Military Survival Training Activities

Images depict military personnel engaged in survival training, showcasing digging, woodcraft, and shelter building in various natural environments.

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel dig a test pit and screen dirt in a rice paddy in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) on Jan. 14, 2024. A DPAA team spent several weeks surveying sites in Southern China in order to provide vital information for future recovery missions. Approximately690 unaccounted-for American personnel from World War II are believed to be located within modern-day PRC.

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) personnel dig a test pit and screen dirt in a rice paddy in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) on Jan. 14, 2024. A DPAA team spent several weeks surveying sites in Southern China in order to provide vital information for future recovery missions. Approximately690 unaccounted-for American personnel from World War II are believed to be located within modern-day PRC.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Barksdale, of the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron, sharpens a stick into a stake Feb. 9, 2023, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. Airmen from the 290th JCSS are attending a class led by Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) specialists to teach them basic survival techniques in a cold weather environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Segul, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineering Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics group, constructs a shelter during Jungle Crab 22 at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, June 27, 2022. During the training, EOD Marines prepared to support Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations by practicing survival methods in areas where logistical support may not be available. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

050915-A-5679R-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Steven Taylor, a water support technician with Energy Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Ponte Vedra, Florida native, primes the raw water pump, during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual 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.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (June 8, 2022) Machinists Mate Fireman Amber Arias volunteers during a cleanup event at the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka's (CFAY) Ikego Detachment organized a volunteer event to assist in the upkeep of the Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery. For 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleet's forward deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

050915-A-5679R-004. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION

060430-A-6365W-168. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

DF-ST-88-02905. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the United States Army Garrison Bavaria (USAG-B) Fire Department conducted an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 18, 2022. The USAG-B Fire Department conducts EOD in order to safely mulch areas of the training area to create firebreaks.

U.S. Army Cpt. Jonathan Hootnick, team leader, assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA),carefully descends a slope with a hand-line during an investigation operation in Lampang province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 05, 2023. This mission is DPAAs effort to investigate the location a missing service member from a crash site during World War II in order to set the conditions for a future recovery mission. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

011006-F-0148C-019. Base: Tulsa International Airport State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Aaron Haak, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) explosive ordnance disposal technician augment, picks up a metal detector during a recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Feb. 2, 2023.DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

Archaeologist Tyler Olsen with Colorado State Universitys Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands working in partnership with Fort McCoy's Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch works on an archaeology survey on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis., on July 14, 2022. Olsen has participated in many digs at Fort McCoy. This survey is looking at areas were cement pads were located where troops placed military tents and bivouacked nearly 90 years ago. Archaeology work has been ongoing on Fort McCoy for decades to not only look back and document the post's military history, but also the area's distant past where artifacts thousands of years old have been found.

Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, work together to build shelters during exercise Raging Gunfighter 22-2 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 17, 2022. Raging Gunfighter is an exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an austere environment and prepare the wing for potential future operations. Airmen work outside of their typical job duties to create a smaller and lighter footprint for more efficient deployment capabilities.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Butenewicz, assistant team leader with 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, sights in during the infiltration exercise portion of the School of Infantry-East Scout Sniper Challenge on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2022. The purpose of this challenge was to test scout snipers in communication, marksmanship and teamwork throughout various competitive relays.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Helwin Acabal, combat engineer, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Aircraft Group 31, operates a chainsaw during a training event at Hunting Island State Park, South Carolina, Aug. 16, 2022. The partnership between MWSS-273 and Hunting Island State Park allows Marines to refine their skills and provide community service by clearing unwanted trees and reforming dunes.

Soldiers with the Amphibious Rapid Brigade Recon Company, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in an endurance course during a bilateral field training for Iron Fist 24, at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. Bilateral training tests readiness and ability to respond to crises in challenging and time-sensitive conditions. 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 Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Marine Corps

Lead Anthropologist and Supervisory Scientific Recovery Expert (SRE) Robert Ingraham MSc, an employee of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agencys (DPAA) Investigation Team (IT), collects dirt samples during an IT mission in Attapeu Province on March 11, 2023. ITs are an important process where small teams deploy to various locations throughout Laos, to gather as much information for future operations.

Vietnam, Cu Chi. Infamous Cu Chi tunnel, 200 km long underground tunnel complex used during the Vietnam war. Secret camouflaged tunnel entry used by Vietcong.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Edward N. Love IV, 18th Munitions Squadron precision-guided munition crew chief, clears a path toward the tombs that had been blocked off by heavy vegetation at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 24, 2023. Paths toward the tombs had to be cleared to provide the visiting Okinawan families safe passage to the tombs of their ancestors.

U.S. Marines with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Forces Command, Marine Forces Northern Command and Marine Corps Security Force Regiment pick up litter and trash ashore Masonville Cove during Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore, Maryland, Sept. 9, 2022. Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore is an annual public event that provides the opportunity for the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard to engage with each other and civilians. More than 2,300 service members participated in Maryland Fleet Week & Flyover Baltimore 2022 engaging and assisting with ship tours, live bands and community service events.

Janet Finlayson, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) scientific recovery expert (SRE), directs an excavators dig path during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Sept. 24, 2022. SREs use standard field archaeology methods to direct recovery operations and lead all efforts to properly locate and identify possible remains. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Greg Stratton, a senior research expert assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), ties grid lines as part of an underwater recovery mission in Wewak, Papua New Guinea on Sept. 07, 2022. DPAA personnel arrived to conduct an underwater excavation operation in an effort to find a U.S. aircraft crew lost over Papua New Guinea during World War II. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) flight places C-4 during training on the pro range at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, Jan. 25, 2022. EOD technicians use explosives of all shapes and sizes as tools to complete their mission of locating, identifying, disarming, neutralizing, recovering and disposing of hazardous explosives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody Sanders)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mathew M. McQuay, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Wason Miles, a life support investigator, both with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, take a look at an unidentified object found at a crash site in the Boualapha province of Laos Oct. 20, 2007. A 10-member JPAC team deployed out of Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii for 30 days attempting to recover the remains of U.S. service members lost during the Vietnam War.

Lt. Col. Brian Bosse, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Indo-Pacific Directorate SRT-1 Operations Chief, uses a metal detector to probe for subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 5, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jamerson Beverly, 36th Security Forces Squadron fire team leader, finds a discharged shotgun shell during a perimeter check on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sep. 22, 2022. The Jungle Enforcement Team spends about eight hours a day patrolling the jungle looking for tracks, shotgun shells, dead carcasses, trash or people trespassing.

A shovel lays next to a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Javan Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) foot print being examined by Rhino Protection Unit Ranger, Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia

A member of the 240th Combat Communications Squadron (CBCS) from McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina, sets up a temper tent. The 240th CBCS is deployed to the Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) at Savannah, Georgia, for annual training. Base: Crtc Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Richard Soto, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) team sergeant, cuts a water hose during excavation operations in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Feb. 26, 2023. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

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Airmen assigned to the 424th Air Base Squadron build survival fires at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Airfield-Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Oct. 12, 2022. The 86th Operations Support Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, did a Survive Evasion Resistance and Escape training day with the 424th ABS in celebration of the squadron's 10-year anniversary. In this part of the lesson the instructor demonstrated safe log cutting methods and kendling, feathering, tender and wood scraping.

Lt. Col. Brian Bosse, , Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Indo-Pacific (IP) Directorate SRT-1 Operations Chief, and Ms. Kelley Esh, SRT-1 Chief of Research, use tools to expose subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 5, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Benjamin Smith and Airman Basic Bryson Ashley, 338th Training Squadron students, fill sand bags in preparation for the 2022 hurricane season at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 27, 2022. Over 40 Airmen from the 338th TRS assisted the 81st Civil Engineer Squadron with filling more than 2500 sand bags. Hurricane season runs from June 1 through November 30.

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Joshua Horton, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, (left) and Mr. Karl Dautermann (right), clear debris from the Heimbach stream during a community project in Sankt Goar, Germany, July 11, 2022. The project included more than 50 members from 21st Theater Sustainment Command, German Army Soldiers and host nation officials. Debris such as branches, trash, and brush were removed from streams to prevent flooding.

DF-ST-87-08164. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PEACH '86 Base: Gulfport Air National Guard Base State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050913-F-0681L-051. Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010801-N-3783H-014. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

030518-M-1103B-018. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA) Scene Major Command Shown: Royal Thai Marine Reconnaissance

DF-ST-87-13139. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal specialist with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, covers a C-4 explosive during a demolition range at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Marines conducted an advanced demolitions range to evaluate different shape charge explosive effects and perform post blast analysis.

Recruits climb a tower on the confidence course during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240124-N-LR905-3032LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (Jan. 24, 2024) - A U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technician assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group (EODGRU) 2 tends a campfire during arctic survivability training as part of Snow Crab Exercise 24-1. SNOWCRABEX is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate U.S. Navy EOD and Navy Divers capabilities and equipment in a simulated arctic environment and improve combat effectiveness. Navy EOD and Navy Divers are part of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Force (NECF), enabling the U.S. Navy Fleet by clearing and protecting the battlespace.

Members of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) screen soil during a recovery operation in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 30, 2022. DPAA personnel conducted recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. George Mulleneix, of the 173rd Fighter Wing, rappels down a steep slope while harnessed into a litter during training to rescue fall victims with Klamath County Sheriffs Department Search and Rescue. He and other members of the 173rd Fighter Wing volunteer their time in order to help rescue people who find themselves in harms way in the remote forests and mountains in the region.

U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Jungle School perform waterborne operations at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. 15, 2022. During Waterborne day at Jungle School, students learn how to correctly and safely cross a water obstacle in the jungle using one rope bridge, poncho ruck rafts, and zodiacs.

Alaska National Guard Senior Airman Terrell Germain, 176th Wing Maintenance Squdron, of Joint Task Force-Bethel clears storm debris from a boardwalk in Newtok, Alaska as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 22, 2022. Approximately 100 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

Army National Guard officer candidates with the 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III coordinate their offensive strategy during movement to contact training lanes on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 18, 2022. Candidates learn to plan and execute time-sensitive operations in a demanding environment, and afterwards receive feedback from experienced instructors.

Members of the Michigan Air National Guard's 110th Civil Engineer Squadron, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, remove siding from a building at the Tama Hills Recreational Area, a U.S. Armed Forces recreational area near Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 9, 2022. Members of the 110th CES participated in a Deployment for Training (DFT) exercise in Japan to renovate the Boy Scout camp located at the recreational area.The DFT program provides valuable training opportunities normally not available in home station scenarios, allowing Airmen to train on equipment they will likely operate during a deployment, but might not have access to on their home base.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute the cargo net obstacle during the confidence course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 11, 2022. The confidence course is composed of a series of obstacles built to test recruits' physical and mental endurance and strength.

020412-A-3438S-009. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, do construction aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. on Oct. 6, 2022. Welders, machinists, and electricians from 8th ESB construct safety modifications to be installed on the recruit barracks across the depot. (U.S. Marine Corps photos bt Lance Cpl. Christopher McMurry)

030416-M-4588D-056. Base: Marine Corps Base, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Marine Regiment MCB Hawaii

Lt. Col. Brian Bosse, SRT-1 Operations Chief at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency's Indo-Pacific Directorate and Ms. Kelley Esh, SRT-1 Indo-Pacific Directorate Chief of Research, use tools to expose subsurface metal contacts in Ulingan village, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea on Oct. 6, 2022. DPAA leadership visited the Investigation Team (IT) in order to see first hand the unique dynamics of an IT and strengthen future operations. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted for U.S. personnel to their families and the nation.

220915-N-LK647-2043 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 15, 2022) Gunners Mate 2nd Class Cade Coley, left, Gunners Mate 2nd Class Anthony DiLorenzo, and Gunners Mate 3rd Class Marc Gaeta inspect dummy rounds as part of a pre-fire check for a MK-38 25mm machine gun aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT). Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group conducting SWATT exercises to increase lethality, ensure combat readiness, and promote tactical innovation. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, whose mission is to increase the tactical proficiency and lethality of the surface force.

220915-N-LK647-2043 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 15, 2022) Gunners Mate 2nd Class Cade Coley, left, Gunners Mate 2nd Class Anthony DiLorenzo, and Gunners Mate 3rd Class Marc Gaeta inspect dummy rounds as part of a pre-fire check for a MK-38 25mm machine gun aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT). Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group conducting SWATT exercises to increase lethality, ensure combat readiness, and promote tactical innovation. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, whose mission is to increase the tactical proficiency and lethality of the surface force.

030324-F-7234P-012. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: Pacific Air Command Air Forces

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U.S. Army Sgt. Austin Jacobs, a mountaineer with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), clears a path during a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Military and civilian searchers pick through rocks and debris on Colony Glacier June 13, 2022, working to recover the remains of 52 passengers and crewmembers, and wreckage of an Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft that crashed Nov. 22, 1952, near Mount Gannett, Alaska. Soldiers assigned to the Alaska Army National Guard discovered the debris on June 10, 2012, during a routine Black Hawk helicopter training mission on Colony Glacier nearly 14 miles from where the plane first crashed. (Army photo/John Pennell)

Green Berets U.S. Army Special Forces Group soldiers in action.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andres Iniguez, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery noncommissioned officer, shields himself from debris during a resupply in Santa Fe National Park, Panama Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

A local villager rows Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) investigation team members across a river during a joint field activity (JFA) in Savannakhet Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic, May 18, 2022. A DPAA investigation team searched for and surveyed several locations across the country, gathering key data in the process. Information from the JFA will be used to determine and prioritize future recovery missions. This was the agency's first investigation mission in the country in lieu of new COVID-19 guidelines. The last investigation took place in 2019. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Jakobe Horne, right, an information technologist specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company,1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment from Anchorage, plays with a local child while taking a break from assisting with property damage as part of Operation Merbok Response in Toksook Bay, Alaska, Sept. 24, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Balinda O'Neal)

DF-ST-85-12472. Country: Philippines (PHL)

A Soldier assigned to 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division conducts fast rope insertion training during the brigade Mungadai at the 25th Infantry Division's Lightning Academy training area at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii on Jan. 24, 2022. The brigade Mungadai is a multi-day training event for senior leaders in the brigade designed to test them physically and mentally while building esprit de corps and camaraderie. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alan Brutus)

U.S. service members with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), conduct a casualty evacuation drill in Santa Fe National Park, Panama, Sept. 7, 2022. DPAA will be conducting recovery operations in Panama in hopes of finding missing naval aircrew members lost during a training flight in 1985. DPAA's mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

U.S. Marine Corps recruit Eddie-King Ybarzabal with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conducts a low crawl at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 19, 2022. The Crucible is a pivotal graduation requirement in Marine Corps recruit training that brings together and tests all the discipline and field skills that a recruit has learned during boot camp.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Ally Bellas, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team linguist, sifts through dirtduring a DPAA recovery mission in Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, July 25, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

030225-F-9528H-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

The feet and helmet of one of the A-10 recovery team members is seen resting after a long hard day of searching for remnants of the A-10 and the four 500 pound Mark 82 bombs. Base: Negro Basin State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040619-F-2256A-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

A whiteboard has key information for U.S. Army spur candidates assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, as they prepare to complete a call for fire lane during a Spur Ride at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, June 25, 2022. Soldiers from various units participated in the Spur Ride, a challenging event where physical fitness and teamwork are needed to emerge and earn their spurs.

Dakota Meyer, 23, moves hundreds of pounds of concrete that will be used to backfill around a pond in Greensburg, Ky., Aug. 2. Meyer says he is happy pouring concrete because it is similar to his previous job as an infantryman in the Marine Corps. Meyer will be receiving the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor, from President Barack Obama in Washington, Sept. 15, making him the first living Marine recipient since the Vietnam War. Meyer was assigned to Embedded Training Team 2-8 advising the Afghan National Army in the eastern provinces bordering Pakistan. He will be awarded for heroic actions in Ganjgal, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2009.

110112-F-0651R-073GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (Jan. 12, 2011) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Jessica Lovell, assigned to Mobil Naval Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28, clears debris around the perimeter of Camp 6 at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. NMCB-28 is deployed to Guantanamo Bay in support of general engineering, construction and project management for the base.

Corporal Robert D. Walkley, Small Computer Systems SPECIALIST, Command Element, S-6 (Communications), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), brings another bucket of cement to one of the Kenyan construction workers working on the schoolhouse in Faza. The Marines are there as part of a team, doing a little extra by, building a new schoolhouse during EDGED MALLET 02 as part of community relations. Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cole Richie, a chief scout swimmer with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a mirror to send a signal at Naval Education, Training, and Doctrine Command, Zambales, Philippines, Oct. 6, 2022, during a bilateral amphibious demonstration. The amphibious bilateral demonstration featured members of the armed forces of the United States, Philippines, South Korea, and Japan. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Aubrei Hein, Naval Hospital Jacksonville Hospital corpsman, picks up soil from a unit during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery mission in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Oct. 3, 2022. Hein volunteered for DPAA as a Short Term Individual Augmentee, or STIA, in order aid in DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

From left, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Colie Renfroe, Ens. Kyle Morley, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle McGarry, Petty Officer 3rd Class Napana Keoho and Petty Officer 2nd Class Thirkeal Lightest, pose for a group photo, Torngat National Park Canada, Aug. 9, 2022. The crew of the Bear were being granted fjord liberty which allowed them to go on land after navigating narrow waterways for hours.

020524-F-9085B-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob 31 Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DF-ST-88-03809. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD Base: Ilanga Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Cassandra Bates, with the 435th Security Forces Squadron, packs her chute up after landing from a static jump out of a C-130J Super Hercules at École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP) Pau, France, March 3, 2010. Members of the 435th Contingency Response Group and the 5th Quartermaster Company joined with their French military counterparts for a week of training at the École des troupes aéroportées (ETAP), or School of Airborne Troops, a military school dedicated to training the military paratroopers the French army, located in the town of Pau, in the département of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The ETAP is responsible for training paratroopers, and for international cooperation and promotion of paratroop culture.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Andy Guevara, left, with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, adds wood to a fire as part of a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 28, 2022. Throughout the training event, U.S. Marines applied tactics and knowledge given to them by the Brazilian Marines, who regularly operate in the Amazon jungle. Exercises and bilateral training events like Brazils jungle training provide the opportunity for U.S. Marines to train alongside partner forces in unique and complex environments to develop and improve readiness. Training in austere locations provide the opportunities to develop skills that are critical to force readiness and employment in the future operating environment.

Paintball, shooting and adventure with man in playground for battlefield, mission and soldier. Sports, games and fast with person and gun in arena for challenge, gaming and warrior training

Concrete covers the boots of a member of Naval Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1). NMCB-1 is pouring concrete floors, among other things, in a local school as part of a civic action project during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

Hunter sets out decoys in river, clad in waders at dawn

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Falcon, a tactical air control party specialist assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, conducts mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, July 20, 2022. 3rd ASOS Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for conditions that may be faced on deployment.

120320-N-YG591-125 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (March 20, 2012) Construction Mechanic 2nd Class Adam Griffin begins to saw a submerged log while clearing a river during a field training exercise for Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 1. UCT-1 is conducting their field training exercise and final evaluation phase before deployment.

U.S. Army civilians, assigned to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, and Marine Corps War Fighting Lab, conduct experimentation on the Tactical Resupply Vehicle-150 at Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Project Convergence - Capstone 4 (PC-C4). The TRV-150 is designed to provide rapid and assured, highly automated aerial distribution of supply packages to small units operating in contested environments. Army

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