Military Operations and Landscapes

Dramatic visuals of military operations with aircraft, soldiers in training at sunset, and concealed artillery amidst natural landscapes.

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing departs Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 7, 2022. The security assistance the U.S. is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force.

041016-F-9429S-043. Base: Alpena State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TREK NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Tylon William, a team leader with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrols through Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, just before sunrise, during Operation Black Tip, Oct. 14, 2010. Black Tip was a one-day clearing operation to disrupt enemy activity, during which the Marines, partnered with Afghan soldiers from the 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, detained four men suspected of combatant activity and removed a weapons cache from the area. William is from Compton, Calif.

A Whidbey Island class dock landing ship is silhouetted against the sky at sunset while at sea in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Northern Arabian Sea

A U.S. Marine High Mobility Rocket System with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, processes fire missions from a concealed position on Okinawa, Jan. 27, 2022. The training, conducted concurrently with Keen Edge 22, demonstrates the joint forces ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring, stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

U.S. Army Sgt. Aaron Sweeny, from San Diego, Calif., and Staff Sgt. Robert Novak, from Temple, Texas, both with 3rd Platoon, Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan, watch explosions from a mountain top near Forward Operating Base Salerno during a call-for-fire exercise, Feb. 3.

Equipment floats down to the drop zone after a high-altitude para-drop from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing departs Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 7, 2022. The security assistance the U.S. is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force.

Soldiers with the Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company load railcars with military vehicles and equipment Nov. 2, 2022, at the rail yard at Fort McCoy, Wis. Overall the company loaded 128 items on to railcars over the multi-day rail movement at the installation to deploy the equipment eventually to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Five personnel with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) assisted with the rail movement and its coordination. The 411th is the latest of many units over the last decade to hold rail movements at Fort McCoy. As a matter of fact, for the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. And its a capability that will continue, Fort McCoy LRC officials said. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after the war as well as for movin

U.S. Army, Tentara Nasional Indonesia, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers conduct trilateral airborne operations in support of Super Garuda Shield, Baturaja, Indonesia, on Aug. 3, 2022. Super Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military and Indonesia National Armed Forces, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

Railcars that were loaded by Soldiers with the Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company with military vehicles and equipment are shown Nov. 2, 2022, at the rail yard at Fort McCoy, Wis. Overall the company loaded 128 items on to railcars over the multi-day rail movement at the installation to deploy the equipment eventually to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Five personnel with the Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) assisted with the rail movement and its coordination. The 411th is the latest of many units over the last decade to hold rail movements at Fort McCoy. As a matter of fact, for the many decades of Fort McCoys existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. And its a capability that will continue, Fort McCoy LRC officials said. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the main forms of transportation for bringing troops in for training and home after

Interpreters from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, make their way to the staging area before the start of the company assault exercise at Range 400 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Feb. 28 as part of the Enhanced Mojave Viper exercise.

GULF OF ADEN (June 7, 2022) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat squadron (HSC 22) conducts flight operations over the Gulf of Aden, June 7. Sioux City is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.

A U.S. Army M18 smoke grenade sits on the floor after being used to mark the engaging zone during a live-fire exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Aug. 4, 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.

The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds" perform their demonstration at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, March 31 - April 2, 2023. The Thunderbirds headlined the Wings Over Homestead Air Show with the mission to recruit, retain, and inspire American communities.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-426-4. Showing the Admiral around. Hurricane Katrina

A sunset is framed by the ammunition feed of a Mark-16 Phalanx close-in weapon system of the battleship USS IOWA (BB 61). Base: USS Iowa (BB 61) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

U.S. Marines from across 2d Marine Division participate in a work out with Maj. Gen. Frank Donovan on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 16, 2022. This event brought together lieutenants from the subordinate commands of the division.

Muslim rebels with rifles.

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft with the 161st Air Refueling Wing, approaches the air station during a multi-day readiness exercise, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 12-17, 2022. The exercise focused on demonstrating the Department of the Air Forces priority of Agile Combat Employment (ACE), which uses multi-capable Airmen to facilitate a proactive and reactive operational scheme of maneuver to increase resiliency and survivability while generating combat power.

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A 36th Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules flies over South Korea during Exercise Max Thunder Nov. 19, 2014. The 36 AS represented Team Yokota during the exercise and used the opportunity to practiced combat maneuvers and low-altitude flying.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment engage targets with machine guns as AH-64 Apache helicopters from 12th Combat Aviation Brigade fire 30mm rockets overhead during a company live-fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photograph by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)

100123-M-7448P-006PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 23, 2010) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) transits off the coast of Haiti. Mesa Verde Sailors and embarked Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) are supporting Operation Unified Response in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010.

DN-ST-85-08788. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the Marine detachment from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) is silhouetted by the sun as he advances down a ladder during boarding team training aboard the fleet oiler USNS JOSHUA HUMPRHEYS (T-AO-188). The Marines are being trained by members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 8, which provided boarding teams to assist in the enforcement of U.N. trade sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, conducts aerial refueling with a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 above Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 29, 2022. Exercise Pitch Black is the Royal Australian Air Forces largest and most complex Large Force Employment exercise. Pitch Black 2022 is being conducted at RAAF Bases Darwin, Tindal, and Amberley from 19 August to 8 September 2022. This Years exercise will host up to 2500 personnel and around 100 aircraft from 17 participating nations from around the globe.Activities such as Exercise Pitch Black recognize Australias strong relationships and the high value we place on regional security and fostering closer ties throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Exercise Pitch Black features a range of realistic, simulated threats which can be found in a modern battle-space environment and is an opportunity to test and improve our fo

DF-ST-87-09730. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Caleb Savage-Buck, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, checks radio equipment near a drop zone on a frozen lake during exercise Swift Response, May 10, 2022, in Bardu, Norway. Swift Response is an annual USAREUR-AF led multinational training exercise taking place throughout Eastern Europe, including the Arctic, Baltic Sea, and the Balkan Peninsula regions and is designed to enhance readiness and airborne interoperability with allies and partners.

DN-ST-85-07132. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Independence Day events around the Department of Interior headquarters building and the National Mall, Washington, D.C.

220822-N-NR343-1350 NORTH SEA (Aug. 22, 2022) The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) transits the North Sea, Aug. 22, 2022. Sioux City 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.

030919-F-2295B-002. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph LeVeille, assigned to 4th Combat Camera Squadron, illuminates a map in the land navigation challenge during the Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition is an annual event hosted by 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera) open to all branches of the military and multinational combat camera partners that tests physical, tactical and technical skills required of visual information specialists.

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, are lured by the calming effect of the ocean on the beach at Cape Lookout Island as part of Fall Fun Day, Cape Lookout, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 2022. The event was hosted by the Carteret County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee and facilitated through the Single Marine Program to express their appreciation for the armed forces.

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

101114-N-1240O-266PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 14, 2010) Sailors hose down the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) to clean saltwater spray off the ship to prevent corrosion. Ronald Reagan is underway preparing for an upcoming deployment.

Soldier funeral at Arlington National Cemetery

More than 200 Airmen and 10 A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthogs from the 924th Fighter Group of the 944th Fighter Wing are working out of Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 27, 2022, during the units participation in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 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 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.

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer attached to the 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, taxis past the setting sun at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 6, 2022. Bomber Task Force missions strengthen the collective ability of the U.S. and our allies and partners to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Aftermath - 26-HK-372-1. Hurricane Katrina

KAENA POINT SPACE FORCE STATION, Hawaii "Becoming the resilient and effective combat force that we need will not be an easy or short-lived task. Were going to need your ideas, your energy, your discipline, and your adaptability. We will need you to live our core values of character, courage, connection, and commitment - to embody the Guardian spirit every day," remarked Chief of Space Operations Gen. B. Chance Saltzman during the first-ever U.S. Space Force change of responsibility ceremony presided by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Nov. 2, 2022.

Liberty Tactical Assembly Area, Kuwait. Sunrise over the drop zone. Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A UH-1N Huey pilot assigned to the United States Air Force's First Helicopter Squadron (1 HS), Joint Base Andrews, Md., waits for 1 HS Hueys to arrive on the National Mall, Washington, D.C. during routine training, 6 April, 2023. 1 HS's mission is to provide priority airlift for national-level civil and military senior leadership in the National Capital Region.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a Shoulder Mounted Anti-Armor Weapon at a mountainside during a live fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 6, 2022. Infantry Marines train with various weapon systems, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and rockets, making them more flexible on a battlefield. 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.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, process notional High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fire missions from a concealed position on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2022. The training demonstrates the joint forces ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring, stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, Marine Corp Base Hawaii, air inserts 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division opposing forces on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov. 3, 2022. Bilateral and multilateral exercises strengthen relationships and enhance interoperability with allies and partners through shared experiences and tough, realistic training. We routinely invite and encourage allies and partners to participate in JPMRC rotations.

Personnel and aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing One (CVW1) leave ghostly shadows and streaks of light as they move across the flight deck during preparation for night flight operations aboard USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). George Washington is in the Persian Gulf to enforce UN sanctions against Iraq by patrolling the No-Fly Zone under Operation Southern Watch. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: At Sea

High Power Illuminator Radar (HIPIR). The HIPIR is the tracking radar and "illuminated" the goal with a bundle of electromagnetic energy. The radar is equipped with a Koni Shelter to protect against weather influences.3e group led weapons in Blomberg, West Germany.

The sun sets over South Post on Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

The guided missile cruiser USS JOSEPHUS DANIELS (CG-27) transits the waterway during Unitas XXXI, an annual, joint exercise between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of nine South American countries. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXI Country: Straits Of Magellan

Fifteen Minnesota National Guard and two Croatian Soldiers are competing in Minnesotas Best Warrior Competition April 7-10, 2022, at Camp Ripley. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers nominated by units across the state. Croatia and Minnesota have worked together for 25 years as part of the National Guards State Partnership Program. Minnesotas winners will move on to compete against the best Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from states across the region at Camp Ripley in May. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Sgt. Bob Brown)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct the airborne operation onto Hohenfels Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 7, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the a

U.S. Army Soldiers conduct a joint operation with the Iraqi police in Baqubah, Iraq, March 31, 2007. The purpose of the operation is to clear houses and palm groves near the Diyala River of any insurgent forces. The Soldiers are with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment.

Special operations forces soldier walking through a battlefield covered with smoke.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, process notional High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fire missions from a concealed position on Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2022. The training demonstrates the joint forces ability to integrate command and control, expand battlefield awareness, and conduct long-range precision strikes as an enduring, stand-in-force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

Camp Speicher, Iraq - UH-60 Blackhawk flies over Camp Speicher airfield at sunset

041207-M-0036Y-003. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The sun sets April 9, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Presidential Security detail

Two personnel tracked landing vehicles (LVTP-7) prepare to come ashore on Red Beach during a NATO exercise. The 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade is participating in the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. Base: Shetland Island Country: Scotland (SCT)

960613-F-2907C-003. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Mostar Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A beeswax candle burns in the darkness of a World War I trench during the Illinois State Military Museum's Christmas at the Front event on Dec. 10 at the museum in Springfield. The Illinois State Military Museum's mission is to preserve and exhibit the military heritage of the Illinois National Guard.

The sun sets Sept. 10, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist assigned to the 2d Air Support Operations Squadron out of Vilseck, Germany, waits in the shadows for the next instruction during exercise Cobra Warrior 22 in England, Sept. 21, 2022. Cobra Warrior 22 provides valuable opportunities for all participating Force Elements to practice and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures in complex scenarios against a peer adversary.

The multinational medical base camp was seen from a distance during Swift Response 22 at the Hollander drop zone, Norway, May 10. Exercise Swift Response 2022 is an annual multinational training exercise, which takes place in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans from May 2-20, 2022. The purpose of the exercise is to present combat credible Army forces in Europe and Africa and enhance readiness by building airborne interoperability with Allies and Partners and the integration of joint service partnerships.

USA, Maine, Portland, Casco Bay, Peaks Island, Battery Steele, WW2-era artillery bunker

Fireworks light up the sky over Naval Submarine Base New London during an Independence Day celebration. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Groton State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The construction area for a future transient training brigade headquarters in the 1600 block on the cantonment area is shown Sept. 10, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. A contract, totaling $11,964,432.87, was awarded June 9, 2022, to L.S. Black Constructors to build the fiscal year 2022 Transient Training Brigade Headquarters project at Fort McCoy. Construction operations began in August 2022. Location of construction is just across the street from where the same contractor has been building two new transient training troop barracks buildings in the same block. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, which is managing the project, the brigade headquarters project is based on the denser, more consolidated footprints of Fort McCoys Troop Housing Area Development Plan which states fewer, multiple story buildings allow facilities/functions to be sited closer together, allowing for a more walkable training environment, as well as saving money on utilities. The smaller footprint of the brigade he

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-61. Hurricane Katrina

Night vision, military scope and soldiers of a army outdoor with security at war with green light. Search, surveillance and government with mission and target with agency working of spy and sniper

World War II Memorial in washington DC USA at National Mall

Tribute in lights to 184 killed at the Pentagon

220627-N-XN177-3058 EAST CHINA SEA (June 27, 2022) - An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 launches from the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 27, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

. Work Request Description: Photographic support for Desert Rats 2022 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Charge Code: DESERT RAT IMAGE ACQ XM, 23.44.600000.8100.8117 for UWI 2023.44.XA.600000.0 Desert Rats Project 2023 (XM)

Fireworks, salute with the black sky background

Security forces Airmen practice shooting an M4 Carbine Oct. 29, 2010, at Camp Bullis, Texas. These Airmen are going through the Combat Leadership Course, which teaches them a variety of skills, helping them be a more successful team leader.

The sun sets Sept. 10, 2022, at Sparta-Fort McCoy Airport at Fort McCoy, Wis. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center. Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin. The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services nearly every year since 1984. Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on the Defense Visual Information Distribution System at https://www.dvidshub.net/fmpao, on Facebook by searching ftmccoy, and on Twitter by searching usagmccoy.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Eric Nilsson, from Greenville, South Carolina, a forward air controller assigned to Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) controls various forms of fires including, fixed-wing, rotary-wing, artillery, and mortar assets during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Observation Point Sunkist (OP Sunkist), Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 4, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist assigned to the 2d Air Support Operations Squadron out of Vilseck, Germany, awaits commands while conducting reconnaissance on a terrestrial target during exercise Cobra Warrior 22 in England, Sept. 21, 2022. Cobra Warrior 22 develops tactical interoperability skills of participating Airmen, Allies and Partners through integrated cross-domain effects against a peer adversary.

DF-ST-87-03974. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-88-06709. Base: Naval Air Station, Keflavik Country: Iceland (ISL)

031115-M-4066S-003. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS/ YPG

Fireworks paint the sky over Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, July 4, 2018. The installation partners with local communities to present the community's annual July 4 Fireworks Spectacular event. The nearly five-hour event featured vendors and military displays, musical performances, and culminated in a 25-minute fireworks show set to patriotic music.

Remnants of the D Day British controlled Mulberry Harbor System lie littered across Gold Beach at Arromanches les Bains, Basse Normandie, France

U.S. Army Soldiers attending the Small Unit Ranger Tactics (SURT) course demonstrate their physical capabilities at the 25th Infantry Divisions Lightning Academy obstacle course, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, August 22nd, 2022. SURT attendees are evaluated and prepped to ensure they have all the knowledge and physical abilities to be successful at Ranger School.

A U.S. Air Force AC-130U gunship from the 4th Special Operations Squadron lands after a local training mission Feb. 3, 2011, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The AC-130U "Spooky" gunship is the primary weapon of Air Force Special Operations Command. Its primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. The U model is an upgraded version of the H and is equipped with side firing, trainable 25 mm, 40 mm, and 105 mm guns.

Lava from the erupting Mount Etna flows down a slope at night as it heads toward the town of Zafferana Etnea. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps personnel are in the area in an attempt to stem the volcano's flow and minimize destruction to the town as part of Operation Hot Rock. The military personnel are using 8,000-pound concrete blocks in an effort to divert the flow of lava away from the town. Subject Operation/Series: HOT ROCK Base: Sicily Country: Italy(ITA)

Fireworks paint the sky over Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California, July 4, 2018. The installation partners with local communities to present the community's annual July 4 Fireworks Spectacular event. The nearly five-hour event featured vendors and military displays, musical performances, and culminated in a 25-minute fireworks show set to patriotic music.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 16, 2022) - The city of Yokosuka holds the Yokosuka Kaikoku Fireworks Festival, in conjunction with the 44th annual Friendship Day celebration held onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). For the first time in three years, CFAY held an open base event to highlight the friendship between the local Japanese community and the U.S. Navy. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

Sergio Matias Chontal-Harter participates in a simulated Army Combat Fitness Test with Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger on Feb. 12, 2024, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Matias, 6, interviewed Messenger as part of a school social studies project. Matias is the son of a Fort McCoy employee, and he also experienced what it's like to participate in the Army Combat Fitness Test and how to participate in retreat at the end of the duty day. Army

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