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Military Team Sports Activities

Military personnel engage in various team sports like flag football and physical training. The images capture camaraderie, athleticism, and outdoor settings.

Friends playing soccer on field
Friends playing soccer on field
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Boy and soccer ball in Township, Cape Town, South Africa
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U.S. Marines assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Task Force Los Angeles, participate in a dodgeball tournament against other service members and staff as part of LA Fleet Week, May 28, 2022. The purpose of Fleet Week is to showcase the capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps team and give back to the community with events, static displays, and personal interactions between service members and the public.
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Lacrosse team members practicing in a field
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A U.S. Soldier with the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division plays volleyball during a U.S. Independence Day observance at Huovinrinne, Finland, July 4, 2022. The 3/4th 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.
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Children laugh together during a Football ProCamp on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 11, 2022. Todd Gurley hosted the camp to allow children to hone in on their football skills and increase morale.
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Spc. Markius Wright, a signal support systems specialist, assigned to 299th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division leaps to catch the ball in the air for an end zone play during day two flag football for Ivy Week 2022, May 24, 2022, Fort Carson, Colo. Ivy Week has been a time for the Ivy Division to work together and build esprit de corps within formations.
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Recovering service members with Wounded Warrior Regiment throw discs during a training camp on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca. from July 17-23, 2022. Marines selected to represent Team Marine Corps at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games are attending the camp to hone their skills in multiple sports. The DoD Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, ill, and injured service members.
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U.S. Army 1Lt. Jeffrey Jones puts a shot in the Field event during the U.S. Army Trials at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, May 5, 2022. Nearly 40 wounded, ill and injured Soldiers and veterans are at Fort Bragg May 3 - 9 to compete in a series of athletic events including archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, powerlifting, track, field, rowing, and wheelchair basketball. The Army holds qualifying trials for Active Duty and veterans to assess and select athletes for competition in the DoD Warrior Games. Active Duty athletes compete in person at Army Trials to beassessed for selection, while veterans compete virtually and submit their results to theArmy Recovery Care Program (ARCP) for assessment. This year, the DoD WarriorGames will take place in Orlando, Florida August 16 - 29, 2022.
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Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Commerce Baseball Team
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U.S. Army Spc. John Winters, 253rd Transportation Company, 119th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 42nd Regional Support Group, conducts physical fitness with Youth ChalleNGe cadets at the National Guard Training Center Sea Girt, New Jersey, Aug. 5, 2021. Thirty-two New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen were activated on state active duty orders to assist Youth ChalleNGe Academy Class 54.
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Lisa Michelle Almond, an assistant principal at North Stafford High School, sprints toward the rope at the obstacle course during the Educators Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island, South Carolina, January 11, 2024. The workshop is a program that invites select educators and community influencers onto MCRD Parris Island to provide insight on how the Marine Corps transforms young men and women into United States Marines.
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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 5, 2022) - U.S. Navy Sailors and local community members participate in a basketball game during a community outreach event in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.
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Senior men and women play Pickleball outdoors at the Homer High School with the Kenai Mountains and Kachemak Bay as a backdrop; Homer, Alaska, United States of America
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In celebration of the 61st Anniversary of 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Soldiers and their families participated in a family leisure obstacle course during Reunion Week at Fort Campbell, Ky. on Sept. 24, 2022.
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Col. Randel Gordon, commander, Arnold Engineering Development Complex, declares a winner in a tug-of-war match during Arnold Air Force Base Sports Day at the Arnold Lakeside Complex at the base in Tennessee Oct. 5, 2022.
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Soldiers assigned to 3rd Infantry Division get set before the start of a play of a flag football game during Marne Week on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Nov. 30, 2022.Teams from battalions across Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield competed in flag football as part of 3rd Infantry Divisions annual Marne Week event.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt Madison Sylvester, 39th Public Affairs noncommissioned officer in charge of media operations, participates in a cup stacking challenge during a resiliency tactical pause race hosted by the 39th ABW at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, April 29, 2022. The race consisted of teams gathering together to complete a list of obstacle courses around Incirlik AB. This event served to enhance resiliency by forming meaningful connections and promote alcohol awareness and sexual assault prevention.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Josue Umana celebrates after a home run during a Headquarters Battalion kickball tournament at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 11, 2024. The tournament is held annually to boost morale and comradery for the companies in the battalion. Umana, a native of California, is a automotive maintenance technician with Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors participate in the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Yuma Dead Dash Run at MCAS Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 28, 2022. This event was presented by Marine Corps Community Services and provided an opportunity for MCAS Yuma residents to enjoy a 2.5 mile run and a Carn-evil with games and activities.
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110702-F-CF975-209PUERTO QUETZAL, Guatemala (July 2, 2011) Service members working with the Continuing Promise 2011 humanitarian assistance mission play a volleyball game against Guatemalan navy sailors. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
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Sept. 28, 2010 "During a surprise stop at La Follette High School in Madison, Wisc., two athletes appear skittish about approaching the President."
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Reserve Citizen Airmen, assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing, begin the 1.5-mile run during their physical fitness assessment on April 3, 2022, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The Air Force added alternate fitness components in January, in addition to traditional components like the run, to provide Airmen with additional flexibility in maintaining fitness standards.
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Retired Chief Master Sgt. Damian Orslene hurls a shot put during the 2013 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy May 14, 2013, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Warrior Games enable service members and veterans who are injured, ill or wounded to compete in a variety of Paralympic-style sports.
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LOS ANGELES (May 28, 2022) - Sailors, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Marines, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Police officers, assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood, pose for a photo after a soccer tournament for Los Angeles Fleet Week, May 28, 2022. Fleet Week is an annual, multi-day celebration of our nations Sea Services held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the Memorial Day Weekend. Free to the public, the event features public ship tours, military displays and equipment demonstrations, live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, and a Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between Navy, Army, Marine and Coastguard teams. The event is May 24-30.
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Army soldiers from Camp ZAMA led by MG Vowell participate in the Post Run, the first sports event of ARMY WEEK.
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Children basketball
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220414-N-WF272-1116 CAMDEN, N.J. (April 14, 2022) Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Demitrius Lewis, a native Philadelphia, assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group Philadelphia, runs through an obstacle course during a Military Field Day held at Mastery High School of Camden, New Jersey. As part of the field day, students and local service members played a variety of sports, participated in outdoors activities and discussed opportunities offered by the armed forces. NTAG Philadelphia encompasses regions of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, providing recruiting services from more than 30 talent acquisition sites with the overall goal of attracting the highest quality candidates to ensure the ongoing success of Americas Navy.
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Players cheering on bench, Girls Softball game, Brentwood, CA
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Airmen from the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing compete in the final three-on-three basketball game during the Hunter Olympics at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 22, 2022. The Hunter Olympics raised awareness during the month of April for child abuse prevention, alcohol and substance abuse prevention, as well as sexual assault prevention.
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Male competitor throwing in the caber toss competition at the Glengarry Games, Maxville, Ontario.
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U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron spray water on a target in the fire rodeo exercise Oct 15, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. During fire safety week the firefighters conducted the fire rodeo where they hosted an open competition featuring elements of physical prowess needed to perform the lifesaving skills associated with their job.
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Marine championships athletics in Den Helder, 1957.
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First Lady Michelle Obama dances during a Flash Mob Dance at Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2011.
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Soldiers of the 35th Infantry Division won their kickball game during a morale boosting game on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait July 31 2022.
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Senior men and women play Pickleball outdoors at the Homer High School with the Kenai Mountains and Kachemak Bay as a backdrop; Homer, Alaska, United States of America
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sean Shippee, a postal clerk assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, plays soccer with a child during the Owl Park Inclusive Day community relations event at the Atagoyama Fukuro Park, also known as the Atago Owl Park, in Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 23 2022. The event provided volunteers from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni the opportunity to form bonds with the local community and a safe environment for children with special needs to enjoy a day at the park.
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Cincinnati Bengals offensive guard Desmond Noel watches a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, military child participate in a USO-sponsored Cincinnati Bengals football skills clinic, June 3, 2022. A group of Bengal rookies had lunch with Airmen, toured the base, and led the skills clinic for 99 Wright-Patt military children.
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2006 Senior Native Youth Olympic Games Alaska Anchorage Sullivan Arena
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Virginia, Lacrosse Team.
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Pfc. Lydia Hickle, a Fort Carson Mountain Color Guard (FCMCG) Soldier, ties up fencing to build the competition area for the 2022 National Calvary Competition on the historic landmark Fort Reno in El Reno, Okla., Sept. 20, 2022. The 2022 National Calvary Competition will be the first time this team of FCMCG will compete at the national level.
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Pfc. Lydia Hickle, a Fort Carson Mountain Color Guard (FCMCG) Soldier, ties up fencing to build the competition area for the 2022 National Calvary Competition on the historic landmark Fort Reno in El Reno, Okla., Sept. 20, 2022. The 2022 National Calvary Competition will be the first time this team of FCMCG will compete at the national level.
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Major League Soccer champion Colorado Rapids team members hold a soccer clinic with children of military families on the South Lawn of the White House, June 27, 2011.
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Law enforcement canine exercises on the occasion of the U.S. Park Police "K-9 Graduation"
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Private fitness trainer teaching exercises to a group of people in the stairs of Central Park Manhattan New York City
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09/07/2013 Madrid. World Subbuteo Championship Photo, Isabel Permuy Archdc Isabel B Permuy.
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U.S. Army Sgt. Carl, Judd swings during the U.S.Army Adaptive Sports Camp at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 1st.Over 70 wounded, ill and injured Soldiers are training in a series of athletic events including archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, powerlifting, track, field, rowing, and wheelchair basketball. The Adaptive Sports Camp celebrates wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers' ability to recover and overcome. The Army holds qualifying trials for Active Duty, wounded, ill or injured Soldiers to assess and select athletes for competition in the Warrior Games Challenge. This year, the Warrior Games Challenge takes place in June 2023 at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California.
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England, Oxford, University Parks, Quidditch team practice.
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Hamtramck, Michigan USA, 8 March 2024, Arab-Americans from Hamtramck and Dearborn, Michigan faced off in a charity fundraising basketball game and, during halftime, a children's tug-of war. The event raised money for charities in Palestine and Yemen
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The 136th Airlift Wing Captains Cup Softball squad scored a thrilling 17-16 victory over our arch nemesis, the Navy FRC/ASD/MALS team, for the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base championship.