Military Training and Operations

Images of military personnel engaged in various training exercises, showcasing teamwork and operational readiness in diverse scenarios.

Burglar

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Deputy Commanding General William Butch Graham visits the Recovery Field Office in Kihei, Hawaii and the Emergency Field Office in Lahaina, Hawaii on Jan. 10. The RFO functions as the USACE mission management center and the EFO is an extension of the RFO. The RFO serves as the command-and-control hub while the EFO carries out the work on Maui.

Symbol photo, cellar burglary

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Nancy Prue, 51st Force Support Squadron shelter management team member, discovers a simulated unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a bush during a post-attack reconnaissance sweep as part of a base-wide training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. UXOs are treated with extreme caution, requiring a safe perimeter to be established and explosive ordnance disposal teams to neutralize them.

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers wait in a general population cell, as role-players, in a Theater Detention Facility during the Spartan Warrior Three Training Exercise, June 19, 2022 on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Low risk detainees were placed in general population.

220330-N-YG157-1021 WILMINGTON, Delaware (March 30, 2022) - Submariners assigned to the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) give a presentation and answer questions to the residents of the Community Living Center at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wilmington, Delaware March 30, 2022. Delawares 132-man crew transited to Wilmington to participate in week-long commemoration events in honor of the boats commissioning ceremony that took place administratively in April 2020 due to COVID restrictions at the time. Delaware, the seventh U.S Navy ship and first submarine named after the first U.S. state of Delaware, is a flexible, multi-mission platform designed to carry out the seven core competencies of the submarine force: anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; delivery of special operations forces; strike warfare; irregular warfare; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; and mine warfare.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Norman M. Johnson, seen through a fisheye camera lens, helps a Stockton resident by loading food into her vehicle on June 26, 2020, at the Stockton/San Joaquin Emergency Food Bank in Stockton, California. Johnson is with Cal Guards 223rd Military Intelligence Battalion, 115th Regional Support Group. Since late March Cal Guard has supported food bank humanitarian assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. Cal Guard hasnt slowed its food bank operations and has packed and distributed nearly 75 million pounds of food to recipients across the state.

MASTER Sergeant Gloria Greenwood, a medical technician of the 31st Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, helps Jason Weaver board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft. Jason, who has cancer, will be a guest with his family at Jason's House in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina that provides free, week-long vacations for families of seriously ill children. Base: Kelly Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

A U.S. Army Soldier takes notes during an eight-hour, ACE Suicide Intervention program held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Sept. 16, 2022. Over 40 Soldiers from multiple units and missions attended the training led by Chaplain (Maj.) Christopher T. Montgomery, operations chaplain for Area Support Group - Kuwait (ASG-KU), Capt. Sarah Skelton, aeromedical and SERE psychologist assigned to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division, and Staff Sgt. William D. McMurray, religious affairs non-commissioned officer from Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. Soldiers from many different units stationed across the Middle East attended the group training to explore various suicide prevention scenarios and exercise new communication techniques as suicide intervention specialists.

Chris Hart, Engagement Skills Trainer operation technician, shows Summersville High School students how to use the M4 rifle attachment, before letting them take aim at the screen during a field trip to Fort Leonard Wood on Jan. 8

030404-F-9528H-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

A sailor from the battleship USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) is reunited with his wife following the vessel's arrival in port. The WISCONSIN, along with other ships of the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67) battle group, has returned from deployment in the Persian Gulf area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990701-M-5696S-008. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Gnjilane State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

Special guest Watson Bud” Hardaker, a World War II Navy Veteran who was being honored during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Statement of Support signing as well as celebrating his 100th birthday at the Wyndham Hotels and Resorts Nov. 9 in Parsippany, N.J

Spouses of 507th Air Refueling Wing members take flight April 29, 2022, on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

A detailed shot of the equipment used by U.S. Airmen assigned to the 156th Medical Group, Detachment 1, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, to train Airmen assigned to the 101st Medical Group, on Tactical Combat Casualty Care at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Feb. 21, 2024. The 156th MDG, Det. 1, trained the 101st MDG in TCCC, a deployment requirement that qualifies Airmen in prehospital combat medicine, including life-saving techniques and strategies designed to address trauma life support while maintaining operational success. Air National Guard

DA-ST-87-00647. Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011117-F-1851B-160. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Masirah Air Base Country: Oman (OMN)

Photographers mates and journalists coordinate a segment of Navy News This Week in the studio at Naval Station, Anacostia. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NEW YORK, NY - Sgt 1st Class Leroy A. Petry, 75th Ranger Regiment Medal of Honor recipient, departs the Mayor Michael Bloombergs office, after a visit in New York City, July 14. Petry received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions during a mission on May 26, 2008, serving as a squad leader with Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment while conducting a mission in rural eastern Afghanistan with his unit to capture a high-value insurgent target. Early in the mission, the squad came under heavy enemy fire and Petry was shot in both legs. Despite his wounds, the Ranger gallantly continued fighting alongside his brothers in arms. When an enemy hand grenade landed just inches away, Petry grabbed it to protect fellow Rangers. As he released the grenade to throw it, the explosive detonated and he lost his right hand.

German soldiers inside a vehicle, which was involved in a simulated accident, play fake casualties as they wait for the start of a mass casualty exercise at Fort Bliss' Dona Ana Range. The Germans participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise demonstrate their rescue techniques to the U.S. Army's 396th Combat Support Hospital personnel from Orogrande, New Mexico,. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-119-27. Hurricane Katrina

020116-F-1851B-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-145. Hurricane Katrina

041209-M-9023R-070. Base: Marine Corps Base Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 12, 2022) - Participants lay out a map of the local area as a visual aid for a humanitarian aid and disaster relief (HA/DR) tabletop exercise during 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.

Joint Security, Law enforcement, fire and emergency services exercise

130511-N-JP207-078LITTLE CREEK, Va. (May 11, 2013) A U.S. Navy SEAL candidate swings to an elevated cargo net at a Naval Special Warfare elevated obstacle course. SEAL candidates use the obstacle course in preparation for attending the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/s) course.

Corporal Domingo Quintano reads his Professional Soldier manual in his quarters at Outpost U-55N. Soldiers from the 1ST Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany maintain a presence under United Nations Provide Forces (UNPROFOR) along the Macedonian Serbian borders. The unit maintains 10 outposts along the border. Country: Macedonia (MKD)

Miscellaneous - Katrina and Rita - 26-HK-431-159. Hurricane Katrina

TECH. SGT. Bob Van Assen, a Combat Controller assigned to the 123rd Combat Control Team (CCT), Kentucky Air National Guard, reads a book after a hard day's work in the control tower. The CCT provides air traffic control for Army, Marine and Canadian air assets assigned to BaleDogle. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bale Dogle Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Recognition Ceremony, Apr. 28, 2022, Magnolia Halle, San Antonio, Texas. This event was held to honor all promotees to the rank of Chief Master Sgt.

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Katrina Overview - 26-HK-366-30. Hurricane Katrina

Interior view of a lecture room in a Quonset hut at an unknown air base in Korea. A soldier sits on a bench at the front of the room.

A US Army military policeman stands by as a local resident leaves the food distribution center set up in an elementary school during Operation HAWKEYE, a relief effort designed to aid the victims of Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the area on September 19th. Subject Operation/Series: HAWKEYE Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Caucasian police officer shining flashlight on house burglar

Prisoners In Revolt On The Roof Of San Vittore, Milan, 1969.

Illustration of the territory of Hong Kong.Illustration du territoire de Hong Kong.

Ephraim Rodriguez, outgoing visual information specialist for the Fort Hamilton Public Affairs Office, thanks friends and the command for the civilian achievement award He received on Feb. 22 at the Fort Hamilton Community Club. Rodriguez received the Civilian Service Achievement Medal for exceptional service from September 2021 to February 2024, during which he went above and beyond the call of duty highlighting Fort Hamilton community events and providing audio and visual support, reflecting credit upon himself, the garrison, Army Installation Management Command, Army Materiel Command, and the United States Army. Army

Inter-American Defense College Leadership Welcomes Chiefs of Delegation and Alumni from 36, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 and 61 for a 60th anniversary Celebration on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Oct. 7, 2022. During the celebration visitors participated in a campus tour, a Panel on Ethics and Strategic Leadership, a BBQ and an Alumni Recognition Ceremony, including the release of the 60th Anniversary Book Strengthening Strategic Leadership in the Americas.

Burglar breaks open the patio doors with a crowbar, symbolic image for domestic burglary

040312-F-4155R-005. Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

041020-F-0822K-003. Base: Lajes Field, Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)

A signalman uses semaphore flags to send a message from the battleship USS NEW JERSEY (BB-62). In the background are the ship's ribbons. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Female collateral for maintenance of an F-16.

U.S. Army Capt. Sarah Skelton, aeromedical and SERE psychologist assigned to 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, 36th Infantry Division (center), gives a class over methods of suicide intervention to groups of Soldiers during an eight-hour, ACE Suicide Intervention program held in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Sept. 16, 2022. September is designated as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month to help Soldiers identify warning signs and prevention of suicide during an overseas deployment.

Airmen of the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, volunteer with community partners to serve other Veterans during the 2022 Veterans Stand Down at Pioneer Park Civic Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. The VA Stand Down allows Veterans to receive medical care, information on local community services, food, and winter gear. The event brings the Veterans and the Community together to give back to Veterans while enjoying music, raffles, meals, camaraderie, and services. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Senior Master Sgt. Julie Avey)

061116-N-0127C-001. Base: Vasco Nunez De Balboa Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the 437th Military Airlift Wing, Airlift Control Element, watch video movies in their barracks during exercise Shadow Hawk, the Jordan/U.S. segment of Bright Star '87. Shadow Hawk is a combined effort of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF and the U.S. C. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base State: Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

120818-N-YF306-017 GULF OF ADEN (Aug. 18, 2012) Quartermaster 3rd Class Tej H. Fountain, left, from New York, moves a chess piece during a match against Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class Junwen Liang, also from New York, during a chess tournament aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

220806-N-IE405-1066 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NAPLES, Italy (Aug. 6, 2022) Chief Navy Counselor David Bailey, assigned to U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples, cleans the shoe shelf during a volunteer event at the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS) Thrift Shop onboard NSA Naples' Support Site in Gricignano di Aversa, Italy, Aug. 6, 2022. Sailors from the NSA Naples' Chiefs Mess and the First Class Petty Officer Association attended the volunteer-mentoring event in preparation for the NMCRS Thrift Shop re-opening on Aug. 15, 2022. NSA Naples is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed, when they are needed to ensure security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

First Lieutenant (1LT) Wendy Holland (kneeling), and SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Melani Soriano, with the 366th Air Expeditionary Group, browse greeting cards at the Army Air Force Exchange Service's (AAFES) field exchange at an air base in Southwest Asia during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Plebes (freshmen) work together to scale the lard covered Herndon monument, a 21-foot obelisk, to replace a sailor's cap ("dixie cup") with an upper classman's cap. After the climb, the plebes will be referred to as fourth classmen. Base: US Naval Academy, Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040712-F-5789F-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030804-F-6449C-029. Subject Operation/Series: RED FLAG/AIR WARRIOR Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Operation Junior Expeditionary Team (OpJET), June 17, 2022, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. OpJET provides children the opportunity to see a mock deployment and gives them an idea what their parent experiences when they report for duty away from home, as well as the process when they return.

040421-F-2902B-010. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Kurt Hauk, Fort Drum Directorate of Public Works director, receives an update on various cultural resources projects from Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) cadets during their cultural property protection internship through the Fort Drum Cultural Resources Program. (Photo by Mike Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs)

Representative Debbie Wasserman- Schultz (FL-25-D) signs the Triangle K t-wall following their visit Jan. 7, 2024 to an undisclosed location in the U.S. CENTCOM area of responsibility. The bi-partisan group, containing eight congressional members, visited troops in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility.

Emergency Response Operations - Stennis, Mississippi - 26-HK-136-47. Hurricane Katrina

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-155. Hurricane Katrina

Security personnel with bomb detecting dogs in action around sidewalks, bushes, parked vehicles outside Harry S. Truman Building

020213-M-9902V-002. Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

A British soldier stationed with the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters sits in the grass and talks with a teen-age boy at the Hope and Homes for Children Orphanage. Subject Operation/Series: Joint Endeavor Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

050821-A-6108G-286. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-144-289. Hurricane Katrina

010507-F-3939J-003. Complete Scene Caption: Patrick Air Force Base, 45th Space Wings mascot "Snark" rallies his team during the early morning opening ceremonies for the Air Force Space Command, space and missile competition at GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001. "Snark" is nicknamed after the SNARK missiles launched from Cape Canaveral. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all mission areas in the command." Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-25. Hurricane Katrina

061207-N-4649C-001. Base: Yokosuka State: Kanagawa Country: Japan (JPN)

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Dustin Mayberry, Postal Clerk, establishes the first Post Office at Burgas International Airport, Burgas, Bulgaria, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Borgas International Airport Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

The Seattle Police Station has been turn into the People Department on Capital Hill inside CHOP

Joint Task Force - 26-HK-161-61. Joint Task Force. Hurricane Katrina

060929-N-4774B-247. Base: Naval Base, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: CORONADO

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-308-55. Hurricane Katrina

030323-F-7372R-033. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

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