Military Training and Operations

Service members engaged in various military training activities, including physical challenges, aircraft maintenance, and base preparations.

(220517-N-OI810-0418) KEY WEST, Florida (May 17, 2022) Builder 1st Class Marcelo Restrepo, from Orlando, Florida, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, cuts down a steel fence during a tennis court demolition at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 17, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

040519-F-4338B-020. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050712-F-7564C-044. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020315-F-5806B-020. Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Air Force Material Command team member takes careful steps during the CHIEF's Challenge portion of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. This event pits individuals against the obstacle course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The Defender Challenge competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense, and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000505-N-6492H-532. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Vince Lombardi, 47th Student Squadron training pilot, and 2 Lt. Eric Clingenpeel, 47th STUS training pilot, drag 2nd Lt. Daniel Lupro, 47th STUS training pilot, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on June 27, 2022. Pilots are taught how to flip onto their back while being dragged by a simulated parachute in order to mitigate injury.

(220517-N-OI810-0418) KEY WEST, Florida (May 17, 2022) Builder 1st Class Marcelo Restrepo, from Orlando, Florida, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, cuts down a steel fence during a tennis court demolition at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 17, 2022. Seabees assigned to NMCB-14 travelled to NASKW to perform on-site training and assist with facility and compound maintenance. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

970408-F-4116M-101. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS Base: Logan Heights State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ALABAMA AIR NATIONAL GUARD

FORT HOOD, Texas (Dec. 9, 2022) Lance Cpl. Gabriel Bucknam, assigned to the Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, based out of Naval Support Facility Indian Head, Maryland, stands waiting to enter a confined space tunnel trainer while conducting simulated search and rescue operations during Exercise Sudden Response 23, at Fort Hood, Texas, Dec. 9, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force (TF) Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

020508-F-1977M-010. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040505-F-6665C-023. 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-420-92. Hurricane Katrina

030403-F-2380C-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Recruits with Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, maneuver through obstacles on the confidence course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 20, 2022. The confidence course consists of various obstacles that challenges recruits both physically and mentally.

040412-F-3488S-118. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030223-M-8539K-026. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

030512-M-4711R-001. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Soldiers assigned to 287th Quartermaster Company, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, man a lookout tower in preparation for a weapons training event during a tactical training event at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Feb. 27, 2024. The company conducted several live-fire events to include a night live-fire range. Army

Coast Guard Personnel - Miscellaneous - 26-HK-90-172. Coast Guardsman dropping off water in grassy area near helo, motioning to civilians nearby. Hurricane Katrina

Soldiers from across the 1st Cavalry Division compete at cornhole Sep. 15 at Fort Hood. The division celebrated its 101st birthday Sep. 12-16 with various sporting events across the division's footprint.

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.

Training operations at Fort McCoy, Wis., are shown Aug. 4, 2022. During August 2022, thousands of troops from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps are part of the training at Fort McCoy. Fort McCoys motto is to be the Total Force Training Center.

Corporal Aaron M. McDonald, 1st Squad Leader, Security Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, works to build tents for Marines at Forward Operating Base Marjah, March 30. The construction of the base began in early March and serves as a key center of operations within the city of Marjah, Afghanistan.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Victor Henderson, 81st Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, and Basso, 81st SFS military working dog, perform a demonstration of the MWD capabilities for ROTC cadets at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 16, 2022. Keesler hosted ROTC cadets from Louisiana State University and Tulane University for a base tour to demonstrate mission capabilities and Air Force career opportunities.

A U.S. Air Force crew chief with the 510th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron prepares a F-16 Fighting Falcon for flight at 86th Air Base, Romania, July 12, 2022. The 510th EFS is deployed from the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy to support NATOs Enhanced Air Policing operations.

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A US Marine Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist in a Bomb Disposal Suit Palms the Tip of a 155mm High Explosive Artillery Round

Aids to Navigation Operations - 26-HK-63-24. Coast Guardsman working with drill--ATON ops. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Army Soldiers compete in the Best Medic Competition for Medical Readiness Command, East on Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Nov. 6, 2022. The competition included the Army Combat Fitness Test, M4 Qualifications, Combat Water Survival Training, and a written exam on the first day.

Educators, media, and influencers from Recruiting Stations Dallas and San Antonio participate in WRR's Educators' Workshop Program aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton from Aug. 1, 2022 to Aug. 5, 2022.

Soldiers with the Army Reserve's 389th Engineer Company of Des Moines, Iowa, work on a troop project June 21, 2022, at Camp Courage on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The company worked on several projects to improve the camp during their 2022 annual training, including putting new metal siding on numerous buildings. Troop projects are coordinated by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works and help improve the installation's infrastructure while at the same time providing training for Army engineer units.

Fire Controlman 3rd Class Vincent Scuncio of LaJolla, California, cleans the deck aboard the destroyer USS INGERSOLL (DD-990). Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

020128-F-6833L-019. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Diego Garcia Country: British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)

SANTA RITA, Guam (Jan. 12, 2023) - Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 rappel and fast rope from the EODMU-5 command tower during a training exercise as part of an EODMU platoon certification onboard Naval Base Guam. EODMU-5 is assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, which executes command and control of assigned Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in the 7th Fleet area of operations. They plan and execute Naval Construction, Expeditionary Logistics, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Maritime Expeditionary Security, and Exploitation Forces assigned to Commander, 7th Fleet for crisis response, humanitarian assistance, and major combat operations.

Fireman on patrol in the Coubre's Forest France

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Senior Airman Verdes Cato, observes Airman 1st Class Randy Willis 9th Logistic Readiness Squadron cryogenics technician, as he carefully handles Liquid Oxygen (LOX), while a U-2 Dragon Lady flies over at Beale Air Force Base, California, July 21, 2022. With specialized protective equipment, Airmen are able to handle the freezing temperatures of the LOX to prevent burns.

Tyrone Brinkley, Department of Defense police officer, sings the national anthem during the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron reassignment and change of command ceremony outside Maltby Hall on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 6, 2023. The 85th EIS was redesigned from the 38th Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group to the 5th Combat Communications Group. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Dauer, 85th EIS incoming commander, took command from Lt. Col. Whitney Walker, 85th EIS outgoing commander.

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, low crawls through tunnels during the bayonet assault course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 13, 2022. The course consisted of different obstacles that simulated the type of terrain Marines may come across in combat.

A member of Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (BUD/S) Class 183 clings to a wall on the obstacle course. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An instructor observes Marine recruits on the obstacle 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)

030109-F-3715H-006. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) Airman Jimmy Keoseng, from Honolulu, assigned to USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) air department, conducts hose handling training during a general quarters drill in the hangar bay, May 12, 2022. Ford is in port Naval Station Norfolk preparing for its next underway period.

050915-A-5679R-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Mia Wilson, 355th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance technician, pre-positions munitions components with a pallet jack for the next bomb build at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, May 24, 2022. Most bombs do not arrive pre-assembled and can have as many as 20 different components.

An individual weapons qualification course is prepared for U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 214th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment and the 757th Expeditionary Railway Center to conduct their marksmanship training at Fort Pickett, Virginia, May 14, 2022. The purpose of the training is to showcase capabilities in marksmanship and strengthen Reserve readiness.

060620-A-7356L-037. Base: Adelphi Lab Center State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Educators with 9th Marine Corps District, Western Recruiting Region, participate in a group exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Feb. 8, 2023. The Educators Workshop is an opportunity for teachers and those who work with high school students to experience recruit training and learn about the transformation young people make to become Marines.

Sgt. 1st Class Brandon W. Rodriguez, representing U.S. Army Forces Command, lifts a sandbag during a stress shoot event at the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition, held on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 05, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

060729-N-3153C-078. Base: Banda Aceh Country: Indonesia (IND)

U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Miller, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing commander, falls into a dunk tank during a 70th ISRW field day event, July 29, 2022, at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The 70th ISRW hosted the field day event, which consisted of a volleyball tournament, free ice cream and a dunk tank, as a way for Airmen to socialize outside of normal daily work routines.

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 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.

A DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 competitor races up the front of the Jump and Land portion of the Physical Fitness Challenge at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

221001-N-DK042-1076 PORT OF KUSHIRO, Japan (Oct. 1, 2022) Kenyatta Lewis, a civil service mariner aboard the USNS Dahl (T-AKE 312), conducts preservation maintenance during operations in support of Resolute Dragon 22, Oct. 1, 2022. USS Benfold (DDG 65), USNS Dahl (T-AKR 312), and USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) are participating in joint bilateral integration with III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) in support of Resolute Dragon 22. Exercises like this one reassure our allies and partners of the U.S. commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.

A Soldier pulls himself across the horizontal rope climb at the Sand Hill Conditioning Course during the 2023 Best Mortar Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, on April 11, 2023. Each mortarman on the team had to complete an obstacle before the team could move onto the next during the early morning hours of the competition's second day.

The Minnesota National Guards 55th Civil Support Team(CST) conducts a Collective Lanes Training, at the Columbia Heights Membrane Plant in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, September 20, 2022. Army North observed the exercise to provide feedback before the unit's Training Proficiency Evaluation next year. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, in Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia, repels down a cable during hoist operations at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, on May 07, 2022, during Guardian Response 22. The homeland emergency response exercise validates an Army units ability to support the Defense Support of Civil Authorities, increasing the unit's readiness for times of emergency.

A member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1 (NMCB-1) works to secure a basketball hoop being erected in the playground of a local school. The Seabees are improving the playground as part of a civic action project during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

031030-M-5993H-001. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-07500. Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Natane Lenaway, an Aviation Records Management Systems specialist with the 182nd Operations Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, applies camouflage paint to her face before a land navigation training exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, June 3, 2022. The 182nd OSS and 169th Airlift Squadron participated in a multi-capable Airman training exercise at Volk Field CRTC June 2 to June 4, 2022.

040505-F-6844O-009. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

220427-N-PG340-2022 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (April 27, 2022) Cmdr. Andrew Olsen, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5s commanding officer, and his family participate in Family Day during the battalions second Command Post Exercise onboard Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme, California. The event, hosted by NMCB-5s Family Readiness Group, allowed the families to tour the site and learn how the Seabees operate in the field. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are homeported out of Port Hueneme, training on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response and humanitarian assistance.

111203-N-YM590-047 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 3, 2011) Operations Specialist 3rd Class Marcelo Martis, right, fires a 9 mm pistol while Chief Master-at-Arms Jeffrey Barnes observes during an urban setting weapons qualification course aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68). Anzio is deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

120831-N-IL826-103 CLEVELAND (Aug. 31, 2012) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 26 work with community members on the frame of a house being built at a Habitat for Humanity project during the Navy's commemoration of the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 in Cleveland. The celebration is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The weeklong event commemorates the Bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy.

030330-M-3692C-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040114-F-9708M-001. Base: Schriever Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tech. Sgt. Justin Campos, 18th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, participates in the fire muster challenge kettlebell run during National Fire Prevention Week at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. The competition gave bystanders and participants an opportunity to see and experience the various types of physical exertion firefighters must prepare for when responding to emergencies.

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U.S. and other anti-communist nations. The U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state. U.S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U.S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned

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Staff Sgt. Frank Wilson, an operations NCO assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, XVIII Airborne Corps, helps unload equipment Oct. 17, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The XVIII Airborne Corps headquarters is beginning to redeploy from Europe following a nine-month deployment where Americas Contingency Corps rapidly deployed to Germany in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to assure our European Allies and partners. In February 2022, over 300 personnel from the Corps headquarters deployed from Fort Bragg to provide a Joint Task Force-capable headquarters in Wiesbaden, Germany. This deployment was directed by the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III as a response to a heightened security environment in Eastern Europe and to reinforce NATOs eastern flank.

Great Lakes Search and Rescue Detachment - 26-HK-143-134. Hurricane Katrina

USAF personnel attach the flight control fins to an AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) to the wingtips of an F-16CJ. The crew prepares the aircraft for deployment to support a local Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE) exercise. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A morning scene before the opening of the 2022 Fort McCoy Armed Forces Day Open House is shown May 21, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Nearly 2,000 people participated in the open house. The days activities were centered on Fort McCoys Commemorative Area, which features the History Center; five World War II-era buildings filled with historical equipment and displays, the outdoor Equipment Park, and Veterans Memorial Plaza. Visitors also were treated to cooler temps and partly sunny skies. The event also had guided installation bus tours, a sandbag-filling station, personalized ID tags, camouflage face painting, military equipment displays, marksmanship galleries, and more. (Photo by Scott T. Sturkol/Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

Joint training exercise with Det 2. 6 Co. 3/238th AVN MEDEVAC, Cox Health and Missouri State Highway Patrol at Hercules Glade Wilderness, Bradleyville, Mo., Oct. 06, 2022. Multiple Missouri departments teamed up to practice life-saving MEDEVAC scenarios. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Rose Di Trolio.)

040909-F-0629H-001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Duane Fowler, Air Force Reserve Command, negotiates the low crawl obstacle during the CHIEF's Challenge portion of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030202-M-7031A-031. Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

041123-F-8946M-001. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Recruit Esteban Trujilo with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, conducts physical training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 20, 2022. Recruits conducted physical training to ensure individual readiness. Trujilo was recruited out of El Paso, Texas, with Recruiting Substation El Paso East.

050120-F-0981H-005. Base: Utapao Nas Country: Thailand (THA)

040424-F-3118M-075. Base: Bradley Air National Guard Base State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Participants with the Young Marine program set up a tent after a base-wide beach clean-up, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 2, 2022. The Young Marines participated in a base-wide beach clean-up as well as several other committee events, while participating and attending commemoration ceremonies of the 81st anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

Civil War Reenactment Battles Of Glorieta Pass And Apache Canyon In New Mexico.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - TURRET HOMECOMING USS MONITOR

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Lt. Lebuu Gibbons, a detective with the Division of Criminal Investigation, launches the RQ-20 Puma drone in Koror, Republic of Palau, July 17, 2022. The Marines of Task Force Koa Moana 22 worked with Palauan law enforcement in operating the RQ-20 Puma, furthering an exchange of techniques and procedures to enhance future surveillance and intelligence gathering capabilities to help promote a free and open Indo-Pacific.

040301-M-4246F-005. Base: USMC Recruit Depot, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer with the Office of Field Operations carries cleared debris from a roof after Hurricane Ian near Ft. Myers, Fla., Sept. 29, 2022. CBP photo by Glenn Fawcett

An Air Force Reserve pararescueman from the 304th Rescue Squadron descends the face of cliff to reach a patient during a simulated cliff-side rescue mission Jan. 12, 2012, at Riley, Ore. This is one of many exercises that were conducted during a two-week period to enhance the readiness of Airmen from the 304th RS and Air National Guard's 142nd Security Forces Squadron, collocated at Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore.

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jeffery Scott, a competitor with the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego Shooting Team, shoots a stage during a competition at Pala Shooting Range, Pala, California, June 26, 2022. The MCRD San Diego Shooting Team competes in practical shooting matches to increase the individual Marines lethality, while also building connections in the community.

Dakota Meyer, 23, carries a mock casualty, demonstrating how to complete one of the challenges for the competitors in the Maximum Warrior Challenge in Crawfordsville, Ark., Aug 7. 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.

Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Crody, a marksmanship instructor/competitive shooter for the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Service Rifle Team, competes in the prestigious Presidents 100 Finals during the Civilian Marksmanship Program's National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry.

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