Military Training and Exercises

Images highlighting military training activities, including construction, combat conditioning, and emergency response exercises, demonstrating teamwork and preparedness.

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, executes a round kick during the combat conditioning course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 7, 2022. The combat conditioning course was designed to increase recruits' stamina and ability to perform Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques.

A Royal Thai marine with the Royal Thai Marine Corps Construction Company of Combat Engineers welds roofing trusses at the Ban Prakaet school in Chanthaburi, Thailand, Feb. 13, 2024. Marines of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 lent their engineering expertise to multilateral humanitarian efforts during Cobra Gold 24. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold is the largest joint exercise in mainland Asia and a concrete example of the strong alliance and strategic relationship between Thailand and the United States. This year will be the 43rd iteration of the multilateral exercise and will be held from Feb. 27 to March 8, 2024. Marine Corps

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, executes a round kick during the combat conditioning course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 7, 2022. The combat conditioning course was designed to increase recruits' stamina and ability to perform Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques.

110528-N-JC271-763SNOW VALLEY, Calif. (May 28, 2011) Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Rufus Hucks, left, and Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael D. Blackwell II, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group, Pacific, climb over a 12-foot wall during the Tough Mudder competition. Tough Mudder is a 10-mile obstacle course designed by British special forces to challenge a competitor's strength and endurance.

STAFF Sergeant Jerry Kies, 36th Fighter Squadron, lies among scattered wreckage of a simulated aircraft accident during a MAJOR ACCIDENT RESPONSE EXERCISE (MARE) at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The MARE drills are held quarterly and keep base personnel ready to respond to such emergencies as air crashes, ammunition accidents and fuel spills. Subject Operation/Series: MAJOR ACCIDENT RESPONSE EXERCISE (MARE) Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-127. Coast Guard air crew in grassy area near helo2. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 726th Air Mobility Squadron arranges straps on the top of a pallet at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 6, 2022. During the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing annual Port Dawg Rodeo, airmen participated in a competition that assessed the knowledge, skill levels and endurance of air transportation Airmen.

020310-F-0675P-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY) community members participate in carnival games during the National Night Out event hosted onboard the installation. National Night Out is an annual event that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie across thousands of communities in the U.S. and worldwide. For more than 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.

Group Of Men On A Driven Game Shoot

Pararescuemen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron perform a vehicle extraction at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Oct. 31, 2022. The team removed the windows, doors and roof of the vehicle as part of this training to ensure they can perform this maneuver effectively and safely in a real-world scenario.

Vice Admiral Vivien Crea - 26-HK-15-36. air crew member in doorway of HH60 in flight, surveying damage. Hurricane Katrina

Maryland Army National Guard aviation conducts sling-load operations in the Ellicott City and Linwood areas to assist Howard County with its emergency repair of a ruptured sewer line on Aug. 3, 2016. The mission is to move an 8,000 pound pump among with ancillary materials and equipment to a remote area along the Sucker Branch Creek in Howard County using a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The area is not accessible by vehicles and the county is in the process of building a road to the location of the leak.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast-rope during a fast rope qualification course as part of Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 14, 2023. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing conduct pre-flight operations in support of Valiant Shield 22 at Palau International Airport, June 13, 2022. VS provides realistic, relevant training that increases the joint forces abilities to plan, communicate and conduct complex multi-domain operations.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN John McDougall, of the 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, a member of the Mobile Initial Communication Kit (MICK), assembles a VHF line of sight antenna for local communications, while deployed to a forward location in the European theatre. This mission is in direct support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE ANVIL Country: Unknown

Retired Gunnery Sgt. Thomas E. Williams, director of the United States Marine Corps Historical Company, fires a World War II flame thrower during the Fire Weapons From Marine Corps History event at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., April 13, 2011. The flamethrower, equipped with gasoline tanks and a gun group, was first used in combat on Guadalcanal in 1943. Its primary use was against defensive positions such as bunkers. This particular flamethrower was used in the movies "Flags of our Fathers" and "The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor."

SWAT Team Officer Rappelling and Aiming Gun

A scene of Equipment Park is shown July 22, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

DF-ST-87-13138. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A U.S. Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) Bravo Company, demonstrate a highline rescue during a visit from Lt. Gen. Brian W. Cavanaugh, Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head and Annex Stump Neck, Md., Oct. 17, 2022. During the visit, Lt. Gen. Cavanaugh received briefs from CBIRF command staff, toured facilities used by CBIRF, talked to CBIRF Marines and Sailors, and received a demonstration of the response forces capabilities in case of a crisis.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Claus Fausting, Aircraft Armament Systems Craftsman for the 555th Fighter Squadron prepares a pylon to receive practice munitions for another sortie at Malacky Air Base, Republic of Slovakia. The 555th is in Slovakia for a weapons training deployment. Base: Malacky Country: Slovakia (SVK)

041202-M-3658J-005. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

010515-F-2352G-002. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 01 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA)

In agony, injured and bodies lay amongst scattered debris as the 51st Civil Engineer Squadrons Fire Department responds to a simulated aircraft accident during a MAJOR ACCIDENT RESPONSE EXERCISE (MARE) at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The MARE drills are held quarterly and keep base personnel ready to respond to such emergencies as air crashes, ammunition accidents and fuel spills. Subject Operation/Series: MAJOR ACCIDENT RESPONSE EXERCISE (MARE) Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Senior Master Sgt. David Tagliaferro, 22nd Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, participates in the hose carry portion of the Fire Muster competition Oct. 13, 2022, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The hose carry was the first of seven events that teams raced through for the Fire Muster competition.

Detail of the Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany

981125-M-3233T-001. Base: Uss Belleau Wood (LHA 3)

A Thai stevadore directs the off load of US military High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), cargo troop carrier, from a Thai freighter at the Port of Songkhla during the deployment phase of COBRA GOLD '96. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '96 Base: Songkhla Country: Thailand (THA)

Cadets with Clemson University's Army and Air Force ROTC units commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day by running a POW/MIA flag around Bowman Field, never letting it stop and never putting it down, for 24 hours, Sept. 15, 2022. The cadets ran in teams for one-hour shifts, and dedicated each shift to a prisoner of war or a service member still missing in action. (Photo by Ken Scar)

A U.S. Marine with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) Alpha Company conducts a highline rescue during a visit from Lt. Gen. Brian W. Cavanaugh, Commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command at the Naval Support Facility Indian Head and Annex Stump Neck, Md., Oct. 17, 2022. During the visit, Lt. Gen. Cavanaugh received briefs from CBIRF command staff, toured facilities used by CBIRF, talked to CBIRF Marines and Sailors, and received a demonstration of the response forces capabilities in case of a crisis.

DF-ST-85-02866. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Work Request Description: Photographic coverage of ASCAN 2021 Class Wilderness Survival Training at Ft. Rucker, Alabama

011117-F-1851B-147. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

Second Battalion recruits suspend themselves on ropes during "slide for life" training. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A1C Felisa Richardet, Videographer, 615th Air Mobility Operations Squadron, Combat Camera Flight, Travis Air Force Base, and SRA Mark Siers, 2nd Combat Camera, March Air Force Base, hold a large piece of plastic sheeting that will be used to protect a loaded pallet from the environment as they prepare for deployment on the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 95-02NORTHERN PIKE Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force maintainer with the 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, marshalls an F-35A Lightning II from the 60th Fighter Squadron before takeoff at Burlington Air National Guard Base, Vermont, July 14, 2022. In an ever-evolving world, multi-capable Airmen of the 33rd FW are advancing agile combat employment to accelerate readiness, tactical expertise and the ability to compete and win.

Archaeologist William Thompson 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 22, 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.

040612-M-5555L-047. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021213-F-3488S-018. Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Participants in a Community Leader Engagement visit the subway training facility at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on April 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. More than a dozen community leaders from Tomah, Sparta, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand. During their visit, the community leaders received a driving tour of the installation and made stops at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on South Post, Fort McCoy Commemorative Area, Fort McCoy Simulations Training Complex in the 200 block on the cantonment area, Garrison Headquarters, and McCoys Community Center where they received a lunch.

DF-ST-88-05183. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Competing at PEACEKEEPER CHALLENGE '96, US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Joseph A. Weyers (left) and US Air Force Technical Sergeant Kevin Westermeyer (right) conquer the monkey bars. Fourteen security police teams representing 12 Air Force major commands, the Royal Air Force and the Canadian Forces Air Command, fought it out during a week of grueling competition called PEACEKEEPER CHALLENGE. This image was used in the January 1996 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER CHALLENGE '96 Base: Kirtland Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-09-16. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-09-16. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A UHF antenna used as a back-up communications link is set up next to a taxiway during Operation Deny Flight, the enforcement of United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: DENY FLIGHT Base: Vicenza Air Base Country: Italy (ITA)

020508-F-4328T-002. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-420-66. Hurricane Katrina

DM-ST-89-04503. Country: Unknown

U.S. Navy Chief Quartermaster Edward Roth, assigned to USS New Orleans (LPD 18), grips the bar during a weightlifting meet aboard LPD 18 in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 4, 2022. The 1,000 Pound Club is a weightlifting event where participants must lift a cumulative one thousand pounds in squat, bench, and deadlift. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

A member of Squad 1, representing Maneuver Center of Excellence, traverses the obstacle course during day 2 of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition 2022. TRADOCs Best Squad competition highlights 10 squads from across the enterprise. This competition shows each team's ability to complete common Soldier tasks and skills as a cohesive, ready, and resilient team, while facing stiff competition from other TRADOC centers of excellence. The competition is from Sept. 12-16, 2022, at Fort Benning, Georgia.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alexis Camacho-Lopez, an air transportation apprentice assigned to the 36th Aerial Port Squadron, performs a cross-leg reverse crunch during his physical fitness assessment on April 3, 2022, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. The cross-leg reverse crunch is an Air Force alternative in the sit-up component. The alternate components provide Airmen with flexibility in maintaining fitness standards.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Daniel Best, first sergeant of Headquarters Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Marine Support Battalion, grapples Cpl. Braxton Kime, a system administrator with G-6, during a unit physical fitness event Sept. 29, 2022, at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The Marines worked on their hand-to-hand combat capabilities to strengthen camaraderie and build confidence. Best, 36, is from Liberty, Texas. Kime, 21, is from McKinney, Texas.

DF-ST-89-03636. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of the 3rd Combat Communications Group prepare to set up 200-amp power cables on the erection site during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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 423d Security Forces Squadron carry a U.S. flag around the track at RAF Alconbury, England, May 16, 2022. 423d SFS Airmen kept the flag moving for 24 hours, as a way to pay respect to fallen Defenders.

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-412-40. Hurricane Katrina

050622-A-9665L-066. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tikrit State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

James DeAnda, 17th Civil Engineer Squadrons ‘Poor Choice team member, reaches for the bell during the annual Fire Muster Challenge at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 14, 2022. Ringing the bell marked the Fire Muster Challenges completion.

An Airman assigned to the 315th Contingency Response Flight, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, sets up camp in support of exercise El Swampo at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, March 23, 2023. The Exercise was designed to provide various training scenarios to maintain operational currencies, validate Agile Combat Employment doctrine and employ tactics training and procedures to foster sister service and federal department interoperability.

030712-F-8156G-003. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

220831-N-IL330-1090 SINGAPORE (Aug. 31, 2022) - Sailors heave in a line during a sea and anchor evolution aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 31, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Noah Cogar, military police, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, jumps over a wall during the endurance course on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 6, 2022. Marines maneuvered through obstacles as a team during the three-mile course to enhance teamwork and build unit camaraderie.

A soldier with the 224th Maintenance Company low crawls through water in a low-wire crawl during an obstacle course exercise at an annual training event here. The best part was getting out here, getting dirty, and having fun,” laughed Sgt. Steven Goode, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the 224th Maintenance Company. It was great.”

Commanding Officer's House Damage - 26-HK-112-17. Hurricane Katrina

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 7, 2022) - Chief Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician Nick Ray, a member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, from Redding, Calif., packs his parachute during a skydiving demonstration as a part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022, Oct. 7, 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

On Range 47B on the Fort Dix Range Complex the soldiers from the 508th MP Company are completing the M240B Machine Gun Qualification. Qualification with the M240B machine gun Crew consists of achieving the minimum standards for 10-meter day and transition day firing tables. This qualification is completed with a team which includes an observer and a soldier manning the M240 machine gun. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

110601-A-1478W-001: PIERRE, S.D. - Army National Guard public affairs journalist OC Chad Carlson photographs the flood in Pierre June 1, 2011 as the Missouri River expects to rise to record levels. More than 900 South Dakota Army and Air Guard members have been called upon to assist in flooding efforts for the communities affected by the flooding Missouri River. National Guardsmen have been focusing on sandbagging operations for use by city government and residents to protect infrastructure assets and private property. (SDNG

230627-N-VJ326-1072 SAN DIEGO (June 27, 2023) - Airman Samuel Phillips, from Mooresville, North Carolina, sands a stanchion mount on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) as part of a systematic procedure to address shipboard preservation during the ships maintenance availability June 27. Tripoli is an America-class amphibious assault ship homeported in San Diego.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jessica Hulk Haugland, 1st Air and Space Communications Operations Squadron commander, gives Airmen a chance to dunk her during the squadrons 60th anniversary celebration at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 30, 2022. The 1 ACOS Airmen celebrated their squadrons rich history and many achievements with a day of team-building and morale events.

Over 150 community members, city council officials, mayors, and family members visited Storck Barracks during a bicycle tour held annually on Whit Monday, June 6, 2022. The visit included a tour of a UH-60L Blackhawk, HH-60M MEDEVAC Blackhawk, CH-47 Chinook, and the dining facility on Stork Barracks.

041113-M-1250B-011. Base: Lutafiyah State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers of Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment (Mountain), 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), Vermont Army National Guard, participate in a stress shooting exercises at the Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, Vt., Aug. 13, 2022. Soldiers negotiate obstacles and fire live rounds using M4 carbines and squad automatic weapons. The goal of the training is to build individual Soldier skills and confidence in a scenario replicating movement in combat.

An informal portrait of Private Richard W. Smith, assigned to a 7th Infantry weapons-locating radar crew at the Empire Range. Country: Panama (PAN)

The Charlie Company, 548th Division Sustainment Support Battalion,10th Mountain Division Sustainment Brigade,10th Mountain Division, command team, Capt. Edward Andrews, left, and 1st Sgt. Lara Willis, work together to pull a weighted sled, Aug. 1, 2022, during a mentorship physical training session on Fort Drum, New York. The program allows the brigade command team, Col. Fenicia Jackson and Command Sgt. Maj. Todd Elsberry, to mentor their company first sergeants and commanders.

Service members from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) heads towards their vehicles with chicken sandwiches and memorial T-shirts after the SSG Robert J. Miller memorial 5K run, Fort Bragg, N.C. April 8, 2022. The memorial run annually commemorates the valor and selfless service of Medal Honor recipient, U.S. Army Special Forces, SSG Robert J. Miller who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan in 2008.

AIRMAN First Class John D. Clark, USAF, from the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron checks a reference publication for correct replacement parts after postflight check on this RQ-1L Predator UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). The Predator is from the 57th Wing Operations Group, Nellis AFB, Nevada, it just returned from a flight over Afghanistan in direct support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle system used for reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 57th Wing Ops Group

U.S. Army Soldiers attending the Small Unit Ranger Tactics (SURT) course demonstrate their physical capabilities at the 25th Infantry Divisions Lightning Academy obstacle course, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, August 22nd, 2022. SURT attendees are evaluated and prepped to ensure they have all the knowledge and physical abilities to be successful at Ranger School.

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060129-A-7969G-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A490CA

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-4. Hurricane Katrina

A fair attendee attempts pull-ups during a Marine Corps pull-up challenge at the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, California August 5, 2022. The Marines of Recruiting Sub-Station Santa Rosa hosted a pull-up challenge and talked to fair attendees interested in learning more about the opportunities available within the Marine Corps.

Crewmen sightsee from the edge of the flight deck as the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63) transits the Suez Canal. Country: Egypt (EGY)

Crew members hose the tail fin of an aircraft parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV-63). Country: Unknown

Denmark (July 18, 2022) From left to the right, U.S. Navy Seaman Marshall Eddie, Seaman Nhyona Hall, and Seaman Wilmer Dominguez, assigned to the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44), man the rails during a sea and anchor evolution in Copenhagen, Denmark, July 18, 2022. Gunston Hall (LSD 44) is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, 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.

The Soldier Lethality Cross Functional Team showed competitors and families equipment the Army uses during the 2023 U.S. Army Junior Rifle National Championships hosted by the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia Jan. 20, 2023. The U.S. Army is sponsoring this youth national championship to promote the development of rifle marksmanship skills among American youth and to recognize those who respond to this challenge.

Two U.S. Air Force tactical air control party Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 227th Air Support Operations Squadron rappel from the top of the Anthony "Tony" Canale Training Center in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., Sept. 20, 2014. The Airmen took part in a tactical rapel training course which demonstrated the basics of rappelling, as well as more difficult maneuvers such as how to utilize a firearm while rappelling, and how to rappel inverted.

A bagpiper plays as people run by the All-Wars Memorial during the 35th annual Gate-to-Gate Memorial Day Run May 30 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The run is held to honor and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the country. More than 800 people participated in the Eglin tradition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Republic of Singapore Air Force Lt. Col. Shewan Goh, Peace Carvin V Senior Ranking officer (left), and U.S. Air Force Col. Ernesto DiVittorio, 366th Fighter Wing commander (right), prepare to light firecrackers at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Jan. 28, 2022. Lighting firecrackers is an ancient Chinese tradition, and it was originally a method to ward off evil spirits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Akeem K. Campbell)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Noah J. Lawler, a recruit with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participates in a pugil sticks event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 13, 2022. Following the bayonet assault course, recruits executed Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques in a sparring event with pugil sticks. Lawler was recruited out of Recruiting Station Twin Cities, Minn.

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Noah J. Lawler, a recruit with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participates in a pugil sticks event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 13, 2022. Following the bayonet assault course, recruits executed Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques in a sparring event with pugil sticks. Lawler was recruited out of Recruiting Station Twin Cities, Minn.

Critical Incident Stress Management - Mississippi - 26-HK-140-317. Hurricane Katrina

020425-F-4167F-002. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

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