Military Readiness and Coordination

Scenes of military personnel participating in readiness exercises, planning meetings, and coordinated operations with allies in various settings.

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen with the 171st Air Refueling Wing make plans during a large-scale readiness exercise at the base in Pittsburgh, March 10, 2023. The training was part of a multi-day large-scale readiness exercise that involved Guardsmen from multiple sections on base working together to build skills needed to maintain readiness.

040519-F-8789V-001. Base: Bradley Air National Guard Base State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

US Air Force AIRMAN Steihm checks the identification cards of personnel awaiting access to building 949 during Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea's IRRE/CERE (Initial Response Readiness Exercise/ Combat Employment Readiness Exercise). Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen with the 171st Air Refueling Wing make plans during a large-scale readiness exercise at the base in Pittsburgh, March 10, 2023. The training was part of a multi-day large-scale readiness exercise that involved Guardsmen from multiple sections on base working together to build skills needed to maintain readiness.

U.S. Army Soldiers and Japan Ground Self Defense Force members participate in a morning briefing during Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Kengun, Japan, Dec. 2, 2022. This exercise strengthens bilateral partnerships that contribute to the defense of Japan and regional stability in the Indo-Pacific. (Proprietary information redacted)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force, coordinate operations in the Bilateral Ground Tactical Control Center during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

030414-F-1389C-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: G

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Dennis Sampson, the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Commanding Officer, recieves an update brief from 26th MEU special staff on the current operations and state of the 26th MEU Field Exercise (FEX) at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Aug. 25, 2022. The MEU FEX demonstrates the 26th MEU's ability to transition command and control from ship-to-shore through the echeloning of command capabilities and expeditionary logistics planning.

U.S. Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Andy Darnell Jr. with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit talks with Philippine Marines assigned to the 3rd Marine Brigade as part of bi-lateral training focused on combat operation center procedures during KAMANDAG 6 at Camp Rodolfo Punsalang, Palawan, Philippines Oct. 8, 2022. 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 of shared experiences.

040718-F-0993P-006. Base: Otis Angb State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers with the Swedish Armed Forces look through the 9/11 Memorial during a tour aboard San-Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), Aug. 29, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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.

030302-F-4132J-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Savannah International Airport State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

030301-M-8539K-005. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

US Air Force personnel STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Elmore, SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Hughes, SSGT Petrella, and Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Cowan, Visual Information personnel of the 116th Bomb Wing, Georgia Air National Guard, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, are being instructed by an on-site medic upon arrival at the Casualty Collection Point with a simulated injured MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Hall during the Operational Readiness Exercise. Base: Warner Robins Air Force Base State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On February 24th, 2000, at Training Area 73, Fort Hood, Texas, US Army Lieutenant Colonel Michael Edwards (Standing), Commander of the 1ST of the 9th Cavalry, 3rd Brigade, 1ST Cavalry Division, briefs Kuwaiti VIPs on the Bradley Table XII Platoon Qualifications to be observed shortly. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011030-A-6788L-001. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

040823-F-6123A-018. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030214-M-5753Q-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Navy Capt. Charmagne Beckett, a research physician at the Naval Medical Research Center Silver Spring, provides patients with information on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 24, 2022. The COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines study was founded in May 2020 to assist the Marine Corps manage the COVID-19 outbreaks at the recruit depots and to monitor the health of recruits who tested positive for the virus. The second iteration of the study was launched soon after, and deployed to over 15 bases around the U.S. and in Okinawa to follow up and monitor the long-term effects those recruits, now Marines, may be experiencing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

011030-A-6788L-004. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

011003-A-8510M-007. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT FORGE Base: Camp Comanche Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

050903-F-7564C-102. Base: Alexandria State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers with the South Carolina Army National Guard plan a mission request at the South Carolina National Guard's Tactical Operations Center in Charleston, S.C., Sept. 14, 2018, in preparation to provide life saving capabilities in response to Hurricane Florence.

U.S. Army Capt. Denis Majewski, Outlaw Troop commander assigned to 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, conducts a back brief to Finnish Lt. Col. Iikka Nyman, commander of Häme Armored Battalion, during the operational order brief for Exercise Arrow 22 at Niinisalo Training Area, Finland on May 3rd, 2022. Exercise Arrow is an annual, pre-planned, multinational exercise taking place in Finland, where visiting forces to include the U.S., U.K., Latvia, and Estonia, train together with the Finnish Defense Forces in high intensity force-on-force engagements and a live fire exercise with the purpose of increasing military readiness and developing interoperability among participating partner nations. Photo has been modified for operational security purposes.

Col. Jennifer Reed, U.S. Army Central Chief of Operations, discusses current operations with Soldiers during Exercise Lucky Strike 2022 at Fort Gordon, Georgia, Sept. 21, 2022. During Exercise Lucky Strike, USARCENT deployed its contingency command post, demonstrating an ability to rapidly deploy within its area of responsibility.

050902-F-4563N-010. Base: Rickenbacker Ang Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Louisiana - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-363-15. Hurricane Katrina

220830-N-UQ872-1001 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (August 30, 2022) Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering executive officer, Cmdr. Amy Honek, receives a command post briefing from Ensign Sean Kee, Civil Engineer Corps Officers School (CECOS) Basic Class 273 during a five-day field training exercise (FTX). The CECOS FTX is part of a fifteen-week course designed to prepare junior officers for the basics of field operations, leadership and teamwork within Seabee battalions.

040506-F-3838S-027. Base: Camp Sarafovo, Burgas State: Bourgas Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DF-ST-85-11711. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010327-F-3873-001. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

061026-N-5663H-005. Base: USS Tortuga (LSD 46) Country: Japan (JPN)

020114-F-3838S-012. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

020411-F-3267M-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030925-F-1631A-006. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Major Michael Allshouse, USAF, 39th Security Forces Squadron, Commander briefs the oncoming flight at guard mount after Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, implemented increased security postures following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandon Mitcheltree, Whiteman Air Force Base Wing Inspection Team member, evaluates Maj. John Copeland, 509th Bomb Wing flight medical member, during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2022. Whitemans WIT ensures Airmen are mission capable by finding deficiencies during an exercise and making any corrections needed for future readiness.

000509-F-3050V-010. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: United States European Command

040718-F-7751S-001. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011024-F-0308N-122. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2001 Country: Southwest Asia Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Corban Lundborg and Senior Airmen Joseph LeVeille, visual information specialists assigned to 4th Combat Camera Squadron, conduct a tactical skill lane while competing in the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

040325-F-5388P-004. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Capt. Kenneth Johnson, a native of Fort Riley, Kan., surgeon, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad, talks to local Iraqis about solar power at the Ameriyah Clinic Jan. 15. The clinic staff hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to demonstrate the capabilities of the clinic, which can run for 72 hours powered by 10 hours of sunlight.

030830-F-2869F-049. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE KEY 2003 Base: Krumovo Air Base Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

010511-F-3573Z-501. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2001 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rhineland-Palatinate Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

010921-F-4241T-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Service Members attend a weapon familiarization lane during Day 0 of the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 18, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

Simulated follow-on forces begin in-processing at the Readiness Processing Unit (RPU) at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Members of the RPU are simulating the bed down of follow-on forces during their semi-annual Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sierra Parks, left, and Cpl. Giovanni Valbrun, military working dog handlers assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshalls Office, treat a simulated injury on a military working dog training mannequin during Exercise Active Shield 22 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 15, 2022. Active Shield is an annual bilateral training exercise designed to test U.S. and Japanese forces in their ability to respond to contingencies and cooperatively address challenges faced by the installation

GEN Colin Powell, left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF, sits down for coffee with MGEN Fred A. Gorden, Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light), and other officers during a tour of the division's Light Infantry Training Center. Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Shop interior, medium shot, right front view, USAF, SENIOR AIRMAN John Martucci (left), Jeff Moses (center) and STAFF Sergeant Tracy Brown (right), Armament Section, 3rd Equipment Maintenance Squadron, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, perform a routine inspection on an M61A2 Vulcan, 20mm six barreled Gatling type cannon, 8 February 2000. Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At the out processing line, members of the 128th Air Refueling Wing, General Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, have their records, orders, and other paper work checked as they prepare to deploy in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: General Mitchell Angb, Milwaukee State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines process through the personnel receiving line at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 12, 2011. The base is in the process of receiving personnel, aircraft and vital supplies to support the earthquake and tsunami search and rescue efforts.

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense interact with an Indonesian Delegate during a demonstration aboard JDS Osumi (LST-4001), Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, June 16, 2022. This iteration of PALS brought senior leaders of allied and partnered militaries together to discuss amphibious force readiness, expeditionary advanced base operations, intermediate force capabilities, and ways to improve interoperability between partners within the Indo-Pacific region. A total of 18 participating delegations from Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, and North America participated in the symposium.

010731-F-2369R-010. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030419-F-2454T-009. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040317-M-5523R-009. Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. Alex Rosas, an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician, instructs a Nepali EOD soldier on techniques and procedures for an EOD demolition training event during Exercise Shanti Prayas IV at the Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre on Feb. 27, 2024. This training enables EOD technicians to learn proper safety measures for both protection and security, and be experts in their field. Shanti Prayas IV is a multinational peacekeeping exercise sponsored by the Nepali Army and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and is the latest in a series of exercises designed to support peacekeeping operations. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force, coordinate operations in the Bilateral Ground Tactical Control Center during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

010813-F-0718S-002. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030115-F-1443F-016. Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Norwegians in the Norwegian Home Guard Rapid Response Force and Youth Teams in the 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX) complete medical training at the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota on Feb 4th and 7th, 2024. The MSTC provides training scenarios by adjusting simulated training experiences by changing the lighting, noise, smell, and injuries with realistic mechanical dummies (Minnesota Army National Guard

030116-F-4728F-006. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

031023-F-8156G-001. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Service members use an Airmans Manual to identify simulated unexploded ordnance during a Chemical Biological Radiological and Nuclear survival skills class Aug. 9, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Identifying, marking and reporting are some of the responsibilities Airmen have to perform if assigned to a Post Attack Reconnaissance team.

020924-F-9032T-005. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

021005-F-4649H-042. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

LCPL. Desmond D. Bryant of Valdosta, GA, a videographer attached to the 2d Marine Division, shares tricks of his trade and exchanges souvenirs with a Ukrainian videographer after his arrival at Marine Corps Air Station. This exercise is sponsored by the United States Atlantic Command and will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, NC. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide combined training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

050207-F-3488S-005. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SD-03-08362. Base: Yongsan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

020102-F-0675P-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Maj. Briley and members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force discus plans of action during morning Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Higashichitose, Japan, Nov. 29, 2022. This exercise strengthens bilateral partnerships that contribute to the defense of Japan and regional stability in the Indo-Pacific.

Emergency Response Operations - Stennis, Mississippi - 26-HK-136-49. Hurricane Katrina

Three Marines of School Company diagnose a problem with the tracker of a TOW 2 tube-launched, optically tracked, wire guided (TOW) anti-tank weapon. Base: Marine Corps Logis Base, Albany State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040209-F-2409C-002. Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)

031230-F-1798W-011. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

From left to right, Colonel Ron Lader, Brigadier General Keith Rehling, Commander, 446 Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, and Colonel Chip Diehl, Commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, observe during a mission brief for a massive airdrop during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1. From left to right, Colonel Ron Lader, Brigadier General Keith Rehling, Commander, 446 Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, and Colonel Chip Diehl, Commander, 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, observe during a mission brief for a massive airdrop during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1.

970518-F-1787R-198. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

DF-ST-89-01105. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

020107-F-8619S-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Salt Lake City Iap State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the U.S. Air Force's Ramstein Air Base, Ramstein, Germany

U.S. Soldiers with E company ("Evil Eye"), 1-3 Attack Battalion, 12 Combat Aviation Brigade partake in "Evil Eye Athletic Competition" held at Feb. 1, 2024, at Bismarck Kaserne, Ansbach, Germany. Army

US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Charlie Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion, 4th Marine Division, perform a personal equipment gear check in support of OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Camp Williams State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220720-N-UD469-1049 PEARL HARBOR (July 20, 2022) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday receives an exercise brief at the Pacific Warfighting Center on Ford Island, July 20, during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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.

020716-F-8425S-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

DA-ST-87-01770. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Kenyan COL Alfred Gitonga and Tunisian LTC Helmi Bedoui observe Finnish COL Timo Hanninen's briefing about JLASS wargame operations in USAFRICOM. Members of the USAWC class of 2022, they learn experientially about strategic decision-making.

Elements with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) Battalion Landing Team 1/6, debrief after conducting Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 30, 2023. MOUT training increases the lethality of the MEUs infantrymen through live-fire drills, room clearing procedures and small team tactics in order to prepare for their upcoming deployment.

020509-F-8432C-001. Base: Selfridge Air Natl Guard Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ukrainian military members listen to U.S. Air Force 603rd AOC airspace technicians at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Air advisors from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing provided advanced air traffic control familiarization training to Ukrainian military members. The goal of the training was to build partner capacity and equip the Ukrainians with contingency training that they could use in their current, volatile state.

020705-F-6701P-006. Base: Tbilisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

041201-M-0036Y-010. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battlegroup Poland Soldiers assigned to the rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT) alongside United Kingdom Army soldiers assigned to The Royal Lancers, Prince of Whales Troop, Romanian Sky Guardians, and the Polish Armed Forces 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade discuss key talking points while attending the NATO Team Leaders Academy in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Oct. 19, 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.

General officers from the Norwegian Army, the United Kingdom Commando Force, the Finnish Army, and the United States Marine Corps discuss the upcoming NATO exercise Nordic Response 24 during a general officer call at the Norwegian Army Headquarters in Bardufoss, Norway, Jan. 24, 2024. Nordic Response is a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting in a challenging arctic environment. This exercise will test military activities ranging from the reception of allied and partner reinforcements and command and control interoperability to combined joint operations, maritime prepositioning force logistics, integration with NATO militaries, and reacting against an adversary force during a dynamic training environment. The U.S. stands firm in commitment and readiness to support Norway, allies and partners.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Randy Theisen, a combat control student watches as co-workers check his parachute while being transported on a MC-130P Combat Shadow aircraft for a airfield seizure mission, March 2, over Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. in support of Emerald Warrior 2011. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

220714-N-PQ495-1096 SAN DIEGO - (July 14, 2022) - German and Republic of Korea Navy Sailors assigned to combined task force (CTF 177) conduct an explosive ordnance disposal exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 in Southern California. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 worlds 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 worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

041103-M-0095Z-008. Base: Ad Diwaniyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Information Systems Technician 1st Class Kim Yancey, from De Pere, Wisconsin, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) combat systems department, tests the fit of chemical, biological, and radiological defensive equipment in the hangar bay, May 4, 2022. Ford is in port Naval Station Norfolk preparing for its next underway period.

Philippine Marines and Airmen watch U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gabriela Gonzalez, center, and Cpl. David Gonzalez, right, adjusting the harness of a M50 joint-service, general-purpose mask at Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command in Zambales, Philippines, Oct. 3, 2022, during KAMANDAG 6. The class was intended to exchange knowledge of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear tactics and procedures between the U.S. and Philippine Marine Corps and Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. KAMANDAG is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Gabriela Gonzalez, a Melrose Park, Illinois, native and David Gonzalez, a Conyers, Georgia, native are both CBRN defense specialists with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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