Soldiers in Training and Operations

Photos capturing soldiers engaged in training, reconnaissance, and equipment handling during military exercises in various locations.

GREYWOLF Trooper, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, looks down range at target with a pair of binoculars, Nov. 3, 2022. Soldiers qualify with various weapons systems to ensure readiness and verify that they know the weapons operating procedures.

US Army, SPECIALIST (SPC) Jennifer M. Wilson, of the 55th Signal Company, videotapes soldiers during a joint readiness training exercise held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 14July 1997. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

870th Military Police Company Soldiers conduct reconnaissance on July 23rd, 2022 at Camp Roberts, Calif. as part of annual training. Soldiers maneuvered through simulated IEDs and other hazards. The mission finished with setting up security so the 49th MP BDE could set up their field Tactical Operation Center.

From left, Pvt. 1st Class Daniel Hill, a Warrensburg, Missouri native, and Spc. Lucas Siuda, a Rudyard, Michigan native, both indirect fire infantrymen with the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (3/4 ABCT) make small deflection changes on a 120mm mortar gun tube during training in preparation for Mortar Training and Evaluation Program (MorTEP) qualifications, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, April 23, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

Pvt. Leach, an Advanced Individual Training student in the Land Navigation Course uses a lensatic compass to shoot an azimuth to his landmark.

060829-N-9818V-047. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GREYWOLF Trooper, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, looks down range at target with a pair of binoculars, Nov. 3, 2022. Soldiers qualify with various weapons systems to ensure readiness and verify that they know the weapons operating procedures.

U.S. Marine Aviation Technician Working on Rotor Assembly

020510-F-9877S-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ridge Shan, Operating Location - Alpha, 1st Combat Camera Squadron special tactics combat camera craftsman, takes photos during Exercise Green Goblin at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. This four-day exercise provides relevant and essential night-vision training to prepare combat camera Airmen with enhanced photographic and video capabilities required to capture imagery in low-light and no-light environments.

011119-F-4006S-001. Base: Duluth International Airport State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

Staff Sgt. Bounsou Douangsouphonh, the 555th Engineer Brigade land and ammo sergeant rests his Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) on a cone at range 14 on Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, before the First Corps marksmanship competition, Feb. 27, 2024. The ACH provides a Soldier with improved ballistic protection, stability and comfort without degrading vision or hearing. Army

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 02, 2022) An Australian Army sniper from 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, practices his observation skills during a sniper concentration training activity as a part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Corporal John Solomon)

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

030315-M-5753Q-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group, Fort Carson, Colo., prepare communications equipment to load into a CV-22 Osprey during Emerald Warrior 2011 at Cannon AFB, N.M., March 1. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 36th Combat Aviation Brigade conduct an emergency deployment readiness exercise (EDRE) on Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Oct. 8, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Dye, from Jacksonville, Florida, a fire support liaison chief assigned to Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division takes notes and uses a common laser range finder to acquire targets during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23, at Observation Point Sunkist (OP Sunkist), Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 4, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

060507-A-1067B-007. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040611-F-3798Y-030. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Slay, a Paragould, Arkansas, native and field artillery sensor support Marine with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, surveys a possible firing position during Exercise Rolling Thunder 22-2 on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, April 6, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live-fire artillery event that tested the units abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

Marine Corporal Gazaille, a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) mechanic from Delta Company, 1ST Platoon, performs preventative maintenance on the feeder mechanism of an M242 20 mm Bushmaster Chain-gun, during Light Armored Reconnaissance Re-qualifiaction (LAR-REQUALEX) '98. Base: Fort Pickett State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041203-M-5607G-001. Base: Mcas Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the Response Force, 4th Platoon, 295th Military Police Co., demonstrates the use of An/PVS-5A night vision goggles (with the lens caps in place) while patrolling the fence line in the Seneca Army Depot Exclusion Area. He is participating in a security sweep exercise. Base: Romulus State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Colin Rittmeyer, a Ossian, Indiana, native and assault amphibious crewman with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2d Marine Division, reloads an M2 machine gun during a crew level gunnery operations qualification on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 20, 2022. The purpose of this exercise is to conduct familiarization and sustainment fires with an M2 machine gun in order to validate equipment serviceability and develop weapon proficiency prior to the units deployment for training.

040107-F-7234P-003. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Special Operations Task

hunting, war, army and people concept - close up of young soldier, ranger or hunter with binocular observing forest

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Sheri Gorman, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, videotapes the combined amphibious beach assault at Tak San Ri Beach near Pohang, South Korea, in support of Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000. FOAL EAGLE is the largest Joint and Combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from October 25th to November 3rd. About 25,000 U.S. troops (Not shown) will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from bases in the United States and elsewhere in the Pacific. The exercise demonstrates U.S. and South Korean military cooperation. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Tak San Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK)

030224-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

020520-F-8377M-009. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG 02-02 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Two Men Doing Surveying Work. Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia

Spc. Gavin Herring, an Information Technology specialist with the 350th Civil Affairs Command, connects an OE-254 antenna cable to his radio for a comms check during Army Reserve Annual Training at Pensacola, Florida, July 25, 2022.

U.S. Army Pfc. David Thomson, a mass communication specialist with the 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, snaps a few shots of a training exercise during his Annual Training at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA. July 20, 2022. Public Affairs Soldiers are a vital flexible asset and excel at telling the Army story.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert D. Cardiel IV, gunnery sergeant assigned to Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, performs a radio check before going to the artillery range of Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, July 23, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

Airmen from the 19th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance team check targets during an Advanced Designated Marksman course at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, April 11, 2022. The course focused on sniper firing, concealment, and counter-sniper tactics to help prepare Airmen for contingency operations.

A U.S. Marine Corps MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle gunner, 453 Combat Logistics Battalion, scans his lane during a react to contact exercise at Northern Strike in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Robert Nilson, from Virginia Beach, Virginia, assigned to the "Tridents" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 9, embarked on USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), conducts pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Nighthawk helicopter on the flight deck, April 14, 2022. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier qualifications and strike group integration prior to operational deployment.

000509-F-3050V-040. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2000 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: United States European Command

An explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Forces Special Operations Command prepares to safely reduce an improvised explosive device during a training event June 17, 2022. The EOD primer tests all aspects of a technicians knowledge and expertise needed to perform as the only tech on a Marine Special Operations Team while operating in austere, politically sensitive, or hostile environments. EOD technicians assigned to MARSOC have completed Marine Special Operations Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal Level 1, which trains Fleet Marine Force EOD technicians in the knowledge and skills required to support the core tasks assigned to MARSOC as a special operations capability specialist.

1ST Lieutenant Eziezynski, member of the 177th Artillery Brigade, on top of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), visually modified to represent an amphibious scout car, (BRDM), at the National Training Center, during a battle exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040609-F-3488S-008. Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

STRAIT OF HORMUZ (April 12, 2022) Ensign Emily Craig verifies the range on a foreign vessel through binoculars while on watch in the pilot house aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz, April 12. Gridley is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region.

030506-F-9105A-007. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

221009-N-LK647-0454 ATLANTIC OCEANSonar Technician (Surface) Robert John Thompson III, assigned to the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), scans the horizon during a Ship's Nautical or Otherwise Photographic Interpretation and Examination (SNOOPIE) team drill while Normandy conducts a simulated strait transit as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Oct. 9, 2022. The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is on its inaugural deployment conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navy’s commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cesar Chavez-Soto, 54th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller apprentice, identifies aircraft using binoculars, Sep. 6, 2022, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The air traffic control tower has a radius of five nautical miles and is responsible for making sure aircraft each aircraft is properly identified and can fly safely.

US Navy Instrumentman 3rd Class Laurence Burt, from Special Boat Unit 12, talks on a satellite telephone during an exercise in the Persian Gulf as part of the Southwest Asia build-up. Country: Unknown

A U.S. Air Force security police specialist, armed with an M-16 rifle, guards a weapons storage facility during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Moore with Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 5 (HS5), Jacksonville, Florida, flashes a signal to the A-10 jet to help them in locating his coordinates during a survivor retraction exercise in participation of DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. The radio is a AN/PRC-112, it is one of the only transceivers that provides voice and covert transponder identification as well as navigational aid information. Subject Operation/Series: DERERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SENIOR AIRMAN Joe Taylor, 1ST Combat Communication Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, tunes a portable Tactical Air Navigation, (TACAN) system. US Army and Ukrainian soldiers will participate in the humanitarian and peacekeeping exercise in the training area near L'viv, Ukraine. Subject Operation/Series: PEACE SHIELD '95 Base: Stryy Country: Ukraine (UKR)

A soldier aims an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun equipped with an AN/TVS-5 crew-served weapon sight. Country: Unknown

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manuel Romero, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducts a PVS-14 night vision goggles brief for a Combat Marksmanship Program during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 30, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver, offensive and defensive operations during combat.

U.S. Army Sgt. Richard Mohr, a public affairs specialist for the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, testing a new mobile livestream capability during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 23-01 exercise on Oahu, Hawaii, November 2nd, 2022. The mobile backpack unit will allow the military to livestream exercises, such as JPMRC, for commands and general outreach.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Amadteus Fitzgerald, a native of New Castle, Delaware, and a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), prepares a Skydio small unmanned aircraft system for flight during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 at Laguna Army Airfield, Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, April 4, 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.

Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War.

U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit fit their M50 gas masks during chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 23, 2022. The purpose of CBRN defense training is to educate Marines and Sailors on CBRN effects, maintain proficiency in personal survivability measures, and build confidence in personal protective equipment.

U.S. Army Spc. Katelyn Kruckenberg, Task Force Red Dragon signal support systems specialist, watches a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) with U.S. Army and French Forces in Djibouti service members near Arta, Djibouti, Aug. 22, 2022. The exercise focused on integration with partner forces, utilizing reconnaissance and surveillance, actions on the objective, sustainment, and medical support with the goal of improving U.S. and French interoperability. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Destani Matheny)

040824-F-5508G-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

Two Marines from the 32nd Marine Amphibious Unit (32nd MAU) stand watch on the roof of a mobile communications station, during a multinational peacekeeping operation. The unit was sent here after a confrontation took place between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization. Subject Operation/Series: MULTINATIONAL PEACEKEEPING Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

U.S. Air Force CHIEF Controller MASTER Sergeant Danny Dyjak watches air traffic with binoculars while deployed to a forward location in support of Phoneix Scorpion II. MSGT Dyjak is assigned to the 496th Air Base Squadron, Moron Air Base, Spain. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX SCORPION II Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

Students observe hide sites using thermal goggles during the International Special Training Centers Urban Sniper Course, May 4, 2022, in Hohenfels Germany. Seven countries participated in the event including Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, and Romania. The course is designed to enhance sniper skills in urban environments through precision fire, engaging targets through glass, urban tactical movement, day and night marksmanship, planning, and stalking in urban terrain.

A Soldier with the Florida National Guards Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Emergency Response Force-Package gets a signal lock on his satellite phone before heading out on a mission to Marathon with his team. The CERF-P is moving from their staging area at the Orange County Convention Center to Marathon in South Florida in order to recon the highly impacted area in the wake of Hurricane Irma.

hunting, war, army and people concept - young soldier, ranger or hunter with binocular observing forest

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Nicholas Miller, an aircraft armament systems specialist assigned to the Ohio National Guards 180th Fighter Wing, inspects a CATM-AIM-120 missile on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a training exercise at the 180FW in Swanton, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2022. The exercise is a full-scale assessment of the rapid generation and movement of personnel and equipment, evaluating the wing's ability to pack, prepare and deploy mission-ready personnel, aircraft and support equipment, while operating in a contested and degraded environment.

SGT Curtis B. Allums blackens the sight on his M-16 rifle before firing in the second round of practice. SGT Allums is participating in an Air Force Marksmanship Meet. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Iowa Army National Guard Soldier orients object placements on a sand table during a field training exercise as part of a U.S. Pathfinder course at Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa, on Sept. 8, 2022. Nearly 30 Soldiers graduated the course, which was taught by a mobile training team at the Army National Guard Warrior Training Center in Fort Benning, Georgia. Army Pathfinders are trained to provide navigational aid and advisory services to military aircraft in areas designated by supported unit commanders. During the Pathfinder course, students are instructed in aircraft orientation, aero-medical evacuation, close combat assault, ground to air communication procedures, control center operations, all three phases of a sling load operation, helicopter landing zone and pick up zone operations, and drop zone operations dealing with U.S. military fixed and rotary wing aircraft for personnel and equipment.

040127-F-0944H-002. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Marine Raiders with Special Operations Task Force 511.2 and Marines with 3rd Marine Air Wing provide instruction on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems to service members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Marine Aviation Support Activity (MASA) 22 in Palawan, Philippines, June 7, 2022. MASA 22 is a bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Marine Corps, aimed at increasing interoperability and improving aviation-related capabilities in support of U.S.-Philippine mutual defense.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. William Colmerauer, a primary marksmanship instructor with Weapons and Field Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, instructs recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, during grass week at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 12, 2022. Recruits shoot at a variety of distances on several targets as part of their marksmanship assessment during recruit training.

030501-F-8362B-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PFC. Dave Defrank, US Army scout with the 2nd Battalion, 15th Infantry, observing at Observation Post Temporary (OPT) 51D. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Country: Macedonia (MKD)

A Marine completes some paperwork while sitting in an AAVC-7 tracked command landing vehicle during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: US Naval Station, Roosevelt Road State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

BANGHWADONG, Republic of South Korea (March 27, 2023) - A U.S. Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gathers his parachute during Ssang Yong 2023. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK Alliance, Ssang Yong 2023 strengthens the Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward the ROKs combined defense of the Korean Peninsula and increasing the readiness of the U.S.-ROK Alliance.

A U.S. Marine with the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System out of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during an Aerial Snipers Course on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 22, 2022. The Aerial Sniper Course provides a unique course of fire for snipers to engage targets from moving aircraft and help prepare the MSPF to deploy with the 26th MEU. This event is one of several Expeditionary Operations Training Group taught courses Marines and Sailors of the MEU receive prior to deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Walton, a network administrator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, plugs a power cord into a small form factor satellite communication system during exercise Winter Workhorse 24 on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 2, 2024. Walton is a native of Ohio. Winter Workhorse is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance warfighting capabilities in contested environments. Marine Corps

020905-F-4649H-027. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A U.S. Army Paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade plots a point on a map for a land navigation event during the week-long training as part of the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Soldier Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge training at Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy, Oct 28, 2022. Soldiers must complete a number of prerequisites and pass a battery of graded tests on basic Infantry skills. The purpose of this training is to build confidence and competence within our formations on basic Soldier skills and tactics, and help sustain the Army's role as an organization of lethal, disciplined and professional soldiers. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

Hasan.FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq ñ Sgt. 1st Class Tahir Hasan, aviation operations specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad, attaches a nose piece to the body of a RQ11-B Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Jan. 8 at Forward Operating Base Falcon in southern Baghdad. Hasan hails from Los Angeles.

970628-M-6312K-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Uss Comstock (LSD 45) Scene Major Command Shown: USS COMSTOCK/7TH MARINE DIVISION

A U.S. Army Paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, plots a point on a mapfor a land navigation event as part of the Expert Infantryman Badge, Expert Soldier Badge and Expert Field Medical Badge training at Campomulo Asiago, Vicenza, Italy, Oct 26, 2022. Candidates will demonstrate their individual proficiency in navigation from one point to another, while dismounted without the aid of electronic navigation devices. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

021001-F-9032T-005. Base: RAF Lakenheath Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

TINIAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (Jun. 9, 2022)Chief Navy Diver Alex Wright, from Marshall, Virginia relays communication information as Sailors assigned to Underwater Construction Team (UCT) 2 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Detachment Tinian complete repair work to demolish and reconstruct a Roll-on, Roll-off Discharge Facility (RRDF) in Tinian Harbor. This type of capability will enable logistics throughput where conventional port facilities are not available. This is one of many projects ongoing by Navy Expeditionary Combat Command during Exercise Valiant Shield 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photos by Lt. Tyler Baldino/Released)

188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith Arkansas, SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Dennis L. Brambl, Base Multimedia Manager, exiting the Marklift after completing a video assignment 80 feet above ground. Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030320-M-3138H-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

US Air Force members of the 245th Air Traffic Control Squadron (ATCS) connect communication cables. The 245th ATCS, located at McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina, is undergoing its first Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Subject Operation/Series: 245th AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SQUADRON ORI Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sgt. Tyler Holloway of the 115 Field Artillery Brigade in the Wyoming Army National Guard calls in a Medical Evacuation as part of a round-robin set of events at the Volunteer Training Site in Milan, Tenn., July 26, 2022. Fourteen Army National Guard competitors across the U.S. came to Tennessee to compete in the 2022 All-Guard National Best Warrior Competition held July 22-29, 2022.

020924-F-2095R-010. Base: Louis Trichardt Air Force Base Country: South Africa (ZAF)

A Swedish Army unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operator assigned to the Norrbotten Regiment prepares to launch a reconnaissance AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma UAV during Nordic Strike 22 at Vidsel Test Range, Sweden, Sept. 26, 2022. Nordic Strike 22 is a bilateral field artillery live-fire exercise in which U.S. Army Europe and Africa provides ready, combat-credible forces for its Swedish partner, that exercises multi-domain capabilities while enhancing readiness and lethality to defend against near-peer adversaries.

U.S. Navy Engineering Aide 3rd class Sean McNeill, left, and U.S. Navy Engineering Aide 2nd class Deven Richmond, with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, operate survey equipment during a humanitarian assistance survey team exercise on White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2022. The HAST conducts surveys prior to foreign humanitarian assistance operations conducted by the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Jerry Gutierrez from MARCENT (Marine Forces Central Command), Combat Camera, documents a KC-130/R Hercules (out of frame) offloading Marines at the Kandahar Airport in Afghanistan during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. GYSGT Gutierrez is TAD ( "on" Temporary Duty) from the Combat Visual Information Center at MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot) San Diego. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: MARCENT, MCAT

000928-N-3228G-009. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

030308-F-3208M-013. Subject Operation/Series: RUGGED ARCH Country: Unknown

110717-N-NX238-100SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (July 17, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class David Fischbein, assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) 11, field strips a .50-caliber machine gun while conducting familiarization training on crew-served weapons during ULTRA 2011. ULTRA is a two-week exercise focusing on expeditionary warfare skill qualifications and battle readiness to prepare for deployments.

Opposing force operations (OpFor) is essential to training. Big thanks to all our Brigade assets that contributed Soldiers to help simulate the battle environment during annual training at Camp Roberts, CA the week of July 23. Another eagle eye photo. Anyone else notice the 49th Military Police Brigade Deputy Commander, Lt. Col. Adam Rix, played a little OpFor between his duties with the main TOC

DA-SC-89-06781. Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010427-F-1644L-004. Complete Scene Caption: Sergeant J. D. Mills, USMC, and Lance Corporal Andy Tschumper, USMC, patch commercial phone lines inside the Defense Corporation Support Office, Rockhampton, Australia, April 27, 2001, so troops can make commercial phone calls during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. SGT Mills and LCPL Tschumper are from the 7th Communication Squadron Support Company "Wire Dogs", Okinawa, Japan. TANDEM THRUST is a combined U.S. and Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of Exercise TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning and execution of contingency response operations. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Rockhampton State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Using a telescope, SSGT Scott Rodesky keeps a watchful eye on the activities on the mountain as he tracks all movements on the slopes as well as the locations where various items from the A-10 crash are found. These records will help the accident investigation board. Base: Gold Dust Peak State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, makes adjustments to the Close Combat Optic (CCO) of his M4 during a weapon qualification held at Pabrade, Lithuania, July 13, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT, and Finish and British army units trained in Finland to further strengthen the relations and interoperability between the nations.

Cadets participate in Combat Survival Training (CST) on June 28, 2022 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. More than 1,000 Academy cadets are learning to lead in intense war-fighting environments, taught by cadet cadre and supervised by SERE specialists during June and July 2022, receiving training on medical care, food preparation, aircraft signaling, and navigation.

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