Modern Military Operations

Images showcasing U.S. military personnel engaged in various training exercises, including bridge launching, perimeter setup, and logistical operations in diverse environments.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group coordinate to set up a perimeter during a Mission Sustainment Team field exercise at Austere Field #6, Florida, Sept. 12, 2022. The perimeter helps to guide Airmen on where tents need to be assembled.
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group coordinate to set up a perimeter during a Mission Sustainment Team field exercise at Austere Field #6, Florida, Sept. 12, 2022. The perimeter helps to guide Airmen on where tents need to be assembled.
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A U.S Marine assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force watches a R80D SkyRaider drone take off during Mjolnir Strike, Bombing Target 11, Piney Island, North Carolina, Aug. 10, 2022. Mjolnir Strike is a Joint Terminal Attack Controller training exercise and is designed to instruct individual Marines to coordinate offensive air operations.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Diquan Landers, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution supervisor, drags a refueling hose towards a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing during hot-pit refueling operations at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 28, 2022. By operating out of Kadena Air Base, visiting forces build invaluable experience operating in the physically vast and strategically complex environment of the Indo-Pacific, enabling greater readiness and interoperability with joint, partner and allied forces.
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Members from 56th Troop Command, Charlie Company with the Rhode Island National Guard conducts airborne training and follow-on tactics training at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Starke, Fla. Jan. 20, 2022. The training was completed in order to increase proficiency in tactical techniques.(U.S. Air National Guard photos by Senior Airman Brittni Capozzi)
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020306-A-4813S-001. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC
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Bulgarian Land Forces Lt. Col. Petar Petrov, commander of Novo Selo Training Area, and Bulgarian Land Forces Maj. Pavel Gigov, examines new firefighting equipment during a hand-over event between U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Area Support Group-Black Sea and Bulgarian Land Forces soldiers assigned to 32450 Mokren Command at the Mokren Command headquarters, Bulgaria, April 27, 2022.The hand-over event was facilitated by U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 407th Civil Affairs Battalion following a request made by the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion in 2021. Bulgaria is a steadfast and gracious host, and the U.S. is honored to continue our long-term cooperation through engagements such as bilateral exchanges to improve partnership interoperability.
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Lithuanian soldiers attached to REECE/COY Company launch a Raven drone during Exercise Combined Resolve 17 (CbR 17) at Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, June 2, 2022. CbR 17 is a U.S. Army exercise consisting of 5,600 service members, Allies and partners from more than 10 countries, and is designed to assess units abilities to conduct combat operations effectively in a multi-domain battle space.
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070909-A-5406P-001.JPG -Fayetteville, N.C.-native 1st Lt. Larry Pitts, commander of B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, checks a contractors record books while reviewing progress on a school renovation project in the Grayaat neighborhood of Baghdads Adhamiyah District Sep. 7.
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Paige Sullivan, 104th Fighter Wing crew chief prepares an F-15 Eagle for take-off during a readiness exercise June 11, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The exercise assessed Barnestormers ability to maintain air dominance in a simulated contested, degraded, and operationally limited environment and test their implementation of the Agile Combat Employment deployment concept.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Johnny Scantland from Denver, Colorado, assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, recovers an RQ-21A Blackjack aircraft during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Canon Air Defense Complex (P111), near Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 21, 2022. The WTI course is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 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.
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The 332d Air Expeditionary Wing holds Emergency Services interactive display for Patriot Day Commemoration at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2022. Patriot Day is a holiday memorializing the lives lost on the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and honoring those who have fought in the Global War on Terror ever since.
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U.S. Soldiers with 39th Strategic Signal Battalion and the Chièvres Veterinary Clinic don their mask as they perform Mask Confidence Training, in the Training Support Center Benelux Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear room, on Chièvres Air Base, March 16, 2023. In order to stay proficient on their CBRN equipment and procedures the unit conducted training to ensure readiness and fulfill their annual requirements.
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Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers Carson Hemsley,(left) mortar platoon gunner and Spc. Devin Wine, assistant gunner, begin firing. The Idaho Army National Guards Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion sharpen their skills preparing for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.
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U.S. Marines with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire an M2A2 Howitzer during a 21-Minute Gun Salute on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., May 30, 2022. The 21-Minute Gun Salute is a brief ceremony during which guns are discharged 21 times at one-minute intervals in honor of Memorial Day.
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060421-A-6365W-127. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joshua Patterson assigned to the 165th Communication Flight, Georgia Air National Guard, sets up communication equipment during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia July 15, 2022. The Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) team typically activates as a six person team and they are Air Force-trained communication specialists that employ cross-banding technology to provide the CERFP the means to communicate with civilian first responders and other Department of Defense entities if the CERFP is called on to assist with response efforts to natural or man-made disasters in the United States.
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Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen, with 171st Air Refueling Wings Emergency Management section detect and test a simulated unknown substance while on a reconnaissance training mission during a large-scale readiness exercise at the base in Pittsburgh, March 11, 2023. The multi-day large-scale readiness exercise involved Guardsmen from multiple sections on base working together to build skills needed to maintain readiness.
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A civilian instructor coaches two paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team on how to use a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle during a certification class Dec. 6, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The multi-role weapon can be used against armor, fortifications and personnel.
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U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to 689th Engineer Company, 841st Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, 412th Theater Engineer Command, prepare a 40-pound cratering charge at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke, Florida, Jan. 20, 2024. Combat engineers conduct training in order to remain tactically proficient in tasks such as properly constructing explosive devices, destroying terrain obstacles, and breaching buildings.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wilfredo Hernandez, an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) crewman, and Voorhees, New Jersey native, with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion (2d AABn), 2d Marine Division launches a Puma Unmanned Aircraft System from an AAV during a field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 25, 2022. 2d AABn tested the capability of an assault amphibious vehicle and a light armored vehicle with Remote Weapon Systems as a suitable land-based platform for mobile reconnaissance and scouting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)
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Army Reserve Spc. Jesse Greene, an engineer with the 389th Engineer Company, inspects metal siding as part of a project to improve the training areas at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 16, 2022. The engineers are working to make the buildings at Tactical Training Base Courage cooler and better able to accommodate the various weather conditions here as well as improving roads around the training area.
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A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to Medical Readiness Command, Europe, plots points on a map as part of the land navigation event during the MRCs Best Leader Competition, at the Baumholder Training Area, Feb. 5-9, 2024. The competition is designed to select the best leaders who will represent MRC, EUR at the 2024 United States Army Medical Command BLC in June 2024. Army
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021016-M-5607A-004. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Twenty Minnesota National Guard, four Croatian, and three Canadian Soldiers are competing in Minnesotas Best Warrior Competition March 29 - April 1, 2023, at Camp Ripley, near Little Falls, Minnesota. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers nominated by units across the state. This year two of Minnesotas longstanding partner nations, Croatia and Canada, have sent competitors to participate. Minnesotas winners will move on to compete against the best Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from multiple states at the Region IV Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Ohio National Guard in May.
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020415-F-1740G-006. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AFNEWS
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020416-F-2409C-004. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command
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060211-A-5745M-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV
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An RQ-20 Puma drone, foreground, and a MAG Aerospace SuperSwiper II drone, are displayed for Philippine Marines with 3rd Marine Brigade, U.S. service members with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine local media for a bi-lateral exchange of small unmanned aerial systems during KAMANDAG 6 on Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bi-lateral training 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.
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New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jimmy Rose(right), assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Division, and civilian Steven Rosen, load a Bambi bucket onto a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter in New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jimmy Rose(right), assigned to 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Division, and civilian Steven Rosen, load a Bambi bucket onto a UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter in Altona Flat Rock, N.Y., July, 13, 2018. The NYARNG responded to a forrest fire that broke out in Altona, N.Y., that spread across hundreds of acres, from July 13-15. (N.Y. Army National Guard
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FCS Hardware Displayed on National Mall
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The 35th Corps Signal Brigade hosted an uncasing ceremony at Fort Bragg N.C. on Oct. 14 2022. The ceremony was a celebration to mark the return of the 35th Corps Signal Brigade to its home station. The brigade was activated on Jan. 11, 1943 and spent 40 years at Fort Bragg, before relocating to Fort Gordon, Georgia on Aug. 23, 2007. Now, after spending 15 years at Fort Gordon, the 35th CSB is returning home to Fort Bragg to enhance mission planning, and be in closer proximity to its XVIII Airborne Corps clients and all of its communication systems. The brigade will bring approximately 125 Soldiers to Fort Bragg to provide cutting edge telecommunications capability to Americas Contingency Corps. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Maxine Baen)
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SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND (Sept. 3, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hudson Barnes, a tactical air operations/ air defense systems technician with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, establishes communications with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group at a Sensing Expeditionary Advanced Base (EAB), Sept. 3. A Sensing EAB provides amplified information in support of surveillance, reconnaissance, and fires technologies, in order to expand maritime domain awareness and extend the reach of amphibious capabilities. The MKI ARG, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting integrated training operations with the 13th MEU in the U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.
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040114-F-7359L-004. Base: Duluth State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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980804-A-0089G-006. Subject Operation/Series: RAPID FORCE PROTECTION INITIATIVE (RFPI) Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U..S. Air Force Airmen mark coordinates of found artifacts during a field search and recovery exercise held during Octobers Unit Training Assembly at Great Bear Recreation Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1, 2022. The Airmen utilized a Trimble Total Station to map coordinates of the remains located by food services members during a search and recovery exercise.
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AIRMAN First Class Jennifer Lusk, a Weather Observer with the 48th Operations Support Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, checks the control panel on the deployable TMQ-53 TACMET Weather Station at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom. Lusk uses the system to help verify cloud layers. The information gathered is then passed on to weather forecasters to determine the latest weather conditions, which is briefed to pilots. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: 48th Fighter Wing, USAFE
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US Air Force MASTER Sergeant George Rainey, 48th Communications Squadron, 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom, inspects antenna system cables on the Instrument Landing System Glidescope on the flightline. MSGT Rainey is the Meteorological Navigational Systems Maintenance NCO in-charge and is conducting an 88-day preventative maintenance inspection on the Glidescope. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christian Jones, 1st Combat Communications Squadron tactical systems supervisor, sets up an antenna during exercise Heavy Rain III in Breitenbach, Germany, Sept. 15, 2022. Heavy Rain III allowed observers to analyze what cross-training is necessary amongst the different career fields to create multi-capable Airmen.
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040408-F-3963C-016. Base: Twin Bridges Training Area Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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030116-F-8156G-001. Base: RAF Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Schrader, a Security Forces installation patrolman, uses a Dronebuster to incapacitate a small Unmanned Aerial System during a C-sUAS training at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Jan. 2, 2024. The DroneBuster is a handheld non-kinetic mitigation device that can detect groups 1-5 UAS. The DroneBuster is used to jam signal between the drone and the controller.
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U.S. Army Spc. Charles Ivey with Palehorse Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment operates a Raven Ground Control Station during a training exercise at the 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 10, 2023. 2CR provides V Corps with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Ribot assigned to 509th Security Forces Echo Flight conducts a vehicle inspection at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 15, 2022. 509th Security Forces respond to naything from car inspections to bomb threats on base.
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-80. Hurricane Katrina
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Marines with 9th Communications Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, stand in front of the Lightweight Multiband Satellite Terminal, April 13, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. 9th Comm. Bn. is in charge of keeping communications up 24 hours a day for Camp Leatherneck and all outlying areas containing Marines within Helmand province.
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221020-N-DB801-0603KEY WEST, Fla. - (Oct. 20, 2022) - Jeff Knapp, chief technology officer from Unmanned Aerospace LLC, speaks to Rear Adm. Doug Sasse, Reserve Vice Commander, U.S. 4th Fleet, about the GH4 gyro plane aboard the Spearhead-Class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), as part of the Navys Fleet Experimentation Program (FLEX), Oct. 20, 2022. FLEX aims to test various unmanned aerial and surface systems in order to strengthen and increase warfighter capabilities.
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Airman 1st Class Natalia Daugherty, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron engineering apprentice, poses for the camera for a Hispanic Heritage Month campaign at Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 11, 2022. National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 to October 15. The month pays tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have influenced and enriched our nation and society.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Bagwell, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, right, and Mark Beasley, a High Voltage Electrician Work Leader, left, upgrade the lighting system on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, September 26, 2022. The airfield lighting system is required to be upgraded to allow for a new precision approach path indicator (PAPI) system to be set up.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Austin Geter, opposing forces (OPPFOR) member, operates a drone during a training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2022. Geter, playing the role of OPPFOR, flew the drone to test the 51st Security Forces Squadrons ability to spot and respond to an enemy drone sighting.
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Staff Sgt. Matthew Maurer, 788th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance team leader, uses a ScanX X-ray system to determine the contents on a potential improvised explosive device during an active-shooter exercise Aug. 10, 2022 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Maurer used the ScanX device to determine a course of action for the IED. The exercise was conducted to test the skills of first responders in a potential real-world scenario.
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050126-D-2006A-005. Base: Padre Island State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Stephen Gay, an unmanned aerial vehicle operator, with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, prepares to launch a Stalker XE-25 during KAMANDAG 6 in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 4, 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. 1/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Gay is a native of Vidalia, Georgia.
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Airmen from the bases Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight display tools and gear for guests visiting the police expo held during National Police Week, May 23, 2022, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The expo was one of several activities the 75th Security Forces Squadron held May 23-26 to commemorate and honor law enforcement who have given their lives in the line of duty.
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U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. Paul Middaugh, a Kearny, Arizona, native and an infantry unit leader with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, plots a call for a fire mission during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 16, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.
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040203-F-2409C-003. Base: Travis Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- U.S. Air Force Academys Drone Racing Team member, Andrew Fedora, flies a small unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) on Feb. 28, 2024 in the Holaday Athletic Center. The competition squad was launched in 2019 to help promote S.T.E.M. career fields and prepare cadets for future roles in the Air Force. Air Force photo/Rayna Grace)
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SRA William Collier (blue hard hat) and SRA Dennis Tabor (tan hard hat) both with the Centralized Antenna Team (CAT) from the 100th Communications Squadron, perform maintenance on a UHF/VHF transmitter tower at the base. Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR)
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U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force gaming teams watch the roll out of the United Launch Alliance Atlas V Starliner OFT-2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., May 18, 2022. The top teams from the Spring season of the Department of the Air Force Gaming competed at Patrick Space Force Base for a chance to represent the USAF and the USSF at FORCECON 2022, the Armed Forces Sports Halo Championship, and the first ever U.S. government esports event.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (Sept. 12, 2010) A child interacts with a Talon robot controlled by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Brandon Elrod, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit (EODESU) 2 at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park. Buffalo Navy Week 2012 is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The weeklong event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Royal Canadian navy.
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188th Civil Engineering Squadron offers a variety of training at a central, affordable location in Fort Smith, Ark.