Military Personnel in Exercises

Photos show military personnel in various exercises and discussions at different bases, exhibiting teamwork and operational readiness.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023

041204-F-4674P-411. Base: Camp Douglas State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011214-F-4300H-004. Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DA-SC-87-04369. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Du Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

010911-F-4905S-002. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030324-F-6449C-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Russian and American soldiers work together at check point 36A (34TCQ 215514) located in the Russian Brigade Area of Operation, Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor. They are discussing a mine strike after a Russian soldier stepped on an anti-personnel. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

021017-F-1131H-017. Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Explosive ordinance disposal technicians (EOD) with 749th Ordnance Company participates in a joint interoperability exercise with TSA transportation security specialist- explosives (TSSE), CSPD bomb squad, and the airport police for the purpose of bomb squad support to the Colorado springs municipal airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 11, 2022. While fostering relationships under Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), this allowed 749th EOD to run team leader certifications for TL candidates.

041104-F-1646R-018. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DN-SC-87-05846. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

030316-F-6449C-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

041018-F-9429S-012. Base: Alpena State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010117-A-0051B-017. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Gordon Smith, an Oregon native, and a light armored reconnaissance officer with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), leads a group of Navy Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 4 during Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 16, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Soldiers from the Norwegian Home Guard land at the Minnesota Air National Guard 133rd Air Wing at Fort Snelling in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on February 1st, 2024. The Norwegians are in Minnesota as a part of the Minnesota National Guards 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange and partnership with the Norwegian Home Guard (Minnesota Army National Guard

011005-F-6911G-004. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

A 92nd Wing Safety team member briefs 92nd Security Forces Squadron Airmen on the Major Accident Response Exercise before it begins at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Apr. 12, 2022. The MARE is a worst case scenario simulation of several incidents that prompt Airmen and civilian partner agencies to react and gain control of situations in the unlikely event of a severe accident.

060109-A-1211S-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ryan Cohen, second from right, commanding officer of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), speaks to Estonian soldiers during Exercise Hedgehog 22 in Saaremaa, Estonia, May 22, 2022. The 22nd MEU is participating in the Estonian-led exercise Siil 22 (Hedgehog 22 in English). Siil 22 brings together members of the Estonian Defense Force and U.S. Sailors and Marines under Task Force 61/2 to enhance Allied interoperability and preserve security and stability in the Baltic region.

040322-F-3431H-028. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY HIGH 04-01 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

LTC Marvin Hopgood Jr., commanding officer, 3rd Battalion, inspects a recruit's rifle during the final inspection of Platoon 3041 at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MGEN Henry C. Stackpole III, director plans and policy directorate, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, discusses the storing of equipment in pre-positioning caves with a Marine officer. Country: Norway (NOR)

Private Muir from the 14th Transportation Squadron, Royal Logistic Core Support Battalion, and fellow soldiers, break through concrete on the roadside of the Ilidza Compound in Ilidza, a small suburb of Sarajevo, Bosnia. They are preparing to build a barrier along the edge of the compound on May 2,1996 during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Ilidza, Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A crewmen stands in a hatch aboard a Marine Corps LAV-25 light armored vehicle while on patrol in the city. Marines are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort , a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends a Live-Fire Demonstration by eFP Battle Group NATO Troops on February 13, 2019.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Sean M. Castilla, commander of Battlegroup Poland and the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT), salutes the outgoing commander of the Romanian Transylvanian Gepards, and incoming commander of the Sky Guardians, during the Romanian Army contingent Hand Over, Take Over ceremony in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Oct. 18, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

021216-F-1851U-011. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Right side front view medium close-up as US Air Force members stand in formation to include CPT Cal Mercer of the 6 Airlift Squadron and competitors from McGuire AFB, New Jersey, during the Rodeo 2000 opening ceremony at Pope Air Force Base on May 7, 2000 during the Rodeo 2000 readiness competition. During the one week competition, more than 100 teams and 2,500 personnel from over 300 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, U.S. Army units, and foreign nations will compete in airdrops, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, combat endurance, combat tactics, as well as other air and ground operations (Army units, foreign nations, airdrops, cargo loading, refueling, pre-flight, .... Complete Scene Caption: Right side front view medium close-up as US Air Force members stand in formation to include CPT Cal Mercer of the 6 Airlift Squadron and competitors from McGuire AFB, New Jersey, during the Rodeo 2000 opening ceremony at Pope Air Force Base on May 7, 2000 during the Rodeo 20

220607-N-FV745-1008 RAVLUNDA, Sweden (June 7, 2022) Swedish Navy Capt. Magnus Westerlund assigned to Swedish Naval Warfare Center Ravlunda, instructs service members of partner nations during exercise BALTOPS 22, June 7, 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.

Participants make their way to the operation cells as part of Peace Keeping Operations North 2000 (PKO NORTH 2000). PKO North 2000, 14-25 Aug 2000, is hosted by the governments of Honduras and the United States, and held at the Honduran Military Academy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Subject Operation/Series: PKO NORTH 2000 Base: Tegucigalpa Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

040422-F-0000M-002. Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)

France, Normandy, Arromanches. Men in vintage US military uniforms. 66th Anniversary of D-Day.

Turkish Defense Forces service members salute their commanding general during Distinguished Visitors Day of Exercise Dynamic Front 24 at Polatlı Training Area, Türkiye, Feb. 19, 2024. Exercise Dynamic Front 24 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed, 56th Artillery Command-led fires-centric exercise in Germany and Türkiye. Artillery Soldiers train in a joint-combined environment, focusing on fire interoperability, command and control between multinational units, and using Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities protocol systems. Army Reserve

A French Army Lieutenant Colonel, from Division Salamander, poses for a picture after the Change of Command Ceremony for Task Force Eagle Commander, Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the Ceremony US Army Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash 1ST Armored Division, Commander Task Force Eagle, relinquished his Command to US Army Major General (MGEN) Montgomery C. Meigs, Commander, 1ST Infantry Division. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030514-F-2185G-008. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR, 2003 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

US Marine Corps Captain (CPT), Lacy S. Scott, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division, answers questions posed by members of the Japanese media, about his unit's nine firing day relocation shoot, designed to enhance military occupational specialty proficiency within the artillery field. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Air Force CHIEF of STAFF, General Michael E. Ryan (left) shakes hands with Lieutenant General Glen W. Moorehead III, United States Air Forces in Europe Vice Commander, as he departs Ramstein Air Base Germany on July 27th 2001. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030302-A-7884W-006. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: Europe

Soldier fighters standing together with guns. Group portrait of US army elite members, private military company servicemen, anti terrorist squad. . Soldier fighters standing together with guns. Group portrait of US army elite members, private military company servicemen, anti terrorist squad

021202-F-6701P-009. Base: Krtsanisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

Russian and French soldiers converse after the Change of Command Ceremony for Task Force Eagle Commander, Bosnia-Herzegovina. During the Ceremony US Army Major General (MGEN) William L. Nash 1ST Armored Division, Commander Task Force Eagle, relinquished his Command to US Army Major General (MGEN) Montgomery C. Meigs, Commander, 1ST Infantry Division. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

040611-F-6217S-014. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Connor Cozad with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, talks with Chilean Navy Rear Admiral Alberto Soto Valenzuela during a bi-lateral cold weather survival training exchange in Punta Arenas, Chile, Aug. 11, 2022. During this training, the Marines furthered their education in proper techniques for procuring food, water, and shelter in numerous cold weather environments. Training exchanges in South America offer off-cycle training for U.S. forces while strengthening our partnership and enhancing overall interoperability with regional partners.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

030305-F-7449W-003. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 52d FW

040622-F-1351B-535. Base: Jordanian Royal Military Academy State: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

011011-A-7636R-007. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MDW

COL Povlushenko (Russian Army), Commander Russian Airborne Brigade, briefs US Senator Carl Levin (Michigan) about the mechanics of a Russian BMD-2 Airborne Combat Vehicle during his visit to the Russian Airborne Brigade in Tojsici, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Senator is visiting US forces involved in Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Tojsici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew Danner, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, meets with U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st MEU, conducting defensive posturing for Iron Fist 23 at Hijudai, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. U.S. Marines with the 31st MEU and JGSDF soldiers with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, conducted bilateral defensive posturing to increase their ability to operate in austere environments. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the JGSDF, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Partisans hiding in a farmhouse

011026-A-3639G-071. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

Working visit of H.M. Queen Beatrix at the army of Seedorf. The queen in conversation with a few conscript artillerists.

CSM George Davis Gates (USA) and MGEN Montgomery C. Meigs (USA), both 1ST Infantry Divisions, unfurl the 1ST Infantry Division Standard at the change of command ceremony where MGEN William L. Nash, Commaand 1ST Armored Division, relinquished Task Force Eagle command to MGEN Meigs during Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

Voorthuizen, May 7, 2005. © Henry Westendorp / Koninklijke Marine Defilee and Military Tattoo. Large commemoration with international tattoo in memory of 60 years of liberation.

990627-M-5696S-017. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

CPT Gabriel Trimblay and LTC John E. Paulson rush to their aircraft at the sound of the alert klaxon. Base: Pease Air Force Base State: New Hampshire (NH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

United States Army SPECIALIST Kilian deployed from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, ensures the safe delivery of equipment into the base camp and training area near Almaty, Kazakhstan, for the start of CENTRASBAT 2000. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion exercise CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by U.S. CENTCOM and hosted by the former the Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U.S. troops including personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, .... Complete Scene Caption: United States Army Specialist Kilian deployed from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, ensures the safe delivery of equipment into the base camp and training area near Almaty, Kazakhstan, for the start of CENTRASBAT 2000. The Central Asian Peacekeeping Battal

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen, assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), demonstrate medical equipment to Swedish soldiers, assigned to the 3rd Air Force Ranger Company, during a medical practice exchange near Kristianstad, Sweden, Aug. 26, 2022. 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.

020930-M-0175R-042. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC RESPONSE 2002 Base: Dragas Country: Serbia (SER)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 18th Medical Group transport simulated patients into the 18th MDG clinic for triage and patient care during a mass casualty exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 18, 2024. The 18th MDG conducts large scale exercises quarterly, ensuring their personnel are always ready to provide life-saving medical treatment to 18th Wing personnel.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

030121-F-0007M-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility

Major Christ Hughes, USMC, Public Affairs Officer for the Combined Task Force 58, tries to warm himself with a cub of hot coffee at the Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

An instructor at the SERE (Survival, Escape, Resistance & Evasion) School shows students how to make a shelter out of their parachute and its shrouds. The class is being taught to students being assigned to potentially hostile areas where they might encounter an unfriendly environment. (Duplicate image, see also DNST9700134). Base: Warner Springs State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie.

Army soldier talking on smart phone against blue sky

Anefo photo collection. Anti nuclear energy week Arnhem closed demonstration city KEMA building. September 26, 1981. Arnhem

Straight on medium close-up shot as US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Mikie Keck prepares to inprocess at the field training exercise, Sunday, March 5, 2000. 2LT Keck is assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, and deployed to the Air Mobility Warfare Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey, for the Phoenix Readiness Combat Course. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A United States Army soldier watches as an angry Albanian mob, wave Albanian National Flags and prepare to march to the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The soldier is a member of the 108th Military Police Company (MP), 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After two Serbian men disappeared, the Serbians believe the Albanians abducted the men and began to make threats and road obstructions to stop Albanians from traveling safely through town. The Albanians began to form a mob to confront the Serbians until US and Russian Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops made a wall between the opposing sides. Task Force Falcon, Operation Joint Guardian, 14 August 2000. (U.S. Army photo taken by SPC. Eric E.... Complete Scene Caption: A United States Army soldier watches as an angry Albanian mob, wave Albanian National Flags and prepare to march to the town of Domorovce, Kosovo. The soldier is a member of the 108th Military Police Company (MP), 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After two S

030220-F-3886C-018. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

The Idaho National Guard participated in Boise's downtown Idaho Veterans Parade on Nov. 5, 2022 to honor veterans, past and present.

010918-F-0148C-004. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Tulsa State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BATTALION, 279TH INFANTRY

Providers assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division discuss and prepare for convoy on Fort Bragg, NC, March 28, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.

COL. D. L. Andrews, US Marine Corps Reserve (right), COL. Oscar Mark, Estonian Defense Forces (center), and an unidentified Estonian soldier discuss exercise issues at the port facility. Colonels Andrew and Mark are Co-Commanders for the exercise. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the USA will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region. While Baltic Challenge '97 will conduct training along peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant US Navy .... Complete Scene Caption: Col. D. L. Andrews, US Marine Corps Reserve (right), Col. Oscar Mark, Estonian Defense Forces (center), and an unidentified Estonian soldier discuss exercise issues at the port facility. Colonels Andrew and Mark are Co-Commanders for the exercise. Baltic Challenge '97 is a

040126-F-1830P-003. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the times 80-90s, Soltau. German Armed Forces. Manoeuvre Big Bear . 80sOfficers

Demonstrators protesting against a neo-Nazi event standing opposite a row of police officers, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

011005-F-6911G-002. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen eines Besuchs des Deutschen Kontingents eFP auf dem NATO-Stuetzpunk in Rukla, 03.11.2023

Copenhagen, Denmark, The changing of the guards ta the entrance of the Rosenborg castle

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-29. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-29. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Guard, Prague Castle.

010926-F-4177H-002. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

US Air Force Major Kevin Callahan (Right, shaking hands), Squadron Director of Operations, Sembach Air Base, Germany, greets USAF Major General Mark Schmidt (Left). MGEN Schmidt, newly arrived to Europe, is the United States Air Force Europe Director of Aerospace Operations, Ramstein AB, DEU. He was given a brief tour of the USAFE Operational Weather Squadron facility at Sembach AB, and an opportunity to shake hands with each individual personnel. Base: Sembach Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

010605-A-1985S-007. Base: Camp Bondsteel (CBS) State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing participate in a 5K run/walk at RAF Croughton, England, Jan. 11, 2024. During the 5K, personnel discussed the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and all others who sought essential American liberties during the civil rights movement.

970201-A-4624C-016. Complete Scene Caption: US Army Lieutenant Colonel Robin Swan, TASK FORCE TF 1-26 Batallion Commander, talks with Charlie Hayes, CHIEF of International Police Task Force Zvornik, in the village of Mahala during the resettlement of Muslims (Operation POLLUX) in Mahala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDPOLLUX Base: Mahala Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismantled a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz.

041029-F-1342R-020. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Force A1C Tracey Booth, 55th Security Forces, Offutt AFB, communicates with his radio as he patrols an area outside of U.S. Strategic Command during the joint military exercise GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98. Subject Operation/Series: GLOBAL GUARDIAN '98 Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lt Col Andrew Carlson, 107th Attack Wing commander, personally delivers holiday cards to 107th Airmen as they arrive for December drill, December 10, 2022, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station. 107 ATKW commanders have been braving the freezing, early morning Western New York winter temperatures for the past several years as a brief opportunity to personally greet members at the gate before their duty day begins. Air National Guard photo by 1st Lt Jason Carr

Burial of Oleg Yashchishin, Kirilo Vishivaniy, Sergey Melnik and Rostislav Romanchu at Lychatik cemetery, the four officers killed two days earlier in a Russian missile attack in a military camp near the border with Poland in Yavoriv, at least 35 people died, Lviv, Ukraine, Europe

021227-F-0460H-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), host Soldiers during day two of candidate testing for the Expert Infantry Badge (EIB)/Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) on January 25, 2022.The EIB is awarded to Soldiers who have completed testing designed to demonstrate proficiency in infantry skills.The ESB is awarded to Soldiers who have completed testing and do not serve in the Infantry, Special Forces, or Medical Branches. (U.S. Army photo by: Staff Sgt. Michael Eaddy)

021101-M-0431C-004. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines demo a virtual reality headset during the WEST 2024 conference at the San Diego Convention Center in California, Feb. 13, 2024. Throughout the conference, leaders from the Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard discussed modernization efforts and future concepts that support the Sea Services' operations. WEST 2024 is the only event in which the makers of platforms and the designers of technologies can network, discuss, and demonstrate their solutions in a single locale. Marine Corps

Transport by ambulance from the exercise injured from the German Gibraltar Kaserne to the station in the context of 'Combi Care' exercise.

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