Military Operations and Training Exercises

Dramatic silhouettes of personnel engaged in aircraft operations and emergency training during nighttime and daylight, showcasing military readiness and cooperation.

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Portrait of policeman wearing mask and protective gloves at night
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 12, 2013) Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) take part in a counter measure wash down. Boxer is off the California coast.
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The Fort Bragg womens team join hands in the middle to signify camaraderie and teamwork prior to departure for the U.S. Armys annual Ten-Miler, Oct. 4, 2022. The Armys ten-miler takes place in Washington D.C. Oct. 9, 2022, with over 35,000 participants from all over the world.
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kadin Rhodeback, an MV-22b Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, observes the horizon prior to an external lift at a landing zone in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2023. conducted training to increase helicopter support team proficiency and to practice expeditionary advanced base operation concepts.
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Paratroopers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Sustained Airborne Training in preparation for Operation Falcon Blitz on Fort Bragg, NC, Jan. 27, 2023. Paratroopers will conduct an airborne operation in order to enhance brigade readiness and lethality.
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SAVOONGA, Alaska (Sept. 15, 2022) West Coast-based Naval Special Warfare operators perform a military free fall jump during Operation Noble Defender. This Noble Defender operation demonstrates the ability to launch at a moment's notice from dispersed air and maritime locations to defend Northern approaches in multiple regions of the continent across all domains, displaying resilience in the face of multiple and complex threats.
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Portraits of Marines
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DF-ST-88-08022. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)
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U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers participating in the Medical Simulation Training Center's Combat Lifesaver Course train with a New Jersey National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022.
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220104-N-YS140-023Fort Pickett, Va. (Jan. 04, 2022) An Afghan evacuee awaits her turn to board a bus and depart for the airport. Over 150 evacuees departed today to resettle, with approximately 3,000 remaining. Over half of the evacuees that came to Fort Pickett have been resettled. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and in support of the Department of Homeland Security, is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at suitable facilities, in permanent or temporary structures, as quickly as possible. This initiative provides Afghan personnel essential support at secure locations outside Afghanistan.
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Sgt. Trevor Todd, keyboardist for the 151st Army Band, plays during the outgoing Adjutant General's retirement dinner, Jan. 5, 2024.
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SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Space Force SPC 4 Eddie Waller Jr, Mobile Operator for the 4th Space Operations Squadron, Mobile Operations Flight (DOM) reverses the mobile semi during a routine training exercise at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, April 8, 2022. The 4th SOPS' mission is to operate the U.S. Space Force's protected and wideband Military Satellite Communications systems. They provide warfighters global, secure, survivable, strategic and tactical communications during peacetime and throughout the full spectrum of conflict. The squadron is responsible for command and control of the Milstar/Advanced Extremely High Frequency Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III, and Wideband Global Satellite Comunications satellite constellations through dedicated Extremely High Frequency antennas and the Air Force Satellite Control Network. The squadron also operates three mobile constellation control stations at various locations in conjunction with host par
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SULU SEA (Jan. 28, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Matejcik, a rifleman assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices sword manual during a Corporals Course aboard amphibious transport dock USS Portland (LPD 27), Jan. 28. Portland, part of the USS Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), along with the 11th MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with alliances and partners and serve as a ready response force to ensure maritime security and a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Patrick Katz) (This image was captured in color and modified into primarily black and white using Photoshop techniques)
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Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Daniel Yastrijemski, a visual information specialist assigned to Israel Defense Forces Combat Camera Unit, participates in a technical skills lane that includes timed events such as creating a portrait, interview set up, and a manuel drawing while competing in the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 22, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 3, 2019) Airman Thomas Trevino, from Del Rio, Texas, waxes an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Golden Warriors of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Dec. 3, 2019. Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting routine training in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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970312-F-1787R-049. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT) Scene Major Command Shown: 4 AEW/VI CENTER/DOHA,QATAR
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Illustration of the territory of Hong Kong.Illustration du territoire de Hong Kong.
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Paratroopers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division don their parachutes and secure equipment prior to loading C-17 for Operation Falcon Blitz on Fort Bragg, NC, Jan. 27, 2023. Paratroopers will conduct an airborne operation in order to enhance brigade readiness and lethality.
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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Daniel Best, first sergeant of Headquarters Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Support Battalion, grapples Cpl. Braxton Kime, a system administrator with G-6, during a unit physical fitness event Sept. 29, 2022, at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The Marines worked on their hand-to-hand combat capabilities to strengthen camaraderie and build confidence. Best, 36, is from Liberty, Texas. Kime, 21, is from McKinney, Texas.
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Military dispatcher working for Chinese Communist Party providing informations for troops using headset. Radio communications operator isolated over China flag background coordinating troops, camera B
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France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-09-23. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-09-23. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.
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Hands, soldier and handshake for partnership, deal or agreement in collaboration or trust together. Hand of army people shaking hands in support for friendship, community or unity in solidarity
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Military dispatcher providing informations for troops on war front lines, talking in headset microphone. Radio communications operator in uniform coordinating troops, close up
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Airman 1st Class Nicholas McKinney prepares to be extracted from the inside of a C-17 Globemaster III fuel tank during a training exercise March 7, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. Fuel system repair Airmen remove, repair and install the fuel cells and tanks. The Airmen also clean and inspect them for corrosion, cell deterioration, fungus and foreign objects. McKinney is a 437th Maintenance Squadron aircraft fuels systems apprentice.
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Rennes - Demonstration against police violence in support of Theo. Rennes, Saturday, February 18, demonstration against the violence of the plague following the affair of Theo, young man assumed assaulted and violated by police. Rennes - Manifestation contre les violences policières en soutien à Théo. Rennes, le Samedi 18 Février, manifestation contre les violences plicières suite à l'affaire de Théo, jeune homme présummé agressé et violé par des policiers.
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U.S. Army soldier, assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat team, 1st Cavalry Division, participates in Railhead Operations in Poland. 3ABCT's vehicles arrived in Poland to aid in maximizing military capabilities.
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Air Assault candidates rappel off the rappel towers on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, February 20, 2024. After successfully rappeling from the towers, candidates will rappel out of rotary wing aircraft. Army
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1940's Navy reenactor boards Pearl Harbor Day Troop train reenactment from Los Angeles Union Station to San Diego
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DN-SN-88-01953. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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980620-F-9580Z-003. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Matthew Reillo oversees the 2022 Best Squad Competition's Army Combat Fitness Test on May 15, 2022. Approximately 50 Soldiers from across the nation traveled to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BSC is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of "Best Warrior" and "Best Squad" among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events that test their technical and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.
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World War II Veterans and representatives of those who could not be in attendance receive a challenge coin at the Eternal Heroes Monument in Normandy, France, June 2, 2022. World War II Veterans and representatives of the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Divisions (Air Assault) came to honor fallen Paratroopers who liberated Ravenoville in June of 1944.
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DF-ST-85-12915. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT RODEO '84 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Damaged exercise currency is staged as an inject for Diamond Saber at Joint Base McGuire-Dix, New Jersey, Aug. 12, 2022. Established in 2004, Diamond Saber is a U.S. Army Reserve-led exercise that trains and evaluates Soldiers and joint partners on warfighting functions such as funding the force, payment support, disbursing operations, accounting, fiscal stewardship, auditability and data analytics.
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Pilots receive preflight briefings during exercise Purple Duck, a deployment from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Kwang Ju Air Base, Korea, for joint operation readiness maneuvers with Korean troopers. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK Base: Kwang Ju Air Base Country: Korea
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Cipher company conducted their change of command. At the ceremony, they said farewell to Captain Zachary Kambel as he heads into a new position with the Multi-Domain Taskforce. The company welcomed their new commander Captain Joseph Womack. We wish the best of luck to Captain Kambel and his family, and want to extend a warm welcome to Captain Womack and his family as the newest members of the Spearhead battalion!
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Paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a battalion run on Fort Bragg, NC, Aug. 5, 2022. Paratroopers recieved awards for work done both in Poland and in Garrison following the run.
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230211-N-XK462-2004 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 11, 2023) U.S. Navy Sailors hold a candle-light vigil aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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220903-N-GF955-1229BALTIC SEA (Sept. 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) man flight quarters stations for recovery of a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 79, Detachment 2, Sept. 3, 2022. Paul Ignatius is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.
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Chinese army military dispatcher looking at surveillance transmission on laptop, relaying informations for troops using headset, isolated over fluttering China flag background, camera A
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Amber Litteral, a public affairs journeyman with the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, documents take-offs at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, Aug. 10, 2022. Public affairs traveled alongside the 58th Fighter Squadron to Volk Field to document the 33rd FWs participation in exercise Northern Lightning, a joint training exercise. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Leandra Garcia)
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Basic cadets from the Class of 2027 arrive at the U.S. Air Force Academy for in-processing (I-Day), on June 28, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. I-Day marks the start of their journey of becoming a commissioned officer in the U.S. Air Force and Space Force.
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111203-N-UM744-003GROTON, Conn. (Dec. 3, 2011) Ship sponsor Allison Stiller christens the Virginia-class attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Mississippi (SSN 782) during a ceremony at the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard. Mississippi is the fifth U.S. Navy ship to bear the name of the Magnolia State and the ninth Virginia-class submarine.
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Inter-American Defense College welcomed Rear Admiral Roberto Alcandre Angeles, Peru's Defense and Naval Attaché and other dignitaries to the IADC campus on Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2024. During their visit, RADM Alcandre presented a portrait of Peruvian Grand Admiral Grau to be placed with other historical western hemisphere leaders in the campus. rand Admiral Grau, renowned for his valor in the naval battle of Angamos, is celebrated as the "Gentleman of the Seas." His chivalrous treatment of defeated foes earned respect from Peruvians and Chileans alike. This portrait takes its place among Western Hemisphere leaders, symbolizing the strong ties between Peru and the U.S.