Military Operations and Training

Images of soldiers in combat scenarios, performing security assessments, and training exercises in locations like Afghanistan and Kuwait.

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait-U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1-124 Infantry Regiment fire a M-240B at the range during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition. BSC 2022 measures the abilities of squads to perform physical and mental challenges as a cohesive team.

U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Newcomb (left) and U.S. Army Pfc. Brandon Hobgood scan their sectors from a rooftop vantage point in Arezo village, Oct. 31. The soldiers are members of the Fort Knox, Ky.-based 2nd Platoon, Company D, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and were in Arezo village as part of a humanitarian assistance mission led by Afghan National Army elements, distributing pens, school backpacks, radios and blankets to children and other villagers.

120121-F-SA682-027 U.S. Army Capt. Devin Ciminero, a Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force company commander with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Rhode Island National Guard, scans his sector while providing security during a site assessment of the Dowry Rud Check Dam in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 21, 2012.

050113-F-9085B-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CJSOTF

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait-U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 1-124 Infantry Regiment fire a M-240B at the range during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition. BSC 2022 measures the abilities of squads to perform physical and mental challenges as a cohesive team.

040602-M-8096M-052. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 82nd Airborne 3rd Brigade Combat Team, train with the Integrated Visual Augmentation System as a part of Project Convergence 2022 (PC22) at Camp Talega, California, Oct. 11, 2022. During PC22 many systems will be tested to determine how future command and control capabilities can be integrated with all-service multi-national partners

Polish engineers St. Szer Kamil Trebas, 5th Engineer Regiment, and St. Szer Jacek Bernatowicz, 5th Engineer Regiment, Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, provide security for other Polish engineers as they move dirt across a field, to level out an uneven section of ground in the Amber Zone of Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 27, 2022. The Polish engineer platoon coordinates with the Base Operations Support - Integrator to assist the Iraq Security Forces who occupy the Amber Zone with base cleanup and with other engineering projects, in support of the CJTF-OIR mission to advise, assist and enable the ISF. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sirrina E. Martinez)

030213-M-5150A-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

050704-A-9039F-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

At a live fire range near Bagram Airfield, SPECIALIST Fourth Class (SPC) Kelly Burkhart, with the 55th Signal Company, fires a 5.56mm M-4 carbine down range during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. service members assigned to Tactical Air Control Party Department, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), gather accountability of their personnel after conducting an air assault 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.

Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 227th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team provide fire support for a simulated live-fire mission during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. XCTC conducted lane, situational training exercises and professionally led performance-oriented after action reports to review all training.

040602-M-8096M-015. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Neil Nunez from San Pedro, Calif., of Task Force Black Knight, Company A, 3-66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, watches the ridge line behind the platoon to make sure that no one is following them near the village of Sar Howza, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Aug. 10, 2011.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Sergio Fragoso, a rifleman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, engages targets with an M27 infantry automatic rifle on Range 800 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 10, 2022. Range 800 is capable of hosting platoon attacks supported by rockets and machine guns, allowing 1st MARDIV units to conduct this type of training without traveling to another installation.

Cpl. Kyle Click, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, prepares to fire a 40MM non-lethal round during rules of engagement drills on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2014. The Marines were practicing non-lethal ways to stop a possible enemy attack.

U.S. Army Soldiers of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment move into position to support the Afghan National Police who are moving to apprehend a suspect during a cordon and search in Pana, Afghanistan, June 9, 2007.

Lance Cpl. Fredrick Harp, a rifleman, and Cpl. Matthew Walczak, a vehicle commander, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, provide security at a landing zone near Boldak, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, during operation Pegasus II. The Marines detained a suspected insurgent, seized materials used to make IEDs, and removed a roadside bomb.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Raymond Vetter and Staff Sgt. James Wardle of B Company, Task Force 1-71, 172nd Infantry Brigade provide security during a dismounted patrol outside of Forward Operating Base Curry, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division react to sniper fire in the mock town of Medina Wasl during training at Fort Stewart, Ga., March 3, 2007. The 3rd ID is conducting training with the assistance from observer controller teams from the National Training Center in preparation for a future deployment.

U.S. Marine in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

030412-F-2034C-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 trainin in searching for improvised explosive devices as a part of Enhanced Mojave Viper, pre-deployment training, May 25, 2011, at Marine Air-Ground Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. The Marines are conducting counter IED training in preparation for combat logistics patrols during RCT-5's upcoming deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. As the first regimental combat team to participate in EMV, RCT-5 will fine tune its command and control capabilities during this combined arms exercise.

041228-M-0036Y-155. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030228-M-9106S-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-5 (5th Marines)

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Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion 25th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve, send rounds down range with a M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and a M4 rifle during exercise Javelin Thrust 2012. Javelin Thrust 2012 is an annual large scale exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., which allows active and reserve Marines and sailors from 38 different states to train together as a seamless Marine Air Ground Task Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Remy Lucero, a machine gunner with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts an immediate-action drill with an M240B medium machine gun during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept 22, 2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppress targets during an exercise on Range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 6, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a casualty evacuation training event during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Jan. 19, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations.

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U.S. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron practice shooting an M-4 carbine and M-9 pistol at a proficiency fire training at Udari Multi-Purpose Range Complex, Kuwait, May 29, 2022. The 386th ESFS implemented this training to stay proficient in their primary weapons systems.

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Sgt. Craig Foster, left, an infantry team leader from Clarion, Iowa, and U.S. Army Pfc. Brian Wisor, right, an infantry gunner from Ackley, Iowa, both Soldiers with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, look from a ridge into the town of Tupac, Afghanistan, Jan. 21. Soldiers from Co. C, joined Afghan National Army Soldiers from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Corp, on the patrol. After seven hours of dismounted searching through rugged terrain, Co. C and their Afghan counterparts located an improvised explosive device along Route Iowa, thanks to a tip from someone in the area of Tupac, Afghanistan. The Soldiers had been struck by an IED in Tupac two days earlier. Fortunately, no U.S. or Afghan Soldiers were injured in the attack. After locating the IED, the Soldiers then walked back to Forward Operating Base Kalagush, hiking about eight miles up and down mountains for the day.

050331-F-9085B-013. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Cpl. Deshaun Jackson, rifleman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, takes cover behind a berm during a firefight in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2014. The company operated in Gereshk for three days and were involved in numerous kinetic engagements with Taliban insurgents.

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U.S. Air Force Airman Basic Reinaldo Pimentel, Lightweight Machine Gun Course student, aims a truck-mounted M240 B medium weight machine gun while U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Martin Barbosa, LMGC instructor and noncommissioned officer in charge, gives guidance and aiming corrections during a live-fire exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 4, 2022. The two-week LMGC culminates in a three-day live-fire weapons familiarization in multiple conditions designed to prepare students for day-one mission demands at future assignment locations where this training is not available.

040401-M-9362G-008. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Pierce a Cavalry scout with 1st platoon Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron of the 172nd Cavalry Regiment and a Pittsfield, Mass., resident provides security for his fellow soldiers during a visit to an Afghan National Police (ANP) outpost in the Jabal Saraj district, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2010. Bravo troop visits the ANP outpost to check on the security forces, and to conduct an area recon.

United States Marine aims an M4 carbine during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice loading and unloading rounds during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment engages targets during a combined arms live fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 23, 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 Sgt. Luke Michalski)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Pettit (left) and Cpl. Matthew Miller with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment fire their service rifles during an operation in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan on July 3. The Marines are part of the ground combat element of Regiment Combat Team 3, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade.

031006-M-1623M-009. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice suppressing fire during a mechanized raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 10, 2022. The raid course was a one week program designed to improve the Marines ability to plan and conduct limited scale raids utilizing ground movement while forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region.

From right, a U.S. Air Force Airman from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron looks on as his teammates go through a drill during a range day at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 30, 2022. Members went over various techniques and practices such as movement while under fire and transition weapons.

Bravo company 1-26 Infantry Regiment and Romanian Task Force 151 during training lanes and live fire exercises at Smadon, Romania from Oct. 12 2022.As one of the U.S. militarys contingency response forces, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) has units ready to deploy worldwide on short notice to conduct a range of military operations from humanitarian assistance to combat capabilities.

030315-M-4419R-010. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 40548

040114-M-9362G-015. Base: Magtftc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division set up the M240B Medium Machine Gun to conduct support by fire on an objective during a battalion field exercise at Range 800, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, September 29, 2022. Range 800 improved Charlie Companys efficiency in independent platoon operations and basic fire support team skills during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

U.S. Army Spc Tylor Reeves, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade communicates with his team while assaulting an objective during a combined arms 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.

Airman 1st Class Vincent Cortorillo, left, and Senior Airman Braylyn Banks, center, 20th Security Forces Squadron entry controllers, fire a Browning M2 machine gun, while Staff Sgt. Robert Riley, right, 20th SFS combat arms instructor supervises at Poinsett Electronic Combat Range, near Wedgefield, S.C., April 19, 2019. Airmen assigned to the 20th SFS participated in a two-day course intended to teach them the history of the weapon, as well as proper firing etiquette.

Sgt. Seth A. Bloodworth - a Lake Cormorant, Miss., native and truck commander with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 198th Combined Arms, 155th Brigade Combat Team, the Q-West force protection company from Hernando, Miss. - rests at the northwest corner rampart of an old fortress, which stands remarkably intact on the saddle of a ridge near the village of Khan Najma, Ninewa province. Members of Bloodworths company, a Mississippi Army National Guard unit, visited the site while returning from a mission, Feb. 3.

United States Marine during combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

030415-M-0289P-002. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070320-M-7404B-017. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) kneel and scan the horizon while halted during practical application of squad patrolling formations on Camp Yasser, Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 20, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by CPL Sheila M. Brooks)(Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

A Republic of Korea Marine holds his position on the the shore line during an Amphibious landing at a Jongsa-dong beach in Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. The Republic of Korea Marines are landing on the beach via Light Armed Amphibious Vehicles (LAV) 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: Jongsa-Dong Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Mulkin, from Buffalo, New York, a battalion fire support chief assigned to 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, operates a PRC-152 radio during a close air support exercise, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Observation Point Sunkist near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 28, 2023. 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.

060427-A-6365W-510. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

U.S. Soldiers with the 1-110th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division fire their assigned weapons during an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap.

A paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team armed with an M-14 Enhanced Battle Rifle pulls security June 4, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. His unit, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, is conducting a three-day, clear-and-sweep operation in a remote mountain village suspected of being an insurgent stronghold.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires the Finnish 7.62 KK PKM machine gun at Niinisalo, Finland, July 21, 2022. The 3/4th 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, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Walker provides security during a patrol of the Riyahd village in Iraq March 8, 2007. Walker is assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

Lance Cpl. Craig W. Mehlenbeck (Left)and Lance Cpl. Brandon Duff, both assaultmen from Weapons platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a high explosive rocket into their MK153 Shoulder-fired, Multi-purpose, Assault Weapon (SMAW) in the mountains of Djibouti, Africa during a live fire range March 28. 24th MEU Marines performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises alongside the French military servicemembers while in Djibouti. The 24th MEU is currently serves as the theatre reserve force for Central Command during its seven month deployment aboard Nassau Amphibious Ready Group vessels.

RAS AL QARAIN, Bahrain (May 11, 2022) - A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) participates in a live fire range during exercise Neon Defender 22 in Bahrain, May 11. Neon Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Bahrain. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, installation defense and medical response.

041109-M-2789C-014. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct the table two course of fire on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 13, 2022. All recruits must participate in the table two rifle qualification course during the 3rd phase of recruit training.

020720-A-6414T-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kophisophi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (2nd IBCT), 25th Infantry Division (25th ID), fire at the opposing force during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC uses training scenarios specific to certain environments to train the 2nd IBCT, 25th ID with joint, allied and partnered forces in conditions in which they would fight.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fire M16A4 service rifles and M4 carbines during a table three through six range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of the range was to improve Marines combat marksmanship in preparation for future operations. 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.

Soldiers from the Royal British Armed Forces conduct infantry training during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jarrett Dittenber (right), a fire support Marine with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marines Expeditionary Force Information Group and British Army Warrant Officer Warren Blyth, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to 255 (Somerset Yeomanry) Battery, Royal Artillery, discusses tactics, techniques and procedures of the Royal Artillery during a live-fire, close-air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 25, 2022. 1st ANGLICO trains to enhance proficiency in CAS and expand digital communications capabilities.

Key leadership from the Idaho National Guard and several other U.S. states joined partner nations on June 30, 2022 in Morocco to see the capabilities of multinational armies working together simultaneously in a combined arms live-fire mission. During the exercise, Marines called in air strikes simultaneously as Idaho's 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment fired the M795 high explosive rounds from the M109A6 howitzers as ground support with Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin Army National Guards, a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in California and active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, with preparatory and destructive fires and obscuration using M825 white smoke rounds.

Soldiers from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment with Combined Task Force Currahee walk back down a mountain in the Paktika Province of eastern Afghanistan during a search for a weapons cache.

Captain Jeffery Wright, officer in charge, and Cpl. Lance Roberts with Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 26th MEU, evaluate a possible landing zone during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise in Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2010. 26th MEU continues to support relief operations in Pakistan and is also serving as the theater reserve force as elements of the MEU conduct training and planned exercises.

U.S. Army Pfc. Richard Mills, Security Forces rifleman attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, secures his eyes and ears as Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a controlled detonation of a Taliban-planted improvised explosive device found on a road in Shinkai, Afghanistan, Oct. 8. ANA soldiers detonated the IEDs after being trained by PRT Zabul on proper controlled detonation techniques. Mills is deployed from Charlie Company, 182nd Infantry Division, Massachusetts National Guard.

United Arab Emirates Soldiers and 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade Soldier gear up to board CH-47-Chinook helicopters in preparation for live-fire exercise during Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation 23-04, Fort Polk, LA, Feb., 19, 2023. UAE Soldiers from the 11th Mountain Battalion are participating in the training rotation alongside U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. UAE Soldiers will train alongside U.S. Army brigades throughout this JRTC rotation to increase tactical interoperability and readiness.

A soldier from Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., aims his M-16A2 rifle while taking part in an urban warfare training exercise in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Young, Lightweight Machine Gun Course instructor briefs U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Blaine Hale, student, on firing adjustments and targets during the live firing portion of the qualification course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. The course is two-weeks long culminating in three days where students familiarize themselves with weapons by live firing in multiple conditions and is designed to ready students for mission demands on day-one of assignment at their new base where this training is not available.

060408-N-9421C-045. Base: USS Peleliu (LHA 5)

A Soldier from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Battalion, Alaska Army National Guard moves tactically in a high crawl with his weapon during a live fire exercise at Camp Roberts, California, July 23, 2022. Over the course of three weeks, the infantry battalion conducted several situational training, live fire, and field exercises as part of their Exportable Combat Training Capability rotation. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment (2/10) set up security and await an Explosive Ordinance Disposal team during a patrol through local Afghan settlements in Habbib Abad, Afghanistan, May 28, 2012. 2/10 conducted the patrol to interact with and record data from the local population of Boldak, in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

030210-M-5753Q-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, clear a trench during a live-fire exercise part of Defender Europe at Oberlausitz Training Area, Germany, May 19, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (June 1, 2013) Builder 2nd Class Christopher Beeler, assigned to the Convoy Security Element of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15 fires a Mk 19 grenade launcher during marksmanship training. NMCB-15 is mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and is an expeditionary element of U.S. Naval Forces that support various units worldwide through national force readiness, civil engineering, humanitarian assistance, and building and maintaining infrastructure.

A Soldier prepares an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun at the range as he participates in day 1 of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition Sept. 12, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia. TRADOCs Best Squad competition highlights 10 squads from across the enterprise. This competition shows each team's ability to complete common Soldier tasks and skills as a cohesive, ready and resilient team, while facing stiff competition from other TRADOC centers of excellence. The competition is from Sept. 12-16, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Portrait of United States airborne infantry corporal with machine gun.

The Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), along with Soldiers from Albania, Armenia and Moldova and Active Duty Soldiers from Hohenfels, Germany, participated in Operation Bronze Shield, which was to simulate a disturbance turned riot, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, on October 17, 2022. The 76th IBCT, Task Force Nighthawk, is preparing for their rotation in Kosovo as part of KFOR 31. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Herschel Talley)

060123-A-1211S-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Infantry Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts convoy operations on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Oct. 31, 2022. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 is a regional combat training center (CTC) rotation that builds combat readiness in Americas Pacific Division and is a key way the Army forces engage in a joint environment with our regional allies and partners.

041106-F-5494H-002. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army soldiers from B Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Duke fire at an enemy hiding position during Operation Tofan 2, which took place in Suri Khel, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2011. The mission objective was to clear insurgents from the town of Suri Khel and prevent them from returning.

040521-F-7823A-004. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Patriot missile reload crewmen assigned to the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment climb on top of an M902 Patriot training launcher during a reload certification exercise July 28, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Reload crews consist of five person teams, and are expected to safely move four missile segment enhancement canisters off and four more back on within a one hour time limit.

Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment take cover behind a wall after being fired upon by insurgents during a patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2010. Patrols have been increased in an effort to push the Taliban back and create a buffer for villages friendly towards coalition forces in the region.

Afghanistan, 04/30/2013. Transfer in convoy with aerial accompaniment of Tigre Chinookl and Cougart helicopters from the Qala I Naw base to the Herat air base through the Sabzak gorge of part of the Spanish contingent stationed in Afghanistan. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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