Military Logistics Operations

Scenes depicting military personnel and vehicles engaged in cargo loading and equipment transport, highlighting logistical support in various settings.

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Cameron, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, guides cargo onto a C-130J Super Hercules bound for Africa during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 24, 2022. The United States and its African partners have a shared interest in a secure, stable, and prosperous African continent. Due to its strategic location, Dover AFB supports approximately $3.5 billion worth of foreign military sales annually.

000505-N-6492H-553. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Cameron, 436th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, guides cargo onto a C-130J Super Hercules bound for Africa during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June 24, 2022. The United States and its African partners have a shared interest in a secure, stable, and prosperous African continent. Due to its strategic location, Dover AFB supports approximately $3.5 billion worth of foreign military sales annually.

030331-F-4806N-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

050125-F-5774B-005. Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DN-ST-85-07126. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Seabee drives a motorized earthmoving scraper along a road being cleared of volcanic ash and mud following the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Base: Naval Air Station, Cubi Point State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

A military van is unloaded from an Army trailer, with the use of a forklift, for reloading onto a flatbed railroad car. The van contains a munitions shipment that arrived at the Chinhae Water Port. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

060108-A-4545F-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Butoma Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from the 75th Field Artillery Brigade; the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment; and the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment load various military vehicles onto rails in preparation for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at the National Training Center (NTC).

020602-M-9902V-002. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) from Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and an embarked/22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct an amphibious landing on a beach in Saaremaa, Estonia, during the Estonian Exercise Siil (Hedgehog) 22, May 20, 2022. The 22 ARG/MEU, as part 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.

030815-M-7837W-050. Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-371

Airman 1st Class Jose Reynoso Jr., 733rd Air Mobility Squadron air freight services element member, loads cargo onto a Tunner 60K Loader at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. The 733rd AMS handles inbound and outbound personnel and cargo for Kadena, including household goods, equipment and Army & Air Force Exchange Service products.

The Idaho Army National Guards 148th Field Artillery Regiment during live fire field operations on the Orchard Combat Training Center.The 1-148th Field Artillery Regiment provides field artillery support to the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team. Headquartered in Pocatello units are located in the Eastern Idaho communities of Blackfoot, Burley, Preston, Pocatello, Rexburg and St. Anthony.

DA-SC-85-13322. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG '85 Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040114-F-9629J-022. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Bravo Company, 2-501st, 1ST Armo

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Vogels, an engineer equipment operator with Marine Aircraft Group 41 (MAG-41), conducts a tour at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, Jan. 12, 2023. MAG-41 operates from 8 sites in 6 states and is assigned 75 rotary-wing, fixed-wing, and tilt-rotor aircraft. Over 3,000 Marines and Sailors assigned to 9 squadrons provide combat forces in overseas contingency operations, theater security cooperation missions, unit deployment program, training exercises, and daily tasking to provide operational support to the active component.

SGT. K. G. Blucher directs the driver of a tow vehicle as support equipment is unloaded from a U.S. Air Force KC-130 Hercules tanker. U.S. forces are bringing in personnel, materiel and equipment to support Operation United Shield, which is the withdrawal of United Nations peacekeepers from Mogadishu, Somalia. Subject Operation/Series: UNITED SHIELD Base: Mombasa International Airport Country: Kenya (KEN)

U.S. Air Force weapons Airmen assigned to the 48th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load an Mk-82 bomb onto a bomb lift truck during exercise Poseidons Rage 22 at Souda Air Base, Greece, July 19, 2022. PR22 focuses on the partnership between the U.S. and Hellenic Air Forces in order to validate F-35/F-15E deployment capabilities and integrate both fourth and fifth-generation fighter capabilities.

970225-F-0994L-016. Complete Scene Caption: This John Deere 544E-H 6000-pound forklift will upload the last bit of cargo at Taszar Air Base, Hungary. Loadmasters and Air Mobility personnel work together, completing a hasty trade downloading and uploading cargo with engines running. The aircraft personnel, Green Hornets, are deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for a 100-day Temporary Duty (TDY) tour assisting Operation JOINT GUARD (previously Operation Joint Endeavor). Flying C-130 Hercules every day to the Former Yugoslav region (primarily Tuzla), they pickup and deliver cargo and passengers in support of JOINT GUARD. Tuzla is the dispersion and collection point for supplies, vehicles and personnel. JOINT GUARD enforces the Dayton Peace Accords and with multi-national allies continues to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provides a climate of stability in the war-torn land of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Taszar Air Base C

030201-M-7031A-029. Base: Subic Bay Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

DF-ST-89-00225. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 22 prepares to move cargo holding a Tactical Water Purification System (TWPS) during a 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) field exercise on Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Aug. 22, 2022. The exercise is running concurrently to CLB-22s Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation, the Marines and sailors are working together to demonstrate proficiency in individual and collective skills prior to the upcoming Marine Air-Ground Task Force composite.

DF-ST-89-00135. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Adam Bell, 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron transportation function representative, drives a forklift during Ballistic Badger 2022, Oct. 20, 2022, on Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin. BB22 is a training opportunity for Airmen at the Showcase Wing to rehearse the ability to execute rapid global mobility.

220529-N-PG340-1008 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (May 29, 2022) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Florentina Fanapin (left) and Equipment Operator 2nd Class Kourtney Gallagher, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, guide Equipment Operator 2nd Class Gerardo Peralesmedina around the deck of a PTS-250 ocean-going landing barge, May 29. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 loaded equipment for Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

A US Air Force Airmen from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia, Civil Engineers Squadron performs Rapid Runway Repair by operating a vibrating roller, as he wares his gas mask during an Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US airman uses a forklift to offload a pallet of cargo from a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Aguacate Airstrip. The C-130, provided by the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing from Popr Air Force Base, North Carolina, is bringing troops and supplies to the airstrip during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) II. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

The 332d Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Traffic Management Operations Airmen unload newly arrived cargo at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2022. The 332d ELRS provides premier combat sustainment operations to AFCENT's primary combat wing in order to deter and defeat regional aggressors.

MAKEYEVKA, DONBASS, OCT 9: Open air museum Echo of War in Makeyevka on 9 October 2014. Shells, ammunition and missiles fired by Ukrainian Army against civilians in Donbass on public display.

U.S. Army Reserve Soldier Staff Sgt. Emmanuel Pasion with the 871st Engineer Company operates an excavator on the construction site for the developing road in Old Harbor, Alaska, July 16, 2022.

011031-F-5795G-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

DF-ST-86-07742. Country: Unknown

U.S. Marine Corps vehicles and equipment from Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing offload from a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 during exercise Steel Knight 23 on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

Inert general purpose bombs, called MK-84s, arrive at the 125th Fighter Wing, Florida Air National Guard, Aug. 24, 2022. The assets are the first tangible indication of the Wing's upcoming F-35 conversion and enable members to begin preparing for first aircraft arrival.

020529-N-5362A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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Exercise operations are shown Aug. 4, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis., for the 86th Training Division's Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX) 86-22-02. The exercise took place in August 2022 at Fort McCoy at various locations throughout the installation. Around 4,000 service members participated in the exercise. The CSTX is a joint training event executed in a live, virtual, and constructive integrated training environment where service members test their tactical and technical skills.

U.S Army Soldiers install steel runway planking for a fence along the U.S./Mexico border in Naco, Ariz., June 28, 2007, in support of Operation Jump Start.

040811-F-5544L-001. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Led by a pair of loaders, a convoy of vehicles from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) arrives at a site in northern Saudi Arabia prior to the start of the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. The Seabees will construct a forward Marine cmap on the site. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (June 8, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 participate in an airfield damage repair evolution in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 (NMCB-40) use a bulldozer to pile crushed coral during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. NMCB-40 is using the coral to improve a road. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A road grader of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 is transported by trailer along a main supply route during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. John Privitere, Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Orlando Fla., provides overwatch of several pallets of MREs and other logistical needs designated for his unit during exercise Northern Strike 22-2, Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

DF-ST-87-01074. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-47. Hurricane Katrina

Airman 1st Class Nestor Ryan Cassin, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Management Flight refueler and fire truck maintenance apprentice, reviews an inspection checklist for a refueler vehicle at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Aug. 29, 2022. Routine maintenance ensures vehicles are mission ready.

030201-M-5972A-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kuwait Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Multiple vehicles of crew chiefs and other flight line personnel assigned to the 117th Air Refueling Wing prepare to approach the 117 ARWs fleet of KC-135R Stratotanker on the flight line at Sumpter Smith Joint National Guard Base, Alabama, Feb. 10, 2024. The mission of the 117 ARW is to provide quality worldwide air refueling, airlift, support, logistics, intelligence, and medical services in support of its community, state, and the nation with its KC-135R Stratotanker fleet. Air National Guard

British soldiers from the 7th Signal Regiment set up their Radio Relay Van (the only one in theater) at the site of the new Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Tactical Headquarters in Jelah, Bosnia-Herzegovina, approximately 4 kilometers northwest of Tesanj. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Jelah Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Army Reserve Sgt. Justin Huse, an engineer with the 412th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, directs Spc. James Morse as he maneuvers a bulldozer while building a fighting position at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 26, 2022, as part of Warrior Exercise 78-22-02. This training allows these Soldiers to build skills they will need if they deploy in support of a combat operation.

050714-F-7564C-156. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Senior Airman Caleb Spencer, A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team engines specialist, tows an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 6, 2022. Spencer is the sole engine troop assigned to the team and is responsible for all engine maintenance for the teams three dedicated aircraft.

DA-ST-85-02334. Subject Operation/Series: LIFELINE Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Munitions Systems specialist work together to transport pieces of live munitions for assembly during Iron Flag-Nellis 22-2 at hosted by the 57th Munitions Squadron Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 15, 2022. Iron Flag-Nellis 22-2 is a two-week, large-scale munitions assembly event to train Munitions Systems Airmen.

U.S. Air Force members and civilians participate during a Major Accident Response Exercise, Mar. 30, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. MAREs demonstrate JBSAs Disaster Response Forces ability to assess and respond to an aircraft mishap. The 502nd Air Base Wing worked alongside the Schertz Fire Department, 12th Flying Training Wing and the 59th Medical Wing validate the necessary support during a simulated accident.

041130-M-9529D-006. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the 239th Combat Communications Squadron offload items from a truck during Exercise BUMBU 22 at Camp Shelby, Miss., June 3, 2022. BUMBU 22 brings five combat communications squadrons with the 254th Combat Communications Group from their home stations located across the nation together for a consolidated training exercise.

DA-SC-85-13313. Subject Operation/Series: PROLOG Base: Fort Eustis State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 390th Missile Maintenance Squadron guide a Titan II missile as it is lowered onto a trailer after its removal from a silo at site No. 570-5. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the the 115th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, mans his vehicles as it is cleaned in the wash rack at Camp Aachen in Grafenwoehr, Germany Jan. 7, 2019. The Ironhorse Brigade is washing vehicles as part of the closing out requirements for their support of Atlantic Resolve in Europe.

030220-M-4419R-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Trucks pull an amphibious Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion vehicle around a corner at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 24. The LCAC, from Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, arrived at the base to begin two weeks of testing at Eglins McKinley Climatic Lab.

Army reservists of the 351st Ordnance Co. from Romney, W.V., offload a flatbed trailer using a 10,000-lb. rough-terrain forklift. The reservists are assisting the Directorate for Supply by re-warehousing igloos of category II ammunition (demolition blocks) during their annual training at the Seneca Army Depot. Base: Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tough Ombres from the 217th Transportation Company out of San Antonio, Texas are transporting equipment across the country to support our Canadian allies during the upcoming Exercise Maple Resolve. U.S. Army North and the Canadian Armed Forces plan year-round for the Canadian Army's Exercise Maple Resolve, the largest allied exercise conducted in North America. Maple Resolve provides an opportunity to enhance multi-national interoperability in a brigade-level field training exercise.Col. Steve Pazak, 90th Sustainment Brigade Commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Brenda Acosta linked up with the convoy at Fort Knox, Kentucky to offer encouragement along the journey and to stress the importance of the training/driving time as well as safety.Great work Tough Ombres!

(Left to right) Senior Airman Anthony Molina and SrA Daron Houtmansmith, both with the 374th Logistics Readiness Squadron cargo deployment function team, set static vehicle weighing scales during Samurai Readiness Inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 13, 2022. The Cargo Deployment Function (CDF) ensures pallets of cargo are measured, weighed, labeled and organized for load transport. The SRI tested Yokotas Airmen to ensure they were ready to respond to any type of contingency that may happen in the real world.

Members of the 436th Military Airlift Wing, dressed in chemical warfare gear, watch the defueling operations of a fuel truck during a chemical warfare defense equipment test. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

First Lieutenant (1LT) Ronnie Delfin finishes up mounting a 50 cal. weapon to the top of an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) at Camp Carroll, Republic of Korea, on Oct. 20, 1998. 1LT Delfin and other 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers are being issued weapons for their M1A1 MBT, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and M113 Amored Personnel Carriers in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle '98 is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A U.S. Marine Corps medium tactical vehicle replacement with Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing offloads from a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 during exercise Steel Knight 23 on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

051013-A-1327A-046. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

NEW YORK (Nov. 6, 2012) Seabees assigned to Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit (CBMU) 202, stationed out of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, operate bulldozers to remove from Hurricane Sandy during relief efforts in Highlands, N.J. CBMU-202 is operating under the U.S. Northern Command Defense Support of Civil Authorities mission, working closely with civil authorities and the Federal Emergency Management Agency following the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.

A P-19 Crash/Fire Fighting vehicle discharges a fire-fighting agent from the roof turret during the 169th Fighter Wing Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-85-02329. Subject Operation/Series: LIFELINE Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AGDF-005 35mm Anti Aircraft gun, belonging to the 119th Air Defense Battery, Canadian Armed Forces, stands ready to bring down hostile aircraft violating the skies over McGregor Range, New Mexico during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Troops at Fort McCoy, Wis., for training work on equipment and vehicles on North Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at the installation as the sun sets for the day. The troops were on post for weekend training. During September 2022, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy for institutional training and extended combat and weekend training. Fort McCoy's motto is to be the Total Force Training Center.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, clean the engine of an M1A2 Abrams tank as part of their annual maintenance at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, June 11, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

010923-F-0193C-008. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Port Of Dekheila Country: Egypt (EGY)

Members of the 31st Communications Squadron make a final adjustments before activating a portable satellite communications terminal. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

With two satellite communications antennas in the foreground, two participants in the chemical warfare Exercise Purple Penny '89 kneel beside the command post set up for the exercise by the airlift control element of the 437th Military Airlift Wing. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE PENNY '89 Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipment and cargo belonging to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, gets loaded onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in Meridian, Mississippi, Sept. 29, 2022. Approximately 20 Soldiers and Airmen from the Mississippi National Guard are deploying to Florida to assist with emergency response in the wake of Hurricane Ian.

220511-N-PI330-1016 NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain- Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Eliijah Gritzmaker, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, removes a tire from a MK-31 medium tactical vehicle replacement to perform maintenance, May 11, 2022. NMCB 133 is currently forward deployed to provide an adaptable and scalable Naval Construction Force as a vital component of the U.S. Maritime strategy in executing quality construction in combat, humanitarian assistance or disaster recovery operations.

Soldiers of the 65th Field Artillery Brigade guide a Pallet Load System (PLS truck) into position in the field at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho June 6, 2022 for Western Strike 22. National Guard Soldiers from seven states and active duty soldiers converge on the Idaho training center, providing logistics challenges that mirror real world military deployments. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the Utah National Guards 65th Field Artillery Brigade, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

U.S. Marines with Engineer Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing provide lift capability to expedite forward arming and refueling point setup at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Feb. 26, 2024. This training enhanced proficiency and increased readiness in preparation for Balikatan 24. Marine Corps

U.S. Airmen, assigned to the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron, stagger their swaths while removing rubber from a runway on Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 9, 2022. The 577th EPBS, one-half of the 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group, establishes and sustains airfield operations at locations where U.S. Air Force aircraft operate.

SENIOR AIRMAN Boo Brown, forklift driver from the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron McGuire AFB NJ, removes a pallet from a K-loader to be loaded on to a C-130 Hercules for delivery to Kigali, Rwanda. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT HOPE Base: Entebbe Country: Uganda (UGA)

Training operations are shown at Fort McCoy, Wis., on Jan. 4, 2024. During January 2024, thousands of troops trained at Fort McCoy to start off 2024.

011110-F-5795G-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

021209-M-3022S-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

DN-SC-90-02478. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

DF-ST-86-12118. Base: North Field State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 127th Wing Squadrons show their Employers and guests who are interested in joining the Air National Guard, what their jobs are all about, in this case, moving munitions, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, during a Recruiting Exposition on Armed Forces Day. Members of the 127th Wing Squadrons show their Employers and guests who are interested in joining the Air National Guard, what their jobs are all about, in this case, moving munitions, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan, during a Recruiting Exposition on Armed Forces Day.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mariela Rodriguez, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, guides a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle for helicopter support team training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 29, 2022. The HST enables the setup of an expedient landing zone for aircraft, and are able to secure equipment such as JLTVs for pickup. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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