Modern Military Training

Depictions of U.S. Marines and allied forces participating in live-fire exercises, tactical training, and convoy operations across diverse environments.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire at targets for company attacks during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Feb. 7, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. Marine Corps

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct a live fire squad attack range during Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 7, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

A civilian participant fires an M4 Carbine rifle during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference visit, Oct. 25, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. JCOC participants were taught how to operate the M4 by Soldiers before firing themselves.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire at targets for company attacks during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Feb. 7, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. Marine Corps

Sgt. David Fisher of Woodbridge, Va., qualifies with an advanced combat optical gunsight on his M4 Carbine at Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 12, 2009. Sgt. Joshua Gillespie, a range safety, informs Fisher which direction to adjust his aim if he misses the target. Both Soldiers are assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard and are scheduled to deploy to Iraq later this year.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ryan Lauritsen (left) and Cpl. Jack Secrest (right), scout snipers with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division conduct a live-fire range during Resolute Dragon 22 on Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. Lauritsen is a native of Dwight, Illinois and Secrest is native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Soldiers of 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) participate in exercise Dragon Sage on July 24, 2022 at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. The Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Soldiers conducted multiple CBRN Recon and Hazard mitigation missions and were assessed on their proficiency. The exercise is designed to test and improve the leathality and readiness of tactical CBRN units across 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne).

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U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during Mountain Training Exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Sept. 30, 2022. During MTX, the Marines learned various skills to become more proficient in combat and survival in an austere mountain environment.

While commonly known as snipers, the official term used by U.S.Army is designated marksman. The U.S. Army Sniper Course is a seven-week training course at Fort Benning. With most formal training courses, skill training is an ongoing process throughout the year. The snipers of the 2-116th CAB trained for a full week separate from the main body of units in the field during annual training 2022. Their training encompassed individual qualifications, timed shooting exercises and movement to a covered location without being detected, identifying adversaries, engagement and withdrawal without being sighted. U.S.Army, Idaho Army National Guard, Sniper, Infantry, Orchard Combat Training Center, Operation Spartan Shield

During Annual Training 2022, Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Charlie Company trained extensively in tactical movements. At the core of those skills is the buddy rush” where infantry soldiers practice the most basic skills of combat. According to U.S.Army Field Manual for The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squads; Every Infantryman, from the private enlisted Soldier, to the general officer, is first a rifleman. As such, he must be a master of his basic skills: shoot, move, communicate, survive, and sustain. These basic skills provide the Soldier’s ability to fight. When collectively applied by the fire team, squad, and platoon, these skills translate into combat power. Of all branches in the U.S. Army, the Infantry is unique because its core competency is founded on the individual Soldier — the Infantry rifleman. While other branches tend to focus on weapon systems and platforms to accomplish their mission, the Infantry alone relies almost exclusively on the human dimension of

Cpl. Cole Millard, left, a Raven-B RQ-11 operator, and Lance Cpl. Jordan Baker, with H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, set up and prepare to launch a Raven-B RQ-11 drone at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 27, 2022, for Mountain Training Exercise 4-22. MTX 4-22 allowed reserve Marines to participate in mountain warfare operations for realistic combat training to facilitate increased readiness for the Marine Forces Reserve.

Special warfare tactical air control party Airman from the 124th Air Support Operations Squadron provide cover during a live-fire exercise near Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, October 17, 2019. The TACP Airmen were covering the movement of their fellow Airmen.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare for combat in a situational training exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 24, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

Green Berets U.S. Army Special Forces Group soldier.

A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew assigned to Bravo Company, 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade trains at a firing range on Yakima Training Center on Oct. 24, 2022. The unit was conducting weapons qualification tables.

U.S. Marines assigned to Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, clean up after an external lift during exercise EFES 2022, Izmir, Turkey, May 28, 2022. EFES22 is an international Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

U.S. Army Sgt. Mark Record, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul team leader, secures an area of insurgent threats in a village in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Nov. 22, 2011. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil-military operations in Zabul province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the government of Afghanistan. Sgt. Record is deployed from Charlie Company, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, patrol outside Forward Operating Base Joyce, in Kunar province. During the Patrol, the Soldiers met with Afghan border police officers to discuss continued security along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

During a final phase of training, the Idaho Army National Guard Sniper Team was required to move to a location without detection, set up a firing position in a covered facility, identify a target and possible hostage and neutralize the target. After firing the team was then tasked with leaving the secured facility without detection.While commonly known as snipers, the official term used by U.S.Army is designated marksman. The U.S. Army Sniper Course is a seven-week training course at Fort Benning. With most formal training courses, skill training is an ongoing process throughout the year. The snipers of the 2-116th CAB trained for a full week separate from the main body of units in the field during annual training 2022. Their training encompassed individual qualifications, timed shooting exercises and movement to a covered location without being detected, identifying adversaries, engagement and withdrawal without being sighted. U.S.Army, Idaho Army National Guard, Sniper, Infantry, Orc

Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, arrive at a forward operating location at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah, May 20, 2022 while participating in the Raging Gunfighter exercise. Raging Gunfighter is an Air Combat Command exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an Austere Environment. The purpose of the exercise is to prepare the 366th Fighter Wing and its Airmen for potential future operations in accordance with the National Defense Strategy

U.S. Army Spc. Jamus Grandstrom of Reading, Pa., and Spc. Daniel Collazo of Newport, Va., Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, run communications equipment from a sandbag bunker in the Daymirdad District Center, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011.

MANILA, Philippines- A Green Beret with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) trains U.S. Soldiers and Philippine Marines on proper aircraft load and unload procedures April 3, 2022. The U.S. and Philippines share a long history of collaboration toward shared values, and our alliance is further strengthened by cultural exchanges and strong people-to-people ties.

Guard members with 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment take part in a direct fire exercise as part of their annual training on June 21, 2022 at the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash. Soldiers conducted volley fire with multiple guns to demonstrate the precision of the M777 Howitzer.

U.S. Army Spc. Paul Lewis, an automatic rifleman assigned to 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, takes a knee during a live-fire training exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022. Soldiers of the 1-125 IN conducted intense and extensive squad maneuvers during the exercise, using live ammunition to simulate a real-world combat environment, honing their interoperability and lethality.

Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, conduct a squad live-fire exercise in Djibouti at Arta range complex, Djibouti, June 8, 2022. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, is a dynamic operational headquarters, supporting missions to counter violent extremist organizations, responding to crises and enhancing stability in East Africa.

Recon Marines seize enemy objective during raid exercise

Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, pull security as they are evaluated by observer, coach/trainers (OC/Ts) from the 174th Infantry Brigade during their post mobilization exercise on Fort Bliss, Texas, Jan 22, 2024. The OC/Ts assessed their reaction and response capabilities by observing multiple training exercises incorporating realistic and dynamic simulations to prepare for an upcoming deployment. Realistic training alongside subject matter experts aims to boost proficiency in adeptly reacting and responding across various scenarios, equipping individuals comprehensively for anticipated deployment challenges.

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British Army Soldiers with 255 (Somerset Yeomanry) Battery, Royal Artillery, establish video downlink in order to visually correlate targets during a live-fire, close-air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 25, 2022. 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marines Expeditionary Force Information Group trains with 255 Battery to enhance proficiency in CAS and expand digital communications capabilities.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a live-fire range during Bougainville I at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 31, 2022. Bougainville I allows fire teams and squads with 3d LCT to rehearse small unit cohesion, lethality, and survivability for company offensive, defensive, and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations during future exercises.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John OConnor, left, from Johnston, Pennsylvania and Lance Cpl. Colton Carson from Brighton, Michigan, Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) gunners with 2nd LAAD battalion, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing operate an FIM-92 Stinger to provide LAAD support for a convoy during Weapons and Tactics Instructor(WTI) course 1-23 at Site 50, near Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 11, 2022. WTI 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.

FARAH, Afghanistan 110926-F-JP934-062 / U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brendan Quinn, from Foxboro, Mass., of 1-182 Infantry Regiment, Charlie Company, security force for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, provides security while on patrol, Purchaman District, Farah Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 26. PRT members escorted members of Farah's Provincial Government to a shura where elders resolve community issues and communicate concerns to the provincial government. PRT Farah attends shuras throughout Farah Province to demonstrate support for the shura elders, the district governor and provincial governance. (ISAF photo/ USAF SrA Alexandra Hoachlander)

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U.S. Army Spc. Jason Martinez and Staff Sgt. Rashnique Edmond, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, 1st Armored Division, checks bunker for the 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 Spc. Jason Hebert provides security on an early dawn during an air assault mission above Tacome valley in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2009. Hebert is assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, United States Army Europe (USAEUR). The Unit is deployed throughout southern Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Marines with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare an M777A2 lightweight 155mm howitzer for towing during Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 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.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare for combat in a situational training exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 24, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

U.S. Marine Corps Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) students with 1st Marine Division, await radio instructions from an incoming F-15 Strike Eagle from 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base during a training recovery mission at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho during exercise Garnet Rattler April 20, 2022. Garnet Rattler is a joint exercise between Marines, Soldiers and Airmen to train and qualify JTACs to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare for combat in a situational training exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 24, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

US marines in the mountains during the military operation

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Idaho National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion teamed up with the Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 183 Assault Helicopter Battalion in the dark hours of the early morning on March 31, 2022, to conduct tactical air insertion missions. By using the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters to provide movement of ground-based Soldiers, it allowed the Soldiers to seize and secure terrain on a simulated village located within the Orchard Combat Training Center. Soldiers used night vision goggles to maneuver through the darkness. This training is a portion of combat training the 2nd of the 116th CAB conducted in preparation to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield later this year.

Soldier in camouflage suit holding a gun during an airsoft fight

U.S. service members supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, tend to simulated casualties during a mass casualty exercise at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, April 21, 2022. The exercise focused on coordination and communication between different units and mission partners in order to provide effective medical evacuation support for joint operations in the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Joel Pfiester)

U.S. Army Officer Candidate School cadets, with the New Jersey National Guard, and Albanian Armed Forces OCS cadets participate in combined leadership and tactics familiarization at the Bunavi Individual Training Center, April 6, 2022, in Vlorë, Albania. New Jersey Army National Guard soldiers selected to Officer Candidate School, along with their leadership cadre, traveled to Albania to participate with AAF OCS cadets, strengthening the 20 year New Jersey-Albania Partnership, which is one of 22 European partnerships that make up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 65 worldwide partnerships that make up the National Guard State Partnership Program.

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070815-A-6849A-015 - 1st Lt. William Cromie , Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, watches Aug. 15 his Soldiers from an over watch position as they clear an ambush point previously used by Taliban extremists in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan.

Two soldiers in the mountains during a military operation.

A U.S. Army combat medic provides overwatch during training at the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 6, 2022. The MSTC provides state of the art training to aid students in gaining proficiency in treating all areas of trauma and basic medical scenarios.

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U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Sponable, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun from the side of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a close air support exercise over Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, June 16, 2022. Marines with HMLA-775 trained to conduct offensive air support in support of expeditionary advanced base operations to maintain and enhance their mission capabilities and combat readiness.

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, prepare to secure an enemy village during a helicopter training raid aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 31. Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163 (Reinforced) supported the training with two CH-53E Super Stallions” two AH-1W Super Cobras” and six CH-46E Sea Knights.”

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A soldier with the Royal Danish Army watches as U.S. Army AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters assigned to 1st Cavalry Division fly in the distance during a multinational live-fire exercise at Mielno Range, Poland, May 27, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Infantry Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Soldiers prepare for movement on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2022. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 is a realistic training rotation allow us to rehearse strategic movement, and train in unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to be employed in the event of crisis or conflict.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment search the mountains in the Andar province of Afghanistan for Taliban members and weapons caches June 6, 2007.

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U.S. Army Soldiers from task force fury walk back to border checkpoint 7 in the Tirzaye district of the Khowst province of Afghanistan March 27, 2007.

From left, Pfc. Michael Weymouth and Sgt. Christopher Ouzts, engineers with the 569th Engineer Company, Fort Carson, Colo., provide dismounted security for Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael Myers and his military working dog Rambo while clearing a hill of IED threats along a route used during Operation Southern Strike III in the district of Takhteh Pol, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2012. The location is the future site of an Afghan Uniformed Police substation. Myers, from Bluffton, Ind., is stationed at Moody Air Force Base with the 820th Security Forces Group.

Cpl. Cole Millard, a Raven-B RQ-11 operator and intelligence specialist with H&S Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, launches a Raven-B RQ-11 drone into the sky at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 27, 2022, for Mountain Training Exercise 4-22. MTX 4-22 allowed reserve Marines to participate in mountain warfare operations for realistic combat training to facilitate increased readiness for the Marine Forces Reserve.

A Pararescuemen assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, is being hoisted into an HH-60G Pave Hawk to recover a simulated patient during a Red Flag-Nellis 23-1 combat search and rescue mission on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, Feb. 9, 2023. The Nevada Test and Training Range is the U.S. Air Forces Premier military training area with more than 12,000 square miles of airspace and 2.9 million acres of land.

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in a 10k hike during the ANGLICO Basic Course 1-22 culminating event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8, 2022. The ABC training enhances the capabilities of ANGLICO Marines in support of joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, participate in a squad hike as part of the June Warrior Games on MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, June 24, 2022. The Warrior Games are a monthly competition hosted in an effort to promote camaraderie within the H&HS family.

U.S. Marines with Motor Transport Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a notionally injured Marine into a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle as part of Motorized Immersion Training during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

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U.S. Navy Corpsmen with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines conduct a casualty evacuation drill during Exercise Shinka 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 24, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Robert Kinney (middle), Battalion Commander of 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment observes a close air support mission with Colonel Arnaud Ruyant (left), Regiment Commander of the 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste as part of Exercise Foch 22 on Oct. 7 2022 at Plan De Canjuers Training Area, FranceExercise Foch is a live artillery exercise conducted between 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade and the French 35e Régiment d'Artillerie Parachutiste at Plan De Canjuers Training Area, France with the objective of demonstrating lethality and interoperability between U.S. and French airborne artillery units. 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 pa

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, move toward their objective during a training exercise at the US Army's Pohakuloa Training Area. The 25th Infantry Division is preparing for Team Spirit '84, a joint South Korean/US training exercise held annually in Korea. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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The 108th SFS (Security Forces Squadron) are on the Fort Dix Range Complex on Range 32 completing their Field I and Fire II training. This unit home station is located on JB MDL. (photographs were taken by the TSC / Daniel Amburg)

Soldiers of the 177th Armored Brigade suit up for battle testing of chemical warfare protective gear, at the National Training Center. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alfred Delgado, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, fires an M110 semi-automatic sniper system during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, May 9, 2022. The explosive ordnance disposal team uses the M110 semi-automatic sniper system to detonate explosives from a safe distance. Eagle Wrath is an annual MWSS-171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eduardo Garrido, a native of Miami and Lance Cpl. Stacee Fehrenbacher, a native of New Orleans, both mortarman with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), fires a 60mm mortar during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 30, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d MARDIV's experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Luis Chicassorto, left, and Pfc. Jordan Thompson both with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2d Marine Division, assigned to Task Force 61/2, patrol a simulated oppositional force camp during exercise Alexander the Great 22, Greece, May 24, 2022. Task Force 61/2 is deployed in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests.

Members of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, hold a stabilizing rope attached to a down aircraft during Decisive Action Rotation 14-09 at the National Training Center here, Aug. 11, 2014. Decisive action rotations are reflective of the complexities of potential adversaries our nation could face and include: guerrilla, insurgent, criminal, and near-peer conventional forces woven into one dynamic environment.

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Spc. Peter C. Yachinich, a field artillery crew member, assigned to Battery A, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Thunder, moves into a riverbed after clearing a small remote village in Khoshi District, Feb. 19. Yachinich, a Milwaukee native, was part of a scouting patrol which looked for possible arms-trafficking routes in the area.

A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 fires an M110 semi-automatic sniper system during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, May 9, 2022. The explosive ordnance disposal team uses the M110 semi-automatic sniper system to detonate explosives from a safe distance. Eagle Wrath is an annual MWSS-171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.

A 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron tactical response force member, scans the fence line of a launch facility during a training exercise April 19, 2022, near Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The exercise tested personnels combat abilities against simulated enemy combatants. The 40th Helicopter Squadron also provided air support through radio communication and simulated air support.

A paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division carries his field gear out of the landing zone after his jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Royal Thai Armed Forces assemble into a security posture after landing and exiting a CH-47 Chinook helicopter assigned to 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) exercise 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 29, 2022. Americas oldest treaty ally in Southeast Asia arrived at PTA for JPMRC, the first combat training center for the Indo-Pacific region.

Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with Marine Forces Special Operations Command and Air Force Special Operations Command conduct a patrol alongside critical skills operators during a training event June 24, 2022. The EOD primer tests all aspects of a technicians knowledge and expertise needed to perform as the only tech on a Marine Special Operations Team while operating in austere, politically sensitive, or hostile environments. EOD technicians assigned to MARSOC have completed Marine Special Operations Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 1, which trains Fleet Marine Force EOD technicians in the knowledge and skills required to support the core tasks assigned to MARSOC as a special operations capability specialist.

U.S. Marines fighting muslim warrior in the mountains.

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist assigned to the 2d Air Support Operations Squadron out of Vilseck, Germany, storms a target acquisition in support of strike packages during exercise Cobra Warrior 22 in England, Sept. 21, 2022. Cobra Warrior 22 is designed to develop air land integration through support to air maneuver and develop international partner joint personnel recovery and agile combat employment.

Alaska Army National Guard Spc. Tristan John, from Kwigillingok and an infantryman with B Company, 1st Battalion, 297th Infantry Regiment, awaits a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter in Tununak as part of Operation Merbok Response, Sept. 23, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Willett)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire a 105 mm round with an M119 light-tow howitzer during live-fire training at Combat Outpost Monti in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2009.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, scans for enemies on an objective during a light armored vehicle reinforcement exercise, at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. The LAV reinforcement exercise tested BLT 1/1s ship-to-shore capabilities to provide additional firepower and security from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). 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. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christian Dye, a tactical air control party specialist with Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, instructs fellow special warfare Airmen during mountaineering training at Sunshine Ridge, Alaska, June 28, 2023. The 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen utilize Alaskas varied and austere training locations to prepare for challenging conditions they may face on future missions.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division coordinate fire support during Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.1 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Hijudai Training Area, Japan, April 23, 2022. The skills developed at ARTP increase the proficiency and readiness of the only permanently forward-deployed artillery unit in the Marine Corps, providing long-range precision indirect fires throughout the Indo-Pacific Region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony Neese, a tiltrotor crew chief from San Diego, California, attached to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), surveys the area with an M240D 7.62mm machine gun from the back of an MV-22B Osprey, while conducting ground threat reaction drills, during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 in Yuma, Arizona, March 31, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assist in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army weapons familiarization training on the M249 and the M240 during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 27, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

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