Military Operations and Training

Images depict military personnel engaged in various operations, including air support, patrols, and equipment checks, showcasing a mix of urgency and focus in military settings.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct a team live-fire exercise, with M4 rifle, as part of exercise Repel Resolve II at Monte Romano Italian training area, Italy, Jan. 23, 2024. The Repel Resolve exercise series develops small-team lethality and experience, increasing the battalion's ability to operate across the Brigade Support Area of operation. 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.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Captain (CPT) Corry Murphy, Forward Air Controller (FAC), 4th Platoon (PLT), Golf Company (G CO), 2nd Battalion (BN), 2nd Marines (2/2), points toward the next location, during the systematic cordon and search the city of Albu Awda. The Marines are looking for high value insurgent targets as well as illegal weapons and munitions during counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to isolate and neutralize Anti Iraqi Forces during Operation HEIMLICH as part of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Albu Awda State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Police Mentoring Team Marines along with two Estonian soldiers and four Afghan Border Police patrol around the outskirts of a village near Patrol Base Hasanabad Sept. 6, 2009, here.

(220609-N-OI810-0295) GULFPORT, Mississippi (June 9, 2022) Equipment Operator 1st Class Joseph Cervantes, from Ashland City, Tennessee, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, checks the undercarriage for leaks or abnormalities as he conducts a required situational check on a Humvee before equipment licensing training, during fiscal year 2022, quarter three, Regional Training Platform (RTP-3) at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, June 9, 2022. RTP-3 provided NMCB-14 Seabees hands-on training opportunities in tactical combat casualty care; maintenance and material management; civil engineering support equipment operations; convoy operations; and Seabee combat warfare and expeditionary skills. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

The 245th Regiment (NJARNG) trains Soldiers to the Armys current needs and operational environment. This unit is from Sea Girt National Guard Training Center located in Sea Girt, New Jersey. These soldiers are on Range 59C on the Fort Dix Range Complex during an “Instructional Firearms Training” event. The Instructional Firearms Training is designed to provide firearms instructors with a familiarization of a variety of firearms, to include care and maintenance and the skills. The program also introduces the new instructors to teaching techniques as well as identifying and resolving shooting problems/errors. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix [TSC Training Support Center)

SGT Castro and CPL Sayer of Second Platoon, Bravo Company, Third Amphibious Assault Battalion, are removing a bundle of concertina wire, which was caught up in the vehicle tread, during a live fire movement exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, during Operation Steel Knight. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT 99 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Col. George Cole, 920th Maintenance Group commander, fires a GAU-18 .50 caliber machine gun following its removal and relocation from one of the wing's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters to demonstrate its ability to defend a contingency location on the ground under enemy attack at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, Oct. 14, 2022. 920th Rescue Wing commanders and senior enlisted leaders from across the wing actively participated in a demonstration of these capabiltiies.

DA-ST-85-02342. Subject Operation/Series: LIFELINE Base: Southport State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct a team live-fire exercise, with M4 rifle, as part of exercise Repel Resolve II at Monte Romano Italian training area, Italy, Jan. 23, 2024. The Repel Resolve exercise series develops small-team lethality and experience, increasing the battalion's ability to operate across the Brigade Support Area of operation. 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.

DN-ST-88-02762. Country: Persian Gulf

A Green Beret with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) engages long-range targets during the Menton 2022 Best Sniper Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 8, 2022. The competition is comprised of nine teams, including a team from the British Armys 4th Battalion, Ranger Regiment. During the competition, team events incorporate precision marksmanship, moving targets, live-fire stalks, and stress shoots conducted during daylight and hours of limited visibility. Throughout the event, participants use the M24 Sniper Weapon System, 5.56 M4 carbine, and 9mm pistol.

Officer students at the Air Base Combat Support Training complex get hands-on experience in the installation of a mobile aircraft arresting system on an airfield at the base. The students are participating in an officer field education session. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Joint training exercise with Det 2. 6 Co. 3/238th AVN MEDEVAC, Cox Health and Missouri State Highway Patrol at Hercules Glade Wilderness, Bradleyville, Mo., Oct. 06, 2022. Multiple Missouri departments teamed up to practice life-saving MEDEVAC scenarios. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Rose Di Trolio.)

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Brandon Casey, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Alexander Greathouse, right, with 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 11th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), conduct site security at a training site near Erbil Air Base, Iraq, May 28, 2022. U.S. Soldiers with 11th CAB, mobilized as Task Force Eagle, conducted training on procedures and equipment to recover downed aircraft while mobilized in support of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve mission to advise, assist and enable partnered forces in the enduring defeat of Daesh within designated areas of Iraq and Syria.

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, attack a simulated enemy position during a regimental field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 8, 2022. Marines conducted the FEX to enhance combat capabilities while maintaining operational readiness throughout the regiment.

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Avery H. Rodgers, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 2d Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force operates a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) loading and unloading exercise (LOADEX) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, May 19, 2022. LOADEX allows new heavy equipment operators to apply classroom instruction to a real-world training environment. The overarching strategy of LOADEX is to reinforce naval integration between the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy while incorporating new risk management methodologies into amphibious logistical operations.

970411-F-4116M-106. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Fort Bliss Range State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tavasea Cathey, a radio operator with 3d Marine Division, adjusts a communication device on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022. 3d Marine Division headquarters, based in Okinawa, is exercising command and control for two concurrent large-scale bilateral exercises with key allies, Resolute Dragon 22 in Hokkaido, Japan and KAMANDAG 6 across Luzon, Batanes, and Palawan in the Philippines. KAMANDAG 6 and Resolute Dragon 22 are important components to maintaining the readiness and defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Philippines alliance and the U.S.-Japan alliance. Cathey is a native of Cold Water, Mississippi.

U.S. Army Sgt. John Owen, religious affairs non-commissioned officer-in-charge, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, pulls security while on a dismounted patrol during an improvised explosive device (IED) training course at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 23, 2022. Overseen by U.S. Army Combat Engineers, the training lane put Soldiers through a realistic training environment, allowing them to find and understand the weapons and technology used by enemy forces, increasing their readiness, lethality, and unit cohesion.

030207-M-4419R-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Romanian Soldiers prepare to launch a simulated assault against the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (OpFor) as part of exercise Saber Junction 22 in Hohenfels, Germany, Sep. 13, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Armys 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. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas.

A Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) operates a forklift while helping to establish a base camp after his unit's arrival in Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. The Seabees were dispatched to Iraq from their base at U.S. Naval Station, Rota, Spain. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

A U.S. Marine with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve performs a simulated reload on a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during exercise Arctic Edge 2024 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2024. HIMARS training enhances coordination between ground combat and aviation elements, establishing clear roles, responsibilities, and expectations for efficient processes during rapid insertions and reloads. This training ensures the seamless integration of HIMARS into both ground and air operations, fostering a unified approach that enhances overall mission effectiveness in dynamic scenarios. Arctic Edge 2024 (AE24) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. militarys capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the arctic region. Marine Corps

Green Berets assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), fire at moving Marathon targets from a window as part of the final lane during the Mentons Best Sniper Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Dec. 6, 2022.

U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, observe M109 Paladin rounds impact during training and table 6 certifications. A Fire Support Team is responsible for forward observations on the battlefield and activities such as target processing for artillery units and brigade maneuvers.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Lynde, 36th Contingency Response Squadron air traffic control liaison, gives clearance to a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet to begin a mobile aircraft arresting system certification test at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 6, 2024. The MAAS acts as a braking system to safely slow aircraft during emergency landings or aborting takeoff. Air Force

Kite and observer in the cockpit of an Alouette III of 300 squadron sneaking over the Veluwe.

U.S. Marines with the 2d Marine Division Band, maneuver to their positions at an Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 19, 2024. The IIT is used to fully immerse Marines in various scenarios in order to teach them to effectively adapt to complete combat, security, and humanitarian missions.

020411-F-1644L-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Soldiers fire an anti-tank missile launcher mounted on a jeep during Exercise Sentry Castle '81. The crew is assigned to the Army Air National Guard. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021021-F-1131H-024. Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030811-F-6701P-023. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

During Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) training, a soldier throws a hand grenade. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031018-M-9382M-007. US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brown, with the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, scans for aircraft that may cross into a "no fly zone" while the Howitzer's are firing, during Exercise ROLLING THUNDER 2003, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Jagdkommando soldier of the Austrian special forces equipped with rifle.

U.S Marine Corps recruit Kash McAdoo with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participates in an obstacle challenge at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2022. After completing the Crucibles challenges over the course of 54-hours with limited food and sleep, recruits received the title United States Marine.

A member of the French Armed Forces 33e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine drives an all-terrain vehicle to an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 during French-Caribbean exercise Caraibes 22 at Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, June 13, 2022. Caraibes 22 is a French-led, large-scale, joint-training exercise in the Caribbean involving naval, air, and land assets from the French, U.S., and regional forces focused on responding to simulated-natural disasters. VMM-266 is a subordinate unit to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

010925-F-3745E-008. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

USAF security forces personnel from the 86th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, man a bunker designated Zulu 1 Alpha at the US contingent encampment in Tirana, Albania. A shot over the left shoulder of one of the Security Policeman shows he's pointing a M-60 Machine Gun at other military personnel and vehicles at an entrance to the compound. USAF personnel are currently deployed to Albania in support of operation Shining Hope. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Country: Unknown

DF-ST-87-03477. Subject Operation/Series: CABANAS '86 Base: Mocoron Country: Honduras (HND)

Squad of soldiers evacuate an injured fellow in arms hiding in the smoke.

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 1-114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires the M136 AT4 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 3, 2022. The AT4 is an 84mm unguided anti-armour weapon. It is effective in assaulting tanks and combat vehicles, landing craft, helicopter, aircraft and armoured vehicles. (U.S. Air National Guard still from video by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

The National Guards Fort Benning-based Warrior Training Center recently sent a nine man team of instructors to teach the 12-day Army Air Assault course to over 140 Soldiers and Airmen at the Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center in Virginia from Aug.9-20 as part of an ongoing program that sends mobile training teams to various training sites around the world to teach the course closer to the students home of record. The team has taught the Air Assault course from Alaska to Germany and plans to present the class in Hawaii next year.

QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 13, 2017) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit walk along the beach landing area on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, during Exercise Talisman Saber 17. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on a scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces.

Staff Sgt. Gregory Young, crew chief with Delta Company, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 111th Aviation Regiment, Florida Army National Guard signals U.S. Army Soliders in a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to begin offloading as part of Northern Strike 22 in Camp Grayling, Mich. August 9, 2022. Northern Strike 22 brings approximately 7,400 participants from 19 states and 4 coalition countries to Northern Michigan to validate the readiness and interoperability of multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners from Aug. 6 to 20, 2022, at the National All Domain Warfighting Center.

CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - U.S. Army aviators from 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia National Guard, conduct sling load training for non-aviation Soldiers at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Aug. 8, 2022. Liaison Monitoring Team Soldiers from Kosovo Forces Regional Command East underwent the training in order to learn how to safely conduct sling load operations, allowing for the rapid insertion of supplies and equipment even in the most remote of locations.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines fire a 60 mm mortar while conducting platoon attack drills on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 8, 2022. This training improved the Marines proficiency at the tactical level and developed small-unit leadership. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

A British army Challenger 2 tank moves to a staging area following a multinational Defender Europe situational exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 25, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

An explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Forces Special Operations Command conducts sensitive site exploitation during a training event June 18, 2022. The EOD primer tests all aspects of a technicians knowledge and expertise needed to perform as the only tech on a Marine Special Operations Team while operating in austere, politically sensitive, or hostile environments. EOD technicians assigned to MARSOC have completed Marine Special Operations Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 1, which trains Fleet Marine Force EOD technicians in the knowledge and skills required to support the core tasks assigned to MARSOC as a special operations capability specialist.

Marines toss horseshoes to pass the time during the cease fire at the conclusion of Operation Desert Storm. The men are waiting for their vehicles to be cleaned before redeployment. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Jubail Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

010522-F-6132C-003. Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, Land Craft Air Cushion 33 (LCAC), approach the beach ramp for landing during Project Convergence 22 at Camp Pendelton, California on Oct. 14, 2022. During PC22 many systems will be experimented with to determine how future command and control capabilities can be integrated with All-Service and Multinational partners.

Marine Corps Base. Students at the Field Medical Service School carry and drag mock casualties on stretchers into the battalion aid station compound, where doctors and corpsmen wait to separate and treat the wounded under simulated combat conditions. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines disembark from a C130J Super Hercules during exercise Typhoon Crossbow on Iwo To, Japan, Jan. 23, 2023. Typhoon Crossbow is a unit-level exercise rehearsing the rapid deployment of a small but lethal element of Marines, from Okinawa to Iwo To, capable of coordinating and prosecuting long-range precision fires from austere terrain.

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Alaska Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Anthony Stratton, 176th Wing commander, listens to instructions from range safety June 4, 2022, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson during the 2022 Commanders Cup. Teams comprising unit commanders and senior enlisted leaders competed in a series of combat pistol and rifle marksmanship tests. (Alaska Air National Guard photo by Capt. David Bedard)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryce Paulson, a 125th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, looks overhead as an F-15C eagle fighter jet practices a strafe run at the Pine Castle Bombing Range, Altoona, Florida, July 27, 2022. Strafing to means to attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft. Airmen assigned to the 125th Maintenance Squadron, Florida Air National Guard, were invited to witness the strafe runs conducted by pilots regularly as part of routine flight training.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153 (VMGR-153), Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct cool down exercises at Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2024. The run celebrated the units first anniversary aboard MCBH.

U.S. Army paratroopers with 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment and 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade walk onto a flightline in preparation for a Joint Forcible Entry airborne operation as part of African Lion 22 at Aviano Air Base, June 21, 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.

A British soldier stationed with the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters throws a ball to a teen-ager at the Hope and Homes for Children Orphanage. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

An Airman hands a piece of luggage off to be unloaded from a baggage truck at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. July 16, 2022. Because of their teamwork and communication skills, the 386th EFSS PERSCO team is able to organize hundreds of military personnel to unload thousands of pounds of luggage within minutes.

AIRMAN First Class Chris Kelly, Detachment 8, 17th Weather Squadron, McClellan Air Force Base, California, works at providing a weather forecast for the people at Auxiliary Field One, during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Zaragoza, with the 1st Combat Communications Squadron oversees Airmen assigned to squadrons aligned under the 86th Operations Group as they certify as Landing Zone Safety Officers, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Feb. 15, 2024. Army

030507-F-1404F-028. Subject Operation/Series: GTEP Base: Rock City Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

Competitors in the Fitness Challenge tackle the "walk across" obstacle during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers with Echo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, do pushups during a promotion ceremony at a forward arming and refueling point in the 28th ECAB's area of operations in the Middle East.

Coast Guard Structures - Air Stations - New Orleans - 26-HK-95-347. AIRSTA NOLA--partial view of CG personnel standing near ramp. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen from the 91st Missile Wing Security Forces Squadron perform escort duties for an asset convoy at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 31, 2022. Convoy operations are essential to the strategic deterrence and global security mission by providing safe transportation of munitions.

Air Force Reserve Command security forces chases an infiltrator during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by the Air Force Security Forces. The competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense, and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to A Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, move to recover equipment from an airborne drop at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 7, 2022.

110924-N-OK922-163PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 24, 2011) Sailors assigned to Weapons DepartmentÕs G-2 Division participate in a 9mm pistol qualification aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are underway conducting operations off the coast of Southern California.

A C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing performs an assault landing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Sept. 16, 2022, as judges mark the landing spot to get an accurate measurement. The landing was part of the 757th Airlift Squadron's annual tac week, a condensed week of flight training highlighted by a six-aircraft formation flight.

Filipino troops and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel stand side by side during the opening ceremonies for Exercise BALIKATAN 2003. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Liam A. Hogan, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, fires a GAU 21 .50-caliber machine gun at targets near Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Aug. 9, 2022. HMLA-269 trained to increase proficiency in close-air support. HMLA-269 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Kosovo Force Regional-Command East Maneuver Battalion Soldier, Spc. Hunter Whittaker, infantryman with 162nd Infantry Company, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, braces and instructs Polish Coy Soldiers on external load hook-up operations July 14-15, 2020 at Camp Marechal De Lattre De Tassigny. Air Assault and sling load trained Colorado and Oregon National Guard Soldiers within KFOR RC-E have hosted several training exercises with other multinational partners to increase the readiness and effectiveness of KFORs crowd riot control mission.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing play cornhole during a late-night barbecue hosted by wing leadership at Creech Air Force Base, Sept. 15, 2022. The event boosted morale, resiliency and increased connectivity between Airmen, leadership and base agencies.

An advisor from Advisor Team 3320, assigned to the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade, exchanges information on room clearing best practices with their partners from the Tajikistan Ministry of Defense during the military exercise Regional Cooperation 22 Aug. 12, 2022, at a training site near Dushanbe, Tajikistan. RC 22 is an annual, multi-national U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise conducted by U.S. National Guard units in partnership with Central and South Asia nations, and with support from U.S. Army Central forces.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Birch, 36th Wing commander, watches the 736th Security Forces Squadron conduct a training exercise during an immersion tour at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 23, 2022. Birch visited different units on base and learned about how squadrons contribute to the Andersen mission.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Lucas Fields and Capt. Brent Kreckman, both with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, coordinate close air support during a joint terminal attacks controllers training event at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2022. Marines with 3d MLR operated with U.S. Army 25th Combat Aviation Brigade. Such training and collaboration improves the operational synergy within the joint force.

U.S. Marines with Marine Band San Diego, perform during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 2, 2022. Graduation took place at the completion of the 12- week transformation including training for drill, marksminship, basic combat skills, and Marine Corps customs and traditions.

U.S. Marines Shave and Brush Their Teeth at an Outdoor Hygiene Station at a Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

040608-M-0706S-037. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, holds a regimental relief ceremony for Sgt. Maj. Marcos Cordero, on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.

040826-F-0193C-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2LAAD) Squadron, fire a FIM-92 Stinger, Man Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missile, during the Battalion Fire Exercise (BNFEX), at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (NC). Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-01910. Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the 3d Infantry Division (M) attend a briefing held in an open field during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: DEPLOYMENT EXERCISE 96-2 Country: Unknown

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