Military Operations and Training

Soldiers in various settings, involved in operations and training, showcasing military gear and vehicles in diverse international contexts.

DN-ST-85-02005. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Commandos outside Taj Mahal hotel after terrorist attack by deccan mujahedeen on 26th November 2008 in Bombay Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

051224-A-1211S-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 12, 2022) - Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Duncan McAuley, middle right, participates in an aeromedical subject matter expert exchange with members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines while participating in an aeromedical subject matter expert exchange during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

040804-A-7629B-019. State: Parwan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Bundeswehr and Albanian soldiers participate in a culminating event known as Bronze Shield during Kosovo Force 33 (KFOR) Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 10, 2024. KFOR MRE is a multinational training event to prepare NATO forces for their deployment to Kosovo NATO Peacekeeping missions. JMRC trains leaders, staffs, units up to Brigade Combat Teams, and multinational partners to dominate in the conduct of Unified Land Operations anywhere in the world, now and in the future. Army

110809-N-NY820-177PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 9, 2011) Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Group (MSRON) 6 participate in a subject matter expert exchange with local police in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

060219-A-5745M-065. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

010809-F-7372C-008. Complete Scene Caption: Aviano Fire Fighters in J-FIRE (Joint-Firefighter Integrated Response Ensemble) suits, 31st Civil Engineer Squadron, place a C-Collar on the driver of the pickup involved in a simulated motor vehicle accident during the Local Salty Nation Exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy. This is the first Phase II or Local Salty Nation exercise since the wing moved to Aviano seven years ago and is in preparation for a NATO Tactical Evaluation scheduled for October 2002. In addition to performing everyday operations in a chemical environment, other "survive-to-operate" processes are tested including self-aid and buddy care, post attack and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) reconnaissance and setting up a contamination control area. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DA-ST-87-12906. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SSGT Rivera of the 1300th Military Airlift Squadron (center) gives Honduran troops on-the-job training on pallet build-up during Exercise Desplazameinto Combinado. Subject Operation/Series: DESPLAZAMEINTO COMBINADO Base: Comayagua Country: Honduras (HND)

Corporal Stig Cater (170 Pioneer Squadron) is patrolling a shopping area in the Sarajevo suburb of Ilizda, Bosnia on the afternoon of the 13th of May 1996 to show the presence of the Implementation Force (IFOR). Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander, Joint Task Force Kenya, looks on as SSGT Dunham, Load MASTER for Marine Aerial Refueling Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR 352), explains how pallets of food are loaded and offloaded from a C-130 Hercules aircraft, to Ambassador Bushnell, United States Ambassador to Kenya, during Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-02-05504 or DM-SD-02-04710 ). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

DF-ST-89-09870. Base: Likoni Country: Gabon (GAB)

060518-N-5387K-086. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Japan (JPN)

011203-F-7920M-005. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Sichuan Earthquake

040518-F-6701P-042. Base: Hammana Country: Lebanon (LBN)

220414-N-N3764-0103PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - (April 14, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jared OBrien, assigned to the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), provides stretcher bearer training to Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard personnel during a subject matter expert exchange, April 14, 2022. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to maintain access, enhance interoperability, and build enduring partnerships to enhance regional security and promote peace, stability and prosperity in the Caribbean, Central and South American region.

CPL. E.F. Brown, Golf Company, 2D Battalion, 4th Marines, carries a Haitian migrant child off the hospital ship USNS COMFORT (T-AH-20). This child was one of the last migrants to leave the COMFORT as it is no longer being used as a Migrant processing center, and has been moved from Kingston, Jamaica, to Guantanamo Bay.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Medical personnel from the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron offload a litter borne Afghanistani refugee from an ambulance after their arrival in Germany to receive specialized medical treatment. Afghanistani refugees were treated under the auspices of the McCullen amendment, which allows DoD to make available non-combative goods for humanitarian projects. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Life Support Personnel are shown with CAPT. Scott OGradys survival equipment. From left to right is MASTER SGT. Rory W. Uris, TECH. SGT. Slyva Croney and STAFF SGT. Branden Preston. In the fore front is SENIOR MASTER SGT. William B. Lipscomb. CAPT. O'Grady, 555th Fighter Squadron, (not shown), was rescued by a United States Marine Corps Team after being shot down in Bosnia by a Surface to Air missile. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Technical Sergeant Lester Hamrick, Seymour Johnson's family readiness NCO, ensures families like the Wells are cared for while STAFF Sergeant Trey Wells is deployed. Hamrick hands young Joey Wells a prepaid calling card to telephone Dad, after giving Mom, Zinda, A coupon for a free oil change. Photograph used in the article "Family Matters," from the August 1999 AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines talking and resting while sitting on the floor at their combat outpost.

Haitian civilians watch as US Army soldiers of D Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry, 1ST Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, participate in a Contingency Readiness exercise while showing a strong U. S. presence in the area, and continue to conduct realistic training. Here a soldier is "wounded" in the head by a sniper while he was providing security for a Navy Seabee Engineer element. Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 12 April 1997. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

Straight on shot of US Marine CPL Carlos Delacruz, from the 3rd of the 11th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, right, handing out a sticks of chewing gum to the orphans waiting in line for medical treatment. Delacruz was part of the security escort for the trip. The orphanage is just outside of Mogadishu. US Navy and Air Force medical personnel met up with a civilian care group (not shown) to assist in giving check-ups to the children in the orphanage. Once word got out that there was a medical team in town, women from the local area started bringing their children (not shown). The team tried to see as many as possible, but supplies quickly ran out. This mission is in direct support.... Complete Scene Caption: Straight on shot of US Marine CPL Carlos Delacruz, from the 3rd of the 11th Marines, Twentynine Palms, California, right, handing out a sticks of chewing gum to the orphans waiting in line for medical treatment. Delacruz was part of the security escort for the trip. The orp

U.S. soldiers of the Hawaii Army National Guard trained on humanitarian aid distribution during exercise Garuda Canti Dharma II / Multinational Peacekeeping Exercise 22 at Pusat Misi Pemeliharaan, Indonesia, July 20, 2022. The United Nations humanitarian aid distribution is one of the fastest and most effective ways to support rapid humanitarian response for people affected by natural disasters and conflict. Exercise Garuda Canti Dharma II enables instructors from multiple countries to integrate and provide cross education, strengthening cohesion between allies and partners.

060422-A-5745M-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Quinton Kausalik, center, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, combines rebar for the foundation of a new school building at the Ban Prakaet school, Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 9, 2024. Marines of MWSS-171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

030826-M-1527O-038. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Royal Saudi Air Force service members assemble an American Joint Direct Attack Munition GBU-38 at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oct. 7, 2022. The host nation integration bomb building and other partnership training help the USAF and RSAF forge a resolute partnership while showing potential regional aggressors PSABs capabilities and how together the sum is greater than the parts.

Special Forces candidates assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School meet with the "G Chief," a role player acting as the village leader during the final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina, January 23, 2022. Robin Sage is the culmination exercise for Soldiers in the Special Forces Qualification Course and has been the litmus test for Soldiers striving to earn the Green Beret for more than 50 years. (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)

Members from the ADVON Team in Sarajevo use the SATCOM to coordinate with the crews in Split, Croatia, to start the evacuation of wounded civilians from the region. Just after noon on Saturday, Feb. 5, an exploding mortar round hit the Markale market in Sarajevo killing more than 63 people and wounding 206 others. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

US Army Major (MAJ) Patrick McAarthy answers questions from the local media about the armys involvement at Anderson AFB, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American Ambassador to Haiti, William Swing, sits on the floor to talk to U.S. Army soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division Charlie Company 287 during a visit to the Police Headquarters at Cap Haitien. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Cuba, Military, Soldiers Returning From Angola Being Greeted By Students

STAFF SGT. Terry Smith, 26th Area Support Group (ASG), Kaiserslautern, GE, aids STAFF SGT. Thomas Ellis, 104th ASG, Hannau, GE, during an exercise with Arras, a Belgium Maloumaud.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Geoffery M. Francis, Vehicle Operator of 92 Transportation Squadron, begins Exercise Global Hawk 00-04 on 11 Mar 00 with a teamwork spriit. He and fellow airmen form a line to make the unloading gear process more efficient. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL HAWK 00-04 Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Congressman Honorable Paul McHale, Democrat-Pennsylvania, listens as MGEN Nix, a U.S. Army member of the Stabilization Force (SFOR) as he discusses the hot spots in Bosnia on a map in the Joint Operations Center. Representatiave McHale was visiting the area to thank all of the service personnel involved in the rebuilding of Bosnia and Croatia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

020610-F-9753B-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, and LT. GEN. Gary Luck, commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, converse prior to Schwarzkopf's departure from the corps' base of operations at Rahfa Airport. Schwarzkopf is visiting the region in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

050325-N-5319A-001. State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 155 BCT

030322-M-6270B-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970629-N-3149V-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1) Scene Major Command Shown: USS TARAWA

041015-F-9429S-003. Base: Grand Forks Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030414-F-8362B-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-87-03482. Subject Operation/Series: CABANAS '86 Base: Mocoron Country: Honduras (HND)

040613-M-5555L-062. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Duffner (center) and Airman 1st Class Haunanionapua Wright (right), heating ventilation and air conditioning airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, prepare to hang a mini-split air conditioner in the Hot Grab, July 29, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Mini-splits have provided air conditioning to buildings all over the base which were not designed with ductwork.

DA-SC-88-00070. Base: Fort Lee State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army and police personnel clearing debris, krishna temple, nepal, asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

031004-F-6844O-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

031112-F-9629J-011. Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. military members train at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., May 4, 2007. The training is designed to prepare troops for situations they may encounter while deployed.

Engineers from MEU Service Support Group-26 (MSSG-26), during Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR), prepare a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) for the process of filtering fresh drinking water for the people of Degirmendere, Turkey. These Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), (MEU(SOC)), are helping provide water to victims of the August 17 earthquake. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless. Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Degirmendere Country: Turkey (TUR)

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Richard Pruneda, Crew CHIEF, 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard (CANG), talks to maintenance control on the radio about the status of repairs on an HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter at Moffett Federal Airfield, California. The 129th is one of one of only three rescue units in the ANG and is assigned to provide combat rescue and civilian search and rescue while at home station. Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LTC Richard Humphrey from the Pacific Air Forces headquarters, escorts two Thai officers, Squad Leader Wallop Mesomsup and Group CPT Prakob Sudprapai on a tour of an Army helicopter simulator during a joint exercise. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Marine from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, and a Somali nervously greet each other as the man comes out of his house to see what the Marines are doing. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-ST-85-02285. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

000828-M-3643S-014. Subject Operation/Series: ULCHI FOCUS LENS 2000 Base: Palan State: Kyonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Cuban migrants who are considered dangerous to themselves and others are kept under close supervision by military police, US Air Force, Army and Marine Corps personnel upon their arrival. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

030518-M-6881R-032. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Ban Dong State: Tambol Ban Laeng Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 1ST SFG (A)

090803-A-7377C-004 - Louisiana Army National Guardsmen patrol New Orleans's French Quarter Sept. 3, 2008, to ensure safety and security for local residents. After evacuating the city because of Hurricane Gustav, citizens are beginning to return to their homes in and around Orleans Parish.

040606-F-3208M-075. US Air Force (USAF) Brigadier General (BGEN) Mark E. Stearns, Vice Commander, 12th Air Force (AF), greets members of 12th AF returning from a recent Temporary Duty (TDY).

050115-F-6335P-025. Base: Banda Ache Country: Indonesia (IDN)

Chief Master Sgt. Dave Wolfe, former Pacific Air Forces command chief, receives an embrace from Gen. Ken Wilsbach, former PACAF commander, during an Order of the Sword presentation at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Feb. 8, 2024. Military branches around the world present prestigious swords of honor to recognize the accomplishments and service to their country and fellow man. In the Air Force, the Order of the Sword remains the highest and only honor presented by the noncommissioned officer corps to a senior ranking officer and is maintained by the command chief master sergeant of the designated command. Air Force

041124-M-2583M-088. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Uniformed police officers arrested a criminal at a tactical and firearms training course at the Panamanian National Police force academy, Panama

021220-F-0460H-006. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Ugljevik Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Army medical personnel treat injured person, nepal, asia Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

050821-A-6108G-282. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Indian, Kosovan and German police officers, international police patrol in the old town of Gjakova, the police operations are part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, in Gjakova, Kosovo, Europe

Tunisian medical officer, Col. Maj. Sakhri, head of the pneumology department, L'Hôpital Militaire de Bizerte, Bizerte, Tunisia, provides medical advice to Tunisian medical service members during a medical response exercise, African Lion 22, June 23, 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 of strengthening interoperability among participants and setting the theater for strategic access.

040319-M-8683D-082. Base: Jalalabad State: Nangarhar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Usa, Porto Rico, San Juan

Emergency relief supplies flown into the airport are trucked to a nearby warehouse at Tacloban Task Force Headquarters and sorted on November 16, 2013. From here, the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development, who is the lead local agency in charge charge of aid distribution, gets the commodities out to affected municipalities.

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, will be travelling to Israel, the Palestinian Territories, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Lebanon, the Republic of the Philippines, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates from 7 January to 14 January 2024

An Iraqi Soldier assigned to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC), receives a Bomb Disposal Course Diploma from Dhia Kadom Jahad Al-Kadony, Commander, 70th Iraqi Civil Defense Course Brigade, during a Graduation Ceremony, held at Basrah Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The four-week course, taught by British Soldiers, is designed to prepare Iraqi Soldiers to find and properly destroy ordnance throughout Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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