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Silhouetted soldiers in tactical gear engaged in operations. Scenes include intense military exercises and secure movements, emphasizing action and readiness.

United States paratrooper airborne infantry in the smoke.

050625-A-9039F-037. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktika Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Wearing protective hood gear, a Security Police augmentee from the 33rd Rescue Squadron, protects an H-60 helicopter during an 18th Wing exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Samantha Karnes, 509th Security Forces Squadron security response team member, exits a hangar during a readiness exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 21, 2022. A readiness exercise allows Airmen to receive advanced hands-on training to be well equipped for real world scenarios.

Members of the 2nd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division move toward their objective during training exercises at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. The 25th Infantry Division is preparing for Team Spirit '84, a joint South Korean/US training exercise held annually in Korea. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian Aguirre, a grenadier with India Co., 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, holds security during a patrol at South Goulburn Island, Australia, Sept. 2, 2022. The Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations exercise was a force-on-force training that exercised the MRF-Ds ability to forward deploy and establish expeditionary advanced bases.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division assess area security following an attack during Combined Resolve 17 (CbR 17) at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, June 3, 2022. CbR 17 is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battlespace.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Preston Racine, a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, communicates over a radio while providing security during Stand-in Force Exercise on Okinawa, Japan, Dec 7, 2022. SiF-EX is a Division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise serves as a rehearsal for rapidly projecting combat power in defense of allies and partners in the region. Racine is a native of Browning, MT.

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A Marine with Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) dressed in his Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), wearing an M40 Chemical-Biological Field Mask with a C2A1 filter canister, assembles a 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle during training with service members from Australia, wearing their MKIV No1 NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Suits with Avon FM12 Mask. At Camp Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Daniel Ko, an M1 Abrams System maintainer with United Nations Command Honor Guard, conducts an air assault for an alert contingency disbursement rehearsal with U.S. Marines from 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, during Korea Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) 23.1 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Republic of Korea, Nov. 16, 2022. KMEP is conducted routinely to maintain the trust, proficiency, and readiness of the ROK-U.S. Alliance. 3d Battalion, 4th Marines is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Ko is a native of Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Norwegian Rapid Reaction Force conducts ambush Situational Tactical Exercises with opposing forces from the 1-151st Infantry at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 10th, 2024. The Norwegians are in Minnesota as a part of the 51st annual Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange where troops from the Minnesota National Guard and the Norwegian Home Guard send troops to the allied country to conduct winter operations training (Minnesota Army National Guard

Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, completed a weapons qualification course for the M17 pistol and M4 carbine at Fort Pickett Maneuver Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia, on Aug. 1, 2022. Hokanson experienced firsthand the latest individual weapons qualification standards expected of all Soldiers in the National Guard while simultaneously demonstrating his personal proficiency in marksmanshipa basic and essential Soldier skill.

031217-A-8773T-008. Base: Samarra Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, guard simulated detainees during a precision raid at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 10, 2024. During the training, Marines used simulated munitions requiring the wear of special protective equipment. The 15th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a training patrol alongside British paratroopers of 2PARA, 16 Air Assault Brigade on November 27, 2018 in Kenya, Africa. The training scenario was part of Operation Askari Storm, a multinational training exercise occurring in Kenya, Africa between U.S., British and other partner-nation forces. The training focuses on increasing the readiness and interoperability of the participating forces while placing them in tough, realistic scenarios against simulated near-peer adversaries.

Half length, low key portrait of elite commando fighter, professional mercenary hiding identity behind mask, glasses, standing in darkness with mini submachine gun in hands, wearing nigh-vision device. Portrait of elite commando fighter in darkness

970911-F-8748C-006. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pair of soldiers in action under the cover of darkness.

Service members from Norway conduct crew-served weapons qualification at Camp Ripley, March 30, 2022. (Minnesota National Guard Photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Crucible aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 7, 2022.The Crucible serves as the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training and offers recruits the ultimate challenge to persevere through a variety of obstacles and events.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Louis Marsh, a scout sniper with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, finds his target during an urban sustainment range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 5, 2024. Marines with the scout sniper platoon practiced drills to improve individual proficiency firing from unconventional positions. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Edgar Rafael, a Cumming, Georgia native and communications networking communicator with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, sets security during a combat patrol at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 17, 2022. Bougainville I allows fire teams and squads with 3d LCT to rehearse small unit cohesion, lethality, and survivability to set conditions for company offensive, defensive, and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations during future exercises.

A soldier carrying an M-16A2 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher crouches at the base of a building during the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '90. Subject Operation/Series: Ocean Venture '90 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040318-M-5523R-005. Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

The M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams tank crew assigned to the "Panther Battalion," 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, engages in boresight operation during preliminaries at Fort Benning, Georgia, May 2, 2022. The Sullivan Cup highlights and validates training education required to employ the latest advancements of armor modernization in support of armored brigade combat teams and cavalry formations.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Lewis Drake, 23rd Security Forces Squadron squad leader, conducts tactical training at Andersen Air Force Bases Military Operations in Urban Terrain site, Nov. 8, 2022. MOUT training was designed to hone close quarters warfighting skills.

060125-A-1211S-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct transition drills during a Close Quarters Tactics (CQT) course at Expeditionary Operations Training Group, Stone Bay, North Carolina, Sept. 20, 2022. CQT consists of day and night live-fire training in a close quarters environment with explosive and ballistic breaching tactics, techniques, and procedures. The CQT course builds upon the MSPF's current capabilities and ensures the unit is capable of supporting MEU Mission Essential Tasks (METs).

Lance Cpl. Howard Price, a turret gunner with Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, mans the M240G medium-machine gun with a photo of his girlfriend duct taped to the side of the turret. Marines in mobile sections within the battalion routinely travel roads laden with improvised explosive devices in this key district.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st. Lt. Seamus Dwyer, a platoon commander assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and 2nd Lt. Enzo Marra, San Marco Marine Brigade, listen to radio communications during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training in Grottaglie, Italy, July 21, 2022. The training highlighted the exchanging of ideas and practices between the two NATO nations and further developed their interoperability. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is 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.

Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa practice clearing a house during a two-week infantry training package, August 4-15, 2015, aboard Naval Station Rota, Spain.

A soldier standing in darkness, equipped with night vision device and service rifle.

United States Army ranger sniper wearing ghillie suit.

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Paratroopers from 3rd Platoon, Company B, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division prepare to load a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter in the Bermel District of the Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, Oct. 13, during an air-assault mission to detain a known militant.

US Marine Corps Sergeant Hale, an aggressing sniper from the 6th Marine Regiment, takes aim with an M16 rifles on the offensive platoons as they attack Combat Town during the MCCREE (Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation) field exercise. The 6th Marine Regiment conducted this MCCREE for the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. A MCCREE encompasses an evaluation of the overall combat readiness skills of an infantry battalion. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Special forces team leader screaming into tactical radio handset while under enemy fire.

060310-F-2869F-005. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

KARL URBAN in DREDD (2012), directed by PETE TRAVIS. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

A U.S. Marine with 3d Littoral Combat Team (LCT), 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, places a charge for a demolition urban operations range during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jack Peterson, 56th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator prepares for take off during exercise Jolly Vihar near Pápa Air Base, Hungary, July 15, 2022. The 56th RQS provides a rapidly-deployable, worldwide combat rescue and reaction force response. During exercise Jolly Vihar the 56th RQS trained alongside Hungarian joint terminal attack controllers to improve integrated combat search and rescue operations.

Navy SEALs on a speed boat under a full moon, during a night patrol mission.

A Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) member establishes a defensive perimeter during a bilateral calls-for-fire training evolution during Exercise KEEN SWORD 23 at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov 17, 2022. During KEEN SWORD, service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force conducted training with JSDF counterparts throughout mainland Japan, Okinawa prefecture, and surrounding territorial waters to strengthen multilateral cooperation.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alfredo RodriguezVazquez, a light armored vehicle (LAV) crewman with Bravo Company, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, commands a LAV during a tactical movement as part of Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, May 3, 2022. MWX is a force-on-force exercise that challenges the Division to fight at scale against a free-thinking adversary.

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Members of the 116th Air Support Operations Squadron practice sectors of fire training with modified simunition M4 firearms during training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Wash., Feb. 6, 2024. The training, Operation Sulaco, consisted of two days of refresher trainings covering static line parachuting and small team tactics. (Washington Air National Guard

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A Marine armed with an M-16A1 rifle sits in an open window, during a multinational peacekeeping operation. The unit was sent here after a confrontation took place between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Subject Operation/Series: MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

040923-F-5469R-027. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011020-F-7203T-005. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY)

Senior Airman Stephen Hanks, 447th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and Geri, 447th ESFS patrol and explosive detector dog, look through a window while securing an abandoned building on a routine patrol on Sather Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2011. For the last six months Geri and Hanks, have been supporting Operation New Dawn by providing explosive and psychological deterrence. Hanks and Geri are deployed from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. Hanks is from Amherst, Mass.

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with Force Reconnaissance Group, conduct a raid rehearsal during Balikatan 22 at Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Cavite, Philippines, March 30, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. BK22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Radek Kret (foreground), an aircraft loadmaster assigned to the 103rd Operations Group, 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard informs Italian and Spanish paratroopers that they are 10 minutes away from jump time during an airdrop mission, as part of Exercise Swift Response 22, May 11, 2022, in Pisa, Italy. Swift Response is a U.S. EUCOM scheduled, U.S. Army Europe and Africa conducted, and SETAF-AF led global exercise, focused on Allied Airborne forces' ability to quickly and effectively respond to crisis situations as an interoperable, multi-national team. Swift Response demonstrates U.S. and Allied force projection and high readiness interoperability in support of NATO Connected Force Initiative (CFI). Swift Response consists of Joint Forcible Entries (JFEs) into the Nordic, Baltics, and Balkans, followed by multinational training, and live-fire exercises.

Brazilian marines board a landing craft, utility in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during exercise UNITAS LXIII off the coast of Brazil, Sept. 16, 2022. The multinational amphibious assault was one of the culminating events of UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

From right to left, U.S. Army Spc. Matthew Matsuura, assigned to 125th Military Intelligence Battalion, 25th ID, U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. assigned to LAR Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a soldier with the Indonesian National Armed Forces, prepare to clear a simulated structure during Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain while participating in Super Garuda Shield Sept. 1, 2023, Dodiklatpur, Situbono Regency, East Java, Indonesia, Sept 1, 2023. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2023 is the second consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, highlighting the 6 participating and 12 observing nations' commitment to partnership and a free and open indo pacific.

Coast Guard MSST New Orleans team member simulates disabling tactics at sunset near New Orleans, Louisiana, November 9, 2022. Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans conducts training on a regular basis to stay mission ready year round for any deployment.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) conduct Battle Drill 6 training at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, July 11, 2022. 101st units will support V Corps' mission to reinforce NATO's eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises with partners across the European continent to reassure our Nation's Allies and deter further Russian aggression.

Backlit photo of a soldier moving amonst the smoke during a battle operation.

A Special Forces candidate assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School assists an "injured" comrade during the final phase of field training known as Robin Sage in central North Carolina, April 26, 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. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force conduct military operations in urbanized terrain (MOUT) training in Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. MOUT training enhances the Marines ability to communicate and maneuver in urban environments by practicing fundamentals of movement.

030130-M-1852W-022. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dylan Diamond, a team leader with Special Reaction Team, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, fires a Colt M45A1 Close Quarter Battle Pistol during multiple weapons sustainment training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 11, 2022. The members of SRT are attached to the Provost Marshals Office and are specifically trained and equipped to react in scenarios like an active shooter, hostage situations, and barricaded subjects.

KEVIN LACZ in AMERICAN SNIPER (2014), directed by CLINT EASTWOOD.

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A defender from the 5th security Forces Squadron performs a security sweep of a building during a flight line purge in support of Exercise Prairie Vigilance/Bayou Vigilance 24-2 at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Jan. 5, 2024. A purge is a special security sweep that prepares an area for protection level 3 assets.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) Members of the Mexican Naval Infantry practice sniper positioning and observation during Military Operations in Urban Terrain drills for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 16. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Mexican Naval Infantry photo by Cpl. Carolina Guiterrez)

Córdoba, 11/06/2018. Visit of the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, to the Cerro Muriano military base. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHCOR.

U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to conduct Close Quarter Tactics Training, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 4, 2022. During the seven-week course, the students learned the tactics, techniques, and procedures conducting a raid involving CQT. The skills instructed during this course will ensure the MSPF is prepared to support the 26th MEUs Mission Essential Task List for the upcoming deployment.

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US Marine Infantryman Guards a Forward Operating Base in Asadabad, Afghanistan From a Concrete and Brick Bunker

040820-M-5612C-096. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040331-M-7842H-040. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

970628-M-9816M-023. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Bn, 160th Inf Regt, USA NG

041213-M-3988H-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army National Guard soldiers with the 2-113th Infantry Battalion, Bravo Charlie company, New Jersey Army National Guard, conduct gunnery table training exercises using on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 22, 2022. The 113th Infantry Battalion maintains its mission readiness and deployment effectiveness by training in live fire exercises. This training prepares them for an upcoming qualifications test during their two week annual training.

040325-F-3431H-043. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

A view of an M-61A1 20mm Vulcan gun taken from the nose of an F/A-18 strike fighter aircraft showing the damage sustained when ammunition exploded prematurely in the gun barrel during a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cameron Jennings, an explosive ordnance disposal team member assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron, defends a position during a simulated response exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. The training tested the squadrons ability to properly respond to an aircraft crash under strenuous conditions and brought several different organizations across base together to maximize the training experience. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Takenya Yazzie, a motor transport operator with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, checks his Joint Light Tactical Vehicle prior to a convoy during a combined joint logistics over-the-shore offload in preparation for Balikatan 23 at Camp Agnew, Casiguran, Philippines, April 6, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.

Brazilian Marines wade ashore in an AAVP-7A1 (Amphibious Assault Vehicle) during UNITAS LXIII in Ilha do Governador, Rio de Janeiro during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 6, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

U.S Air Force Master Sgt. David Varady (left), 80th Fighter Generation Squadron (FGS) flightline expediter, Senior Airman Joshua Gabb (center), 80th FGS specialist, and Master Sgt. Robert Pray, 80th FGS crew chief, look over post-attack reconnaissance (PAR) checklists during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 6, 2023. The PAR sweeps enable first responders to scout for potential damage, chemical contaminants, and unexploded ordnances prior to resuming operations.

U.S. Army Paratroopers, Air Force joint terminal attack controller and Special Tactic Operators wait on the tarmac before boarding a C-17 Globemaster III from the 176th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 15, 2022 during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-2. Approximately 1,600 service members from three nations participate in flying, maintaining and supporting more than 70 aircraft from over 22 units during this iteration of exercise. The Paratroopers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, JTACs are assigned to the 3rd Air Operation Squadron both at JBER and ST operators are assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida.

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Cabibi, a Defender with the 403rd Security Forces Squadron stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, reloads his M4 with blank rounds while advancing on an enemy position during an area security operations exercise, May 19, 2022, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The training was part of the two-week IDLC, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and using training grounds at CJAG. IDLC was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)

Four soldiers of A Company 2-87 Infantry, 10th Mountain Division, armed with an M-16A2 rifle with grenade launcher and M-249 squad automatic weapons (SAW), sit on an outside staircase to provide security for other soldiers descending above them after a raid of the building in Cap Haitian. The facility was suspected of containing a cache of weapons. U.S. military troops are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

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960829-A-8186D-011. Complete Scene Caption: Artillery pieces from 10th Marine Regiment render honors during the closing ceremony of Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. COOPERATIVE OSPREY is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that was conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996, at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. COOPERATIVE OSPREY, under the Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, provides interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries that provided troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations that contributed troops are Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. In addition, the following countries provided observers to the exercise: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Czech Republi

Dutch Marines with Netherlands Marine Corps treat a simulated casualty during a final training raid as part of Exercise Tres Kolos in Savaneta, Aruba, Oct. 26, 2022. This exercise promotes partnerships, shares knowledge, and enhances interoperability between the forces in order to strengthen our common defense, foster stability and defeat threats.

DN-ST-85-12698. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) An Australian Army Soldier and His Majesty's Armed Forces, Royal Tongan Marine Lt. Filise Siale radio contacts another call sign during a simulated urban close combat scenario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. John Solomon)

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, conducts security during a presence patrol during exercise Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, May 11, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training for response to various threats above and below the threshold of armed conflict.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenyon Gilbert, left, and Lance Cpl. William Cheyne, both riflemen with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, post security during Exercise Bold Quest on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2022. Bold Quest is an annual collaborative joint and multinational enterprise in which nations, services, and programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of capability development to demonstrate a joint capability to link sensors to shooters across air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.

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