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Military Personnel In Action

Images of military personnel in various settings, highlighting soldiers with firearms in dynamic poses and tactical gear against natural landscapes.

Portrait of United States airborne infantry marksman with rifle.
Portrait of United States airborne infantry marksman with rifle.
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Airman Kyle Gorbea, a security forces apprentice assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, poses for a portrait during a training exercise on Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The 39th SFS provides cutting edge force protection for Incirlik AB and its geographically separated units in Turkey including flightline security, law enforcement services and support for numerous contingency operations in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining their operational flight, new members assigned to the 39th SFS participate in a 5-day field training exercise to assess each Airmans ability to execute baseline security tactics, techniques and procedures needed for securing NATOs Southern Flank. On the final day of the exercise, defenders showcase all of their new training with a ruck run, simulated tactical casualty combat care scenario, active shooter response scenarios, and conclude by securing a protective aircraft structure. Once the Airmen complete this training exercise, theyre given the official 39th SF
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220408-N-PC065-2085 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 8, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Aircrewmen Cpl. Najib Robinson, center right background, and Cpl. Gaven Kemp, center left background, attached to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load Royal Marines, attached to 42 Commando, into a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Rein.), for a joint tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training mission in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022, April 8, 2022. Arlington with embarked 22nd MEU is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6nd Fleet area of operation. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and allied nations and enables execution of multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland the Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.
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U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Kilo Company, Third Recruit Training Battalion, conducts a pugil sticks bout at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Oct. 13, 2022. Pugil sticks is designed to simulate fighting with fixed bayonets and provide practical application of Marine Corps Martial Arts techniques.
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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Roger Burns IV, a Company Logistics Chief with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a photo during exercise BALTOPS 22, in Ventspils, Latvia, June 10, 2022. BALTOPS 22 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval forces Europe-Africa, and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.
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NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain (April 05, 2022) - Marines and Sailors assigned to Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (TF 51/5) conduct an Fleet Marine Force (FMF) conditioning hike aboard Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, April 5. The hike is one of many requirements Sailors must finish in order to successfully pass the FMF program and be awarded an FMF pin. TF 51/5 responds to crises and contingencies; coordinates, plans, and executes operations; conducts theater security cooperation; and advances emerging Naval concepts at sea, from the sea, and ashore in order to support U.S. Central Command, 5th Fleet, and MARCENT theater objectives.
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Virginia National Guard Airmen assigned to the 192nd Security Forces Squadron, 192nd Mission Support Group, 192nd Wing help to secure the grounds near the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 13, 2021, in Washington, D.C. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
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U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit sit in an MV-22B Osprey aboard USS Tripoli (LHA 7), off the coast of the Philippines, Oct. 2, 2022, during a troop movement. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.
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U.S. Army Spc. McMillan Kitalong, a member of the Guam Army National Guard and security force member for the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) assigned to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Farah, Afghanistan, cleans off his gunners turret windows during a quality assessment mission to evaluate the progress of the Shaikh Mahmood Canal Road construction project in Farah Province, Dec. 28, 2009. This is the third trip the PRT has made to check on the roads progress since the project began on Nov. 12, 2008, and it was determined that the road is 33 percent finished with an expected completion date in the month of February 2010. After it is constructed, the road will bring stability to the nine villages along its 37 mile long route by easing mobility and encouraging commerce, as well as providing greater access to the Shaikh Mahmood Canal that the road will run parallel to. The canal is the main source of water for the farms nearby.
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Jagdkommando soldier of the Austrian special forces, equipped with rifle.
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A United Kingdom Royal Marine from 45 Commando sits behind the wheel of an M1288 GMV 1.1 light utility vehicle while conducting training mission rehearsals at Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022. This Special Forces-led exercise is designed to improve their ability to work with the United Kingdoms commando forces in a time of crisis.
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APRA HARBOR, Guam (Jan. 11, 2023) - Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 conduct an at sea damage repair exercise involving a simulated explosive hazard aboard the USNS Sgt. William R. Button (T-AK 3012) as part of an EODMU platoon certification. EODMU 5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, which executes command and control of assigned Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in the 7th Fleet area of operations. They plan and execute Naval Construction, Expeditionary Logistics, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Maritime Expeditionary Security, and Exploitation Forces assigned to Commander, 7th Fleet for crisis response, humanitarian assistance, and major combat operations.
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A Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps secures an area during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 28, 2023. Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Marine Division and Marine Squadron Carib.
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Soldier carrying an injured comrade over his shoulder.
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american marine corps special operations modern warfare soldier with fire arm weapon and protective army tactical gear ready for battle
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modern warfare american marines soldier in action while sneaking and aiming on laseer sight optics in combat position and searching for target in battle
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Soldier in desert uniform aiming his rifle.
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030313-M-3692W-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: BLT 2/1
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jon Reiff, team leader attached to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, gets radio comms with a detached element while on a patrol in Mehtar Lam district, Laghman province, Oct. 8. The PRT traveled to visit with the social affairs committee to discuss building a second orphanage to provide care to children who have lost their family.
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Defenders from the 102nd Security Forces Squadron prepare to breach and engage with an active shooter during the exercise.
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Virginia Army National Guard 91st Cyber Brigade Commander Col. Rusty McGuire focuses on reviewing the work of the Cyber Protection Teams under his command. Two Cyber Protection Teams validated and a third validated for the first time during Cyber Shield 2022 at the Army National Guards Professional Educational Center on Camp Robinson, Arkansas from June 5-17. Now all 11 National Guard Cyber Protection Teams have validated meeting a Congressional mandate and marking a major milestone in the brigade's 5-year history. Cyber Shield 2022 is the DODs largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.
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Staff Sgt. Bradley Duck and Senior Airman Zachary Bothe of the 110th Security Forces Squadron assist in clearing a building of after conducting a live shooter exercise at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan on Aug. 6, 2022. The 110th SFS conducts regular training exercises in controlled and safe environments to maintain deployment readiness.
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Members of the Armée de l'Air et de lEspace (French Air and Space Force) execute a military free fall from a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing near Cazaux Air Base, France, May 10, 2022. The MFF was part of exercise Athena, a French-led joint and combined Special Operation Forces exercise that validates the full spectrum of integrated component and partner capabilities. Exercises like Athena allow U.S. service members to train at the operational and tactical echelon as a combined, joint force with SOF setting the conditions for larger operations.
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A Romanian soldier with the 812th Infantry Battalion, 81st Mechanized Brigade poses for a portrait at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 10, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 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. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Arm
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Staff Sgt. Courtney Wallace of the 110th Security Forces Squadron clears dirt from her face after conducting a live shooter exercise at Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan on Aug. 6, 2022. The 110th SFS conducts regular training exercises in controlled and safe environments to maintain deployment readiness.
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100 active duty personnel assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland honored Police Week by participating in the 343 Training Squadron's Excellence in Competition Shootout on May 20, 2022. The 343 TRS trains all of the Air Force's Security Forces Airmen, preparing personnel in the largest career field for life as Defenders.
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Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-379-32. Hurricane Katrina
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U.S. Army Sgt. Brady Bronson, an infantrymen with B Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 11th Infantry Division, pauses for a photograph while acting as opposition forces during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 at Yukon Training Area, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, March 31, 2023. JPMRC-AK 23-02 is a display of the 11th Airborne Divisions ability to survive and thrive in the Arctic, and its soldiers ability to fight and win our nations wars anywhere. Bronson is from Joseph, Ore.
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The Royal Bermuda Regiment conducts Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) at the MOUT town on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. MCB Camp Lejeune hosted the Royal Bermuda Regiment during Exercise Island Warrior. The exercise strengthened the partnership between the Royal Bermuda Regiment and U.S. Marine Corps and the training and resources provided by the base enhanced the warfighting skills and readiness of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Basic cadets from the Class of 2026 complete the assault course at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 13, 2022. Basic Cadet Training is a six-week indoctrination program to guide the transformation of new cadets from being civilians to military academy cadets prepared to enter a four-year officer commissioning program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)
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A U.S. Marine assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve coordinates a simulated casualty evacuation during exercise Raven 22-5 in Lacombe, Louisiana, May 13, 2022. Exercise Raven is Marine Forces Special Operations Commands pre-deployment exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of MARSOC companies and teams. To assist this mission, Marine Forces Reserve regularly collaborates with MARSOC to integrate specific Reserve force capabilities like civil affairs, law enforcement, cyber, intelligence, and Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) into MARSOC training, exercises and operational deployments. This collaboration strengthens Reserve force capabilities and informs MARSOC's efforts to enhance and operationalize their Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Detachment to retain and employ Reserve Marines with these critical skill sets.
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A member of the Marine detachment aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) returns to the guard shack with his M16A2 rifle. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman November Alger, right, and Senior Airman Brooke Arias, 435th Contingency Response Squadron mobility aerial port journeymen, discuss where to offload cargo for an engine running operation during exercise Agile Wolf 22 at Koszalin, Poland, Sept. 14, 2022. Exercise Agile Wolf is a scalable airfield opening exercise that provides a variety of training opportunities, promotes innovation, and strengthens partnerships within the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and around Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brandon Catbagan, 6th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technician, aims a laser engraver at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 21, 2023. Aircraft structural maintenance Airmen are responsible for maintaining and repairing the structural integrity of their aircraft, ensuring the safety of the Airmen that fly them.
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Marine disassembling and cleaning machine gun.
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US Army helicopter crewmember looks out over the drop zone after jumpers have exited. Once the jumpers have exited the helicopter the crew members collect the static lines into a bag and reattached the latch that holds jumpers in while they are sitting on the edge prior to exiting. The crewmember checks on the jumpers to ensure all is in order as the pilot circles back around the drop zone.
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Paintball, serious or portrait of man with gun in shooting game playing in action battlefield mission. War, hero or focused soldier with army weapons gear in survival military challenge competition
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U.S. Army engineers assigned to 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company (TREC) train at a modular urban training site at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, April 28, 2022. The purpose of the training is to validate platoons on supporting collective rescue tasks, enhance mission readiness postures and prepare the 911th TREC for mission essential task validation during Exercise Capital Shield 2022.
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Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War.
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Tech. Sgt. Gary Roy, 157th Civil Engineer Squadron, 157th Air Refueling Wing, New Hampshire Air National Guard, peers downrange during a pistol match during the 51st Winston P. Wilson Pistol and Rifle Championships, March 31, 2022, at Camp Robinson, Arkansas. Two, four-man squads of NHNG Soldiers and Airmen competed against shooters from around the world during the weeklong event. Roy called upon years of experience as a former U.S. Marine competitive shooter to help New Hampshire Team Bravo finish 20th out of 47 squads.
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Bearded SEAL team member in the desert
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U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, conduct an amphibious infiltration during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior in Savaneta, Aruba, June 20, 2022. This bilateral training exercise allows 2d Recon to expand its knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. Caribbean Coastal Warrior continues to increase global interoperability between the U.S. Marines and Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, as well as Caribbean Urban Warrior, an annual training evolution conducted on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
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This is the unit path worn by Airman First Class Erin Walgren, a Mental Health Technician with the 72nd Air Base Wing Medical Groups Operational Medical Readiness Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base. She answered a call with a distressed service member on the other end and acted quickly to help save the suicidal service members life, just two weeks into her first assignment. (Air Force photo by Gina Anderson)
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U.S. Marines roll into Kuwait International Airport in a light armored vehicle after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)
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Young boy dressed like a soldier with rifle isolated on gray background
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Close-up shot of Army radio microphone on uniform.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Bryan Miliefsky, a loadmaster with the 115th Airlift Squadron at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., prepares a C-130J Hercules for a mission during Exercise Eager Lion May 26, 2014, at an air base in northern Jordan. Eager Lion, a multinational exercise designed to strengthen military-to-military relationships, gave partner nations a chance to interact with various aircraft from different countries.
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Day four and five of the QRT training, August 12-13, rigorous physical training continued as obstacles increased with difficulty testing not only their strength but also their capabilities to act as a cohesive squad. Day four, SF Airmen were taught how to respond to an active shooter and/or hostage scenario in the Base Exchange and the base dormitories, as well as extraction of an active shooter in a vehicle. Day five SF Airmen performed combative training and practical exercises. Physical training sessions were themed in memory of the 31 warriors lost in Afghanistan, August 7, 2011, by each volunteer completing 31 of each exercise throughout the course. A QRT member provides immediate response to any high risk situation on Osan Air Base to include barricaded suspects, workplace violence, domestic violence and abuse response, school violence, and disaster response.
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A Soldier assigned to the Hellenic XXV Armored Brigade dawns a 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) unit patch after the completion of Military Operations in Urban Terrain training on Oct. 12, 2022, near Petrochori Training Area, Greece. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies.
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An 18th Security Forces Squadron defender wears a squadron morale patch during an active shooter training exercise on Kadena Air Base, Japan, July 22, 2022. The intent of the exercise was to test 18th SFS defenders on their abilities to execute proper building clearing procedures while under stress in a simulated active shooter environment.
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Soldier Saluting
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Weapon series - the Black Rifle and the Texas State flag patch on a bulletproof vest
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A U.S. Army Paratrooper, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, stands in formation with his Ranger Tab and 82nd Airborne patch displayed during the opening ceremony for Exercise Falcon Leap on Camp Orange Barracks, Schaarsbergen, Netherlands., Sep. 12, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise
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An Air National Guard Security Forces specialist poses for a photo at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota as part of the Air National Guard's Security Forces Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) on January 17, 2024. The two-week CWOC course combined classroom instruction, outdoor skills development, and a 3-day, field training event that required students to build and sleep in arctic tent systems, subsisting on cold weather Meals Ready to Eat and incorporated land navigation, live saving skills, and cold water immersion events. 50 students from Air National Guard wings from across the U.S. participated in the advanced, cold weather survival course planned by personnel assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard.