Modern Military Training

Images of U.S. and allied forces conducting training exercises, focusing on teamwork, combat readiness, and logistics in diverse environments.

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, participate in a five-day bivouac training exercise at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Nov. 6, 2022. The training exercise tested the squadron's ability to secure an enemy airfield and establish base operations infrastructure.

FORT IRWIN, Calif. - Republic of Korea Special Warfare Command (RoK SWC) service members assault an objective with Green Berets from 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) during an exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. on July 2, 2022. This combined training affords opportunities for Soldiers with RoK SWC and 1st SFG (A) to exchange training tactics and techniques. These exercises continue to strengthen Alliances on the peninsula.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment extract teammates to safety as they clear each building structure during a simulated attack on Camp Raspberry during exercise Talisman Sabre 2007 in Shoalwater Bay, Australia, June 28, 2007. The biennial exercise is designed to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations, which will help improve combat readiness and interoperability.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, inspects the barrel of a .50 caliber machine gun during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California April 1, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver, offensive and defensive operations during combat.

Spc. Logan Phillips, representing the 97th Troop Command, checks his rucksack before the ruck march event during the Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Oct. 18, 2022, at Camp Williams, Utah. The Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition is an annual event that brings together Soldiers and Airmen from the major commands to compete for the title of Soldier/Airman-of-the-Year, Noncommissioned Officer-of-the-Year and Senior NCO-of-the-Year. The Army winners of this competition will represent the Utah Army National Guard at the Region VII Best Warrior Competition next spring.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, help spread out a fuel bladder bag on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 8, 2023. The entire 378th ELRS came together to aid the Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant section in spreading two-ton bags across more than 5,600 square feet of difficult to navigate terrain, epitomizing how effective unit cohesion produces unrivaled expeditionary logistics with unequaled success.

Soldiers from Charlie Company, 501st Brigade Support Battalion set up the site where they will live and train for the duration of their training exercise, May 19, 2022, on Rodriguez Live Fire Range, Republic of Korea. C Co., 501st BSB is the medical evacuation company of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and trained to further real-world response to medical situations.

060211-A-5745M-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

U.S. Air Force Airmen, assigned to the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron, participate in a five-day bivouac training exercise at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Nov. 6, 2022. The training exercise tested the squadron's ability to secure an enemy airfield and establish base operations infrastructure.

Pfc. Kevin Alexander, an anti-tank missilemen with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, wraps a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided missile in a Kevlar blanket to prepare it for firing during the Enhanced Mojave Viper training exercise at the Black Top Range Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 29. The Marines of 3/3 are working through the 35-day exercise, their final evaluation before deploying to Afghanistan's Helmand province in support of Operation Enduring Freedom this fall. During EMV, the infantry battalion is training in the field bolstering infantry skills and practicing counterinsurgency operations. The Marines will combine with supporting arms, aviation and logistics units, and train to fight as a Marine Air Ground Task Force to prepare for deployment. Alexander, 19, is from Greenville, S.C.

Spc. Jeremy Sanchez works with his fellow Patriot missile reload crewmen, assigned to the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, to secure a Guidance EnhancedMissile canister during a reload certification exercise July 28, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Reload crews, also known as hot crews deal with three specific types of missiles: the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3), the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), and Guidance EnhancedMissile-Tactical BallisticMissiles (GEM-T).

U.S. Army Sgt. John Russell from Amelia, Va., conducts a search for medicine, for a man in the village of Belandeb, June 8, Logar province, Afghanistan. Russell is assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dominik Cochrane, a motor vehicle operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, raises a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement using towing mechanisms during convoy operations training on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 24, 2022. MWSS-373 conducted training during a field exercise to sustain and prepare for Weapons and Tactics Instructor course, a course that provides standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Fraley)

US Marine Corps Corporal J. Pena an armorer for the 3rd Marine Regiment explains the jam procedures for the M-140 Golf to a group of Marines in the Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, for a Hawaiian Combined Arms Operation. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, loads his weapon during an M4A1 carbine zeroing at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 19, 2022. The 3/4 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, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

220929-N-PI330-1065 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 29, 2022) Steelworker 3rd Class James Hall, left, and Builder 2nd Class Bobby Harris, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), assemble the a bridge during a bridge building trainer course on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 29, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

Senior Master Sgt. James Robbins demonstrates proper building clearing procedures in an urban environment March 5, 2014, at Silver Flag Alpha, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron Range. Robbins is the superintendent of operations and also an instructor for the GCTS.

A military joint civil affairs team prepares for an assessment mission at the Hateen Industrial Park in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 21, 2008.

030315-M-5753Q-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, offload supplies during Winter Pioneer Exercise 2022, on Camp Lejeune North Carolina Jan. 30, 2021. Winter Pioneer 22 is a tactical level exercise in a semi-permissive environment demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps Engineer and U.S. Navy Construction Force formations to establish and sustain an advanced naval base, expeditionary advanced bases, and contribute to maritime domain awareness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Adaezia Chavez)

020114-F-1379L-003. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul D. Rogers, Adjutant General of Michigan, speaks with U.S. Soldiers assigned to Alpha Battery, 119th Field Artillery Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard during a wellness visit before a Summer Shield training portion at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 26, 2022. Summer Shield is one of U.S. Army Europe and Africas multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22. Defender demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts fast roping drills while Sgt. Juan Martinez, a platoon sergeant with BLT 2/5 acts as an anchor for the rope and Sgt. Kevin Gutierrez observes their technique aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 9, 2022. Fast roping allows Marines flexibility with their entry points so they can insert into a variety of environments. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli 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.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts fast roping drills while Sgt. Juan Martinez, a platoon sergeant with BLT 2/5 acts as an anchor for the rope and Sgt. Kevin Gutierrez observes their technique aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 9, 2022. Fast roping allows Marines flexibility with their entry points so they can insert into a variety of environments. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli 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.

040210-M-8205V-008. Complete Scene Caption: US Military personnel assigned to F/Company, Second Battalion, Sixth Marine Regiment, Second Marine Division, act out a battlefield medical treatment scenario, during a Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) demonstration conducted during Exercise FOREST LIGHT 2004, in the snow covered Ojojibara Maneuver Area of Sendai, Japan. Forest Light is a bi-lateral training exercise conducted between the US Marine Corps (USMC) and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF). Pictured left-to-right: USMC Corporal (CPL) Justin Plog (armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle equipped with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher); USMC Lance Corporal (LCPL) Chris Burger; and US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman (HM3) Robbie Danielson. Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT 2004 Base: Ojojibara State: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN)

070303-A-0101A-055. Base: Camp Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHWEST

A U.S. Army Soldier of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team provides security at the U.S. Army Europe Training Support Center in Schweinfurt, Germany, April 1, 2007, during training for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Dunkin, a recovery vehicle operator assigned to 228th Brigade Support Company, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, replaces a dipstick after checking fluid levels on a M1083 medium tactical vehicle in the motor pool of the Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Sept. 1, 2023. BSC Soldiers assigned to 2nd MDTF convoyed from Mainz-Kastel, DE, to the training area to provide logistical and ordinance support for the Arcane Thunder 23 training exercise.

Army Reserve Spc. Evan Allinder, assigned to the 390th Engineer Company, 412th Theater Engineer Command based in Chattanooga, Tenn., shuts the door of a Light Capability Rough Terrain Forklift (LCRTF) before he tows another LCRTF during the first-ever Field Maintenance Level Course for the LCRTF at the 88th Readiness Division-operated Draw Yard on Fort McCoy, Wis., July 27, 2022. This was the first time that Allinder towed anything.

Members of the Utah National Guard, assist local communities in collecting and transporting debris to municipal landfills, September 12, 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. Areas around northern Utah experience a significant wind event, with winds over 100 mph in some areas, resulting in severe damage to property.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elisa Pitanielol, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, conducts weapons maintenance on her M4A1 carbine at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, June 8, 2022. The 3/4 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, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

Sgt. Jon Garcia (right), from Santa Cruz, Calif., and a repel master at the Fort Hood Air Assault School, gives a student the sign to execute the repel out of a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter from A Company "Werewolves," 3rd Assault Helicopter Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, during the Fort Hood Air Assault School's repel training here, Sept. 14. Pilots and crews of the Werewolves flew out in support of Fort Hood's Air Assault School in order to certify pilots and crews, and to also support the school's training of their students.

020429-F-4728F-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, evacuate a simulated casualty during team blank-fire and tactical movement training as part of Eagle Ursa at the training range in Slunj, Croatia, Feb. 24, 2024. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployableforces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployedacross Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships andstrengthen the alliance. Army

Artillery soldiers from Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division conduct sling-load operations and elevator drills with 3rd Attack Helicopter Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division on Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, Jan. 5, 2024, to increase readiness and proficiency in air assault operations.

051227-A-7359K-173. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, test radio equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), in the Coral Sea, June 28, 2023. Radio operators with BLT 2/1 conduct routine checks with their communication equipment to maintain readiness and proficiency. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the 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.

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.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Harris, left, 60th Maintenance Squadron aero repair team leader, and Airman 1st Class Eduardo Martinez, 60th MXS aero repair team member, assess the condition of a 60th MXS Airman with simulated chemical burns at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, April 12, 2022. The Airmen donned their mission-oriented protective postures (MOPP) gear as part of Exercise Roundel Perun 22-01, a fly-away exercise meant to test the 60th Air Mobility Wings ability to rapidly mobilize from Travis Air Force Base, California, and conduct operations at a forward location under hostile conditions.

Air Force Reserve security forces members storm an enemy compound during a training mission April 9, 2014, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 710th and 310th Security Forces Squadrons held a six-day combat leaders course while living in field conditions. Each days mission is designed around the main objective of the days classroom instruction, placing practical application of combat maneuvers into complex mission environments. The 710th SFS is out of Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., and the 310th SFS is out of Schriever AFB, Colo.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Downs, right, a combat engineer assigned to Logistics Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), demonstrates cutting detonation cord for an explosive charge during demolition training with Finnish soldiers from Nyland Brigade in Syndalen, Finland, Aug. 11, 2022. The range was part of a bi-lateral exercise between the Finnish military and 22nd MEU. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

060405-A-1211S-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Cob Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Cadets with the U.S. Military Academy unload their luggage for their Cadet Field Training at Camp Buckner, Ny., on May 29, 2022. Cadet Field Training is a three-to-four-week program of instruction that emphasizes general military skills, individual preparedness training, preparations for extended field operations, and leading, participating in and conducting small unit tactical operations.

Spc. Shawn Swanson, a combat engineer from the 833rd Engineer Company, Iowa National Guard, reloads a .50-caliber machine gun during Western Strike 22, June 5, 2022, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the Utah National Guards 65th Field Artillery Brigade, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Ashby from C Company, 2nd Battalion 152nd Infantry (Long Range Surveillance) Battle Field Surveillance Brigade, cuts through a fence with a quickie saw during Specialized Tactical Concepts training held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.

U.S. Army Jon Bridges, a native of Spring Creek, NY., teaches U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Wilwerding, a native of Kansas City, Mo., how to operate a Pack Robot at Forward Operating Base Base Hawk, Iraq on Sep. 18, 2008. Bridges and Wilwerding are members of Commanche Troop, 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 4th Infantry Division.

030108-M-7514K-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron show Gunnery Sgt. Ronald Palmer, Joint Communication Support Element Hawaii Detachment, how to work a generator, March 22. The incoming troops have come to aid in Operation Tomodachi.

070302-A-0515W-057. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 509th Medical Group respond to a simulated injury during a CBRN exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 15, 2022. Airmen from the 509th Medical Group participated to strengthen their knowledge.

061024-A-0497K-009. Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

(From left) Tech. Sgt. Michael Meserole and Staff Sgt. Christopher Garcia, mobile police patrol officers assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, and two other security forces Airmen carry a casualty to safety, during an explosive ordinance disposal, active shooter training exercise June 25, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The intent of the joint agency exercise was to evaluate emergency responders with no advance notice, in order to identify shortfalls in training, communication, or assets, to ensure the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing is ready for real-world situations.

061006-A-5332O-053. Base: Logistical Storage Area Anaconda State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

4th Infantry Division Soldiers assist one another on the first obstacle during the Utah Beach event at Fort Carson, Colorado, May 23, 2022. Key elements of the event are teamwork and comradery, showing the commitment of all Soldiers to work together to complete a common goal during Ivy Week. The Ivy Division has a rich legacy of greatness and the Soldiers of the Ivy Division continue to build on that legacy through events such as the Utah Beach event.

060218-A-2718K-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

Junior ROTC students at leadership trainign in Quantico, VA.

SANTA RITA, Guam (July 20, 2022) Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 learn the technical skills necessary to establish a highway line, allowing them to efficiently and safely navigate up and down the vertical face of stacked CONEX boxes for confined space entry.

US Army (USA) Sergeant First Class (SFC) Dennis Rumple (left) and US Marine Corps (USMC) Private First Class (PFC) Travis Cosme, work to assemble a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The CBPS is a highly mobile chemically protected shelter system designed for emergency medical use in forward battle areas. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030409-M-4419R-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (3/4 ABCT) conclude a brigade command post exercise and disassemble the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) and Administrative and Logistics Operations Center (ALOC), Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, April 30, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

050426-M-9019H-013. Base: Al Amiryiah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Mar

U.S. Air Force Airmen check a simulated patient for injuries in Rosemount, Minn., July 27, 2022. The Airmen have been participating in a three-day Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) class with other Airmen from the 133rd and 146th Contingency Response Flights, 821st and 156th Contingency Response Groups, 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 133rd Security Forces Squadron. On the third day, the Airmen applied their evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies in a field training exercise.

Soldiers from the 154th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, 15th Sustainment Brigade, 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), carry a fellow Soldier away from a medical evacuation helicopter during medevac training Oct. 2, 2008, at Fort Hood.

Florida National Guardsmen, from several Engineer Companies lower a 40-pound crater charge with two blocks of C4 attached into a previously created hole, which will be set off to create a crater obstacle, April 10 at McCrady Training Center. Soldiers learned numerous new techniques during a two-week Combat Engineer Course, reclassifying as 12B at McCrady Training Center. The classes encompassed breaching doors, creating craters and other obstacles and recognizing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and other traps.

Airman 1st Class Steve Lippitt, 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron technician, secures cable to metal supports of a 140-foot tower after installing an American Forces Network antenna Aug. 25, 2011, at Sather Air Base, Iraq. The antenna will provide a signal for the U.S. servicemembers, civilians and contractors who remain as drawdown operations continue. Lippitt is deployed 627th Communications Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash, and calls San Diego, Calif.

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines participate in the Global Medic exercise at Fort McCoy WI, Aug. 9-12, 2022. The exercise is part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's mission to provide trained, equipped and combat ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark

Senior Airmen Richard Stephens, Water and Fuel Systems Maintenance journeyman, and Airman 1st Class Aaron Clark, Security Forces Squadron, Response Force Member, from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, search for a simulated unauthorized individual that breached the perimeter during exercise Raging Gunfighter at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 20, 2022. Raging Gunfighter allows Airmen the opportunity to understand and experience a wider range of non-core job skills so that future teams are able to operate in a smaller and lighter footprint.

Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, work to set up the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) in the Grafenwoehr training area during a field training exercise in support of Dynamic Front 2022 on July 10, 2022. DF22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed exercise directed, is the premier U.S led NATO Allied and Partner integrated fires exercise in the European Theater Focusing on fires interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural, and technical domains.

030203-M-4419R-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Air Force electrical systems specialists assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, begin installing a replacement Secondary Distribution Center at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, July 22, 2022. The PSAB Electric Shops job is to install, repair and maintain the electrical network keeping the 378th Air Expeditionary Wings power on.

An Airman carries a simulated victim during part of the Defender Challenge event May 17 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Teams competed in various timed challenges related to the security forces experience. The Challenge was part the 96th Security Forces Squadrons Police Week activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

060327-A-1211S-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

061120-A-5168K-020. Base: Logistical Storage Area Anaconda State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Spc. Skylar Brown, a horizontal construction engineer assigned to Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, performs a maintenance check on the M1224 MaxxPro mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Nov. 6, 2022. Task Force Orion is deployed to Germany in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group - Ukraine mission.

Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 174th Attack Wing remove equipment from a truck bed as they prepare to remove debris from a blocked road in Herkimer County, N.Y. on Nov. 2, 2019. The Airmen were supporting Operation November Winds, the New York National Guard response to support to citizens of Herkimer County recovering from a major storm which hit the area on October 31/Nov.1.

U.S. Navy sailors with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, load a simulated causality into a vehicle during a tactical scalable surgical system (TS3) team training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 26, 2023. The TS3 team from 2nd Medical Battalion exercised damage control surgery, resuscitation and in route care to validate the readiness of the team and to establish a training pathway for future assets.

041109-M-2789C-130. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Staff Sgt. Justin Davis unrolls medical tape while treating a casualty during an event to qualify for the Expert Soldier Badge at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin on May 11, 2022.

030215-M-4419R-005. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

During a joint force exercise, Polaris Military Razors received fuel from an Army Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah, on Sept. 8, 2022. During the exercise, Airmen were challenged to defuel a KC-135R Stratotanker into a HEMTT to practice Agile Combat Employment. This innovative process demonstrates the ability to provide fuel to other vehicles when located in austere conditions in order to complete the mission.

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, gather equipment in their area of operation as they prepare to relocate to a new training site during a major training exercise on Fort Drum, NY, April 5, 2022. The training exercise, also known as CPX III, is a major training event that happens nearly every year at Fort Drum.

Sgt. Daniel Ivaska (left) and Spc. Macavion Williams conduct generator maintenance to keep the 510th Regional Support Groups Tactical Operations Center near Adazi, Latvia. Starting in mid-April, Soldiers with the 510th RSG began base support operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to support multinational training events as part of DEFENDER-Europe 22.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team train with M224 60 mm mortar systems during an exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 14, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

Transportation Assistant Mike Chavers, left and Spc. Mario Sanchez, a rail load trainer with 2nd Battalion, 20th Field Artillery, check a strap holding a spanner down on a rail car during railhead operations July 27, 2022.

A new U.S. Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battallion climbs a ladder onto the rappel tower at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, April 7, 2023. Rappel training was conducted to build confidence in Marines and prepare them for any circumstance they may encounter.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Harold Everhart, right, commanding officer, Logistics Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), observes the effects of an explosive charge during demolition training with Finnish soldiers from Nyland Brigade in Syndalen, Finland, Aug. 11, 2022. The range was part of a bi-lateral exercise between the Finnish military and 22nd MEU. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, perform preventative maintenance to the medium girder bridge during a field training exercise at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 28, 2018. The Marines attach ropes to link reinforcements under the bridge to ensure it is tightly secured and in place.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, practice life saving en route care tactics onboard a CH-53K King Stallion with a North American Rescue mannequin during CLB-24s field exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2022. CLB-24 worked with the Office of Foreign Disaster Agency, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in order to exercise simulated humanitarian assistance operations and a military-assisted evacuation and departure of U.S. citizens and other designated personnel in order to support and sustain Exercise Carolina Response.

Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers build a sand table during a field training exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing aircraft for personnel and equipment.

Sgt. Nicole Aponte, an Army petroleum supply specialist assigned to the 53rd Quartermaster Company, changes the magazine of an M4 Carbine Rifle and listens closely as targets are called out by Sgt. Adam Acevedo, an Army horizontal construction engineer assigned to the 61st Quartermaster Battalion, during the III Armored Corps Best Squad Competition 2022, on Fort Hood, Texas, June 23, 2022. Aponte is taking a qualification test with an M4, and while qualifying, soldiers can hit up to 40 targets that pop-up from the left and right. The III Armored Corps pulled only the best from across its divisions and separate brigades to compete in this years inaugural competition. The best squad goes on to compete in the U.S. Army Forces Command competition on Fort Hood in August.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Alpha Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, execute a reverse climb during a confidence course event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 7, 2023. Recruits became physically and mentally stronger by overcoming obstacles that require strength, balance, and determination.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 194th Long Range Surveillance, Iowa Army National Guard finish patrolling Mississippi River floodwaters north of Burlington, Iowa, June 16, 2008. Members of the Iowa Army National Guard are assisting state and local agencies provide security and help recover areas damaged by widespread flooding.

U.S. Army combat engineers assigned to the 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, breach a window during training at Santahamina, Finland, June 28, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT, and Finish and British army units trained in Finland to further strengthen the relations and interoperability between the nations.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ryan Herrera, left, a transmissions system operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, applies a tourniquet to a simulated casualty in a Tactical Combat Casualty Care refresher course during exercise Winter Workhorse 24 on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. Winter Workhorse is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance warfighting capabilities in contested environments. Marine Corps

Senior Airman Justin Bellivan, left, and Staff Sgt. Christian Munoz-Alvarez, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron liquid fuels maintenance technicians, replace an emergency vent on a fuel tank at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 2022. The fuel tanks can hold diesel fuel or motor vehicle unleaded regular fuel.

U.S. Army South Soldiers assemble a DRASH tent during a contingency command post (CCP) deployment exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, May 12, 2022. A CCP is a rapidly deployable headquarters capable of providing Joint Task Force support designed to plan and conduct small-scale contingency operations.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to various squadrons at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, perform communications between the main operating base and the simulated forward contingency location during exercise Bushwhacker 22-07 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia, Nov. 3, 2022. Airmen from DM went on a temporary duty assignment to Virginia to employ the Lead Wing concept.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, 86th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance technician decontaminates his partner's gloves during base exercise at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 29, 2022. Operation Varsity is a quarterly exercise focused on testing the 86th Airlift Wings readiness by working through various scenarios including multiple simulated attacks.

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