Silhouette Military Actions

Dramatic silhouettes of military personnel in various poses, evoking themes of vigilance and discipline against vibrant backgrounds.

United States Army ranger at sunset.

A U.S. Marine with 3d Marine Division clears a building during a squad competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. The week-long competition was held to test squads from across the Marine Corps in their mastery of warfighting skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Lance Cpl. Michael Taggart)

A U.S. Air Force Loadmaster assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing signals to members of the Armée de l'Air et de lEspace (French Air and Space Force) for infiltration/exfiltration training on a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II for exercise Athena on Cazaux Air Base, France, May 5, 2022. The 352 SOW supported exercise Athena, a French-led joint and combined Special Operation Forces exercise that validates the full spectrum of integrated component and partner capabilities.Training with our joint and combined Allies and partners increases our lethality and enhances interoperability, allowing our forces to counter military aggression and coercion by sharing responsibilities for a common defense.

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Ball, a flight medic with Company C, 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), trains Air Force medical practitioners in UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation procedures on Feb. 28th, 2014, somewhere in southwest Asia.The air ambulance, comprised of Indiana and Kentucky Army National Guardsmen, is a medical response force able to quickly reach critical patients and deliver care on location and en route to an advanced care facility. The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, is currently deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (N.Y. Army National Guard

GI male (US military soldier) in silhouette, sitting atop military vehicle, next to a machine gun barrel, blue sky background.

Uprising in Libya

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hogan, Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning journeyman, 729th Air Control Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, walks under shade netting Sept. 7, 2022, Hill AFB. The 729th Air Control Squadron supports in-theater commanders by providing rapid deployment of mobile Air control systems.

DM-ST-88-07835. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

DM-ST-85-09381. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

A cannon crewmember with the 1-145th Field Artillery, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, walks back to his M109 Paladin artillery after their guns initial test firing during Western Strike 22, June 10, 2022 held at Orchard Combat Training Center. The first round at a training site is shot with the crews outside of the gun and fired using a 50 yard lanyard to ensure the gun is safe to shoot. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th FAB that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

Two sailors aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61) wait for early evening underway replenishment to begin during operation Northern Wedding. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION NORTHERN WEDDING Country: Unknown

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), prepare for departure from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, May 22, 2022. This is the first time Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 has embarked as a full squadron aboard an amphibious assault ship from MCAS Iwakuni.

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (Sept. 11, 2017) Engineman 3rd Class Kaitlyn Kohr, attached to Beach Master Unit (BMU) 2, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), waves the Uniform flag, guiding a landing craft utility to shore. Kearsarge is assisting with relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.

220718-N-TP544-1270 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 18, 2022) Sailors preform maintenance on an MH-60S helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, on the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a pinning ceremony July 18, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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.

Man dressed in chemical suit walking on the street at the begining of COVID-19 pandemic, Warmia-Masuria Province, Poland, Europe

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Europe and Spanish Marines assigned to Marine Infantry Brigade, Third Armada, First Landing Battalion, conduct a hike as part of exercise Lisa Azul in Sierra del Retin, Spain, Sept. 14, 2022. Lisa Azul is an annual bilateral training exercise that takes place aboard Naval Station Rota and Sierra del Retin and focuses on critical skills such as live-fire, helicopter rope suspension techniques, non-lethal combatives, and physical fitness to foster camaraderie and sustain interoperability amongst U.S. and partner forces and improve lethality in security and infantry operations.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

Senior Airman Brian Kehn, a pararescueman assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, flys aboard an HC-130P Combat King” aircraft during an alert mission, April 10, 2010, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Guardian Angel” pararescuemen, deployed from the 48th ERQS at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., returned to Afghanistan after their last deployment, which ended in January 2010. During that deployment they completed search and rescue missions utilizing HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters at Kandahar Airfield. For some of the PJs, this is their first experience working with the HC-130P.

Asayish Law Enforcement Training Academy members celebrate with a modern line dance after a Syrian Internal Security Forces graduation ceremony near Qamishli, Syria, Jan. 3, 2023. Coalition Detention Capabilities Assessment Teams conduct law enforcement fundamentals courses with Asayish partners to equip them with skills needed to secure Syria and the region against ISIS. More than 140 new correctional force guards graduated from the initial course spanning over three months. Coalition Forces will continue to advise, assist and enable Syrian Democratic Forces to instruct and help build a capable security force that is prepared to deny ISIS recruitment efforts and ensure safety across the region.

A catapult officer watches as an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft is launched from the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67). Country: Adriatic Sea

Silhouette of a private military contractor atop a hill.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Nicola, an MC-130J Commando II loadmaster with 9th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, preforms pre-flight checks before U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators with the 24th Special Operations Wing conduct military free-fall and static-line jumps during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 4, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training for response to various threats above and below the threshold of armed conflict.

Soldiers stand near a dirt road in the middle of the night during a field training exercise.

Personnel assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) render a hand salute in reverence to the American flag during a morning colors observance ceremony on October 27, 2022. Morning colors is a daily observance where the American flag is raised at the start of each workday.

U.S. Army squads from across III Armored Corps compete for the title of the corps Best Squad during a head-to-head competition at the III Armored Corps Best Squad Competition 2022 at Fort Hood, Texas, Jun. 25, 2022. On day four of the competition, all squads went head-to-head on a 12 mile ruck march against the clock to see which squad would finish first. The 75th Artillery BDE squad, based out of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, showcase competitive spirit and team work during the event. 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 at Fort Hood in August.

A hooded evader is closely guarded by a member of the "guerrilla" forces while hiding in a safe house during a joint-service escape and evasion field training exercise at Outlying Field Choctaw. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Persian Gulf, June 13, 2006 - A sailor walks the catapults as part of his pre-launch checks of the catapults on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

Emerging from the smoke, team leader Sgt. Juan Pablo Pesina breaks out into the open running toward the target building.For their final field exercise on their last day in the field, soldiers of Charlie Company are divided into small squads. Their assignment is to use all the techniques learned in the last two days in an assault on one of the buildings on the CACTIF complex. In this exercise, a group of soldiers role play as an opposing force defending the structure in a simulated fight using chalk rounds in their weapons.The Idaho Army National Guards Charlie Company of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion is near the end of its two-week annual training. The last but no less difficult field training assignment is running the gauntlet of the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility, known as the CACTIF, an urban warfare training complex on the Orchard Combat Training Center.The CACTIF complex consists of 4-5 concrete block buildings. The

030826-M-1527O-027. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 30, 2022) - Sri Lankan Marines capture an objective during an amphibious raid for a multinational littoral operations exercise as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 30. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

DM-SN-89-05530. Base: Unknown

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

040805-F-6701P-007. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Immigrants are arrested in Arizon after crossing the border illegally.

Four Marine crash crewmen undergo training in fighting an aviation fire at night. This is a special pit used in training all members of the crash crew. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Iwakuni Country: Japan (JPN)

Viet Cong soldier stands beneath a Viet Cong flag carrying his AK-47 rifle. He was participating in the exchange of POWs by the Four Power Joint Military Commission. Subject Operation/Series: HOMECOMING Base: Loc Ninh Country: South Vietnam

Silhouette of a soldier standing with rifle in hand, on coastline against a sunset.

Staff Sgt. Edward Rodriguez, 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal bomb technician, participates in a 9/11 memorial stair climb at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Sept.11, 2022. The 433rd CES performs a stair climb every year to commemorate the 110 flights of stairs first responders had to climb inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

Post apocalyptic mutant wearing tattered rags in a dungeon with handmade weapon.

Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion suspend from a special purpose insertion and extraction rope after being extracted from the jungle Feb. 21 during a patrol at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 extracted the Marines. 3rd Recon. Bn. is a part of 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. VMM-265 is a part of Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF.

Silhouette of helicopter flying over people at sunset

U.S. Air Force Airmen attending the Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire course perform a cross-load technique during high threat driving training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 8, 2024. The ART-OTW course is a pre-deployment requirement to gain experience in specialized tactics and techniques through strenuous training scenarios. Air Force

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Basic Cadets from the Class of 2026 complete the assault course at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 12, 2022. Basic Cadet Training (BCT) is a six-week indoctrination program to guide the transformation of new cadets from being civilians to military academy cadets prepared to enter a four-year officer commissioning program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley)

Lance Cpl. Wesley R. Brewster, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific bugler, performs Taps toward the end of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment's memorial service Tuesday between Hangars 1 and 2 aboard MCB

Patrol of Norwegian rapid reaction special forces FSK soldiers in ambush among the rocks.

U.S. Army Spc. Zackery Cely provides security from a tower at Forward Operating Base Lane in the Zabul province of Afghanistan Oct. 5, 2009. Cely is from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment.

Sailors taking a break aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV-60) are silhouetted against the late afternoon sky during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

Stalker with gun

Group of special forces climbs into the mountains in order to take a favorable position to protect the target. Mixed media

Paintball, pain or man with an elbow injury after playing a shooting game on a fun battlefield on holiday. Red glow, fitness or hands of player in an arm accident in an outdoor military competition

A woman Marine recruit platoon from Series 10, Company K, marches back from a three-day field training exercise held at Page Field, Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Silhouette of a statue near a barbed wire fence, Holocaust Memorial, San Francisco, California, USA

Hunter Reloading

Stalker with gun

U.S. Army Spc. Preston Hatsell, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, navigates an obstacle during the final event of the 2022 U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 12, 2022. Teams from across USAREUR-AF tested their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they competed for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent USAREUR-AF at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to paddle out during a boat launch sustainment exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 4, 2022. Launching from the well deck provides the MEU a ship-to-shore capability. 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.

Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, May 17, 1944A flotilla of Coast Guard manned and troop packed LSTs secure the beachhead and seal the capture of Sarmi.

DN-SN-85-05703. Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Francisco Govea II, left, and Senior Airmen Jake Buck, visual information specialists assigned to 4th Combat Camera Squadron, 315th Airlift Wing, conduct Night Land Navigation during Day 2 of the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

FRA - POLITIQUE - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, ministre des Armées, à RennesFlorence Parly, ministre des Armées, se rend jeudi 3 octobre 2019 au quartier Stéphant à Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35 ), où elle inaugurere le premier btiment du Commandement de la cyberdéfense ( COMCYBER ), spécifiquement conçu pour répondre aux besoins techniques et opérationnels du COMCYBER et accueillir ses différentes unités.FRA - POLITICS - CYBERDEFENSE - Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, in RennesFlorence Parly, Minister of the French Armed Forces, will visit the Stéphant district in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande ( 35) on Thursday, October 3, 2019, where she will inaugurate the first building of the Cyber Defence Command (COMCYBER), specifically designed to meet the technical and operational needs of the COMCYBER and accommodate its various units.

Paintball, hands and high five for teamwork, support or trust in game plan, collaboration or unity on battle field. Group of paintballers touching hand for team building motivation before match start

OPA-LOCKA, FLORIDA , FLORIDA (2 September 2019) -- Florida National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, from the CBRN Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP), load equipment and prepare for potential missions responding to Hurricane Dorian.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sean Taylor, 36th Fighter Generation Squadron electrical environmental systems journeyman, looks out of a bus window heading to Daegu Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 30, 2023. Airmen participated in a week-long training event simulating deployments to Gwangju and Daegu to test Osans ability to provide combat ready forces for close air support, air strike control, forward air control-airborne, combat search and rescue, counter air and fire, and interdiction in the defense of the ROK from geographically separated locations.

A wounded soldier screaming in pain while comrades try to stop the bleeding from a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Drill Instructors yell out run times as the competitors cross the finish line of the three mile buddy-run. The Best Sapper Competition gives engineers throughout the Army the opportunity to compete in a grueling six phase three day competition to determine who are the best engineers in the Army.

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Cabibi, a Defender with the 403rd Security Forces Squadron stationed at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, emerges from the cover of trees to assault an enemy position during an area security operations exercise, May 19, 2022, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio. The training was part of the two-week IDLC, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and using training grounds at CJAG. IDLC was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isha Husainy, an avionic technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, assists in securing a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter after landing during Korean Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) 22-2 at the 1st Republic of Korea Marine Corps Division Base in Pohang, Republic of Korea, July 20, 2022. KMEP is a bilateral training exercise that increases interoperability and strengthens the combined capabilities of Republic of Korea Marines and U.S. Marines.

DA-SC-90-00066. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-SN-87-12800. Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers with Bear Troop, 8th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment conduct culvert denial operations along Highway 4 in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, March 11, 2010.

Post apocalypse survivor in tatters and gas mask on the ruins of a destroyed city.

Students run down Coronado Beach in a double column during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army soldier with rifle night moon silhouette under cover of darkness in action during raid crossing river in the water. Covert diversionary operation. Army soldier silhouette

U.S. Soldiers with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment gather around a fire to stay warm during an operation in the Helmand province of Afghanistan Feb. 14, 2010.

111130-N-DR144-982CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 30, 2011) Sailors man the rails as Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) departs Naval Air Station North Island for a Western Pacific Deployment.

A group of toy soldiers are captured in motion as they navigate a steep incline, showcasing teamwork and strategy

DN-ST-88-01402. Base: USS Raleigh (LPD 1)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines ground fight during the Trinity Games at Camp Hansen, Japan, June 30, 2022. The Trinity Games were held to foster the spirit of competition and comradery within the unit. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

A U.S. Airman from the Idaho Air National Guards 124th Medical Group holds his weapon steady in front of him, pressing it against his shoulder, finger on the trigger, his body low to the ground. He takes a small, strategic step into the plume of smoke swirling around him. Surrounded by a blanket of red smoke makes it hard to see his battle buddy but he knows his counterpart, a Soldier from the Idaho Army National Guards Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion Medical Detachment, is close behind him. Approximately 200 Idaho National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and their active duty and Navy Reserve counterparts joined forces for a mass casualty combat exercise, Feb. 1-4, near Gowen Field. Air National Guard

A close up view of SGT. 1ST Class George E. Bailey (in yellow hard hat), 1ST Combat Equipment Company, Mannheim, Germany, as he drives the second M113 armored personnel carrier into the C-141 Starlifter. Subject Operation/Series: UGANDA AIRLIFT Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Soldiers bring extras to the Airbus A400M aircraft, taken during the Bundeswehr exercise 'Fast Eagle' in Barth, 05.05.2022. The exercise 'Fast Eagle' simulates an evacuation of German citizens from a fictitious crisis country within a short time, Barth, Germany, Europe

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