Military Training and Support Activities

Photos capture military personnel engaged in training and support tasks, focusing on teamwork and operational readiness in various environments.

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Hartzell with Bravo Battery, 4thBattalion,319thField Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepares rounds for live fire qualification as part of exercise Silver City 2022 in order to certify M119 howitzer sections and fire direction centers at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 28, 2022. The 173rd AB is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach)

U.S. Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and U.S. Navy Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, mix cement to fill a crater on the airfields tarmac during Exercise Winter Pioneer 24, Marine Corps Outlying Field Oak Grove, North Carolina, Feb. 15, 2024. U.S. Marine Corps engineers and U.S. Navy construction force utilized Marine Corps Outlying Field Oak Grove for Marines and Sailors to rehearse establishing and sustaining advanced naval and expeditionary bases that contribute to maritime domain awareness. Marine Corps

10th Mountain Soldiers work together in order to put snow chains on a HMMV in under 10 minutes. Teams compete for the fastest time before progressing to the next exercise.

U.S. Airmen from the 20th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES) plug drainage holes to prevent flooding of electrical pits in preparation for Tropical Storm Ian at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sep. 29, 2022. Airmen from the 20th CES prepared barriers, cleaned storm drains, fueled back-up generators and provided materials for units to secure facilities with sandbags, ensuring the safeguard of the 20th Fighter Wings mission and installation capabilities.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division finish the 12 mile road march, complete a weapons test, and recieve their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 7, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

U.S. Army soldier Spc. Melissa Bellgreen, 146th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 1171st Medical Company Area Support, wraps straps around a litter to prepare it for the units upcoming mass casualty simulation at exercise Northern Strike 22-2 in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that tests their ability to rapidly deploy and provide timely support in a decisive action environment.

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Hartzell with Bravo Battery, 4thBattalion,319thField Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepares rounds for live fire qualification as part of exercise Silver City 2022 in order to certify M119 howitzer sections and fire direction centers at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 28, 2022. The 173rd AB is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach)

U.S. Army Spc. Axel Betancourt, assigned to the 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division secures a truck with chains at the 101BSB Truck Rodeo at Skwierzyna, Poland, April 7, 2022. The Truck Rodeo is a competition for transport units, testing their knowledge and skills in basic transportation Soldier tasks.

Two U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) specialist carry water canisters during the marksmanship portion of the TACP Lightning Challenge 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Nov. 4, 2022. Lightning Challenge tests United States Air Force TACP Airmen through competition in agile combat employment, physical ability and marksmanship in order to identify the most outstanding multi-capable Airman in the world, prepared to fight and win on the all-domain battlefields of the future.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tristen Logan, a landing support specialist with Helicopter Support Team, 1st Landing Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, unclips a harness on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration of the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 22, 2022. The MAGTF Demo displays the coordinated use of close-air support, artillery and infantry forces, and provides a visual representation of how the Marine Corps operates. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 create demolition charges during a field exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 4, 2022. MWSS-171 conducted this exercise in order to familiarize themselves with expeditionary advanced base operations, demolition operations, urban operations, and different weapon systems.

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload ammunition prior to small caliber action team training aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 1, 2024. Somerset is currently underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet with elements of the 15th MEU. Marine Corps

(From left) U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jason Lee and Senior Airman Thomas Schalin, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescuemen, tear boards from a buildings floor at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan Aug. 26, 2014. During the mission rehearsal, they breached and cleared a building to rescue a simulated casualty. Lee is deployed from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron in Louisville, Ky. and a native Richmond, Ky. Schalin is deployed from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. and a native of Great Falls, Mont.

FORT HOOD, Texas - U.S. Army Spc. Carl Ocupe, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to 45th Chemical Company, jumps through a window during the urban obstacle lane of the FORSCOM Best Squad Competition 2022 at Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 18, 2022. The Best Squad Competition promotes esprit de corps and recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to Army Values and embody the Warrior Ethos.

The 5-17 Air Cavalry Squadron conducted its first spur ride since the unit was activated in May from September 1-2, 2022. Soldiers conducted multiple tasks in negotiating an obstacle course in order to display their confidence while operating as a team.

Army Engineers of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard 892nd Multi Role Bridge Company, 190th Engineer Battalion, are training with new equipment. They are currently training with recently acquired bridges while their personnel get certified in its operation, assembly and disassembly. The bridges are useful in state and federal emergencies and can be installed in less-than a day after been notified of their need. Here, Spc. Elizabeth Matos, a native of San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, and member of the 892nd MRBC, 190th En. Bn., helps in the assembly of a bridge as her unit is certified in the bridge's operation.

U.S. Army Spc. Jamir Johnson (left), assigned to 601st Engineer Detachment, and U.S. Army Pfc. Kayleb Ward (right), assigned to 351st Engineer Unit Detachment, build furniture to improve the quality of life at a training site at Cincu, Romania on May 15, 2022. Resolute Castle 22, a joint multi-national training exercise, focuses on Engineer readiness from the operator to Company level that sets the European Theater with critical infrastructure, while assuring our partners and allies of the U.S. commitment to the region.

U.S. Army Spc. Owen Johnson, an aircraft structural repairer assigned to the 1109th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group, Connecticut Army National Guard, repairs a simulated bullet hole in a UH-60 stabilator during a downed aircraft recovery exercise at Stones Ranch Military Reservation, East Lyme, Connecticut, June 22, 2022. The key components of aircraft recovery missions are securing the aircraft, rescuing and evacuating crew members and passengers, and repairing, recovering or destroying the downed aircraft.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Sailors with Guam Detachment, Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group, work together to guide the Palletized Load System Flatracks during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kushiro Port, on Oct. 3, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

A Soldier assembles a SINCGARS RT-1523 VHF Radio during the Army's Best Medic Competition. Twenty-two two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Fort Hood, Texas to compete in the finals to be named the Armys Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams physical and mental skills. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgment while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Herman)

U.S. Army Spc. Isaac Eriksen, an infantryman assigned to the 1st Battalion, 102nd Infantry Regiment, Connecticut Army National Guard, collects empty 9mm casings after conducting familiarization training with his M17 pistol at the Connecticut Army National Guard Training Center East Haven Rifle Range, East Haven, Connecticut, March 24, 2023. The 2023 Connecticut Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition drew soldiers from across the Connecticut Army National Guard and over the course of three days these competitors faced off against one another in a variety of events testing their physical fitness, land navigation skills, marksmanship skills and warrior task competencies.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team conduct casualty triage and support training near Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 8, 2022. Through constant, continuous and frequent training, Soldiers stand ready and able to conduct any mission and engage any enemy at any time.

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Senior Airman Nathan Ansell and Master Sgt. Daryl Smith learn how to make repairs on generators here, Feb. 3, 2009. Both Air National Guardsmen are assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing, Civil Engineering Squadron, and are currently being trained to join the 474th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron, which maintains Joint Task Force Guantanamos Camp Justice and Expeditionary Legal Complex. JTF Guantanamo conducts safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detained enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released. The JTF conducts intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination for the protection of detainees and personnel working in JTF Guantanamo facilities and in support of the Global War on Terror. JTF Guantanamo provides support to the Office of Military Commissions, to law enforcement and to war crimes investigations. The JTF conducts planning for and, on order, responds to Caribbean mass migra

A U.S. Army soldier works with a Moroccan soldier to secure a ramp on a transport vehicle at the Port of Agadir, June 3, 2022, Agadir, Morocco. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Rambo, a Indianapolis, Indiana, native assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division sets up a target before a live-fire accuracy screening test as part of Defender 22 at Konotop Range, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 9, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises taking place in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

U.S. Marine Corps SSgt Eric Martinez, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, facilitates a fuel transfer with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ahead of Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sep. 28, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Senior Airman Alejandro Soto, 336th Fighter Generation Squadron weapons load crew member, secures a tent frame during a Multi-Capable Airman exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 14, 2022. Airmen participating in the exercise were taught to do basic tasks outside of their usual specialty to become more well-rounded.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 101st Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division perform preventive maintenance checks and services on a truck at the 101 BSB Truck Rodeo at Skwierzyna, Poland, April 7, 2022. The Truck Rodeo is a competition for transport units, testing their knowledge and skills in basic transportation Soldier tasks.

Staff Sgt. Andrei Ciont, 68W Combat Medic, 232nd Medical Battalion, negotiates obstacles to test his physical capabilities during the Best Medic Competition, Sep. 29, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Tx. The competition is open to all soldiers who have earned the Expert Field Medical Badge or the Combat Medical Badge. Medics are tested on pistol and rifle marksmanship, land navigation and hands-on medical tasks over a 30-mile course, according to the release.

A U.S. Army soldier observes Moroccan soldiers as they help secure a U.S. tank from the 1-12 Cavalry Squadron, 1st Cavalry Division to a transport vehicle at the Port of Agadir, June 3, 2022, Agadir, Morocco. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Pacific Air Forces Civil Engineer Readiness Challenge team members deconstruct a Small Shelter System at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 13, 2022. The 673d Civil Engineer Group sent 34 personnel as part of PACAFs 39-member team to compete at the Air Force Civil Engineer Readiness Challenge hosted April 18 through 22 at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Established in 1986, the event challenges CE Airmen to showcase their total mission readiness while competing on integrated base response skills and practices.

Airman 1st Class Jacob Shelton, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and equipment technician, pours water while Airman 1st Class Diego Sierra-Alvarez, 4th CES pavements and equipment technician, cuts into concrete with a consaw at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2022. Water is used to help keep the blade from overheating while cutting into the concrete.

The Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment conducted live-fire training using the M109A6 Paladin and over 80 high explosive rounds during its annual training at the Orchard Combat Training Center, May 12 to 27, 2022. Training included its first live-fire exercise using the U.S. Armys modernized M1156 Precision Guidance Kit, a GPS smart fuze attachment, that enabled the battalion to convert its existing 155mm artillery shells into smart weapons and improve target trajectory.

Air Force Senior Airman Kirby Chesser, a medic with the 181st Medical Group Search assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package Search and Extraction element, Indiana National Guard provides medical assessment and first aid to victims in a simulated disaster site during a pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 10, 2022. Airmen from the 181st Medical Group are embedded with S&E teams to provide immediate on-scene emergency medical support during the search and extraction phase of emergency and disaster incidents. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

Alaska Air and Army National Guardsmen from Joint Task Force-Alaska rebuild the door of a small garage in Golovin, Alaska, Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Pfc. Bradford Jackson)

Sgt. Katherine Gross, a member of the Michigan National Guard, performs a fuel line flushing and recirculation procedure on a tank rack module at the Joint Force Headquarters, Lansing, Michigan, May 25, 2022. TACOM film crews documented the process, which will go out Army-wide to provide guidance for validating this repair.

U.S. Marines with the Personnel, Recovery, and Processing Company, U.S. Navy Corpsmen and U.S. Army Soldiers with the 477th Medical Company participate in simulated casualty recovery and decontamination training during Operation Northern Strike at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Michigan. Operation Northern Strike is designated to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advances interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

A U.S. Soldier with the 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, signals to lower a flat rack from a palatalized load system in preparation to execute resupply operations, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 31, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

Soldiers from 71st Ordinance Group, lift another member of their unit out of a trench during Ivy Week's, Utah Beach event, May 23, 2022, Fort Carson, Colorado. During the Utah Beach event over 6,000 Soldiers participated in the event in a race to the be the first battalion to finish the course.

A Finnish soldier assigned to Pori Brigade and U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, set up the wooden bridge during Finnish water crossing training at Säkylä, Finland, July 12, 2022. The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the Pori Brigade of the Finnish army began summer training in Finland to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between the two nations.

U.S. Army Spc. Elijah Sykes, a Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducts preventive maintenance checks and services on the unit's tanks and Bradleys as part of Defender Europe 22 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 9, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

Airman 1st Class Flowers, a water and fuel systems maintenance apprentice with the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, carries a pallet at the site of the Cherokee Nation innovative readiness training project in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 6, 2022. The pallets were being used to build makeshift paths through the muddy construction site caused by recent rain storms.

(220526-N-OI810-0215) KEY WEST, Florida (May 26, 2022) Engineering Aid 3rd Class Rodrigo Cardenasbarato, from Miami, Florida, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, uses a two-by-four to smooth and agitate concrete to release air pockets as Seabees repair a damaged section of runway at Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West (NASKW), May 26, 2022. NMCB-14 teamed up with NASKW Public Works and NASKW Air Operations Department to complete the needed airfield damage repair. 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.

GULFPORT, Miss. (Apr. 19, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, hammer nails into a support beam during the heavy construction training course onboard Naval Construction Training Center Gulfport. NMCB 1 is conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

Spc. Joe Mays, of the 859th Engineer Company, Mississippi National Guard, helps build barracks huts during the 890th Engineer Battalion's annual training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., July 22, 2020.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Alexander Kilbane, an automated logistical specialist with the 2nd Battalion, 426th Regiment, Wisconsin National Guard, instructs how to inspect for proper vehicle securement to Soldiers in the Unit Movement Officer (UMO) course on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 16, 2022. The UMO prepares personnel to assume the duties of a unit movement officer/non-commissioned officer in order to get their individual units ready for movement and maintain readiness.

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Betts, the commander of the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, and petroleum, oil and lubricants Airmen, assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, drag a fuel bladder into place at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 6, 2022. Betts visited the POL flight to learn about their capabilities and recognize their outstanding performers.

U.S. Army Spc. Trunks Thomas, a paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division (Arctic Angels) recovers his parachute after airborne operations at Malemute Drop Zone, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August 24, 2022. The Arctic Angels stay proficient at their primary function of being a Joint Forcible Entry unit, able to respond and project power across the Pacific within 18 hours.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, build a tent during exercise Winter Workhorse 24 on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. Winter Workhorse is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance warfighting capabilities in contested environments. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, construct targets in preparation for live-fire training events during Exercise Cobra Gold in Chantaburi province, Thailand, Feb. 26, 2024. Cobra Gold demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the region by building interoperability, multilateral cooperative arrangements, advancing common interests, and a commitment to our allies and partners in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Spc. Jeffry Guzman, assigned to Charlie Company, 143rd Airborne Infrantry Regiment, packs away his Polish parachute after landing on the Drop Zone during Exrcise Falcon Leap onto Ginkelse Heide Drop Zone, Arnhem, Netherlands., Sep. 14, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

Airman 1st Class Lindsey Roberts (left) and Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Stewart (right), 139th Medical Group Homeland Response Force (HRF), prepare an oxygen tank for medical use at Camp Clark, Nevada, Missouri, June 8, 2022. The HRF established a footprint to simulate a deployed environment and practiced various medical procedures.

Grenades.FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq -- 1st Lt. Michael Clark, a platoon leader from Dallas, assigned to the 752nd Explosives Ordnance Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division -- Baghdad, and Capt. Nicholas Mezmar, a National Guardsmen from Harlingen, Texas, assigned to the 192nd EOD Bn., unwrap grenades left outside of a combat outpost Aug. 21 by a concerned Iraqi citizen in the Abu T'shir community of Baghdad's Rashid district. The grenades were confiscated to be destroyed in an EOD shot pit. The 752nd EOD technicians, deployed to Forward Operating Base Falcon in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, are on call 24 hours a day in their ongoing mission to render safe all explosive hazards for Coalition Forces and Iraqi Security Forces.

Staff Sgt. Rogelio Estabillo, 48th Aerial Port Squadron unloads cargo during engine running onload/offload from a March Air Reseve Base C-17 in support of RIMPAC 22, Marine Corps Base Hawaii July 21, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largestinternational maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series thatbegan in 1971.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, lay sandbags along a levee in Elwood, Kansas, that protects Rosecrans Memorial Airport and surrounding communities, on March 22, 2019. An increase in water levels of surrounding rivers and waterways caused by record-setting snowfall over the winter in addition to a large drop in air pressure caused widespread flooding across the midwest.

Vermont National Guard COVID19 Response, Soldiers and Airmen are re-establishing the Alternate Healthcare Facility at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, in Essex Junction, Vermont. The AHF was originally constructed in April, as it saw little use it was disassembled in July. The Vermont National Guard is reusing the materials from the earlier project to construct this smaller facility. The facility will remain locked until the the Vermont Department of Health determines it is needed. It can accommodate up to 200 patients if needed.

Spc. Wyatt Walls, representing the U.S. Army National Guard, prepares for a task at the Army Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 3, 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 and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

Spc. Wyatt Walls, representing the U.S. Army National Guard, prepares for a task at the Army Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 3, 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 and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

030201-M-5753Q-039. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Soldiers of the 181st Multifunctional Training Brigade navigate the rope bridge obstacle of the Leadership Reaction Course Sept. 27, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Soldiers hosted teachers and staff of D.C. Everest Area School District as part of the districts leadership training program.

U.S. Marines build the Submersible Matting System at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 26, 2024. The SUBMAT is a durable roadway system that bridges the gap between low and high tide at the beach and water interface. Army

Soldiers of the 301st Chemical Company (CERF-P) conduct search and rescue and mass casualty decontamination training at Wendall H. Ford Regional Training Center near Greenville, Ky on August 15, 2022. Conducting this nature of training carries on the Kentucky CERF-Ps tradition of excellence.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171), 1st Marine Air Wing and U.S. sailors with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU 5), collect timed-fuse setup wires prior to rapid explosive hazard mitigation (REHM) training during Valiant Shield 2022 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 7, 2022. The training focused on the rapid clearing of unexploded ordnance in response to a simulated airfield attack allowing for safe airfield repair and continued operations.

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

Pfc. John Beckman, a carpentry and masonry specialist from the Oklahoma Army National Guards 2120th Engineering Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, cuts roof sheathing during an innovative readiness training project in the Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 9, 2022. IRT missions produce mission ready forces, civil-military partnerships, and stronger communities by leveraging military contributions.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Tregear, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, reorganizes grounding cable while setting up a forward arming and refueling point, on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2024. A FARP is a point of operations to refuel and rearm U.S. aircrafts outside of a forward operating base. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America 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. Tregear is a native of Aldie, Virginia. Marine Corps

Tech. Sgt. Shane Lutz, 1st Special Operations Security Forces Squadron, struggles to push a Humvee during part of the Defender Challenge event May 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Teams competed in various timed challenges related to the security forces experience. The Challenge was part the 96th Security Forces Squadrons Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

Sgt. Major James Pippin uses his combat knife to cut the ribbon, revealing the sign with the new name of the landing zone on Forward Operating Base Marez, in Mosul, Iraq, March 20th, 2009. The landing zone was renamed in honor of Lt. Col. Gary Derby and four members of his personal security detail who were lost to a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in February.

Cpl. Jason Yadao, a squad member representing U.S. Army South's best squad competition team, adjusts the rear sight of an M4 carbine during the Army Futures Command 2022 Best Squad Competition on June 6, 2022 at Camp Bullis, Texas. The Best Squad Competition is being used to select the team that will represent their command at the next level of competition with the hope of eventually winning the inaugural U.S. Army level Best Squad Competition

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Senior Airman Stephen Bythway, 374th Communications Squadron cable and antenna maintainer, pulls a fiberoptic cable to a communications tent at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 23. The cabling provided high-speed network access to a new "tent city" of additional office space for military members stationed here temporarily for Operation Tomodachi.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, Death Dealers, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (2-174 ADA) operationally controlled by 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), conducts a simulated medevac training during Operation Close Encounters field training exercise at Camp Ādaži, Latvia, Nov. 9, 2022. The 2-174 ADA is among other units proudly working alongside 1 ID, NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.

030317-M-5150A-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Philadelphia firefighters, along with personnel from U.S. Army North, deliver a notional victim to mass casualty decontamination personnel assigned to the 140th Chemical Company, California National Guard, at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. July 26, 2022. Task Force 46 and over 600 personnel from its federal, state, local, private and academic partners collaborated to successfully complete the most recent Dense Urban Terrain (DUT) exercise. The DUT series of exercises began in 2018 and has become one of the Nations premier all-hazard and homeland defense exercises designed to enhance interagency interoperability in the event of “Americas worst day”.

U.S. Navy Engineer Aide 2nd Class Greg Ische with Naval Construction Battalion 1 saws a piece of wood during Summer Pioneer 2022 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 17, 2022. Summer Pioneer 2022 is a naval engineering exercise demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy formations to establish and sustain expeditionary advanced bases and maritime domain awareness.

Soldiers in 1st Platoon, 116th En. Co., Utah National Guard install new plumbing at a campsite restroom at Dinosaur National Monument, June 9, 2022. The 116th and other elements from the 1457th En. Bn. participated in a large improvement plan developed between monument officials and 1457th leaders.

Soldiers with 1st Platoon, B Dog” Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a platoon live fire on a range at Fort Knox, KY, April 27, 2022.The purpose of this training is to execute a decentralized division training density from dispersed field environments in order to enhance readiness, while stressing communications and sustainment systems across extended distances.

1st Lt. Bradley Shovlin, executive officer with Charlie Company Fighting Aces, of 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, lays out 25 mm M242 chain rounds in preparation for loading at Konotop Range, Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, January 22, 2022. The M242 Bushmaster chain gun is an externally powered, chain-driven, single-barrel weapon which fires 25mm rounds in semi-automatic, burst, or automatic modes. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Fernando Trejo, a network administrator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, sets up a combat operations center during exercise Winter Workhorse 24 on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 1, 2024. Trejo is a native of Texas. Winter Workhorse is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance warfighting capabilities in contested environments. Marine Corps

Spc. Cade Shiner, an electrician in 1st Platoon, 116th En. Co., 1457th En. Bn., Utah National Guard prepares for new wiring in a restroom facility at Dinosaur National Monument, June 10, 2022. The 116th went to Dinosaur to make several improvements to facilities as part of their two-week annual training.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gabriel Perezrigau, a combat engineer with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, hammers a nail while constructing shelters during Winter Pioneer 2024 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 17, 2024. Winter Pioneer 24 is a tactical-level exercise demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps Engineer and U.S. Navy Construction units to establish and sustain an advanced naval base, and expeditionary advanced bases, and contribute to maritime domain awareness. Marine Corps

Soldiers with the 61st Troop Command secure explosives in the demolition site in Camp Shelby, Mississippi, May 15, 2022. Engineers conduct route clearance operations training to uncover improvised explosive devices in a controlled environment.

220601-N-PG340-1137 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 1, 2022) Construction Equipment 3rd Class Brandon Siciliano, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, briefs Marines, with 7th Engineering Support Battalion, and Seabees during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

Alaska Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Rober Wolford, a Metals Technician assigned to the 168th Maintenance Squadron, cleans up debris as part of Operation Merbok Responce in Koyuk, Alaska Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

Members of the West Virginia National Guard CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) participate in a semi-annual Collective Training Exercise (CTE) evolution at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia, August 17, 2022. Approximately 193 personnel spent three days in the field learning and refining CERFP capabilities including Command and Control, Mass Casualty Decontamination, Search and Rescue, Communications, Medical Operations, and Fatality Search and Rescue Team functions. (U.S. Army National Guard photograph by Edwin L. Wriston)

PIERRE, S.D. -- Tech. Sgt. Eric Hoogendoorn and Staff Sgt. Adam Groff, both from the 114th Civil Engineers, help Pierre resident Deloren Krieger load sandbags into his vehicle. More than 300 South Dakota Air National Guard Airmen have been activated along the Missouri River in response to expected flooding.

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Paul Romero, a petroleum supply specialist assigned to the 877th Petroleum Support Company, prepares to recirculate fuel through the fuel pump system, a task that is required as part of daily operations at the Fuel System Supply Point during Combat Support Training Exercise 86-22-02 on Fort McCoy, Wisconsin Aug. 13, 2022. CSTX is an exercise developed to train Army Reserve units and Soldiers to deploy on short-notice and bring capable, combat-ready, and lethal capabilities in support of the Army and our joint partners anywhere in the world.

220921-N-PI330-2018 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 21, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Waylon Dicus, left, and Builder Constructionman Nou Moua, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), build stairs for a construction trainer on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 21, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

111124-M-IC831-153 PUERTO CASTILLO, Honduras (Nov. 24, 2011) Lance Cpl. Jose Ortiz, a combat engineer assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF), fills buckets with water for a Honduran service member to mix cement for a rifle range in Puerto Castillo. The Marines are supporting Amphibious-Southern Partnership Station 2012, an annual deployment of U.S naval assets in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Builder 2nd Class Austin Gatchell, from Lorain, Ohio, uses a measuring triangle while building a swing set at the Rove Childrens Park 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. 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.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 13, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 review project blueprints with Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 in preparation for building during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

TRIPLE ACE

Sgt. Micah Miller (Left) and Staff Sgt. Billy McCoy (right), explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to 722nd Ordnance Company Airborne (EOD), 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, conduct render safe procedures (RSP) during the EOD Team of the Year (ToY) competition 15-19 May on Fort Carson, Colorado.The Team of the Year competition is where explosive ordnance disposal technicians face off in challenging scenarios and are assessed on fitness, technical and tactical skills and response capabilities.

030312-M-3138H-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Shats, an engineer equipment operator with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group digs a trench for a defensive position, Military Operations in Urban Terrain Town, Eastern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 20, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

220928-N-PI330-1005 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 28, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) assemble the base of a bridge during a bridge building trainer course on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 28, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

Marines attend a brief delivered by their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Jerome Lynes, Commanding Officer Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to Marines and Army soldiers in his bivouac site at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The purpose of the briefing is to facilitate a smooth exchange of command from the Marines to the Army. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Alaska Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Robert Wolford (right), a metals technician assigned to the 168th Maintenance Squadron, and Alaska Army National Guard wheeled-vehicle mechanic Sgt. Jose Siordia fill sand bags to reinforce the Koyuk Native Store warehouse for Operation Merbok Response in Koyuk, Alaska, Sept. 28, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

Members of the 147th Attack Wing Aircraft Maintenance Squadron install a grounding rod at Scholes International Airport in Galveston, Texas on January 10, 2024. The Wing tested satellite launch and recovery operations at Scholes International Airport in Galveston as part of its innovative approach to the Agile Combat Employment Concept.

Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1158th Transportation Company load their vehicles and equipment on rail cars bound for Texas at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 10. The unit shipped its Heavy Equipment Transports and other unit equipment via rail to Texas in advance of an upcoming exercise. Wisconsin National Guard

050902-A-0527A-002. Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

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