Military Training Exercises

Soldiers participating in live-fire exercises and tactical maneuvers, reinforcing combat readiness in diverse terrains.

Service members in the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina train in tactical combat maneuvers at Kasarna Manjaca, Dobrnja, Bosnia-Herzegovina on July 17, 2022. The Maryland National Guard celebrates 20 years of its State Partnership Program with the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Members of the Medical Detachment and 1-169th Aviation Regiment from the Maryland Army National Guard trained alongside Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina in tactics, aviation, medical, and non-commissioned officer development

Security policeman SRA Alfred Lerma prepares to drop a white phosphorous mortar into an M-29 81mm mortar during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

980624-F-1108F-031. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060313-A-5043I-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 109TH INFANTRY

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nicky Manitzas, right, and Staff Sgt. Ryan Cardiff, center, assigned to 4th Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, coordinate their next tactical movement under the observation of a Finnish Observer Control Trainer (OC/T), left, during Exercise Arrow 22 at Säkylä Training Area, May, 11, 2022. Exercise Arrow is an annual, pre-planned, multinational exercise taking place in Finland, where visiting forces to include the U.S., U.K., Latvia, and Estonia, train together with the Finnish Defense Forces in high intensity force-on-force engagements and a live fire exercise with the purpose of increasing military readiness and developing interoperability among participating partner nations.

040419-F-1646R-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

030126-M-1852W-018. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3/12 HQ Btry

Soldiers of the Jaegerbataillon 292 train a combat situation at the Bundeswehr Combat Training Centre in Letzling The soldiers wear AGDUS equipment (Ausbildungsgeraet Duellsimulator), which can be used to simulate, document and analyse battles, Letzlingen, Germany, Europe

US Army General Dennis J. Reimer, CHIEF of STAFF, US Army, gets a brief from troops of 1-23rd Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Washington, during his visit to Fort Lewis,. GEN Reimer observed a Platoon Live Fire conducted by 1-23 IN, 3rd Brigade, 2nd ID at Fort Lewis Training Area. US army Lieutenant General George A. Crocker, Commander, I Corps and Fort lewis, Washington, (foreground), accompanied GEN Reimer. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041207-M-5573S-038. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Collin Nicholson, a mortarman with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division fires an M252 81 mm mortar system during Resolute Dragon 22 on Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral 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. Nicholson is a native of Mission Viejo, California.

970503-M-0416K-008. Complete Scene Caption: Lance Corporal (LCPL) W. J. Wilkerson with 1ST Platoon Weapons Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, adjusts LCPL D. M. Miller on target with his M240G Medium Machine Gun at range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) react to a simulated frontal contact while exchanging techniques, tactics, and procedures for patrolling with Italian San Marco Brigade Marines during a bilateral exercise at Massafra, Italy, Feb. 23, 2024. The 26th MEU(SOC), embarked aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) conducted Marine Air-Ground Task Force interoperability training with Italian San Marco Brigade Marines and maritime forces to maintain readiness in core mission essential tasks. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 26th MEU(SOC) is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. Marine Corps

Armed soldiers, photographed as part of a Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, observe members of the Northern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force reload an M270 Multiple Rocket Launch System during a bilateral demonstration at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 3, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral 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.

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220713-N-XG173-1179 Waimanalo, Hawaii (July 13, 2022) Republic of Korea Marines with 1st Assault Amphibian Vehicle Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct amphibious assault training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 worlds largest international 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 worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen with the 171st Air Refueling Wings Security Forces Squadron make their way through brush while on a reconnaissance patrol during a large-scale readiness exercise at the base in Pittsburgh, March 10, 2023. The multi-day large-scale readiness exercise involved Guardsmen from multiple sections on base working together to build skills needed to maintain readiness.

040322-F-4441R-016. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Philippine Marines prepare to fire their rifles during a combined-arms, live-fire exercise rehearsal during KAMANDAG 6 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base Philippines, Oct. 12, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Pfc. Chadallen J. Romero, from Penasco, N.M., with Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, conducts a base defense patrol with his unit around Forward Operating Base Zangabad May 23 in Panjwai district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The unit is patrolling to inspect and repair base defense obstacles.

060228-A-3733B-011. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE SHEPHERD Base: Hohenfels State: Bavaria Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: TF 1-26, 2ND BCT

An Oklahoma Army National Guard Soldier with Company B, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires his M320 Grenade Launcher while the assaulting fire team flanks the enemy during a squad training exercise at Fort Riley, Kan., March 25, 2023. 45th IBCT Soldiers conducted pre-mobilization training in preparation for their upcoming deployment as Task Force Tomahawk supporting operations across three East African countries.

U.S. Army First Sgt. Joseph Keienburg, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment,173rd Airborne Brigade, leads paratroopers assaulting an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

DM-ST-88-07892. Base: Virginia Beach State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine Corps 81mm mortarman with 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, carries an 81mm mortar system while supporting a company live-fire event as part of exercise Koolendong 22 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, July 13, 2022. Exercise Koolendong 22 is a combined and joint force exercise focused on expeditionary advanced base operations conducted by U.S. Marines, U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Airmen, and Australian Defence Force personnel.

050401-F-3340B-001. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-87-03418. Subject Operation/Series: PURPLE DUCK '86-12 Base: Norton Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020821-M-0175R-086. Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines attending the Infantry Officer's Training Course, train at the platoon based trench and grenade range 410A, located at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California (CA). Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070324-M-2166H-015. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) simulates setting an ambush during a practice exercise at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

From left, Norwegian army radio operator Pvt. Adrian Isaksen, assigned to Finnmark Land Command, waits for the platoon leader to relay information during exercise Ryske at Rovajärvi Training Area, Finland, July 27, 2022. Ryske 22 is a combined, joint training exercise conducted by the United States, Finland, and Norway to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between partner nations.

US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant (2LT) Patrick B. Davis with 3D Marine Division Communication Company, demonstrates the proper hand positions, as he prepares to repel at the Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines are expected to perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Ghana Special Operations work together to clear the surrounding area of a building during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

Security Forces Airmen Training with Flares

Paratrooper of French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment in entrenchments.

An M-60 machine gun crew from Co. B, 1ST Bn., 5th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., battles opposing forces during an airmobile assault at the Pohakuloa Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Norwegian Rapid reaction special forces FSK soldier patrolling in the forest. Field camo uniforms, combat helmet and eye-wear goggles are on. norwegian soldier in the forest

030204-M-7031A-002. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

Marines attached to the Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) Training facility, demonstrate a quick method on securing a building to the Mexican Navy Officials (not shown) during their visit at Camp Pendleton, California. Country: Unknown

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A soldier from the Mixed Air Defense Artillery Regiment 2 locks onto a UH-1 helicopter during his unit's participation in Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise. He is shouldering a FIM-43 Redeye Low Altitude Surface to Air missile. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Various units train at the Fort Dix MSCT (Medical Simulation Training Center) during their Combat Lifesaver Course. Army combat medics play a critical role by applying first aid and trauma care to simulated wounded Soldiers, but in some situations the first person to assist isn't always a certified medic. The course is intended to provide an intermediate step between the buddy aid-style basic life support taught to every soldier, and the advanced life support skills. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

040128-M-3843C-110. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSD 23

030508-M-7690B-061. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-273

MIAN POSHTEH, Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Marines with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, suppress enemy positions to protect the landing zone for a casualty evacuation helicopter in the middle of a six-hour firefight with Taliban insurgents here Aug. 13, 2009.

050428-F-3408B-031. State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030914-M-9023R-002. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Golf 2nd Bn 3rd Mar

Soldiers from Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and the United States conduct multinational field training exercise at the Cobat Training Center, Baturaja, Indonesia, August 8-9, 2022 as part of Exercise Super Garuda Shield. Super Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military and Indonesia National Armed Forces, has now expanded to 14 participating nation, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together. #SuperGarudaShield #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

A U.S. Army Soldier with the 1-114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires the M136 AT4 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 3, 2022. The AT4 is an 84mm unguided anti-armour weapon. It is effective in assaulting tanks and combat vehicles, landing craft, helicopter, aircraft and armoured vehicles.

Senior Airman Sean Meehan, left, and Staff Sgt. Kane Lawlor provide cover after a tactical air insertion with an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter April 10, 2014, at Fort Dix, N.J. The New Jersey National Guard participated in a joint training exercise with the Marine Corps. Meehan and Lawlor are tactical air control party specialists with the 227th Air Support Operations Squadron, New Jersey Air National Guard. The helicopter is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 150th Aviation Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard.

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, run with a log during a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 2, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, patrols through a forest during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the culminating event of a weapons and tactics package the course conducted that week.

Airmen from the 90th Missile Security Forces Squadron discuss actions taken during convoy training at Camp Guernsey, Wy. on April 21, 2022. Camp Guernsey hosted the Department of Energy during convoy training.

010507-M-0049P-004. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2001 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, provide security during Exercise Manticore in France, Sept. 22, 2022. Exercise Manticore is a French Army-led large scale exercise that integrated the Marines into a platoon-sized maneuver element to conduct offensive and defensive operations.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Ralls, an infantryman assigned to 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, speaks with a Soldier from the Tentara Nasional Indonesia while participating in a Pindad SS2 assault rifle range as part of Super Garuda Shield 2022 on Aug. 1, 2022 at Baturaja Training Area, Indonesia. Super Garuda Shield 2022, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. Military and Indonesian National Armed Forces, reinforces U.S. commitments to our allies and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

Members of the 4th Battalion, 84th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light), capture an enemy during the joint Australian/U.S. Army exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Base: Caravale Country: Australia (AUS)

Opposing forces (OPFOR) students prepare to do a two man breach over constantine wire during a training class. During the two-week class, operated by the 421st Ground Combat Readiness Squadron, Fort Dix, New Jersey, students are trained in doctrine, tactics, and customs of hostile countries. The OPFOR team acts as a training aid to the Phoenix Readiness Course, enabling realistic training scenarios in a variety of situations. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 200th Infantry Battalion, New Mexico Army National Guard provide cover fire as another Soldier manuvers over an obstacle during individual movement techniques as part of mobilization training at Fort Dix, N.J., Aug. 7, 2007.The unit is preparing for an upcoming deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Members of Co. B, 4th Bn., 27th Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light) practice shooting their M-16A1 rifles from prone position as they train for deployment to the Middle East to take part in Operation Desert Storm. The rifle of the soldier in the center is equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerospace Audiovisual Service photojournalist, SSGT Lee Schading, photographs an air base defense exercise during TEAM SPIRIT '86. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Unknown

American and Polish troops of the Bemowo Piskie Training Area came together to conduct a wet gap crossing training as well as learn about field training techniques.

030213-M-7031A-025. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

U. S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Castle Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, practice fire using a M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weaponduring a live-fire exercise at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, Dec. 6, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade 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.

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a live fire iteration during a combined arms maneuver live fire exercise (CAMLFEX) on Dec. 9, 2022, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. Our commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO allies. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs.)

030426-M-9892R-008. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 7th Marines

970628-M-9368G-007. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

TBILISI, Georgia -- Soldiers from 2nd Cavalry Regiment breach an obstacle during a training mission at Vaziani Military Base for Noble Partner 17. Noble Partner 17 (NP17) is a European Rotational Force (ERF) exercise of Georgia's light infantry company contribution to the NATO Response Force (NRF). The exercise provides participating nations with the opportunity to train in a multinational environment while enhancing cooperation and interoperability during realistic and challenging training events.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 30, 2022) Republic of Korea Marines debark Korean assault amphibious vehicles at Pyramid Rock Beach during an amphibious raid for a multinational littoral operations exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 30. 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 largest international 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 that began in 1971.

020222-A-2511W-063. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

040422-M-5882G-021. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031011-M-9382M-010. Subject Operation/Series: ROLLING THUNDER 2003 Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 10 Marines

SPEC. Raymond Humphrey and PFC. Shawn Creasy, Co. A, 1ST Bn., 508th Inf. (Airborne), prepare to fire an M-242 60mm motar on Empire Range 8A during a combined arms live-fire exercise. Base: Fort Kobbe Country: Panama(PAN)

060219-N-0553R-005. Base: Gulfport State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Naval Mobile Construction Battal

Israel Defense Force (IDF) Sgt. Roi Albik, center left, a visual information specialist assigned to IDF Combat Camera, takes a photo of teammate Sgt. Daniel Yastrijemski, assigned to IDF Combat Camera, during a Soldier's Skill Lane for Day 1 of the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 19, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 501st Military Police Company clear a building during squad level tactics training in Friedberg, Germany, April 4, 2007.

Lying on his belly, a combat rifle competitor fires an M-16A1 rifle as smoke from C-4 plastic explosive billows upward during the Defender Challenge '88. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030416-A-9968S-037. Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Reservist CPL Mejin with Echo Company 2nd Battalion 23rd Marines is the acting Observer Controller(OC) during Urban Warrior '99 Exercise being held at the Oakknoll Naval Hospital. Urban Warrior '99 is an experimental effort to prepare Marines for the urban battle spaces of the 21st Century. Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR '99 Base: Oakland State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020507-F-6844O-018. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2002 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British Forces Corporal Mark Holyday, a team member from the Royal Air Force Regiment, aims his 7.62mm L1A1 rifle at targets downrange in the Combat Rifle event of DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on October 31st, 2000. DEFENDER CHALLENGE is the annual Air Force 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)

U.S. Marines with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, construct a terrain map using materials from the surrounding area during an Advanced Infantry Marine Course, Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 26, 2023. AIMC is advanced infantry training designed to enhance and test Marines skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures.

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

A CH-47 Chinook idles on a grassy field with its engines running as medical teams armed with M-16 rifles from the 21st Combat Support Hospital, load their casualties single file onto the ramp. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry conduct military operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT) training near Mitrovica, Kosovo July 18, 2022. KFOR and its multinational partners are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement in Kosovo in a fair and impartial manner.

A Soldier assigned to the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School fires an M240B machine gun during tactical skills training as part of the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) at Camp Mackall, North Carolina January 9, 2023. Soldiers participated in SFQC training that tested their knowledge of small unit tactics and basic urban operations to ensure they possess the combat skills required to successfully operate on a Special Forces Operational Detatchment Alpha.

051028-A-2403G-011. Base: Giessen Army Post Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH ADA, C BTRY 5/7 ADA

070324-M-6412C-035. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, C Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion use a metal detector to search for weapons caches used by Anti Iraqi Forces in the Zaidon area during Operation Zaidon II on March 23, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

DA-SC-85-06402. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

On February 24th, 2000, at Training Area 73, Fort Hood, Texas, a Soldier from 1ST Platoon, A Company, 1ST of the 9th Cavalry, 1ST Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, fires on targets with a M60 Machine Gun during Bradley Table XII Platoon Qualifications. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines run out of the back of an AAVP-71 amphibious assault vehicle while conducting a beach assault demonstration during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Manta Country: Ecuador(ECU)

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) coordinate a target with the AH-64 Apache aircrafts, assigned to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, during a live fire range for Exercise Ample Strike 22 in Czech Republic, Sept. 6, 2022. The exercise is a regular Czech Republic JTAC-led exercise focused on advanced air and land training, strengthening U.S. and NATO Allies capabilities, and defending against adversaries in the European Theater.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division prepare for a fire mission during Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.2 at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Aug. 29, 2022. ARTP is an exercise held to strengthen the defense of Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, overlook an explosion during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 1, 2022. The purpose of a MCCRE is to formally evaluate the units combat readiness in preparation for deployment.

GREYWOLF Troopers, assigned to 1-12 Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a platoon STX, Oct. 26, 2022. Training events like these promote readiness throughout the unit and help soldiers prepare for situations they may face on the battlefield.

A Marine driving an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) leads a convoy during Exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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