, reenlisting 22 Sailors in the ship's hangar bay, and personally recognizing more than 5,000 Sailors deployed aboard Harry S. Truman.

Staff Sgt. Nathan Proulx and Tech. Sgt. Alan Dwyer, members of client systems operations, and Master Sgt. Robert Bell, a member of radio frequency transmissions with the 157th Communications Flight, discuss most beneficial information for the members of the El Salvadoran cyber security team during a joint exchange in the Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico, El Salvador Aug. 24, 2022. The Airmen focused on tools that fit into the needs, capabilities and budget addressed by the El Salvadoran cyber team in their briefings.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership welcomes the Secretary of the Air Force International Affairs Americas and Africa Division to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2022. During the visit, the guests conducted an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus. The SAF/IARA creates, advocates for, and facilitates US Air Force policies and programs that support US national security objectives throughout the Americas and Africa, through international politico-military affairs, foreign military sales, education and training, cooperative research and development, and related endeavors.

Students at exercise Garuda Canti Dharma II / Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise 22 learn and discuss gender and protection planning relating to Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) initiatives and integration into Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) at Pusat Misi Pemeliharaan, Indonesia, July 19, 2022. WPS reaffirms that womens full, equal, and meaningful participation is essential for effective PKO. Exercise Garuda Canti Dharma II enables instructors from multiple countries to integrate and provide cross education, strengthening cohesion between allies and partners.

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes General William Arnulfo López Chay, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of National Defense of Guatemala and other dignitaries to the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 2022. During the visit, General López attended an office call with IADC Leadership, received an IADC brief, spoke with Class 62 students and concluded the visit with a tour of the campus.

220517-N-MD802-1224 TOKYO (May 17, 2022) - Lt. Gen. James Bierman, commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, center right, and Lt. Gen. Yasuhiko Suzuki, Vice Chief of Staff for the Japan Joint Staff, left, speak during an office call at the Ministry of Defense in Tokyo, Japan, May 17, 2022. Bierman and Suzuki discussed ways to enhance bi-lateral coordination and training opportunities to ensure that both U.S. and Japan Self-Defense Forces are ready and capable to defend Japan and secure a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and the commander of U.S. Africa Command, Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, speak to reporters, at AFRICOM Headquarters, Stuttgart, Germany, May 25, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Chiefs of Delegation and Alumni from 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 for a 60th anniversary Celebration on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. During the celebration visitors participated in a campus tour, a Panel on Ethics and Strategic Leadership, a BBQ and an Alumni Recognition Ceremony, including the release of the 60th Anniversary Book Strengthening Strategic Leadership in the Americas.

Local veteran attendees listen as remarks are given during the dedication ceremony of the Michael A. Noline Community Building, honoring Pfc. Michael A. Noline at the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, May 14, 2022. Noline, a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, who served as a light armored vehicle (LAV) crewman for 3rd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, was killed in action in support of Operation Desert Storm, Jan. 26, 1991.

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Feltey, Armor School Commandant, U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence, conducts a leader professional development panel to discuss Armor Standardization Strategy 2030 with the commanders and leaders of the 1st Infantry Division at Poznan, Poland, July 6th, 2022. The 1st Infantry Division proudly works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined President Donald J. Trump for a military briefing by senior U.S. and Republic of Korea military leaders in South Korea on November 7, 2017.

U.S. Marine Corps and Navy leadership from Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, bow their heads during prayer on a live interview with the Palau Wave Radio station in Koror, Republic of Palau, June 24, 2022. Named Koa Moana, after a Hawaiian/Polynesian phrase meaning ocean warrior, the task force fosters peace and security, builds relationships, and supports an international rules-based order that benefits the Indo-Pacific region.

Civil and military components of the government of Mongolia, multilateral regional partners, and international humanitarian response organizations and agencies participating in Gobi Wolf 2022 attend the opening ceremony in Bayankhongor, Mongolia, Sept. 5. Gobi Wolf is a disaster response exercise exchanging knowledge in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Participating countries also include Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

221207-N-VI040-1082 NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan (Dec. 7, 2022) Cmdr. Zathan Baker, executive officer, Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan, from Pagosa Springs, Colo., briefs newly commissioned officers attached to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force 203rd Air Training Squadron from Chiba Prefecture, Japan on NAF Atsugis mission and vision during their visit onboard the installation. NAF Atsugi supports the combat readiness of Commander, Fleet Air Western Pacific, Commander, Carrier Air Wing FIVE (CVW) 5, Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 51 and 23 other tenant commands, and provides logistic support, coordination, and services to units assigned to the Western Pacific.

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