Military Operations and Training

Images depict military personnel in action during training and operations in various environments. Emphasizes collaboration between U.S. soldiers and Afghan forces.

U.S. Marine Corps LCpl. Ty Smith, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division engages a target during a course of fire as part of 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.

A U.S. Army soldier of Charlie Company 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade works alongside fellow Afghan Army comrades during patrols and searches for Homemade Explosives in Khwazha Bana Village, Loi Cariz, Afghanistan, May 9, 2011.

VIN DIESEL in BILLY LYNN HALFTIME WALK (2016), directed by ANG LEE.

Gunnery Sgt. Steven J. Taylor, platoon sergeant, Guard Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, inspects the chamber of an Afghan National Army soldier's M-16A2 service rifle before firing near Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Dec. 14. The Marines lead a squad of ANA soldiers through a number of combat marksmanship drills to improve their combat effectiveness. Taylor, 34, is from Buffalo, N.Y.

060410-A-5043I-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN INFANTRY DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Marcos Garcia, an explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

060420-A-5043I-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

US Marine Sergeant (SGT) Jason Wittling, from Ashland, Wisconsin observes as Private First Class (PFC) James Parsons, of Wesson, Mississippi practices the operation of the ANPSS 12 Mine Detector at Camp Coyote, Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041231-F-2034C-005. Base: Forward Operating Base Caldwell State: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers charge around a building during a training exercise at Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 25, 2007. The Soldiers, from the 25th Infantry Division out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, are training for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.

U.S. Marine Corps LCpl. Ty Smith, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division engages a target during a course of fire as part of 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.

RAS AL QARAIN, Bahrain (May 12, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) and Royal Bahrain Naval Force Marines participate in a live fire training during exercise Neon Defender 22 in Bahrain, May 12. 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.

051230-A-5745M-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a live-fire exercise with a Mk19 grenade launcher during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 16, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

Lance Cpl. Mike Leatherman, a combat engineer with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, checks for improvised explosive devices while leading a patrol during a training exercise at Udairi Range, Kuwait, Feb. 22, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of scheduled sustainment training. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of operations.

Idaho Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Holden Kennedy begins showing a soldier how to prepare the AT4 for use.Idaho Army National Guard soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion train with the AT4 anti-tank weapon in the field during annual training. This years exercises are taking place before the 2-116th CAB deploys in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

A U.S. Army Soldier, left, relieves U.S. Army Spc. Xavier Swick, right, an infantry rifleman, both assigned to 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, at a firing position during a live-fire training exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022. Soldiers of the 1-125 IN conducted intense and extensive squad maneuvers during the exercise, using live ammunition to simulate a real-world combat environment, honing their interoperability and lethality.

060104-A-7359K-074. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Army Cpt. Robert Harrison, a team leader with the Fort Benning-based 1st battalion, 54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade, speaks with Georgian Defense Force soldiers about their troop leading procedures while conducting a raid during Noble Partner at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia Sep. 2, 2022. Noble Partner is a cooperatively-led multinational training exercise in its sixth iteration between the Georgian Defense Forces (GDF) and U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

060405-A-7969G-003. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060425-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division wait for the signal to board a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Cpl. Jonathan Lehman, a combat engineer for 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, and Lance Cpl. Oscar Osorio, a combat engineer for Combat Logistics Battalion 1, patrol back to forward operating base after fixing an irrigation problem in Marjah, Afghanistan, March 14. 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and CLB1 worked together in Marjah to bring fortification supplies to 1st Battalion 6th Marine Regiment positions in Marjah.

060225-A-7969G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

Maj. Gen. David Hodne, commanding general of the 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, receives a brief during a Command Post Exercise Zero (CPX0), June 8, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. CPX0 allows the 4th Infantry Division to display how they can be READY” to deploy, fight, and win the nation’s wars.

031202-F-1798W-018. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041123-M-3658J-003. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

U.S. Army Sgt. John Rogers, of the 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, shows a fellow Soldier his sector of fire during a presence patrol in the Zabul province of Afghanistan Sept. 18, 2010.

2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment "Legion" conducted large scale air assault training with 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade. A total of 130 Soldiers were transported in UH-60M Blackhawk and CH-47F Chinook helicopters from Camp Humphreys to train on reacting to a chemical attack and safely seizing simulated WMD, Feb. 2, 2023.

Sgt. Patrick R. Stephens, squad leader with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, halts members of his squad behind a wall before deciding his next move in an urban training range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a helicopter raid exercise Oct. 12, 2009. Sixteen Marines landed on the outskirts of the range in four UH-1 helicopters and stormed the buildings from all sides searching for two insurgent leaders, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Stephens, 25, is a native of Austin, Texas.

Sgt. Joseph Sullivan uses a portable inductive fuse setter to set and activate rounds to be fired from an M-777 howitzer during a training exercise on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, on Feb. 28, 2008. Sullivan is an ammo team chief with the U.S. ArmyÕs 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade.

Capt. Scott Hinz, commander of the 2nd Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division's C Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, explains the aircraft's direction of flight to a 1st Iraqi Army Division lieutenant during an air-ground integration training exercise on a range in Fallujah, Iraq, Sept. 24. Forward observers assigned to C Company, 1-325th AIR, and truck drivers from the battalion's Forward Support Company, E Company, 407th Brigade Support Battalion, directed Apache helicopters to fire on an objective. This training familiarized the drivers with talking to the aircraft in case they have to call for fire to protect themselves on one of their many logistical convoys in the Anbar province. Hinz is a native of Monona, Wis.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare for combat in a situational training exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 24, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Morin (left) and 2nd Lt. Doug Palmer, both with Engineer Troop, Regimental Support Squadron, Combined Task Force Dragoon, inspect a culvert with an Advanced Combat Tactical Gun sight for IEDs Aug. 7, 2013 at Kandahar, Afghanistan. Morin, Palmer and their platoon conducted a route clearance package, a mission to ensure specified roads of travel are clear of IEDs.

030302-M-0523L-044. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

050704-A-9039F-042. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

060327-A-1211S-121. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

041231-F-2034C-015. Base: Forward Operating Base Caldwell State: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers with the 287th Engineer Company, 168th Engineer Brigade, 184th Sustainment Command, recently conducted field demolition training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on June 11, 2022. The training allows the engineers to fulfill expected tasks of their profession.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. James Cleary, with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, talks on the radio during a combined cordon and search with the Iraqi police in the West Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 26, 2007.

AL HAMRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 21, 2022) - A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command holds security during exercise Iron Defender 22 at Al Hamra training camp, UAE, June 21. Iron Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and forces from the United Arab Emirates. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and harbor defense.

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marine on Combat Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

040114-M-9362G-017. Base: Magtftc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Sgt. James Bowlby reports the current situation as Pfc. Benjamin Cunningham scans his sector on a rooftop located in Baqubah, Iraq, June 19, 2007. Both soldiers are from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, run towards an amphibious combat vehicle 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.

Sgt. Andrew Pieper, a Soldier with the 273rd Engineer Company (SAPPER), performs Tactical Combat Casualty Care on a mannequin. After this event, Soldiers participated in drill and ceremony and a 12-mile ruck march. The State Best Warrior Competition tested the competing Soldiers on their basic Soldier skills to determine who will represent Wisconsin at the Regional Best Warrior Competition in May. (112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck)

100616-A-8335T-033 U.S. Army Pfc. Justin Coats, from Red Tank, 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, keeps watch on a patrol near Forward Operating Base Baylough, Afghanistan, on June 16, 2010.

060416-A-6365W-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

060425-A-7969G-003. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Cecil Dawson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, stands guard at an Afghan border patrol site during a mission at Karis Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 8. ISAF performs a site assessment survey to determine the status of current equipment.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alec Rubenstein and Spc. Kyle Laney watch for the enemy during a cordon and search for weapons caches and insurgents in Old Baqubah, Iraq, April 2, 2007. The Soldiers are from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Greg Wilhite, a rifleman, and Cpl. David LaraNunez, a team leader, both with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide security as their platoon moves through mountainous terrain during a mechanized assault in Djibouti March 29, 2010. The Marines are performing a series of sustainment and joint exercises with French military service members while in Djibouti. The 24th MEU serves as the theater reserve force for Central Command during its seven-month deployment aboard Nassau Amphibious Ready Group vessels.

060123-A-1211S-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Ricardo Baez, assigned to Embedded Training Team 1-12th, fixes his radio antenna, during a joint patrol, with Afghan National army soldiers and U.S. Soldiers, from 10th Mountain Division, across Nerkh District, in Wardak province of Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2009.

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.

Soldiers from the British Army conduct a live-fire exercise with their L11A1 heavy and light machine guns, during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 13, 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.

Equipped and armed soldier in camouflage with rifle in the desert.

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, evacuate their casualties during a Combat Skills Training course in the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Camp Pendleton, California, July 13, 2022. Combat Skills Training helps Marines develop increased lethality and survivability in a combat environment to ensure future readiness.

Security Force Marines conduct a live-fire table five range in Southwest Asia, September, 29, 2015. The range tested the Marines ability to move, shoot and communicate ensuring the units mission readiness. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC provides the Commander, U.S. Central Command with a wide array of crisis response and contingency options across the 20 countries in the Area of Operations.

U.S. Army Soldiers simulate breaching a house for Iraqi army soldiers from the 7th Iraqi Army Division during a patrol and breach training class at Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2006. The Soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division based out of Baumholder, Germany.

060420-A-5043I-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

U.S. Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force and French marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment work together to complete an obstacle at Fort de Penthievre. The Marines and Sailors of II MEF participated in a series of training events with the French marines in order to strengthen relations between the two countries' militaries.

Marines with Engineer Ordnance Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Supply Battalion Reinforced, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), stand in line to report serial numbers of captured enemy weapons at the Taji National Maintenance Depot aboard Camp Taji, Iraq, July 28. The depot is responsible for destroying unserviceable weapons and turning over serviceable weapons to the Iraqi government to support the Iraqi army.

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to 4th Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) walk to their targets during a basic demolition range as part of Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 6, 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, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

041115-M-3658J-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GREYWOLF Troopers took part in M240 Machine Gun weapons training on 25 August, 2022. As part of the training troopers learned about the components of the weapons and competed in disassembling and reassembling the weapon against each other. Training like this promotes familiarization helping troopers build readiness.

071109-A-2013C-028 A paratrooper from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, scans the low ground while providing security for a convoy passing through the mountains of Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 10.

U.S. Army Spc. Jason Peacock, a rifleman from Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, scans the rooftops from his overwatch position during a cordon and search mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 8, 2007. The A-1/14th CAV is conducting cordon and search missions with 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade,6th Iraqi National Police, in order to maintain security and stability in Baghdad.

041117-M-2353F-002. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Capt. William Clark, center, commander of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, is followed Iraqi volunteers from the Concerned Local Citizens as they patrol through a village looking for weapons caches and enemy personnel during a joint clearing operation in Dura'iya, Iraq, Jan. 28, 2008.

060706-A-0559K-015. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Driskell, commander of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, describes the actions his paratroopers should take if fired upon by insurgents in their upcoming patrol Aug. 1, 2012, in Ghazni, Afghanistan. The battalion is part of the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team.

060411-A-6365W-115. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

DF-ST-91-04461. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, move between buildings while performing dry-fire training in an urban environment, during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 20, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.

031211-M-9362G-022. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3/7, India 1 plt, 1 squad

Members of the Jordanian Armed Forces and Royal British Armed Forces familiarize themselves with an SA80A3, the standard issue rifle for the British Army, 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. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics One (MAWTS-1), participate in a close air support exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Urban Training Complex Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 9, 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.

040626-F-4884R-001. Base: Lsa Anaconda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers

Sgt. Nathanael Slichter, a protective security detail team member with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), provides security at forward operating base Delaram, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2013. Maj. Gen. Walter Miller Jr., commanding general of Regional Command (Southwest), and other key personnel conducted a battlefield circulation visit to discuss concerns such as security and equipment.

Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Division rehearse dismounting a helicopter prior to a recent air assault operation. The operation was a joint effort between the Afghan National Army, Afghan Border Police, and the U.S. Army.

U.S.Army Sgt. 1st Class David Brodrick, rear, and Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Cesaitis inspect the site of a future boys and girls school in Zabul, Afghanistan, during a site visit Oct. 28, 2010. Sergeants Brodrick and Cesaitis are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.

041103-M-0036Y-050. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Pfc. Jarell Phillips and Spc. Phillip Samuels, practice assembling the Mobile Low, Slow, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Integrated Defense System (M-LIDS) outside of Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Jan. 22, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Damian Mioduszewski)

U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment perform a halt while searching mountains in the Andar province of Afghanistan for Taliban members and weapons caches June 6, 2007.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Derrik Browne of Columbus, Ind., and U.S. Army Sgt. Jason Andrade of Bastrob, Texas, both squad leaders in Operations Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, provide security June 27 during a visit by Army officials to Bala Hesar, a fortress in Gardez that is home to a new Afghan quick reaction force. The force is comprised of Afghan National Army, Afghan Uniformed Police, Afghan Border Police, and Afghan National Civil Order Police members.

United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard soldiers and U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 26, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.

060516-A-5679R-009. Base: Kandahar Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060405-A-7969G-004. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, run to security positions after offloading from a CH-53E Super Sea Stallion helicopter during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2014. The company's mission was to disrupt Taliban forces in Larr Village and establish a presence in the area. Five days prior to the helicopter-borne mission, the company confiscated two rocket-propelled grenades in the vicinity of the village.

040916-M-0706S-003. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BCT

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division patrol a neighborhood in Khatoon, Iraq, Oct. 19, 2007.

Lt. Col. Gregory Polk, the Task Force Pioneer commander, pins the Army Achievement medal onto a U.S. Soldiers uniform during an award ceremony at Union III forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, April 22, 2022. As part of Army tradition, Task Force Pioneer facilitates mass ceremonies to present awards and recognize exemplary accomplishments.

041230-M-9015W-009. Base: Harwan State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060425-A-7969G-010. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Knutt, a platoon sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, shouts to a fellow soldier during an anti-terrorism exercise at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 20, 2014. The exercise tested the ability of security forces to respond to a breach of the camp's perimeter.

030213-M-5753Q-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH MARINES

060109-A-1211S-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

U.S. Army Spc. Brady Postma, an anti-armor specialist, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, works with a Tunisian soldier to provide support by fire while another team bounds to a forward position during a combined arms live-fire exercise at the Ben Ghilouf Training Area in Tunisia, June 25, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

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