Military Training Exercises

Images capturing soldiers during various training exercises, emphasizing teamwork, strategy, and preparation for deployment.

Paratrooper of French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment covers himself from an explosion.
Paratrooper of French 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment covers himself from an explosion.
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Leadership of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and German soldiers conduct a walk-through on a range before a live-fire exercise at Oberlausitz Training Area, Germany, May 13, 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.
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060128-A-2277C-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: International Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, walk through a field during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to conduct counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.
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220414-N-PG340-1001 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (April 14, 2022) Utilitiesman 2nd Class Evan Duran with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 fires a M240B machine gun during the battalions squad leader field training exercise at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are 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.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Francisco Tiradolopez, motor transport operator, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division prepares a turret for a mounted blank M240 convoy training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Dec. 7, 2022. The purpose of the training was to sustain and develop basic operator skills critical to survival in an expeditionary maritime environment and learn skills necessary to accomplish regimental mission essential tasks.
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U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, patrol through a simulated town while scanning for improvised explosive devices during IED response training on Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 22, 2022. The training expanded EOD technicians' knowledge and proficiency to locate the threat, cordon and control the area, and mitigate the explosive hazards encountered during real world operations.
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030416-A-9968S-020. Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine Corps recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, perform a bear crawl during a combat conditioning course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 24, 2022. The combat conditioning course was designed to increase recruits' stamina and ability to perform Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques.
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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade provide suppressive fire on 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.
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Security police and disaster preparedness personnel, wearing chemical warfare gear, participate in a chemical warfare exercise during Reforger (Coronet Rawhide). Subject Operation/Series: REFORGERCORONET RAWHIDE Base: Sola Air Base Country: Norway (NOR)
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At the Combat Arms Training firing range, General Major Aleksandr Pavlovich Lukin (Deputy CHIEF, Main Operations Directorate, General STAFF, Armed Forces of the SRF), foreground, and General Major Rudol'lf Romanovich Shmykov (SRF Directorate CHIEF) fire off some practice grenades from M-16s with 40mm grenade launchers. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and search and rescue medical technicians with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, connect Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sunday Tople with 1st Medical Battalion, onto a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk during search and rescue hoist training at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Barrigada, Guam, June 15, 2022. Hospital Corpsman and nurses maintain proficiencies in search and rescue efforts while participating in exercise Valiant Shield 2022. Exercise such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
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A French Soldier with the 4th Airmobile Brigade conduct patrolling operations during Exercise Manticore in France, Sept. 23, 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.
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220715-A-LY216-1009 WAHIAWA, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) U.S. Naval Special Warfare Sailors walk onto a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter for military freefall 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.
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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment cross an open danger area while concealed by smoke at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 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. (U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Luke Michalski)
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First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton view Camp Alicia from atop the main gate tower/bunker. SSG David Anderson, Alpha Company, First Squadron, Fourth Cavalry points out the layout and surrounding area. Camp Alicia is located in a section of the Zone of Separation. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Alicia State: Milici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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Three CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopters fly over the beach as U.S. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, one with an M-16A2 rifle, participate in Operation Red Reef III, an exercise to train Saudi Marines. Subject Operation/Series: RED REEF III Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)
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Airmen from the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron disassemble a tent during a Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force training event in Belleville, Illinois, July 14, 2022. The Prime BEEF rehearsal utilized various units from the 375th CES simulating a deployment environment.
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Original Film Title: COLD MOUNTAIN. English Title: COLD MOUNTAIN. Film Director: ANTHONY MINGHELLA. Year: 2003. Copyright: Additional copyright to be cleared with Visual Icon (www.visual-icon.com).
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Members of the 47th Civil Engineering Squadron set up camp during exercise RIPE WARRIOR. Subject Operation/Series: RIPE WARRIOR Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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060507-A-1067B-006. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Paintball, camouflage and team playing a match for fun, fitness and extreme sports with guns. Army, weapons and group of military people practicing or training for a game on an outdoor battlefield.
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Doherty, team leader, 702nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 15th Engineer Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, walks toward a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the Northern Challenge 22 training exercise, Keflavik, Iceland, October 5, 2022. Northern Challenge 22 is a two-week multi-national EOD exercise hosted by the Icelandic Coast Guard in coordination with NATO allies to actively engage EOD operators from 14 nations in real-life scenarios on land and in maritime situations. Experiences, tactics, techniques and procedures acquired are shared amongst intelligence and operators of participating nations to enhance interoperability.
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Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 3 take part in the Marine Corps martial arts program at Camp Dwyer in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2009. RCT-3 is deployed in order to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan security forces in southern Afghanistan.
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Marine recruits huddle in a fighting hole during a map reading class. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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020518-F-2902B-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Matak Country: Afghanistan (AFG)
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Infantrymen of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
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U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, walk down-range as part of as part of an explosive excavation range during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, May 14, 2022. Eagle Wrath is an annual Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.
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Escorted by dozens of children, Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Cesaitis exits the site of a future park in Qalat, Afghanistan during a site visit Oct. 28. Sergeant Cesaitis is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Soldiers assigned to the Hellenic XXV Armored Brigade stand together for a photo after the completion of wet gap crossing training on Oct. 11, 2022, near Petrochori Training Area, Greece. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies.
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U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), gather maritime surveillance data using a Data Metrix Code 120 field antenna during an expeditionary advance base operation exercise at W-174, Okinawa, Japan on Feb. 6, 2023. The EAB exercise reinforced Marines and Sailors abilities to gather maritime and airspace intelligence by employing radars and relaying the information back to commanders aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6). The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of USS 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.
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060219-A-5745M-073. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE
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U.S. Marine Corps Combat Skills Program (CSP) participants execute a live fire range on Camp Devil Dog in Jacksonville, North Carolina, June 9, 2022. The CSP included training in convoy operations, patrolling, creating skirmish holes, and live fire ranges to reinstate the combat mindset that every Marine is a rifleman.
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(Right) U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Sauer with the 2nd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, briefs American and Kuwaiti Stryker M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicle crews, during Dragon Defender, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 13, 2023. The M1135 NBCRV is equipped with a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear warfare detection system which will keep the crew compartment airtight and provide nuclear, biological, and chemical detection and surveillance for battlefield hazard visualization. Dragon Defender is a bilateral training exercise between the American and Kuwaiti military that allows both nations to grow in their partnership and allow for future joint operations. Both nations work together to build tactics, techniques, and procedures that will allow them to work seamlessly in the future together.
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040519-F-6701P-035. Base: Hammana Country: Lebanon (LBN) Scene Major Command Shown: SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND EUROP
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U.S. Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, detonate ordnance during a live demolition range during exercise Archipelago Endeavor 22 (AE22) on Berga Naval Base, Sept. 13, 2022. AE22 is an integrated field training exercise that increases operational capability and enhances strategic cooperation between the U.S. Marines and Swedish forces.
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010515-M-2892H-001. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Combat Camera Team
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Right side front view medium shot of US Marine STAFF Sergeant Pitchford, Company Gunny Sergeant from Headquarters and Service Company, 5th Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, as he gathers up his MC5 parachute after successfully jumping from a US Air Force C-141 Starlifter (Not shown) during the Force Reconnaissance Exercises at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A member of the Pathfinder Platoon collapses his parachute after a HALO jump
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040319-M-7514K-016. Base: Camp H. M. Smith State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Army soldiers participate in a Change of Command Ceremony for outgoing commander U.S. Army Lt. Col. Derek Drouin and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Levi Thompson, the new commander of 6-9 Cavalry Regiment at a ceremony in Poland, Sept. 12, 2022. The change of command ceremony is a tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility from the outgoing commander to the incoming commander.
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Pakistani boys unload food from an U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter for their families who have been affected by flood waters north of Myra, Pakistan, Sept. 21. Pakistan and it's people, have been recovering from record floods over the recent weeks and many roads were completely destroyed.
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U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines conduct a live-fire sniper range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 16, 2022. The training improved the Marines proficiency at the tactical level and developed critical marksmanship skills. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
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DA-SC-85-06423. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chun Chon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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DA-SC-86-08892. Base: Hwachon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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A U.S. Army Special Operations Soldier tosses his pack after landing and gathering his parachute in the drop zone at Le Mont Saint Michel, France, June 8, 2022. Airborne operations during this time of year honor past Ally paratroopers who descended along the Cotentin Peninsula during World War II.
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Soldiers walk into a training town, taken 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
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Ukranian russian war, soldiers siluetts on batterfield with ukranian flag colors in background. Ukranian russian war
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U.S. Marines and civilians gather to plant blue windmills in support of Child Abuse Prevention Monthaboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., April 4, 2023. The blue pinwheel representsinnocence and is a national symbol for child abuse prevention.