Military Training Operations

Images of military personnel conducting training exercises in arid environments, showcasing teamwork and tactical maneuvers with firearms.

Equipped and armed special forces soldiers shooting rifles in the desert.

U.S. Army Sgt. Joey Cruz, designated marksman, helps Sgt. Joey Toves, forward observer, get his equipment down the mountain after completing their dry-fire exercise at the Arta-11 Range in Djibouti Sept. 18, 2007. Both Soldiers are from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment.

Two soldiers with rifles during army operation in the desert.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, take cover behind an Australian Defence Force M113 medium reconnaissance vehicle at the urban operations training facility at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia, July 22 during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2009. Talisman Saber '09 is a combined arms and joint training evolution designed to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations that will improve combat readiness and interoperability.

070312-M-2740R-027. Base: USS Batann (LHD 5) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU

040323-M-9362G-006. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers of Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division breach a doorway during a patrol to investigate a house based improvised explosive device that prematurely detonated in Khatoon, Iraq, Oct. 19, 2007.

U.S. Army Infantrymen assigned to the East Africa Response Force (EARF) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), expend mortar rounds during a mortar range training, Djibouti, May 31, 2022. The EARF serves as part of U.S. Africa Commands crisis response capability, and is tasked with responding to emergency situations at U.S. Embassies in the East African region or in countries around the CJTF-HOA area of interest.

040411-M-5440-003. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Col. Brian S. Christmas (right), commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, speaks to India Company commander, Capt. Bill Hefty, commanding officer of India Company, 3/6, in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers are conducting counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid the city of Taliban presence and intimidation.

060110-A-3749Z-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob Orgun-E Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-508TH ABN IN 173RD ABN BDE

U.S. Marine fires an HE fragmentation round from the RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher in a wadi near Kunduz, Afghanistan.

A U.S. Army Soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment searches for three missing Soldiers in Yusifiyah, Iraq, May 14, 2007.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Wilson Steward, a fireteam member assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Americal from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, conduct live fire pistol training, Sept. 22, 2022, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Air Forces 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron facilitate and occasionally conduct Joint Force training with the U.S. Army on PSABs firing range. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards.

U.S. Marine With a LAW, or Light Anti-Tank Rocket and a Milkor MGL M32 40mm Multiple Grenade Launcher During a Pre-Mission Brief at a Remote, Austere, U.S. Marine Corps Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, provides suppression against the enemy on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, May 16, 2022. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

041110-F-0848C-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Team of United States airborne infantry men patrolling the desert. S

041111-M-4329J-044. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40603

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait-U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3-157th Field Artillery Regiment fire a M-240B at the range during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition. BSC 2022 measures the abilities of squads to perform physical and mental challenges as a cohesive team.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Robert Sullivan, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), participates in a Green Flag-West 24-04 training exercise on Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 13, 2024. The tactical development exercise is designed to ensure EOD Technicians are prepared to carry out the 99th Civil Engineer Squadrons mission both at home and in a deployed environment. Air Force

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

040811-F-0193C-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (2nd IBCT), 25th Infantry Division (25th ID), puts together an M2 machine gun while attacking an objective during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center rotation 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC uses training scenarios specific to certain environments to train the 2nd IBCT, 25th ID with joint, allied and partnered forces in conditions in which they would fight.

021130-A-5868H-039. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lowa State: Kohi Sofi Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050625-A-9039F-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktika Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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Sgt. Patrick R. Stephens, right, squad leader with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, signals Lance Cpl. Mark W. Briggs before extraction by in UH-1 helicopters from an urban training range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a helicopter raid exercise Oct. 12, 2009. Sixteen Marines landed on the outskirts of the range in four UH-1 helicopters and stormed the buildings from all sides searching for two insurgent leaders, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Stephens, 25, is a native of Austin, Texas, and Briggs, 25, is Salt Lake City-native.

Artillery Soldiers with Alpha "Gator" Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, "Task Force 82", prepare a howitzer during sling-load training at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Jan. 9, 2024. UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from 3rd Attack Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, supported the 101st Airborne Division Artillery Soldiers by moving M119 howitzers by air to increase proficiency in their warfighting tasks.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Raymond Bauer, carries Lance Cpl. Clarence Terry, both motor transportation operators with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, to a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during an Advanced Motorized Operational Course for Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 23, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver as well as offensive and defensive operations during combat.

A group of U.S. Army and Partner Nation Paratroopers boards a CH-47 F Chinook Helicopter during Leapfest 2016 at the University of Rhode Island, West Kingston, R.I., August 6, 2016. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community.

Two Soldiers from Task Force Griz of the 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Cavalry Regiment performed a breach operation under the cover of an M18 colored smoke grenade during the combined arms live fire exercise on Camp Buehring, Kuwait May 26, 2022.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait to board a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 162 during a special purpose insertion and extraction exercise in Djibouti March 24, 2010. The Marines performed a series of sustainment and joint exercises with French and Djiboutian service members. The Marines are on a seven-month deployment aboard Nassau Amphibious Ready Group vessels as the theater reserve force for Central Command.

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, exploit a breach during the Sapper Leaders Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 11, 2022. The Sapper Leaders Course provides combat engineer squad leaders with the technical and tactical proficiency required to provide mobility, counter mobility and survivability to infantry company commanders.

071109-A-2013C-022 Paratroopers from 1st Battalion (Airborne), 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, pull security for trucks clearing a route to a new district center in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 10.

U.S. Army Pfc. Angel Marrero, assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conducts a patrol in Karadah, Iraq, March 19, 2008.

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division gather their equipment before boarding a CH-47F Chinook that serves with the Task Force Flying Dragons, or 1st General Support Aviation Battalion., 25th Avn. Regiment, 16th Combat Avn. Brigade, in the Nawa Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, May 25, 2014. The Flying Dragons flew in support of a joint air assault in which Soldiers conducted a search for illegal weapons on various compounds throughout the valley.

Soldiers of "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), the White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, rest during a rugged climb toward an objective in the mountains of ADI Ghar, during a combat patrol in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) fires a Javelin anti-tank missile near Al Asad Air Base (AAAB), Iraq, Sept. 26, 2018. The Javelin was a part of a live-fire, react to contact training exercise involving M2A1 and M240B machine guns. AAAB is a CJTF-OIR enhanced partner capacity location dedicated to training partner forces and enhancing their effectiveness.

U.S. Army Capt. Salvatore Candela and other Soldiers of Bravo Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Calvary Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division take a knee while patrolling the streets on a mission in Al Haymer, Iraq, July 12, 2007.

030827-M-7837W-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Blaire Airfield, Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare to load an M777A2 lightweight 155mm howitzer during an indirect fire training exercise as part of Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 2022. Steel Knight is an annual combined arms live-fire exercise which ensures 1st MARDIV is optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces, and is purpose-built to facilitate future operations afloat and ashore.

040626-F-4884R-007. Base: Lsa Anaconda State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060104-A-7359K-141. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

Members of the 101st Airborne Division, armed with M-16A1 rifles, participate in the joint Exercise Bright Star '83. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participate in a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

041112-A-1067B-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Wortman, a mortar team member of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, originally from La Plata, Md., observes the mountain range around Forward Operating Base Kalagush on Oct. 30, 2010. Situational awareness ensures the safety and security of the PRT. PRTs operating in Afghanistan focus on improving the government's ability to provide security and improve the nation's capacity.

030301-M-0367H-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Jan

Maj. Bryan Ahlborn and Sgt. 1st Class David McAfee, Regional Health Command, is the first team to cross the finish line during the last event of the 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. (photo by Staff Sgt. Desmond Cassell)

030110-M-0175R-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Marines with Bravo Company, 2nd Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a live fire exercise with members of the Omanian Army April 11. This range allowed the Marines to fire a series of drills with their Omanian counterparts allowing both forces the chance to become familiar with each other's weapons systems.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Steven Lucking, with Regimental Combat Team 7, provides security as U.S. Soldiers with the 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company conduct a survey of a river in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 10, 2009. Regimental Combat Team 3 is deployed to Afghanistan to train and mentor Afghan National Security Forces and help fight counterinsurgency forces at the request of the Afghan government.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. John Rauch, from Long Beach, Mississippi, a forward air-control officer assigned to Headquarters Company, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division coordinates close air support in a training exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Urban Training Complex Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 9, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pagano and Spc. Robert Howard, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery, 1st Armored Division, complete battle drill five, knocking out a bunker, during the Iron Squad Competition at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 21, 2022. Knocking out a bunker consists of capturing and forcing the withdrawal of enemy personnel all while fighting against an enemy counterattack. The Iron Squad Competition is a four-day event designed to test each squad and individual competitors physical stamina, Warrior Tasks and Battle Drill skills and military knowledge. The winning squad will advance to compete in the III Corps Best Squad Competition later this year at Fort Hood.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a road march after an airborne operation onto Hohenfels Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 7, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. 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

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment conduct a road march after an airborne operation onto Hohenfels Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 7, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. 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

Finnish soldiers assigned to the Satakunta Jaeger Battalion, and U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, train on the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Niinisalo, Finland, July 21, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

040422-M-9362G-019. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgts. Danieto Bacchus, left, and Robert Newman, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe, drink chai tea at an Afghan National Army outpost near Forward Operating Base Baylough, Zabul, Afghanistan, March 18, 2009.

Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment TOP GUNS”, 2nd Brigade Combat Team STRIKE”, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct Elevator Drills as part of Sling Load Operations with UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter Pilots assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment on July 18, 2022, at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. 101st units will support V Corps mission to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises with partners across the European continent to reassure our Nations allies.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jesse Mong, a machinist with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Group (Experimental), 3rd Marine Logistics Group, left, guides Staff Sgt. Erik Quinteros, a motor transport maintenance chief also with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, during a table three through six and combat marksmanship program range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 16, 2022. The purpose of the range was to improve the battalion's organic combat marksmanship capabilities and to train the core position safety officers for subsequent company ranges. 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.

Security police exit an armored personnel carrier take their positions in a flight against "aggressor forces" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Justin Eisinger, a combat arms training and maintenance instructor with the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, instructs Master Sgt. Kourtney Haggins, the first sergeant of the 378th ESFS, on how to aim with an M18 pistol at Prince Sultan Air Bases firing range, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 8, 2022. The 378th ESFS invited the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing leadership out to see some of the squadrons equipment and feel its capabilities firsthand.

061211-A-2519G-081. Base: Kirkuk State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041230-M-3988H-022. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Pfc. Scott Frank, from Dallas, Texas, with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment and Afghan Uniformed Police provide security at an AUP checkpoint during a visit by International Security Assistance Forces March 19, in Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. ISAF soldiers were conducting an assessment of the checkpoint and meeting with leaders.

031208-M-6237R-003. Base: Mcb, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait-U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3-157th Field Artillery Regiment fire a M-240B at the range during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition. BSC 2022 measures the abilities of squads to perform physical and mental challenges as a cohesive team.

Private First Class (PFC) Chris Peterson fires his 40mm M203 grenade launcher at caves during a combat patrol in the mountains of ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040217-M-6795S-008. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

060706-A-0559K-051. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Orlando Arocho, a Rifleman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, looks through the sights of an M136 AT-4 Light Anti-Armor Weapon (LAW) while providing security during an operation in Khowst Province, Afghanistan. The 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines are engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Salerno State: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, prepare a PJ Sked during a joint service hoist training with U.S. Army Medical Evacuation aircrew members assigned to the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade on July 6, 2022 at an undisclosed location. Joint service training allows for the sharing of best practices for patient and medic extraction and infiltration.

060206-A-6311S-182. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE PASSAGE Base: Southern Mamadia Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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030217-M-4419R-016. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment conduct a clearing mission in Duwebb, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2008.

030228-M-5150A-010. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Staff Sgt. Gary Shaffer, a member of the Mississippi Army National Guard, serving with the Zabul Agribusiness Development Team, stands guard during a visit to the proposed site for a new slaughterhouse in Qalat, Afghanistan.

Philippine and U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a combined arms live-fire event during KAMANDAG 6 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 13, 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.

U.S. Army Spc. Thaxal Potter, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, provides security during a mission in Farah City, Dec. 26. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise, and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district, and provincial levels in Farah province, Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Equipped and armed special forces soldier with sniper rifle, close-up.

Afghan Army soldier Din Mohamad observes as Lance Cpl. Cletus L. Eicher, a mortarman with Combined Action Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, sets a direction of fire at Range Juarez, Afghanistan, during a mission rehearsal Aug. 28, 2010. Eicher is from Lewisburg, Pa.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Marissa Loya, a female engagement team (FET) commanding officer, crawls through a doorway during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 30, 2010. The FET worked with infantry Marines by engaging women and children in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

020723-A-5790R-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Narizah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030301-M-5150A-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Three combat-ready Marines prepare an M-60A1 machine gun for firing on range 410. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 272 carry a container at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 30, 2023. VMM-261 trained to support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. VMM-261 and MWSS-272 are subordinate units of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Army Spc. Jordan Duffy, a forward observer assigned to 1st Platoon, Apache Company, Team Apache, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force 4-25, provides security from the top of a hill in Black Rock, Khowst province, Afghanistan, July 31, 2012. Team Apache conducted the patrol to investigate a previous attack to Combat Outpost Bak.

Cpl. Bobby Liverman, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, clears an area during Operation Southern Strike III in the village of Jandad Kalay, district of Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2012. Liverman is from Jacksonville, N.C.

U.S. Marine patrols a wadi near Konduz, Afghanistan clearing it for a range exercise.

060717-N-6901L-084. Base: Al Mushahada State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Three Marines climb the side of a berm as they move forward into attack positions during Operation DESERT STORM. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030228-M-5150A-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

060706-A-0559K-016. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

040810-A-9930K-026. U.S. Army Soldiers, 1st Brigade, 168th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division, provide security from their High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a mission in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Aug. 10, 2004, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Kaufman) (Released)

UH-60 Black Hawks from A Company, 3-142nd Assault Helicopter Company, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare to airdrop soldiers from A Company, 1-67th Armor Regiment, 2-4th Infantry Division during a training exercise on Dec. 28, 2013, outside of Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, is currently deployed overseas to operate rotary winged aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

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