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Team Sports and Training Activities

Action-packed scenes of team sports like soccer and flag football, featuring athletes in training and competition. Emphasis on teamwork and physical fitness in vibrant outdoor settings.

Rugby, teamwork and men training on field with equipment ready for match, practice and sport games. Fitness, competition and male athletes tackle bag for warm up, exercise and workout with coach
Rugby, teamwork and men training on field with equipment ready for match, practice and sport games. Fitness, competition and male athletes tackle bag for warm up, exercise and workout with coach
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Children from around Fort Bragg were invited to participate in a soccer clinic hosted by Charlotte Football Club at Towle Stadium, Fort Bragg, NC, June 28, 2022. The children were trained by coaches at different stations and given time to practice and play soccer with each other as well as meet professional soccer players.
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U.S. service members stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Naval District Washington participate in a National Football League (NFL) combine at the Salute to Service Boot Camp hosted by the Washington Commanders at the Inova Sports Performance Center, Ashburn, Virginia, Aug. 16, 2022. Military members joined the Commanders and members of USAA for a special training camp event that allowed servicemen and women to work out on the Commanders practice fields.
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PEARL HARBOR (July 1, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) play a game of softball with Royal Canadian Navy Sailors during 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.
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A U.S. Army Soldier throws a ball into play during a friendly invitational soccer scrimmage against the local Italian Carabinieri hosted by Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers (BOSS), on Caserma Ederle, Vicenza, Italy, Dec. 10, 2022. BOSS gives Soldiers the opportunity to participate in recreational activities and provides direction for Soldiers interested in performing military and civilian community service-related activities.
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A military advisor assigned to 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade prepares to pass the ball during the annual 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade Turkey Bowl at Fort Benning, Ga., Nov. 18. The unit held the game to build cohesive teams and provide a fun environment for military advisors. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Jason Elmore.
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Marcos Torres, 1st Special Forces Group, snaps the ball to Tyrone Allen, 627th Logistics Readiness Squadron, during practice at Cowan Stadium Nov. 8.
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Team Mali keeps the ball from Team Germany at the 13th International Military Sports Council, World Women's Soccer Championship, July 22, 2022, at Union Stadium, Mead, Washington. The event provided an opportunity for the United States to foster diplomacy with foreign nations around the world.
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San Pedro, Calif. (May 28, 2022) - U.S. Navy Boatswains Mate 1st Class Timothy Okwuosa, from Sacramento, Calif., assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), throws a dodgeball during the Fox Sports Los Angeles Fleet Week (LAFW) Dodgeball tournament at the Main Expo Footprint near the Battleship USS Iowa Museum as part of LAFW May 28, 2022. LAFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America's sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los Angeles and its surrounding areas.
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Recovering service members with Wounded Warrior Regiment practice shot put during a training camp on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca. from July 17-23, 2022. Marines selected to represent Team Marine Corps at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games are attending the camp to hone their skills in multiple sports. The DoD Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, ill, and injured service members.
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Team Germanys goalie resets the pitch after Team Mali attempts a shot at the 13th International Military Sports Council (CISM), World Women's Soccer Championship, July 22, 2022, at Union Stadium, Mead, Washington. The tournament brought 10 nations together demonstrating the organizations motto: Friendship through sport.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rodteris Battle, a canvassing recruiter with Recruiting Station Harrisburg, participates in defensive drills during a Sports Leadership Academy lacrosse clinic in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 17, 2022. The purpose of this event is to build a relationship between the Marine Corps and the local Philadelphia community.
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PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 29, 2022) - Captain Timothy Quast, commanding officer of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), right, and Royal Navy Captain Charles Maynard, left, serving as Deputy Commodore for PP22, left, play soccer against the Luong van Chanh School for the Gifted soccer team at Luong Van Chanh High School during a PP22 host nation outreach event. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.
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Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division face off in a Football match in Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. The 101st Abn. Div. took the lead in the first half, but the 82nd Abn. Div. pushed through in the 4th quarter for a final score of 40 to 32.
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220915-N-LY580-1002 ALEXANDER CITY, Ala. (Sept. 15, 2022) Benjamin Russell High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps cadets perform side-straddle hops during physical training.
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Airmen from the 181st Intelligence Wing play in a flag football game with high school athletes from Terre Haute South Vigo High School in Terre Haute, Ind., June 30, 2022. The 181st IW participated in the event to bolster longstanding ties to the greater Wabash Valley community.
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Rugby team standing in a circle
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220707-N-IL330-3397 SASEBO, Japan (July 7, 2022) - Boatswains Mate 1st Class Heath Gregory, from New York, assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) plays a soccer match against Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), July 7, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Allan George cheers on a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, military child at the USO-sponsored Cincinnati Bengals football skills clinic, June 3, 2022. A group of Bengal rookies had lunch with Airmen, toured the base, and led the skills clinic for 99 Wright-Patt military children.
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Mr. Raymond Anderson, a High Intensity Tactical Training Program Coordinator with Marine Corps Community Center Lejeune-New River, gives a safety brief prior to conducting the Warrior Athlete Readiness and Resilience (WARR) Installation Challenge on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 7, 2022. The WARR Challenge is designed to be physically demanding, and tactically relevant to promote physical and mental readiness as a warfighter.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Sept. 5, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Travis Thompson, from Johnson City, Tennessee, plays soccer with children during a community relations event conducted prior to the beginning of UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 5, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.
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U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), participate in a Morale, Welfare and Recreation softball game, onboard the Cheatham Annex Naval Base, in Williamsburg, Virginia, June 9, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.
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U.S. Army Soldier from 3rd Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division compete in softball for Tropic Lightning Week on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Dec. 5, 2022. TLW 2022 is a week-long occurrence comprising 15 competitive events designed to build cohesion, increase morale, and celebrate the Divisions history.
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Staff Sgt. Jacob Hairston, with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 76th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division takes part in a flag football game, June 25, as part of the 3rd Inf. Div.s Marne Week at Fort Stewart, Ga.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Blake Roessel, S-6 platoon sergeant, Command Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, grabs the ball past two Timor-Leste Crocs players during the Australian Football International (AFI) World 9s tournament in Darwin, NT, Australia, Aug. 13, 2022. AFI invited Marines from MRF-D 22 to participate in the Footy 9s tournament, which was established to grow and develop Australian football internationally, with a focus on community development.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia - (Dec. 1, 2022) - Sailors from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) play a game of soccer with members of the Colombian Navy in Cartagena, Colombia December 1, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations as part of Task Force 45 in support of Joint Interagency Task Force Souths mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Lavrick Mulla, an automotive maintenance technician with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, takes a break on the sidelines during the 2023 Armed Forces Mens Soccer Championship at MCB Camp Pendleton, California, April 5, 2023. The All-Marine sports teams allow exceptional Marine athletes to participate in the sports they are passionate about and promote friendly competition and unity between services.
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YOKOSUKA, Japan (Jun 12, 2022) - Haruna "Starboi" Abdulai attempts to tackle the ball from a National Defense Academy of Japan soccer team player. The Yokosuka Youngsters Football Club are an unofficial team of players representing inclusion with a range of ages, nationalities, military status, cultures, and experiences onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleets forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.
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1st Air Cavalry Brigade Troopers compete in a post-wide softball tournament coordinated by the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) team, Stork Barracks, Germany, April 16, 2022. (U.S. Army phot by Sgt. Jason Greaves.)
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PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) Sailors assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) pose for a photo before a soccer tournament during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), June 30, 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.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia - (Dec. 1, 2022) - Sailors from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) play a game of soccer with members of the Colombian Navy in Cartagena, Colombia December 1, 2022. Milwaukee is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations as part of Task Force 45 in support of Joint Interagency Task Force Souths mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
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A huddle of young frisbee players. Photo manipulated.
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110407-N-RJ218-079NORFOLK (April 7, 2011) Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 3rd Class Teri McDonald, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), runs with children during the Little Feet Meet at Old Dominion University. The meet is sponsored by Norfolk Public Schools for elementary school children in special education programs. Theodore Roosevelt is undergoing a refueling complex overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding.
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Members of the USAG Humphreys Warriors soccer team and the Korean National Soccer Team pose for a group photo at the Legends Soccer Match held on Humphreys Middle School field at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, July 11, 2022. The event was held to strengthen comradery and friendship between the United States military and South Korea.
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Chinese youth basketball team. The demographics of China demonstrate a large population with a relatively small youth component, partially a result of China's two-child policy. In 2019, China's population stands at 1.418 billion, the largest of any country in the world.
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A volunteer coach points where to run for a drill during a Football ProCamp on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 11, 2022. Todd Gurley hosted the camp to allow children to hone in on their football skills and increase morale.
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Members of the Department of Air Force Women's Rugby Team huddles before the start of a game against the Northern Virginia Rugby Team after competing in the Annual Armed Forces Womens Rugby Championship in Wilmington, North Carolina, June 26, 2022. The competition played rugby sevens, which means every team was made up of seven players playing 7-minute halves.
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Marlon Williams, a player for the Branch Babies, shakes hands with members of the ATA Warriors at the Flag Football World Championship in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 10, 2024. The Branch Babies competed at the World Championship after winning the Battle of the Branches tournament in Jacksonville, Florida.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Corps Recruiting Command pose for a group photo during a football game celebration at Butler Stadium on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Jan. 20, 2023. MCRC staff got together to celebrate friendly competition and build camaraderie.
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Womens doing a tackle in Villajoyosa
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Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division face off in a Football match in Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. The 101st Abn. Div. took the lead in the first half, but the 82nd Abn. Div. pushed through in the 4th quarter for a final score of 40 to 32.
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Retired Yeoman 3rd Class Alexis King,Team Navy, competes in discus during the 2022 DoD Warrior Games, August 24, 2022. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.
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Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Commerce Baseball Team
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U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Ramon Sanchez, assigned to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), dribbles a ball pass a player from the BC Athletic team during a community basketball game in celebration of 4th of July in Constanta, Romania, July 3, 2022. The community event is a demonstration of the partnership between the U.S. and NATO allies in any field, not just in ensuring regional security and safety. The relationship between Romania and the U.S. is now stronger than ever and is base on over 140 years of diplomatic relations.
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220901-N-TT639-1112 SINGAPORE (Sept. 1, 2022) - Sailors pose for a photo prior to a soccer match against Jollilads Football Club in Singapore Sept. 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Kenya players celebrates their win against Tanzania during the Africa women Quadrangular T20 tournament at Gymkhana grounds, Nairobi, Kenya.
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USCGC Stone (WSML 758) crew members and Brazilian Navy personnel pose for a photo following a friendly soccer match in Rio de Janeiro, March 9, 2023. Stone is on a scheduled multi-mission deployment in the South Atlantic Ocean to counter illicit maritime activities and strengthen relationships for maritime sovereignty throughout the region.