Modern Military Exercises

Images of military personnel in tactical training and readiness exercises, showcasing modern equipment and operations.

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Members of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), positioned in a foxhole keep watch during a breaching exercise. The soldiers are armed with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon and M16 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry-West, Hawaii Detachment, scans his surroundings while on a patrol during an Advanced Infantry Marine Course, Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 27, 2023. AIMC is advanced infantry training designed to enhance and test Marines skills with a focus on reinforcing proper patrols and operational procedures.

220919-N-VJ326-1265 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 19, 2022) - Damage Controlman Fireman Juan Recinos, from Austin, Texas, fights a simulated fire during damage control training aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 19, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christian Magliocca, a loadmaster assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron, prepares for a night airdrop from a C-17 Globemaster III near Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, June 28, 2022. The aircrew members performed nighttime airdrop maneuvers in South Carolina to sharpen their mission readiness.

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An MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 1st Special Operations Squadron releases training flares during a flight over the Pacific Ocean, March 27, 2023. During a real-world contingency, the flares would be used as a countermeasure to confuse and redirect heat seeking missiles that might be targeting the aircraft.

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220330-N-ZM469-068 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- An international security force professional participates in the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School Technical Welding and Applied Repairs course at command headquarters located on the Stennis Space Center in South Mississippi.The Semester 22-3 class recently graduated during a formal ceremony hosted by Cmdr. Don Speights, NAVSCIATTS commanding officer

SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 30, 2022) Gas Turbine Systems Technician (Mechanical) 3rd Class Mykeal Shanks, from Miami, conducts routine maintenance aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Baum mans an M240B machine gun while playing as an opposing forces member during military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) training at Fort Dix, N.J. on Nov. 19. Baum is a security forces specialist from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Alvinjason Aranda, 325th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspection craftsman, checks a piece of a firearm at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, June 14, 2022. Airmen trained in the NDI flight use black lights to detect cracks or breaks in pieces of equipment to save resources by determining what can be fixed in-house instead of sending assets off-base for repairs.

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U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition participate in a night land navigation test on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 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 under stress and extreme fatigue.

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition participate in a night land navigation test on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 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 under stress and extreme fatigue.

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, Wash. (Oct. 13, 2022) - U.S. Navy Machinists Mate (Nuclear) 3rd Class Nathanael Easley, from Blountville, Tenn., inspects the ceiling for damage during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is undergoing a docking planned incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility where the ship is receiving scheduled maintenance and upgrades.

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Two 31st Rescue Squadron pararescuemen prepare their equipment for a jump over the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 5, 2022. The 31st RQS routinely trains different scenarios so that whatever rescue situation they find themselves in, they can complete the mission successfully.

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Airmen of the 139th Maintenance Group, Missouri Air National Guard, sweep the area in Post Attack Reconnaissance, or PAR, teams during a base-wide Large Scale Readiness Exercise at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, St. Joseph, Missouri, on June 4, 2022. PAR sweeps assess any damage caused by opposing forces, allowing leadership to determine the best course of action to take when resuming normal operations.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Chantal Hogue, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management apprentice, and Senior Airman Brandon Burgess, 20th Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenvironmental engineering journeyman, search for a simulated chemical agent during an integrated base emergency response capability training exercise at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Dec. 10, 2014. After the two verified the found chemicals, they radioed their emergency response team to seek handling instructions.

$Staff Sgt. Evan Kidd performs a magnetic particle inspection on bolts used on a C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., May 9, 2012. The inspection tests for fractures in the metal. Kidd is a non-destructive inspector with the 437th Maintenance Squadron.$

A U.S. Air Force firefighter with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, radios in a fire during training with Royal Saudi Air Force firefighters at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 24, 2022. The host nation integration firefighting and other partnership training help the USAF and RSAF forge a resolute partnership while showing potential regional aggressors PSABs capabilities and how together the sum is greater than the parts.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jack Nelson, an antitank missile gunner with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, communicates on the radio while conducting military operations on urbanized terrain training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 5, 2024. MOUT training provides the organization, planning, and knowledge needed to be successful when conducting operations in an urban environment. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Combat medics work through the blood lab” at the Department of Combat Medic Training at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The school has two blood labs” in which the students sharpen their skills as soldier medics. One lab simulates the scene of a suicide bombing in a market place, and the other simulates a bombing in an office building.

Senior Airmen Jonathan Harvey, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) Specialists with the 106th Rescue Wing, demonstrates how to contact friendly forces during survival training at the US Army's Jungle Operations Training Course in Hawaii on March 7, 2017.US Air National Guard Photos by Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy

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Members Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea's Fire Department, dressed in aluminized proximity gear, prepare to rescue a pilot from a burning A-10 Thunderbolt II during Exercise BEVERLY MIDNIGHT. The exercise is designed to test people's ability to carry out their wartime tasking, air base ground defense, and ability to recover after attacks. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MIDNIGHT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Staff Sgt. Robert Smith, 11th Civil Engineer Squadron heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) technician, from Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C., loosens a bolt during routine maintenance of HVAC systems at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 12, 2022. HVAC technicians are at the forefront of dirty jobs, often finding themselves covered in sludge, slime and liquids as a part of the maintenance process.

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France, Brittany, Quevert, 2020-12-31. New Year s Eve party, or Saint-Sylvestre, of a group of young people during the Covid-19 crisis as France emerges from containment and a curfew is in force. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Quevert, le 2020-12-31. La fete du Nouvel An, ou encore Saint-Sylvestre d un groupe de jeune durant crise de la Covid-19 alors que la France sort du confinement et qu un couvre-feu est en vigueur. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

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A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hold security during Reconnaissance/Counter-Reconnaissance (RXR) training at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, April 11, 2022. RXR training hones Marines' capability to operate forward within an adversarys weapons engagement zone to provide integrated deterrence by providing commanders options to fight for information across all domains, hold adversarial targets at risk, and provide critical links for naval and joint fires.

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Staff Sgt. Joel Kelehar, a 100th Maintenance Squadron non-destructive inspection craftsman, dips a KC-135 Stratotanker accumulator into a hydrophilic remover Feb. 3, 2016, on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. The bath removes any excess penetrant that a simple rinse of water is not able to do.

220626-N-XN177-2080 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 26, 2022) - An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 prepares to take off from the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 26, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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CDR Justin Meeker, officer-in-charge (OIC) Aviation Survival Training Center (ASTC) Pensacola (foreground left) gestures toward staff and student as he gives a tour and explains safety procedures to the Deputy Navy Surgeon General Rear Adm. Rick Freedman and Force Masterchief PatrickPaul Mangaran at ASTC Pensacola pool as part of an official visit, Feb. 7. Naval Survival Training Institute (NSTI), a detachment of NMOTC, is comprised of eight ASTCs across the country and a headquarters unit which specialize in training the pilots, aircrew, and service members who support other specialized communities in the survival skills and techniques to survive aviation emergencies. NMOTC is comprised of six nationwide detachments that offer specialized medical training in the fields of aviation, aviation survival, surface and undersea warfare, expeditionary and special operations medicine. Navy

An aerial view of the capsized Philippine destroyer escort ship DATU KALANTIAW (PS-76) during Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (ARRS) operation. State: Cayalan Island Country: Philippines

141018-N-AC887-002MARINETTE, Wis. (Oct. 18 , 2014) Ship's sponsor Barbara Levin breaks a bottle of champagne across the bow during the christening ceremony for the littoral combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Detroit (LCS 7) at Marinette Marine Corp. shipyard in Marinette, Wis.

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221005-N-VX158-1262 SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 5, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jarred Firebaugh, a native of Woodbury, Minn., explains the importance and capabilities of his camouflage to a tour guest aboard the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW). SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas Sea services. During Fleet Week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

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Translucent-skin skull models sit on display as part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Commands Capability Days event, Fort Detrick, Md., April 6, 2023. Medical development industry representatives joined the USAMRDC team here to learn about the continuum of combat casualty care, from moment of injury through aerial medical evacuation, and the capabilities USAMRDC and its subordinate units are currently developing for the U.S. Joint Force. The USAMRDC Capability Days event is the culmination of months of planning between the command and teams with its subordinate units and is an opportunity for the U.S. Armys premier medical development commands - under the USAMRDC umbrella - to showcase the latest technologies under development for Americas Warfighters.

060227-A-5747J-064. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION KATRINA/IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Brassfield-Mora State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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230410-N-XK462-3147 PHILIPPINE SEA (April 10, 2023) A U.S. Navy Sailor directs aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is in U.S. 7th Fleet conducting routine operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Boatswain Mate 2nd Class Marcus Murphy, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Shoup (DDG 86), conducts chock and chain operations on an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 15, 2022. Shoup is underway to participate in a Live Fire With A Purpose exercise.

A U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) (BUD/S) trainees struggle in a mud pit during a "hell week" exercise. Phase I of BUD/S training concludes with "hell week," when students' physical, emotional and mental abilities are tested under adverse conditions. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, March 6, 2012 - A Talon remote-controlled robot investigates a simulated improvised explosive device during an emergency response training event.

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Ensign Ian Reilly poses for a photo aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) July 28, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brittney Manchester, 2d Audiovisual Squadron visual production specialist, films for a practice run of the B-21 Raider unveiling ceremony at Northrop Grummans manufacturing facility on Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, Dec. 1, 2022. The B-21 is designed with an Open Systems Architecture that will allow for rapid future capability integration to keep pace in highly-contested threat environments.

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221208-N-IV962-1051PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 8, 2022) - Ensign Brendon Garcia performs proper baton handling and striking after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray, also known as pepper spray, during Navy Security Force Sentry (NSFS) training aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 8, 2022. The NSFS course is designed to reinforce ships self-defense force against any threat to the ship or its personnel. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to enhance interoperability with Allies and partners and serve as a ready-response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Jamaal Parsons-Bey, a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, struggles against his opponent during the MMA Fight Night event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 23, 2022. Marine Corps Community Services hosted Fight Night for the service members stationed at MCAGCC to give them the opportunity to enjoy live entertainment closer to home.

Nearly 30 Soldiers assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team distributed food to the local community April 21, 2020 at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. More than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were activated March 18, 2020 to support food distribution efforts at 12 locations across Ohio, serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.

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SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 8, 2022) Navy Diver 2nd Class Nick Gardener, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 1, plays tic-tac-toe during a humanitarian assistance exhibition at Marina Green as a part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) 2022, Oct. 8, 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During Fleet Week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pablo Gavillan, 801st Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer Training Squadron heating, ventilation and air conditioning contingency training instructor, is dressed in a mask at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 14, 2022. The 801st RHTS hosts an annual haunted trail at the Silver Flag exercise site to encourage strong community relationships between Tyndall and the surrounding population.

A view of the forward saddle on the port side of the guided missile cruiser SHILOH (CG-67) on the day before the ship's launch at the Bath Iron Works Corp. shipyard. Base: Bath State: Maine (ME) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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U.S. Marines and Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, and 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division coordinate a joint fire mission for the combined arms live-fire exercise during Balikatan 22 at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Tarlac, Philippines, March 30, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. BK22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

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U.S. Army Soldiers, with the New Jersey National Guard's Reconnaissance and Sniper Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-114th Infantry Regiment, participate in a ghillie wash at the Fort Dix Ranges on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 25, 2023. The Soldiers use sand, water and mud, all in an effort to perfect their suits camouflage.

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