Military Personnel in Uniform

A collection of soldiers in camouflage uniforms engaged in various duties, including saluting and communication, showcasing their commitment and readiness.

060118-A-5560L-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

020505-M-9902V-033. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

DA-ST-85-04918. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060723-A-1067B-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

030207-M-5753Q-021. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060118-A-5560L-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

051011-A-2611R-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11TH ACR

070306-M-4314O-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CLB-6

A Dutch military security guard.

US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Norman, Commander, 621st Tanker Airlift Control Element, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, coordinates air traffic on the flight line at Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Soldier using compass

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA., 10/22/2005 -- Major Heaton, a Task Force Raven National Guardsman from Washington, assists in a Lower 9th Ward patrol. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

Lieutenant Colonel, USA, (right) who commands the Second Battalion of the 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Air Assault Division discusses transfer of command issues with Captain Dan Greenwood, USMC, S-3 Plans and Operations Officer, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the exercise is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

DA-SC-87-04384. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Pusil Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - New Orleans Flood Operations - Personnel - 26-HK-378-43. Hurricane Katrina

061002-N-9708H-009. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Navy CHIEF Builder (SCW/DV) Brad Ott logs, from Underwater Construction Team 1, uses a chart to update information during a dive at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 2, 2006. He and other Sailors assisted in the delivery of the replica ship DISCOVERY to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA FORT ROSALIE (A385). DISCOVERY is being transported to the United Kingdom where it will be the center-piece of a major tour promoting the 400th anniversary of the settlement in Jamestown, Va. A"fly-boat"of the British East India Company, DISCOVERY was the smallest of three ships that took part in the voyage from London to the new colony of Virginia, leading to the founding of Jamestown in 1607. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Zach Hernandez) (Released) Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060123-A-6365W-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

An informal portrait like view of TECH. SGT. Alan Reynolds from the 51st Supply Squadron during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

980315-F-7910D-010. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040610-F-6123A-007. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

060510-A-7969G-007. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030315-A-XXXXX-043. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DA-SD-03-06110. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030315-M-5505M-009. Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd LAR

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Eardly, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, prepares for a littoral reconnaissance patrol during Freezing Winds 22 Syndalen, Finland, Nov. 27, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

Straight on medium close-up shot as USAF STAFF Sergeant Chris Young, a pararescueman from the 41st Rescue Squadron, Moody AFB, Georgia, vectors an HC-130 (not shown) rescue aircraft to attempt to drop pararescue specialists to a simulated F-16, crash site and wounded pilot (Crash site and pilot not shown). Desert Rescue is a premiere joint rescue exercise that facilitates improved search and rescue techniques for over 140 participants. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cody Burnett, a power production specialist with the 137th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron (SOCES), Oklahoma National Guard, supports a stake while monitoring a team of Airmen work to anchor a mobile aircraft arresting system during Silver Flag Sept. 20, 2022, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. A total of twelve 137th SOCES members participated in the Silver Flag training exercise, learning valuable skills for rapid airfield damage repair and participating in a five day exercise for combat support teams to practice operating in a contingency environment.

U.S. Air Force Airman Basic Kaleb Hess, security forces trainee, stands ready to clear his M-4 carbine rifle at the armory as part of arming procedures during the field operations block of training during the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 22, 2022. The field operations course is part of a six-week course designed to teach the basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen.

Captain Christopher Bushek, USMC, Force Protection Officer, Marine Central Command Combat Assessment Team, poses by the Kandahar International Airport control tower, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Captain Christopher Bushek, USMC, Force Protection Officer, Marine Central Command Combat Assessment Team, poses by the Kandahar International Airport control tower, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM.

020606-F-5701K-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Peter J. Ganci Jr. Air Base State: Chuskaya Oblast Country: Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)

US Marines Sight an Inbound F/A-18 Hornet During Live Fire Training

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. William Gosnell, 375th Security Forces Squadron flight chief, looks around a conex during a simulated fire fight as a part of Ballistic Badger, Oct. 23, 2022, on Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin. BB22 is a training opportunity for Airmen at the Showcase Wing to rehearse the ability to execute rapid global mobility.

Major Regal and AIRMAN First Class Braxton from the 1300th Military Airlift Squadron Combat Control Team, transmit air traffic control information to a C-130 Hercules aircraft at Puerto Lempira during exercise Desplazameinto Combinado. Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. John McGraw, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, set security during Spanish FLOTEX-22 near Rota, Spain, June 21, 2022. This exercise features tactical level actions ashore, combined with joint training and planning, aimed at increasing overall bilateral interoperability between nations.

Soldier in desert uniform holding his rifle.

030409-F-0762P-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Tennessee Army National Guardsman Staff Sgt. William Lukens, from the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, speaks to a range safety at the Tennessee State Best Warrior Competition in Tullahoma, Feb. 23, 2024. All competitors zeroed their M-4 weapons prior to continuing with a series of battle stations. Army National Guard

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samuel Schouten, a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launcher chief with Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve, removes antennas from a HIMARS launcher while conducting loading and unloading training event during Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-22 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 5, 2022. HIMARS Marines and Marine aircrew routinely train to conduct HIMARS rapid insertion missions, facilitating the expedient and efficient execution of the mission.

020827-F-3820W-007. Subject Operation/Series: FOGGY SHORES 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-05724. Subject Operation/Series: MID-WINTER AIRDROP 88 Country: New Zealand (NZL)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Derreck L. Stewart, F-16CJ crewchief from the 78th Fighter Squadron, at the 20th Fighter Wing, pushes his cold weather headgear further down on his head as he works to launch an F-16CJ aircraft (not shown) on the Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina. Temeratures in South Carolina have been unseasonably cold recently and for those who work outside, like A1C Stewart, a warm hat and gloves are essential equipment. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Libbon, Fly-Away Security Team (FAST) leader with the 726th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron, coordinates with his team as supplies are unloaded from a C-130H at Baledogle Airfield, Somalia, Nov. 8, 2022. FAST Airmen provide a security screen for an aircraft and its aircrew in unconfined locations.

France, Normandy, Arromanches. 66th Anniversary of D-Day. Young man in vintage corporal attire of the 82nd Airborne Division.

020410-A-1526R-020. Base: Crabbs Training Area Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM

030321-M-9792P-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

GEN. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander in chief, U.S. Central Command, pauses during the activities of the National Victory Celebration which is being held in honor of the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060403-A-2403G-005. Base: Buedingen Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

060424-A-6365W-116. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

061201-N-8977L-002. Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMBATCAMGRUPAC

030714-F-3873G-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Misty Wyen, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron waits inside a vehicle for her Egyptian escort during Exercise BRIGHT STAR 01-02. Bright Star is a multi-national exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that enhances regional stability and military cooperation among US Military our key allies, and our regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

American soldiers make good grenade throwers- an infantryman in training demonstrates grenade throwing, ca. 1942-1945

A member of the 101st Airborne Division reads the newspaper while waiting for transportation to his duty station at the start of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

A Colombian marine awaits orders to advance during a combat exercise, part of Operation UNITAS XXV. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Unknown

020415-A-8359B-052. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM

A US Marine Scout Sniper Scans a Ridgeline for Taliban and Al Qaeda

U.S. Army infantryman with the 2-113th Infantry Battalion, Delta company, New Jersey Army National Guard, assemble weaponry for gunnery tables five and six training and qualification on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., April 22, 2022. This training prepares them for an upcoming qualifications test during their two week annual training.

041122-M-0173F-020. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030401-M-5607A-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030910-M-9023R-020. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: 3RD RECONNAISSANCE

050224-F-8584G-079. Base: Al Iskandariyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040407-A-6713J-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Katan Alkaber Country: Iran (IRN)

110622-N-PM781-004SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 22, 2011) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Michaellee Mallare, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 1, stands by to escort distinguished visitors. MSRON 1 and 11 are taking part in the month-long exercise Shark Tank 2011. Shark Tank focuses on multi-phase expeditionary squadron level training and certifications.

Iraqi soldiers rescue simulated casualties during a Combat Lifesaver Course aboard Camp Mejid, Iraq, Dec. 31, 2009.

JAKE GYLLENHAAL and PETER SARSGAARD in JARHEAD (2005), directed by SAM MENDES.

041231M-3988H-014. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Marine Sits Behind Bullet Proof Glass That Was Recently Tested By a Machine Gun Round, Barwana, Iraq

030330-F-8362B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020501-M-9902V-030. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

Vice Admiral Vivien Crea - 26-HK-15-54. Coast Guard personnel listening to VADM Crea outside. Hurricane Katrina

050126-F-0658L-002. Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Amidon, an Assistant Platoon Sergeant with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, participates in a pre-sniper qualification course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2021. The course, a prerequisite to the Scout Sniper Basic Course, is designed to prepare and evaluate Marines in basic sniper fundamentals.

050928-A-5683S-001. Base: Shreveport State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

981009-M-4326L-003. Subject Operation/Series: DYNAMIC MIX '98 Base: Iskenderum Country: Turkey (TUR)

Major Timothy Maxwell, USMC, senior military analyst with the Marine Central Command Combat Assessment Team, starts his morning with the Marine infantry "grunts" that he is in the process of evaluating at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

030924-F-7709W-004. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Portrait of Lance Corporal R. DeJesus, USMC, a member of Military Police Detachment, 26th Marine Service Support Group, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) standing guard at the front gate of the forward operating base located at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

U.S. Army Ranger in Afghanistan combat scene.

Master Sgt. William Hall, Combat Airmen Skills Training student, sits in the driver seat during dismounting exercise on Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Nov. 18, 2013. CAST was designed by Air Education and Training Command to standardize pre-deployment combat training for Air Force personnel.

2nd Lt. Jackson Quinn, 1st Theater Signal Brigade, ties a knot during the 2022 Eighth Army Best Warrior and Squad Competition at Camp Casey, South Korea, May 11, 2022. The Eighth Army Best Warrior and Squad Competition is a week-long event consisting of several tests of the participants general Army knowledge and skills.

U.S. Army Soldier Lt. Col. Mark Bauer signs his name on a T-Wall on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait Sept. 8 2022.

030228-M-9106S-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-5 (5th Marines)

051122-F-2828D-032. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030211-M-5266H-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Alarcon, a jumpmaster with the 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, gives jump instructions during a joint operational access exercise (JOAX) at Pope Field, N.C., Feb. 10, 2012. A JOAX is a joint airdrop exercise designed to enhance service cohesiveness between U.S. Army and Air Force personnel, allowing both services an opportunity to properly execute large-scale heavy equipment and troop movement.

U.S. Air Force MSgt Taylor Henson, F-16 Fighting Falcon engines maintainer, assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, works on an aircraft at Thumrait Air Base, Oman, May 17, 2022, during exercise Accurate Test 22. These exercises aim to improve interoperability, create a mutually supportive partnership and continue to build long-term relationships throughout the Middle East.

020828-F-1131H-008. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A U.S. Soldier assigned to Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, holds security during a platoon immersion in Al-Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 10, 2022. The immersion was a training event meant to build interoperability between the U.S Army and Royal Saudi Land Force at the platoon level while enhancing both U.S. and partner nation skillsets.

020605-F-8425S-008. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

011116-F-3356N-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Airman 1st Class Dawson Morris, 366th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, holds hose on Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022. Morris was on standby during exercise Double Barrell 23-1 to eliminate any fire hazards.

Spc. Thomas Clark, an infantryman assigned to Dagger Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), receives the Army Commendation Medal in Romania on Nov. 4, 2022. He was recognized for his exceptional efforts to field and test advanced communication systems that allowed Dagger Company and 1-26 Infantry to communicate with their NATO Allies. 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.

A soldier armed with an M-16A2 rifle keeps watch from the open door of a UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter on patrol over the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A Turkish paratrooper after inserting into the drop zone as part of an international mass jump. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the United States and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, from the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division.... Complete Scene Caption: A Turkish paratrooper after inserting into the drop zone as part of an international mass jump. Paratroopers from Kazakhstan, the United States and Turkey are descending into Kazakhstan to prepare for the the start of the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT)

020715-F-0201H-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joshua Prince, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron force protection, was part of a team of multiple force protection Airmen who helped the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron team protect the installation during Operation Agile Spartan III at an undisclosed location, September 5, 2022. It feels like youre making a difference and helping out the operations going on in this location. It's something new and exciting. You take everything with good enthusiasm and just continue on.

030324-F-2828W-007. Subject Operation/Series: RSO&I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Marine Corps (USMC) First Sergeant (1SGT) Lenny Maldonado, assigned to Landing Support Company (LSC), 3rd Transportation Support Battalion (TSB), 3rd Force Service Support Group (FSSG), looks at one of the many pairs of dog tags Marines have let at the Memorial located atop of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Japan. Base: Mount Suribachi State: Iwo Jima Country: Japan (JPN)

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