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Silhouettes of Military Personnel

Dramatic silhouettes of soldiers and special forces against colorful sunsets, emphasizing themes of readiness and action in combat scenarios.

Silhouette of a soldier on patrol at night on the sea shore.
Silhouette of a soldier on patrol at night on the sea shore.
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Russian special forces operator in bulletproof helmet in the smoke and fire. Russian special forces operator030903-F-2295B-002. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACCA U.S. Air Force Airman with the 352d Special Operations Wing connects a fuel hose during a Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP) capabilities demonstration in Croatia, May 11, 2022. FARP enables the MC-130J Commando II to refuel other aircraft in austere locations where traditional refueling is not possible. This demonstration was part of Trojan Footprint, the premier Special Operations Forces exercise in Europe that focuses on improving the ability of SOF to counter myriad threats, increases integration with conventional forces and enhances interoperability with NATO allies and European partners.Soldiers walking in field carrying colleagueU.S. Army Spc. Brandon Almaguer, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Mattox Harrell, both indirect-fire infantrymen assigned to Viper Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), reorganize ammunition after the completion of a fire mission in support of the companys maneuver during a multinational live-fire exercise held at Rovaniemi Training Area, Finland, Aug. 11, 2022. The LFX was part of the Finnish Summer Exercise, where U.S. and Finnish troops had the opportunity to train together to amplify and strengthen the partnership and interoperability between the two nations.Soldiers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division board a C-17 Globemaster III prior to a parachute drop during Joint Forcible Entry Exercise Sept. 14, 2010, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. The exercise is a training event held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and Army by executing large scale, heavy equipment and troop movement for real-world contingencies.041123-M-4358R-089. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)Sgt. Theron Bullcock posed for the camera as a competitor in the 310th ESC's Best Warrior Competition Feb. 7, 2024 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana.Master Sgt. Benjamin Sardon, 911th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron communication and navigation systems technician, walks into a C-17 Globemaster III while conducting maintenance at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, May 4, 2022. Maintainers conduct a variety of tasks to ensure aircraft readiness.Night-vision equipment, SWAT team exercises, North-Rhine Westphalian Police, North-Rhine Westphalia, GermanyMilitary patrol from behind Rear view of a three person military patrol isolated in white back with shadow Copyright: xZoonar.com/AchimxPrillx 22101523U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Therron Bundick, 66th Weapons Squadron Joint Terminal Attack Controller, communicates on his radio during routine training on the Nevada Test and Training Range at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 13, 2022. JTACs direct the action of combat aircraft engaged in close-air support and other offensive air operations from a forward position.A jumpmaster checks a static line as Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare for a mass tactical jump from a C-17 Globemaster III onto Salerno Drop Zone on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 2022. The purpose of the training event is to maintain and improve proficiency in airborne operations and mission-essential tasks.Dark silhouettes of a pair of soldiers during a battle operation.Man in military camouflage uniform with service rifle replica, standing on top of sand dune with cloudy sky on background, imitating U.S. army special forces shooter during airsoft war games in desert. Airsoft games shooter during event in sandy areaOperator of Russian special operations forces with Kalashnikov assault rifle in ruined buliding.Special operations soldier equipped with night vision device, radio headset and short barrel rifle.private military contractor with rifle against the sunU.S. Marines with Task Force Southwest fire a 120mm mortar in support of Operation Maiwand 11 at Camp Shorab, Afghanistan, Jan. 28, 2018. The Marines fired multiple illumination rounds in order to light a nearby area where the Afghan National Army 215th Corps was conducting an operation.US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Adrian Nuncio, 52nd Security Forces Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, guards his post near the 606th Air Control Squadron compound, during Exercise LOCAL SALTY NATION. AIC Nucio is armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifle with a blank firing device attached and the setting sun silhouettes the image. Subject Operation/Series: LOCAL SALTY NATION Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)Silhouette of a special forces soldier crossing a river in the jungle during a night raid.DA-SN-88-04529. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)DA-SN-85-02976. Base: Yakima State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)U.S. Army Sgt. William Reese watches flames rise into the night sky after setting canal vegetation ablaze in Tahwilla, Iraq, July 30, 2008. Extremists have been using the canal's thick vegetation to plant bombs under the cover of darkness. The soldiers are assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment.Providers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a UH-60 jump on Fort Bragg, NC, March 30, 2022. The jump serves to bring awareness to the Army's SHARP program.U.S. Army Infantry soldiers-in-training assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, conduct their Crossed Rifles ceremony February 02, 2024, after completing their ruck march back to Sand Hill as part of their culminating field training exercise on Honor Hill. During the ceremony, drill sergeants affix the crossed rifles on their collar. ArmySoldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force secure an airfield as part of a notional JSDF V-22 Osprey refueling capabilities demonstration during the Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2022, Camp Kisarazu, Japan, June 16, 2022. PALS consisted of presentations and demonstrations which were conducted in effort to promote regional security and enhance operational concepts and capabilities. The 2022 symposium brought together senior leaders from 18 participating delegations who are committed to a free and open Indo-Pacific, with the objective of strengthening and developing regional relationships.During a break period on a 120-mile hike, LCPL Fred Spurlin, Combat Service Support Detachment 17, takes a quick nap while holding his M-16A1 rifle close. A total of 130 Marines are marching from Twentynine Palms to Camp Pendleton. Base: Banning State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Silhouette of a soldier armed with sword and shield, with sun setting in background.Corporal Stephen Hornbeck, field radio operator, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Chicago, works on satellite communication during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 12, 2014. The company disrupted Taliban fighters to aid in the retrograde of Sturga II, a British base northeast of Lashkar Gah. The battalion has conducted dozens of missions since they assumed their battlespace March 15, but this was their first combat engagement with insurgents since their arrival in country.Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team and Afghan National Army soldiers with 6th Kandak, 203rd Corps, travel aboard a CH-47 Chinook heavy lift helicopter during an air assault mission May 4, 2012, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Afghan troops, who will eventually take over the security role, provide a cultural link for American troops.Flight deck crewmen prepare to use tie-down chains to secure an aircraft to the deck of the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. Base: USS Independence (CV 62) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)United States Army ranger at sunset.U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jara, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, maneuvers on an Infantry Battle Space Platoon Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security, and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.070508-A-9722M-004. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)Providers assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division conduct set up and security operations on Fort Bragg, NC, March 28, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.Gaza Strip, Palestine. 19th February, 2022. Fighters from the Mujahideen Brigades take part in a military training at a site in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. These exercises are in readiness to repel any aggression on Gaza in the future. (Photo by: Yousef Masoud/Majority World/UIG)Spc. Michael Stutz inspects the top exterior of his newly assigned M-113 track wheeled vehicle upon their arrival at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., Oct. 4, 2008. Stutz is a combat medic assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment.Soldier Observing Helicopter A lone soldier stands attentively, gazing upwards at a distant helicopter in the sky. The scene depicts a moment of observation and potential reconnaissance. Copyright: xrobin2bxClose-up portrait of a bearded commando fighter in boonie hat, desaturated side view.Old hunting cartridges and bandoleer on camouflage backgroundMilitary, door and soldier salute for leaving home for service, army duty and battle in camouflage uniform. Mockup, war hero and man at entrance ready for armed forces, country and marine defenseBritish Royal Commandos in desert uniform holding their rifles.120305-N-ZI635-719 ARABIAN GULF (March 5, 2012) Sailors secure the waist catapults after launching aircraft on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen Prepare to Patrol BeachSgt. Matthew Suson, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24), conducts a contact patrol with other Navy Corpsmen on July 22, 2022, during training on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 23rd Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 is holding annual training at Fort McCoy. (Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kristine Ordinario, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, observes the blast area of a demolition range during exercise Eagle Wrath 22, at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji, Japan, May 14, 2022. 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.Silhouette of a soldier giving hand salute on the shoreline during sunrise.Marine Corps Memorial at sunrise in Washington, DC. - AB48500WW2 Mk 2, Mk II grenades, fragmentation type anti-personnel hand grenade used by the American army during the Second World WarSoldier In Uniform Suffering From StressUnited states Marine Corps special operations command Marsoc raider with pistol. Studio shot of Marine Special Operator black background. soldier with pistolMarines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, replace their targets after conducting a multiple target, live-fire range on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima, Aug. 19, 2012. The Marines conduct various live fire ranges while underway to keep their skills sharp during deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.U.S. Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a live-fire exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), June 27, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.team of soldiers with weapons silhouetted against the sunset on battlefieldhunting, war, army and people concept - close up of young soldier, ranger or hunter with binocular observing forestProviders assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division conduct a UH-60 jump on Fort Bragg, NC, March 30, 2022. The jump serves to bring awareness to the Army's SHARP program.Serviceman equipped with modern weapons, standing in darkness, desaturated portrait on black background.Silhouette of a soldier kneeling in respect for a fallen comrade.U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers participating in the Medical Simulation Training Center's Combat Lifesaver Course train with a New Jersey National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022.Tech. Sgt. James Harris, a 911th Airlift Wing public affairs specialist, snaps a photo during Black History Month at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, Feb. 4, 2024. Harris has 14 years of service with three years in the Honor Guard and is an photographer, illustrator and author who has published four books. Air ForceBritish soldier 2Us Army Meaning The United States And Armed ForceUs Military Indicating The United States And Armed ForcesNational Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, poster: 11th Advanced Cavalry Unit Reenlistment poster. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)Soldiers Words Indicating Comrade In Arms And Fighting