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Tactical Operations and Military Readiness

Action shots of military personnel engaged in tactical operations, showcasing war scenarios, training drills, and readiness in complex environments.

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment peers around a corner in search of opposing forces with a M249 machine gun at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment peers around a corner in search of opposing forces with a M249 machine gun at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners
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Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, arrive at a forward operating location at Wendover Air Force Base, Utah, May 20, 2022 while participating in the Raging Gunfighter exercise. Raging Gunfighter is an Air Combat Command exercise designed to simulate operating a Lead Wing from an Austere Environment. The purpose of the exercise is to prepare the 366th Fighter Wing and its Airmen for potential future operations in accordance with the National Defense Strategy
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U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuver through urban terrain during dry-fire training in an urban environment during exercise Intrepid Maven 22-4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 21, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola Navy Security Forces personnel and community law enforcement partners are participating in Exercise Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2024 (SCCS24) Feb. 7 onboard Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. An annual U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) and Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) exercise designed to ensure security forces are at peak readiness to deter and respond to potential security threats, all U.S.-based Navy installations participate in the two-week exercise. (Official U.S. Navy
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031228-F-7234P-030. Complete Scene Caption: US Army (USA) First Lieutenant (1LT) Jared Vineyard, Fire Support Officer (FSO), Alpha Company (A CO) 2-6 Infantry Division (ID), and an Iraqi translator, search through a house inside the Monther Al Shawi Mosque, in the Salhiya neighborhood, in search of Imam Adris Omar and to gather various anti-coalition materials as evidence, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Due to prior statements against Coalition Forces, Imam Adris Omar is in violation of Coalition Provisional Authority's public notice regarding public incitement to violence and disorder dated June 5, 2003. The notice states: anyone making a prohibited pronouncement in public place will be subject to immediate detention by Coalition Provisional Authority security forces. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Alpha Company, 2-6 Infantry Divi
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Inside the well deck onboard the US Navy (USN) Amphibious Assault Ship USS NASSAU (LAH-4), USN and US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), watch as a USMC M1A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) is loaded onto a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) craft, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)
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U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force, coordinate operations in the Bilateral Ground Tactical Control Center during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.
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010926-F-9032T-002. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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020523-F-5009P-006. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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Swedish defense delegates and New York Air National Guard leadership peer out of a window inside One World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York on Feb. 9 2024. The Swedish officials spent three days with New York National Guard leadership, receiving an overview of rapid response capabilities in the region. Army National Guard
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020919-F-3873G-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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050710-A-6108G-806. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)
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010124-F-6701P-017. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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DREAM'S GATE (2023), directed by NEGIN AHMADI.
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The Idaho National Guards 101st Civil Support Team partnered with the Boise Fire Department Technical Rescue Team to participate in a ropes rescue course taught by Boise firefighters. The course, which served as an annual recertification for the CST Guardsmen, entailed two weeklong sessions for the 22-member team. The first week, Oct. 10th through the 14th, 2022, started with the classroom portion of learning about ropes rescue as a prerequisite for the hands-on portion of the training. Using what they learned about the ropes, the CST Guardsmen rappelled from tops of buildings at the Boise Fire Departments Fire Training Center. Once the Guardsmen were proficient at ropes rappelling, they practiced ropes rescues using wire rescue baskets at cliffs near the Table Rock trails in the Boise foothills to simulate a large-scale rescue of multiple people. The second weeklong training, Oct. 24th through 28th, 2022, focused on confined space rescues at Boises Lucky Peak Power Plant. The train
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A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, loads materials onto a Medium Light Tactical Vehicle at the conclusion of exercise Winter Workhorse 23 at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2022. Winter Workhorse is an annual exercise for CLR-3 to train to carry out mission-essential tasks in forward-deployed, austere environments.
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US Marines Loaded into a Large Troop Transport Before Embarking on a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Eastern Kunar Province
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040211-M-6237R-019. Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Military Police (MP) assigned to the Special Reaction Team (SRT), line up in stack formation behind the shield as they enter the Pacific Marine Credit Union, during a simulated bank robbery at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California (CA). The annual training event, conducted by the Provost Marshals Office, is designed to train Military Police and Criminal Investigators proper procedures when dealing with a hostage situation. Pictured left-to-right are: Corporal (CPL) Stephen L. Clogston, CPL Robert Allison and Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Thomas J. Cupo. Weapons include a Colt 9mm submachine gun and a Heclker and Koch 9mm MP5-N sub-machine gun. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Travis Maine, center, a ground operations specialist with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit demonstrates room clearing techniques during close quarter combat training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 4, 2023. Marines rehearse CQC tactics to increase lethality at a team level in urban environments. 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.
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A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, provides assistance to a simulated casualty during a base recovery after attack training (BRAAT) exercise at Guardian Center, Georgia, Nov. 6, 2022. The BRAAT drill provided MWSS-273 with a realistic training environment that enhanced their ability to provide triage care in a mass casualty event and coordinate the transfer of casualties to a higher echelon of care.
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U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Philbeck plays a video game after getting off guard duty at the Iraqi police station in Buhriz, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2007. Philbeck is assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment.
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Ecuadorian police officers in the border town of San Lorenzo, Ecuador.
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U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, compete against one another during a pugil sticks event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, Sept. 27, 2022. Recruits executed numerous Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques throughout the Pugil Sticks event.
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031024-F-6701P-002. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gary Marques Boggs-Herbert, 374th CS network infrastructure technician SCOIN, poses for a photo in front of the powered down MSL-100 switch at Yokota Air Base, Feb. 6, 2024. Yokota is the first base in the Pacific Air Forces to complete the Voice Over Internet Protocol transition and is leading the way in modernizing the communication methods of the Air Force. Air Force
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High angle view of a soldier aiming his rifle
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U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.
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U.S. National Guard Soldiers rest between shifts in the Visitor Center in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
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Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) Team Operator Aaron Gasnello, a SWAT sniper with the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team discusses and demonstrates his method of entry to U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John M. Gomez Jr., a close-quarters battle (CQB) instructor with Training Company, Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment (MCSFR), during a guided discussion with personnel employed by the Department of Energys (DOE) Special Response Team (SRT), the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys Emergency Response Team (ERT) at IAMS Range, Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex, Virginia, June 23, 2022. MCSFR CQB instructors led various live-fire qualifications, movement to contact drills and guided discussions on CQB tactics and techniques for personnel with the DOEs SRT, the FBIs Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys ERT.
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California National Guardsmen, the Fresno Fire Department, and Fresno County Emergency Medical Services wait to direct evacuees of a 40th Combat Aviation Brigade's CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the Creek Fire at the 1106 Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group's flight line in Fresno, California, Sept. 6, 2020. The California Military Department evacuated over 200 people along the Mammoth Pool Reservoir when the Creek fire exploded in size.
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A U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, left, inspects a new Marine during the Battalion Commanders Inspection at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Dec. 14, 2022. In addition to uniform wear and fit, each new Marine was evaluated on their self-discipline, military bearing, esprit de corps, and knowledge of general military subjects.
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Tripler residents participate in a 3-Day Trauma CAPSTONE event, at Schofield Barracks, where they participated in critical tactical trauma care prior to their graduation and departure from Tripler.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jayden Herr, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron base defense operations center controller, secures the area during an active shooter exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 5, 2022. After securing the area, Herr and her teammates applied lifesaving care to the simulated victims during the exercise.
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Staff Sgt. Justin Stanley, a combat arms instructor assigned to the 39th Security Forces Squadron, instructs a class on proper weapon safety and handling before a shooting competition in commemoration of National Police Week at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, May 20, 2022. In honor of law enforcement officers who lost their lives in the line of duty, the 39th SFS, with support from units around base, organized several military ceremonies in addition to athletic and social events.
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U.S. Army Spc. Nick Hernandez poses with a mannequin while documenting U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division during a visit to Palestine Market in Rustafa, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2008. The civil affairs Soldiers are speaking with shop owners to determine the benefits of security barriers placed in front of the market and to see how they might be affecting businesses.
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SASEBO, Japan (April 18, 2022) Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 3rd Class Marvin Alexander, from Madison, Fla., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), transfers food stores. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.