Nighttime Military Reconnaissance

Images capture U.S. Marines conducting nighttime reconnaissance and operations using night vision technology in dark settings.

U.S. and Philippine Marines post security around a simulated casualty during a lowlight convoy operation during exercise Balikatan 22, Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Philippines, April 2, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a leader's reconnaissance during a nighttime live-fire exercise during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 15, 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.

020430-F-9528H-009. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

As seen in the green glow of the night scope, members of the 16th Special Operations Wing (SOW) off-load cargo and personnel at a forward deployed location during a nighttime operational mission. The 16th SOW is deployed to the Joint Special Operations Aviation Component South in a classified location in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AFSOC

050402-A-9144B-062. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. and Philippine Marines post security around a simulated casualty during a lowlight convoy operation during exercise Balikatan 22, Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Philippines, April 2, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

James Turnage, a maintenance flight test pilot and Staff Sgt. Justin Spritzer, a flying crew chief, both with the 33rd Rescue Squadron standby to complete final pre-flight inspections before taking off for mainland Japan, here at Kadena Air Base, March 13. 100 plus personnel from Kadena AB will head north to provide medical and electrical power capabilities.

Twelve National Guard Soldiers who are competing in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition May 11-15, 2022, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio National Guards. The winners will move on to compete in the National Guards competition on July 20-30, 2022, at Camp Smyrna, Tennessee. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

Seen through a night scope, SENIOR AIRMAN Robert Winner, 51st Security Forces Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes aim with his M-16A2 rifle to repel an attack by OPFOR personnel on the 51st Communications Group during Exercise BEVERLY MIDNIGHT. The exercise is designed to test people's ability to carry out their wartime tasking, air base ground defense, and ability to recover after attacks. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MIDNIGHT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, gather during a G-36 live-fire attack as a part of their Marine Corps Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 14, 2022. This type of training evolution is the culminating event aimed at validating the units readiness to conduct combat operations.

060113-A-7359K-089. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Hawijah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041113-A-1067B-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

Iraqi special operations forces and coalition forces conduct a search and rescue mission in Baghdad, Iraq, May 13, 2007, in an attempt to find three U.S. Army Soldiers missing in action.

021110-A-2018L-008. Base: Camp Takagihara State: Shizuoka Country: Japan (JPN)

Light enhanced photography showing US Air Force (USAF) Technical Sergeant (TSGT) Joe Kirsch, a door gunner with the 56th Rescue Squadron, 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), manning a 5.56mm GAU-II minigun aboard a HH-60G Pave Hawk, while deployed at Lungi, Sierra Leone. The 398th AEG is currently in Sierra Leone to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Teams (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Teams (FAST) in Liberia, during Joint Task Force (JTF) Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Lungi Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, patrol during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 15, 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.

060321-A-7969G-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040921-M-5901F-005. Base: Jabella State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020131-F-1851B-089. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

070310-M-6500K-040. Complete Scene Caption: March 10, 2007, Joint Security Forces from the 7th street Security Station in Ramadi, Iraq to include Iraqi Police along with Marines from st Battalion, 6th Marines (/6), Second Marine Division and Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct Operation Okinawa. The operation consisted of several dismounted patrols to specific buildings near the"Race Track"area. These buildings were searched and cleared and then Marine Combat Engineers constructed and fortified a new Observation Post. /6 is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. Ramadi, Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Michael Kropiewnicki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: OKINAWA Base: Camp Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Ma

041113-A-1067B-045. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Clark, a water support technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fires his M16A4 service rifle during a table five and six range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug 28, 2022. Clark, a native of Longville, Louisiana, graduated from South Beauregard High School in 2020 and enlisted out of Recruiting Substation Lake Charles in 2020. The purpose of the training was to improve the Marines ability to operate their rifles at close quarters and in low-visibility environments more effectively. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to fire during a deck shoot aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 3, 2022. Combat Marksmanship Program is designed to sustain a units lethality. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the 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.

041113-A-1067B-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

040629-A-3978J-036. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-3 INF

Night vision view of a special operations forces soldier firing his weapon during combat.

After dark, the opposing forces (Enemy) of the Inspector General's team mounted the first attack on the camp. The "Enemy" took advantage of the cold dark night to sneak past the camp's security and attack targets inside using simulated mortar rounds and smoke grenades. They are participating in Exercise Condor Contest, part of a Space Command Operational Readiness Inspection which deployed 155 members of the 90th Missile Wing, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo. to Camp Guernsey Army National Guard Base, Wyo. Subject Operation/Series: CONDOR CONTEST Base: Camp Guernsey State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A night vision view as Opposing Forces (OPFOR), fire at personnel in a Defensive Fighting Position during Exercise BEVERLY BULLDOG at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Special Forces Operator with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), scans a village for enemy activity during a training mission on Fort Carson, Colorado, July 6, 2022. The 10th SFG(A) Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha conducted nighttime direct action missions to rehearse TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) and standard operating procedures to enhance lethality.

060420-A-7969G-001. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041012-M-0173F-013. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060113-A-7359K-207. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Hawijah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021206-F-6701P-067. Base: Vasiani Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO)

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Airmen from the 69th Maintenance Squadron move a RQ-4 Global Hawk on the flight line on Grand Forks Air Force Base Sept. 19. The Global Hawk covers intelligence collection capability to support forces in worldwide peace, crisis and wartime operations. The capabilities of the aircraft allow more precise targeting of weapons and better protection of forces through superior surveillance capabilities.

(Night Scope PHOTO.) A US Army soldier, wearing a night vision device on helmet, from the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, New York, on night patrol in Eagle Base, Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 23 July 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Eagle Base State: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Ben Davis, 909th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, refuels a B-1B Lancer over the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 2, 2022. Bomber missions provide opportunities to train and work with alongside Allies and partners in joint and coalition operations and exercises.

050106-F-9072P-006. Base: Royal Air Force Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

020323-M-3022S-007. Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, fire the M777A2 Howitzer during Steel Knight 2013 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 12, 2013. Exercise Steel Knight 14 is a 1st Marine Division exercise conducted to successfully demonstrate the capability to exercise command and control over forces in a distributed environment with long range movement, while conducting offensive and defensive maneuver and operations integrated with supporting arms.

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

020929-A-3497H-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Selerno Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A night vision view of a member of the USAF Security Police unit as they participate in the night infiltration training techniques at the OPFOR camp outside of Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A U.S. Marine with 2d Marine Division participates in an infantry skills test during the Division Leader Assessment Program 4-22 on Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Sept. 12, 2022. The assessment program provides Marines with learning and mentorship opportunities, which helps train and develop Marines that demonstrate an apex level of lethality, endurance and comprehensive warfighting ability.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, receive a brief during a night-driving course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. During the course, Marines conducted black-out driving which allows for the tactical movements of vehicles to remain concealed in darkness. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, and Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, conduct a night raid during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior in Savaneta, Aruba, June 28, 2022. This bilateral training exercise allows 2d Recon to expand its knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. Caribbean Coastal Warrior continues to increase global interoperability between the U.S. Marines and the Dutch Marines as well as Caribbean Urban Warrior, an annual training evolution conducted on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Chilean Air Force Airmen 1st Class Leandro Torti, an electrician, and Staff Sergeant Cristian Venegas, an expediter, both with the 10th Chilean Aviation Group, test night vision equipment July 25, 2018, at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. The Chilean Air Force visited the 136th Airlift Wing as part of the State Partnership Program, which forges mutually beneficial partnerships with some of the Wings staunchest allies and partners worldwide.

A team, competing in the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition, completes assembly of multiple small-arms weapons during a timed nighttime challenge on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 4, 2022. Each squad competing in the Army Best Squad Competition consists of five Soldiers; a squad leader, which is a sergeant first class or staff sergeant; a team leader, which is a sergeant or corporal; and three squad members in the ranks of specialist or below.

060413-A-6365W-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Speicher State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Seen through the green glow of a night scope, STAFF Sergeant Jay Reinsche, an engineer from the 41st Rescue Squadron, packs his gear after a night mission aboard an HH-60 helicopter. The 41st Rescue Squadron is taking part in the DESERT RESCUE IX exercise at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada. Desert Rescue is a Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) exercise bringing together elements from all branches of the service in a series of real world rescue and combat scenarios. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040808-M-2396K-054. Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011203-F-2352G-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Rhino Landing Zone Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

The Week of the Warrior is in full swing, as competitors from the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division complete the challenges presented to them on the second day of the competition, May 3, 2022, on Camp Casey, Republic of Korea. The Soldiers participated in a combat run, confidence course, stress shoot, and a M4 familiarization qualification.

A U.S. Marine with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, conducts a night raid during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior in Savaneta, Aruba, June 28, 2022. This bilateral training exercise allows 2d Recon to expand its knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. Caribbean Coastal Warrior continues to increase global interoperability between the U.S. Marines and Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, as well as Caribbean Urban Warrior, an annual training evolution conducted on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

U.S. Marines Sgt. Heriberto Rayescandelario, a data systems administrator, left, and Cpl. Christian Montemayor, a fire support Marine, right, both with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a notional 5-line close air support mission during a communications field exercise, Rapid Tanto at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. The exercise allowed Marines to conduct communications training to include 9-line casualty evacuation requests with field radios. Using off-the-shelf radars and low-signature equipment, 5th ANGLICO and 3rd Intelligence Battalion demonstrated proficiency in planning, coordination, and execution of dynamic targeting capable of supporting maritime campaigns in an increasingly contested Indo-Pacific. Rayescandelario is a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Montemayor is a native of San Diego. Marine Corps

030329-M-6270B-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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

060116-A-6365W-061. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011212-F-4177H-002. Base: RAF Feltwell State: East Anglia Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

021122-M-1037T-026. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BN 7TH MARINES

040212-F-0881Z-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. MarineCorps CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons andTactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), conducts a nighttime external lift during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22, at site 67 training area, near Wellton, Arizona,on April 6, 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 assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

060502-A-1067B-003. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Viewed through a night vision scope, a B-1B Lancer, 28th Air Expeditionary Wing, receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender, 60th Air Expeditionary Group, at night during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. In response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon, President George W. Bush initiated Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

DF-SD-06-13611. Subject Operation/Series: 1ST COMBAT CAMERA SQUADRON (DEPLOYED) Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Darwin Poe, a fixed-wing aircraft airframe mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, conducts maintenance while underway aboard the amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 13, 2022. Marines with VMFA-121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, are conducting flight operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

020323-M-3022S-001. Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 24 MEU

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, posts security from a window during Technology Operational Experimentation Exercise (TOEE) 22 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 28, 2022. TOEE 22 is specifically focused on emerging Naval concepts, such as expeditionary advanced base operations to provide selective science and technology initiatives with service-level experimentation through expeditionary logistics/naval sustainment, littoral maneuver-mobility using unmanned systems and sensors, and logistics operations as part of a maritime command and control network.

020430-F-9528H-003. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a night raid during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Atlantic Airfield, North Carolina, June 13, 2022. This type of training evolution is the culminating event aimed at validating the units readiness to conduct combat operations.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires rifles during a deck shoot aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 3, 2022. Combat Marksmanship Program is designed to sustain a units lethality. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the 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.

Soldiers from the U.S. Special Forces review map data while conducting an operation in Panjawi district, Kandahar province July 10, 2010. During the joint operation between Afghan, U.S. and Coalition forces, more than 500 pounds of explosive material was found alongside other improvised explosive device making materials. All material, including a motorcycle rigged with explosives, was destroyed by the combined force.

Portrait of a U.S. Marine in Northern Afghanistan.

060418-A-6365W-111. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

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.

050716-F-9712C-090. Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 AD

070315-M-0460B-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Operators participating in joint training between U.S. and Republic of Korea (ROK) special operations forces, take cover as mock explosives detonate at Kunsan Air Base, ROK, Sept. 26, 2022. U.S. Special Operations Command Korea focused the joint combined exchange training event on increasing the lethality and combat readiness of the combined force.

070315-M-0460B-037. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in Table 3B course of fire range during ANGLICO Basic Course 1-22 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 5, 2022. This basic training enhances the capabilities of ANGLICO Marines to plan and execute liaison missions in support of joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations.

060423-A-7969G-019. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Mara State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

020513-F-4300H-001. Subject Operation/Series: HUNGARIAN RESPONSE 2002 Base: Kesckemet Air Base Country: Hungary (HUN)

Military, night vision and target in green, overlay or dark silhouette of spy, people or terrorist risk to soldier. Police, surveillance or men training in infrared scope for army or security mission

Night vision, soldier or sniper scope in military for aim, target or firearm with mission or battle. Man, person or camouflage for battlefield, service and defense with army, bootcamp and incognito

030524-M-8683D-046. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2003 Base: Pong Nam Ran Country: Thailand (THA)

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

Soldiers from Company H (Hawk Co.), 3rd Squadron, 2nd Striker Cavalry Regiment, dismount from a their vehicle and prepare to raid a series of compounds Nov. 22, in the Maywand District, Afghanistan

060413-A-5043I-050. Base: Al Mahmudiyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

SKYROS, Greece (May 24, 2022)-U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Luis Chicassorto, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, 2d Marine Division, assigned to Task Force 61/2, operates a R80D SkyRaider Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at night trying to find the simulated raid force 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zildjianaf Irani, an engineer equipment operator with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conducts a night patrol at Eastern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 18, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division arrive in support of Haiti earthquake relief efforts at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 17, 2010.

041113-A-1067B-094. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

Night vision shot of CAPT. Mike Morris at the controls of a C-130 flying from Rhein-Main AB, Germany, to a drop zone in Bosnia-Herzegovina. CAPT. Morris is assigned to the 105th Airlift Squadron, Tennessee Air National Guard, Nashville, Tenn. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Country: Unknown

U.S. Marines with 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, Royal Marines with Y Squadron, 3 Commando Brigade, 30 Commando, Royal Marines and soldiers with 7th Signal Regiment, Australian Army, participate in Radio Reconnaissance Operators Course (RROC) CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter air insertion exercise mission on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 12, 2022. RROC is specifically tailored for Radio Reconnaissance Marines and combines skills taught in various existing signals intelligence, electronic warfare and reconnaissance courses and puts them into an intense training evolution. This is the first time RROC has been conducted on Camp Lejeune with the goal of establishing a training environment beneficial to strengthening relationships with our allies and partners

As seen through a night vision device, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division parachute from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during the joint Army/Air Force Exercise Market Square II. Subject Operation/Series: MARKET SQUARE II Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Light enhanced photography, fisheye lens view, showing a US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine from 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiments, 2nd Marine Division, engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the city of Haqlaniyah, located in the Al Anbar Province in Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade provide a mortar barrage for paratroopers advancing on an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 29, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

041018-F-2034C-011. Base: Fob Mackenzie State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Green Beret from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires an M240 machine gun during a live-fire exercise with United Kingdom Royal Marines from 45 Commando at Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022. This Special Forces-led exercise is designed to improve their ability to work with the United Kingdoms commando forces in a time of crisis.

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