Soldiers in Combat Zones

U.S. military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan engaged in combat and training exercises, highlighting their tactical operations and readiness.

U.S. Marine on Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

060322-F-7823A-094. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060423-A-6365W-178. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Soldiers of the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, demonstrate how to operate a M-4 carbine during a training exercise with troops from the 341st Romanian Infantry battalion during a cross-training event at the Bardia Firing Range near COB Adder, Iraq.

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, conduct combat operations in Now Zad, Afghanistan, during Operation Cobra's Anger, Dec.4, 2009. Operation Cobra's Anger disrupted enemy supply lines and communication in Now Zad, once a safe haven for Taliban forces.

U.S. Army Pfc. Andrew Reinke, right, and Capt. Jermaine Hampton provide security during operations with Iraqi army soldiers in the Khamaliyah area of Baghdad, Iraq, June 27, 2007.

U.S. Marine on Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Soldiers from the 3rd Squadron, 3rd Security Forces Assistance Brigade conduct a live fire dismount movement during a border security subject matter expert exchange. The exchange gave our Soldiers and partners and opportunity to enhance joint readiness and capabilities

100925-A-8009L-083 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Andrew Moehl, of 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, radios in his team's status with the help of his Radio Transmitter Operator Spc. Joshua Rachal in Kandalay, Afghanistan, on Sept. 25, 2010. U.S. soldiers worked hard to cut down trees in preparation for a new Command Observation Post being built in the area.

110228-N-6436W-031DEH DADI TWO, Afghanistan (Feb. 28, 2011) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40 begin their journey back to homeport in Port Hueneme, Calif. NMCB-40 will turn the camp over to the Army and NATO forces as a major hub in the northern Afghanistan distribution network supply route.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Baker Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division scan for enemy personnel during a patrol through a village southeast of Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2008. Al-Qaeda members had recently occupied the village so the Soldiers are working with sheiks in the area to improve security.

A U.S. Marine scans the distance from atop an LAV-25 through a gunsight on an M4 during a combat operation on the flat, open desert terrain of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province

030222-M-5753Q-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

PINJADOO, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Lance Cpl. James Torres, a rifleman with Jump Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, holds security while supporting Lima Company Marines who began taking ineffective small-arms fire after an improvised explosive device detonated in Pinjadoo, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2010. No Marines or Afghans were injured by the explosion. Jump Platoon investigated the area around the blast for secondary IEDs and to gather information.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to C Battery, 2nd Cavalry Regiment Field Artillery Squadron, load the M777 Howitzer during a live fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 6, 2024. 2nd Cavalry Regiment provides V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe, with combat-credible forces capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater to defend the NATO alliance. Army

U.S. Marines on a Combat Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

AMC Best Squad members prepare to move at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training area on Fort Rucker August 22, 2022 in preparation for the upcoming Army best squad competition in September. Photo by Jay Mann.

Lance Cpl. Shaquille Smith with III Marine Exxpeditionary Force rushes toward a simulated casualty as part of combat first aid training during Khaan Quest 2015 at the Five Hills Training Area in Tavantolgoi, Mongolia, June 27, 2015. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces and co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.

060315-A-7969G-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Seniya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Army Soldiers from 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct a patrol in Hamood, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2007.

060326-A-7969G-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

071013-A-2013C-027 Army Staff Sgt. Gerald Mickelson, platoon sergeant for the Market Garden Combat Logistics Patrol from the 782nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division watches as his vehicle makes its way up a steep incline in Paktika Province, Afghanistan October 11, 2007. Mickelson is from Monroe, Ga.

U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Malagoli, with 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, clings to a wall while crossing a narrow path above a dry river bed during a presence patrol off Highway 1 in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010.

Working together: Staff Sgt. Ricardo Mendoza, non-commissioned officer in charge for a 81 mm mortar system assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, helps an Iraqi soldier align his mortar sight during a live fire exercise at Destiny Range, April 17, 2011. A native of Amarillo, Texas, Mendoza aided the Iraqi soldiers in their live fire exercise to help increase their proficiency on the mortar system. We’re here to mostly observe and to ensure they [shoot the mortars safely,” said Mendoza.

050913-A-0527A-010. Base: Camp Kackeran Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

U.S. Marines with 1st Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment stand guard during a patrol in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2010. Marines conducted counterinsurgency operations with the International Security Assistance Force to suppress insurgent activity and gain the trust of Afghan citizens.

050614-A-1566H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Qadysia Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060316-N-4614W-006. Base: Samarra Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Johnathan Wittschen, left, and Cpl. Alex Breneman, both motor vehicle operators with Motor Transport Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, recover a notionally disabled Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement as part of Motorized Immersion Training during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 8, 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.

060706-A-0559K-058. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. David Burnett, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) student with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liason Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, coordinates close air support for an urban assault at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho during Exercise Garnet Rattler April 28, 2022. Garnet Rattler is a joint training event between Marines, Soldiers and Airmen to train and qualify JTACs to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.

Cpl. Tahachee Appodaca, a Wasco, Calif., native and platoon sergeant with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, orders his Marines to push forward during company-sized assault training, as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31, 2013. During Iron Fist 2013, 13th MEU, and Japan Ground Self Defense Force will spend three weeks participating in bilateral training to improve their interoperability, enhance military-to-military relations and sharpen skills essential to crisis response.

Spc. Aaron Greenwood, Pfc. Amadeus Schroeder, and Pfc. Peter Papalexis, mortarmen in 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, establish their observation post as the sun begins to rise over the mountains near Combat Outpost Khilaguy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 9, 2013. The fire support assets of 6-4 CAV train constantly to improve their soldiers while deployed to Regional Command - North, Afghanistan. 6-4 CAV has been deployed since May 2013 and is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky.

Lt. Col. Donald Hayfron, commander of Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Division Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, surveys the firing lane at on July 19, 2022, on Camp Guernsey, Wyoming. This rifle qualification event was a part of the Division Leaders Academy.

Cpl. Dave Spraker, a team leader with 3rd platoon, Company E, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, instructs Royal Tongan Marines, Tonga Defence Services, during a battle sight zero exercise at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Range Training Facility Wednesday. Service members from Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Malaysia and Tonga joined the 2/3 Marines in training as part of the Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2010, a biennial exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve bilateral interoperability.

U.S. Marine, Holding an M4 Carbine, During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody D. Mayberry with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, listens to a brief before a patrol near Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 21, 2010.

060416-A-6365W-087. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

050810-A-2140D-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B 3-21

050717-F-9629D-077. Base: Ali Base Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 56 BCT TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD

040319-M-5753Q-011. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 1st Special Operations Mission Support Group prepare to integrate communication systems at a Mission Sustainment Team field exercise at Austere Field #6, Florida, Sept. 12, 2022. Communications systems are used by all members of the team to ensure all mission goals are met.

United States Marine speaks on a smartphone during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Staff Sgt. Marquez A. Moreno, assigned to the the Police Advisor Team Deleram, returns from a patrol in Deleram, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 26, 2013. The Marines and sailors with PAT-D took on the role of instructors and mentors for their Civil Order Police counterparts.

U.S. Army Pfc. Benjamin Cunningham, of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, takes a knee and provides security as his company comes to a halt along the streets of Baqubah, Iraq, June 19, 2007.

U.S. Army Cpt. Robert Harrison, a team leader with the Fort Benning-based 1st battalion, 54th Security Forces Assistance Brigade, speaks with Georgian Defense Force soldiers about their troop leading procedures while conducting a raid during Noble Partner at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia Sep. 2, 2022. Noble Partner is a cooperatively-led multinational training exercise in its sixth iteration between the Georgian Defense Forces (GDF) and U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

031007-M-8703S-001. Base: Magtftc Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Mar

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) East Africa Response Force (EARF), conduct helicopter landing zone training with U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2022. The EARF is augmented by U.S. Marine Corps aviation assets that transport and insert ground forces wherever they are needed throughout the region, supporting crisis response through seamless and immediate force deployment capabilities across vast distances.

U.S. Soldiers with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team engage enemy combatants in Chak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 25, 2010.

U.S. Marines assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up security for a dry-fire training event during exercise African Lion 22, Tunisia, June 21, 2022. African Lion 22 is a multinational-scale exercise focused on increasing training and interoperability between the U.S. partners and allies in Africa to work towards increased security and stability within the region.

040820-F-5789F-010. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060411-A-1067B-004. Base: Ntc, Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Gun Commander from the French Forces in Djibouti trains U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, about a CAESAR self-propelled howitzer near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2022. French and U.S. forces partnered to conduct an artillery fire support and familiarization exercise. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Thomas Johns)

United Arab Emirates Soldiers prepare to board CH-47 Chinook helicopters for movement into live-fire exercise during Joint Readiness Training Center Rotation 23-04, Fort Polk, LA, Feb., 19, 2023. UAE Soldiers from the 11th Mountain Battalion are participating in the training rotation alongside U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. UAE Soldiers will train alongside U.S. Army brigades throughout this JRTC rotation to increase tactical interoperability and readiness.

Soldiers assigned to the Fort Bragg, N.C., based 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command engage targets during an M17 pistol qualification range on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on Jan. 25, 2022. Spears Ready Soldiers have been deployed since August of 2021 staffing the 1st Theater Sustainment Command operational command post.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

030214-M-3138H-055. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

Soldiers from the British Army watch a live-fire exercise during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 13, 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.

111121-F-FT240-033 U.S. Army Spc. Edwarde Loeup (right), an automatic rifleman with Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, moves to high ground during a dismounted patrol on the way to a key leader engagement at a hospital in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, on Nov. 21, 2011.

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Expeditionary Force Female Engagement Team, (FET), receive a brief provided by Marines assigned to 3D Low Altitude Air Defense prior to a patrol mission at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan aimed at engaging women in local settlements of Boldak April 5, 2010. The FET engaged in conversation with women of the area in an effort to better gain cultural awareness and ascertain family needs in support of efforts of the International Security Assistance Force assigned to the region.

U.S. Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve combat medic trainees pull security as a U.S. Army HH-60M MEDEVAC (Medical Evacuation) helicopter lands nearby at Stones Ranch Military Reservation, East Lyme, Connecticut, July 13, 2022. Helicopters have been used to conduct medical evacuations in austere environments since the adoption of the U.S. Army Sikorsky R4 helicopter during WWII.

A French Soldier (right) with the 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment and a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct weapons familiarization at Arta Range, Djibouti, May 15, 2022. CJTF-HOA regularly works alongside allied and partner nations and governmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in improving the peace and prosperity in East Africa.

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030404-F-8362B-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Brady (left), Staff Sgt. Jason Lee (center), and Senior Airman Thomas Schalin breach a door and prepare to clear a room during a mission rehearsal in an excess structure here Aug. 26, 2014. The event allowed pararescuemen from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, to hone their breaching, clearing, patient care, and egress skills. Air Force rescue forces conduct combat search and rescue and personnel recovery operations. Brady and Schalin are deployed from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., and Lee is an Air National Guardsmen deployed from the 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, Louisville, Ky. The 83rd ERQS partnered with Joint Task Force Trailblazer, U.S. Army 2nd Engineer Brigade, to use the structure prior to its scheduled deconstruction. Task Force Trailblazer is currently demolishing 50-70 wooden structures here each week as part of Operation Enduring Freedom retrograde operations.

030226-M-5753Q-028. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Martin Ratkowski, Combined Team Zabul K-9 handler, and his K-9, Tosca, search a home for home-made explosives in a local village in the district of Mizan, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2011. Sergeant Ratkowski attached to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul to provide a home-made explosives search with his K-9. PRT Zabul's mission is to conduct civil-military operations in Zabul province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the Government of Afghanistan. Ratkowski is deployed from the 9th Security Forces Squadron at Beale Air Force Base and is originally from Buffalo, New York.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt, Mark Lynas, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul squad leader, calls for a member of his team during a mission in Shah Joy, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2011. Lynas is deployed from Charlie Company, 182nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard.

051013-A-2098S-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare move to an objective while conducting a live-fire raid on Range 226 during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 21, 2022. Range 226 improved the Marines ability to operate their rifles at close quarters and in low-visibility environments during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

US Navy (USN) Corpsmen and US Marines Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Force Services Support Group (FSSG), disassemble at Chemical Biological Protective Shelter (CBPS) at Camp Coyote, Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The CBPS is a highly mobile chemically protected shelter system designed for emergency medical use in forward battle areas. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Sgt. Phillips Casey, a native of Cartersville, Ga., fires his weapon through a window during the stress shoot session as part of the Strike Brigade Combat Team's Non-commissioned Officer and Soldier of the Quarter Competition Oct. 4, 2008. Casey serves with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Multi-National Division-Baghdad.

041217-F-2034C-033. Base: Al Shahabi Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. soldier helping a fellow soldier climb up a sand dune.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Darrell Webster, assigned to 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, provides security outside the Al-Alwya power station in Karadah, Iraq, March 19, 2008.

060330-A-7969G-010. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Marines and Australians in full NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) warfare gear participate in NBC Training at Camp Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Here they watch, Corporal Anthony R. Blanco, USMC, a Combat Correspondent with the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) photographs a Marine field striping a 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle, during NBC Training at Camp Doha, Kuwait during Operation Enduring Freedom. The Marine is dressed in his Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), wearing an M40 Chemical-Biological Field Mask with a C2A1 filter canister. The Australians are wearing their MKIV No1 NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Suits with Avon FM12 Mask. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load a MK153 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force distributed maneuver exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 15, 2024. The maneuver exercise prepares Marines for future conflicts by conducting offensive and defensive live-fire and maneuver training scenarios within an austere training environment. Marine Corps

060416-A-6365W-096. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

A United States Marine speaks into a radio during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics One (MAWTS-1), participate in a close air support exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Urban Training Complex Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 9, 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.

050628-A-1566H-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060422-A-5745M-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

041207-M-2583M-009. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keith Pendleton (right) of A Company, 146 Expeditionary, pauses at a halt during a joint operation with the Iraqi army and U.S. Soldiers of 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, in Rusafa, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 28, 2009. The Soldiers are searching for weapons caches and targeted insurgents.

Senior Airman Adam Worcester, security forces airman attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, clears the MK-48 machine gun while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 6. Members from the PRT and the Security Forces Assistance Team traveled to the range to practice with crew serve, primary and secondary weapons, along with M-203 grenade launchers.

Rear view of an Marine soldier shooting a grenade with a grenade launcher

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Roberto Ceballlos, a native of Miami, instructs Lance Cpl. Brandon Holliman, a native of Suffolk, Virginia, both riflemen with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), during a Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain town exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, April 11, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, 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.

060118-A-7969G-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke (TAJI) State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-66/IA

U.S. Soldiers of 2nd Platoon, B Troop, 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, receive instructions from a helicopter crew chief during Aerial Response Force Training, at Forward Operating Base Loyalty, Beladiyat, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on Feb. 25.

U.S. Soldiers from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment provide security while a Soldier and his military working dog prepare to search for explosive devices in a school during a ordon and search in the Intisar neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, April 29, 2008.

060306-F-7823A-041. Base: Tall Afar State: Ninawa Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers of "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), the White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, along with soldiers from "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 307th Engineers, climb the mountains of ADI Ghar, during a combat patrol in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

VIN DIESEL in BILLY LYNN HALFTIME WALK (2016), directed by ANG LEE.

030204-M-5150A-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Kilo 3/4

030206-F-8362B-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Delta Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1s

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine, STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Matthew Duesbery directs his soldiers from "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), during a search for Taliban fighters, in support of ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Aaron Frederick, 2nd Platoon leader, Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conducts weapons familiarization fire with a French Soldier on the 40mm Grenade Launcher at Arta range complex, Djibouti, May 15, 2022. Operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, CJTF-HOA regularly works alongside allied and partner nations and governmental organizations to achieve a unified effort in improving the peace and prosperity in East Africa.

Radio Operator and India Company Gunny prepare to load into a Marine Medium Tiltorotor Squadron 365 MV-22 Osprey to ride out to Range 210 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. to conduct the Clear, Hold, Build Exercise 2H March 3.

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, drag a casualty to cover while executing range 410 during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 27, 2022. Marines and Sailors with MAGTF-23 maintain various civilian careers, but continue to answer an their call to service in the Marine Corps Reserve and are staying combat ready through challenging, realistic training during ITX.

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan (June 1, 2013) Builder 1st Class Baltazar Perez, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 15, Convoy Security Element, fires the M-240B machine gun as he participates in marksmanship training. NMCB-15 is mobilized in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and is an expeditionary element of U.S. Naval Forces that support various units worldwide through national force readiness, civil engineering, humanitarian assistance, and building and maintaining infrastructure.

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