Troops in Combat Training

Groups of armed soldiers in tactical gear conducting operations and patrols in a desert environment, illustrating active military engagement and readiness.

US Marine Corps Combat Patrol in Haditha, Iraq

Three members of a Navy combat camera team stand beside a road sign while in Iraq to document activities conducted as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

U.S. Air Force personnel deployed to the Jordanian base as part of the Air Power Expeditionary Force line up for lunch at the tent city dining facility. Base: Azraq Air Base Country: Jordan (JOR)

Bin Jawad: heavy artillery shelling and machine gun shooting in Bin Jawad. 28 wounded and an unknown number of deaths.

050625-A-3211W-021. Base: Forward Operating Base Danger Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

A member of the (FAN) Niger Armed Forces (French: Forces armées nigériennes) looks on while U.S. Air Force 409th Expeditionary Security Forces, air advisors, discusses entry control and search procedures at Air Base 201, Niger, Oct. 31, 2022. The air advisors provide training to FAN members to help build Nigerien capacity to strengthen their defense capabilities - better enabling Africans to address security concerns and reduce threats to U.S. interests.

070317-M-2819S-027. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army prepares to leave on a mounted patrol alongside the Marines with Military Transition Team. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) Corporal (CPL) Paul Garner, assigned to Kilo/Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, augmented to the 4th Civil Affairs Group (CAG), carries his 5.56mm M16A2 rifle, as he stands guard during a shots fired incident at Al Kut, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Alaska Air National Guard Senior Airman Anthony Schwendner, assigned to the 168th Wing, carries empty sandbags to fill and reinforce the Koyuk Native Store warehouse for Operation Merbok Response in Koyuk, Alaska, Sept. 28, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Sgt. Seth LaCount)

Military escort in the sahel zone near Agadez, Niger, Africa

Chilean commandos and a US Air Force pararescueman from the 129th Air Rescue Wing, Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, rush an injured survivor of a simulated aircraft disaster to the collection point following inital medical response. The exercise, CHILE TCA 2000, staged in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, involved personnel from the California Air National Guard, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and the Fuerza Aerea de Chile. Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Atacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL)

PETTY Officer 2nd Class Ken W. Shade, a Seabee from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133), stands on a motor grader left behind at an airfield by Iraqi workers. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

CHARLIZE THERON and TOM HARDY in MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015), directed by GEORGE MILLER.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Faitala, with Maneuver Company Advisor Team, 2nd Security Forces Assistance Brigade, adjusts an M-4 Carbine during African Lion 22 in Dodji, Senegal, June 22, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Commands largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6-30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

050926-A-8024C-002. Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040627-M-8096M-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060410-A-7969G-003. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050930-A-2098S-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT

Uprising in Libya

030223-M-8539K-009. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

Pfc. Drew Martin provides security along with his new partner during a combined Iraqi and U.S. operation to deliver food and supplies to Iraqi citizens in Basra province. Martin, an infantryman from Folsom, Calif., is assigned to 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div. is currently responsible for advising, training and assisting the Iraqi security forces throughout the southern four provinces in Iraq.

041209-M-0036Y-022. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from Company B, 2-8th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and 4th Battalion, 8th Iraqi Army Division walk down a busy market street during a combined patrol in Hamza, Dec. 30, 2008.

A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538234 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

041202-M-2353F-022. Base: Iraqi / Syrian Border State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-4419R-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

030418-M-4419R-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

GEN. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command, and LT. GEN. Gary Luck, commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, inspect a weapons pod and auxiliary wing of an Iraqi MIL Mi-24 Hind helicopter captured during Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is on the airfield at the XVIII Airborne Corps base of operations at Rahfa Airport.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

990628-M-5696S-034. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Zegra State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

U.S. Air Force DirtBoyz assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, gather together to move a tent at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oct. 11, 2022. The 378th ECESs mission is to provide the facilities and infrastructure required to make PSAB a ready, robust, and resilient warfighting platform in AFCENTs area of responsibility.

050601-A-8255A-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041117-M-2353F-031. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Muslim rebel with rifle.

A UH-60 Black Hawk is being transported to get prepared to be transported throughout southwest asia on Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait Oct. 8, 2022.

A Project Convergence 22 industry partner controls a Vision 60 Ghost Robot during Project Convergence 22 at Fort Irwin, California, on Oct. 28, 2022. Project Convergence 22 experimentation incorporates technologies and concepts from all services and from multinational partners, including in the areas of autonomy, augmented reality, tactical communications, advanced manufacturing, unmanned aerial systems and long-range fires.

DM-SC-85-09302. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

050607-A-1566H-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Charlie Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041106-M-0036Y-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A view of the Air Force living quarters for exercise BRIGHT STAR '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

050128-M-8096K-026. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030324-M-8539K-004. Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Mar Div DM

011020-F-5114B-034. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR EXCERCISE 01/02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

NIGERIEN AIR BASE 201, Niger - U.S. Air Force and (FAN) Niger Armed Forces (French: Forces armées nigériennes) members discuss the first portion of a field training exercise (FTX) at Nigerien Air Base 201, Niger, Sept. 9, 2022. This FTX concludes a 28-day course the 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Air Advisors put on for the FAN before their graduation the following week. Developing African partner capability while countering violent extremisms helps build regional self-reliance and impedes detrimental influences on the continent.

060220-A-7969G-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

DM-SC-87-01649. Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040607-M-0631S-002. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-BCT

970408-M-5630S-003. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 5-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lance Cpl. Ray Alvarado, Jr., a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, shares food with local children in the village of Kace Satar, Afghanistan, during a patrol of the village and surrounding area Nov. 11.

030608-M-5753Q-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011215-F-3961R-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2001 Base: Mazar-E Sharif State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

070315-M-0460B-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ferris State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030404-M-5753Q-132. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

020219-F-1464S-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Cent Com

As Somali civilians watch, US Marines walk single file toward the camera, down a small ally in Somalia's Bakara Market. The Marines sweep the market looking for arms and munitions as part of Operation Nutcracker. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Somaliland coastguard in Berbera out on an anti-piracy patrol in the Red Sea.

Armed with an M-16 rifle, STAFF SGT. Ronald Tarwater patrols a barracks area during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040603-M-8096M-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khabargho State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Military Police with face masks guarding Rabil beach during COVID-19, coronavirus, corona virus pandemic, island Boa Vista, Cape Verde, Cabo Verde, Africa

040813-M-5753Q-007. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050729-A-9889G-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Danger, Tikrit State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040422-M-9362G-014. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030411-M-9106S-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, In the desert mountain landscape ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538170 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

220719-F-KO270-1295 POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 21, 2022) Multinational service members call in a strike at Pohakuloa Training Area during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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 worlds 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 worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

060226-A-7969G-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

The Kuwaiti flag flies from an M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle as it passes the 2nd Marine Division main area during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Airman assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia assembles a communication flyaway kit and Ranger SATCOM terminal to establish network connectivity at Cairo West Air Base on June 27, 2022 as part of exercise Agile Phoenix. The U.S. Air Force and Egyptian military executed the combined training event focused on increasing Agile Combat Readiness, as well as offensive and defensive counter air capability and interoperability. Approximately 100 U.S. service members participated in this training event alongside the Egyptian armed forces demonstrating resolute partnerships and interoperability.

040719-F-1351B-001. Base: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

WORLD TRADE CENTER (2006), directed by OLIVER STONE.

Marines from the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit provide security on a beach road during redeployment from the city, at the conclusion of their participation in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

040703-A-3978J-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-3 INF

A convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) passes through the streets of Cap Haitien providing security for the Haitian parade in support of President Aristide during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Staff Sgt. Aaron Watts, 386 Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, marches along the side of a member of the 386 Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwaiti, 12 Sept. 2022 in remembrance of those lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Members from multiple branches of service and coalition teammates from throughout the world took part in the 24-hour march which started at 3:46 p.m. local time, 11 Sept 2022.

060102-A-7359K-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

980528-F-4116M-014. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Afghan Man and Line of T-55 Tanks

060308-A-5745M-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030201-M-5150A-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HO 7th Marines

From right, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathan Kemp, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Non-commissioned officer in charge of EOD munitions, listens to instruction during a joint training with Kuwait Army EOD at Udari Range, Kuwait, Nov. 22, 2022. The EOD professionals discussed differences in approach when it came to disabling a simulated culvert Improvised Explosive Device with a water charge.

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050712-A-8255A-136. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO, 2-502 CAV 101ST ABN

050625-A-3211W-023. Base: Forward Operating Base Danger Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

041104-M-0036Y-033. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

970412-F-7666R-174. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

Anti Gaddafi troops carrying grenade launchers cross a dusty road at a Ras Lanouf checkpoint.

Corporal Kolton Krenzelok, a fireteam leader with the mobile section of 81 mm Mortars Platoon, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security in a poppy field during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 31. Marines from 3/6 and soldiers from the Afghan national army are in Marjah to support Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid the area of Taliban presence and intimidation.

An allied soldier draws on an Iraqi Scud missile that has been shot down during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Photographer with a tripod in search of a good shot.

U.S. Army Col. Seth Morgulas, commander of the 369th Sustainment Brigade, rides a horse during a meeting with Kuwait Col. Abdullah Hamed Al-Masamah, border operations commander, Kuwait, Oct. 25, 2022. The 369th Sustainment Brigade, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, will relieve the 36th Sustainment Brigade and assume their duties supporting partners in the region as the expeditionary sustainment brigade with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command.

040612-M-5753Q-052. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A member of the Turkish Army passes in review during CENTRABAT (Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion) 2000 opening ceremonies on Sepember 13th, 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) and hosted by former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, Sep. 11-20, 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 U. S. troops including personnel from U.S. CENTCOM, from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special Forces Group, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and 300 Kazakhstan soldiers. Other participating nations include: Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan, United .... Complete Scene Caption: A member of the Turkish Army passes in review during CENTRABAT (Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion) 2000 opening ceremonies on Sepember 13th, 2000. CENTRASBAT 2000 is a multi-national peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Comma

060325-A-7969G-005. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060113-A-4545F-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Mujahadeen Guard walks with US Military members

U.S. Army Soldiers assist simulated casualties during a mass casualty battle drill at Balad Air Base, Iraq, March 31, 2008. The drill tested the ability of Air Force Airmen and Army Soldiers to work side-by-side during an emergency situation.

Commando guarding the tolatol ghar at sibsagar Assam India NOMR Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

011023-F-7203T-009. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY)

A U.S. Soldier from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 6th Infantry Division, assigned to Task Force Regulars has a cup of tea along route Kansas in the Jameela Market in the Sadr City district of Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2008.

011023-F-7203T-007. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01/02 Base: El Omayed Country: Egypt (EGY)

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