Bilateral Military Operations

Images of military personnel from different nations engaging in joint exercises, convoy operations, and equipment handling in varied locations.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Air Ground Task Force 23 prepare to conduct convoy operations at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22, on July 21, 2022. Reserve Marines and Sailors have come together from across the nation to form an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force to take part in a live-fire, combined arms exercise that will better prepare Marine Forces Reserve in its mission to augment and reinforce the Active Component. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. James Stanfield)

Japan Ground Self Defense Force service members board a U.S. Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a bilateral convoy during Keen Sword, at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2022. Keen Sword exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF). This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and JSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Soldiers from the California Army Guard's 49th Military Police Brigade, and Airmen from the California Air National Guard's 129th Rescue Wing offload a vehicle during Exercise Nexus Rising at Moffett Air National Guard Base, California, June 5, 2022. Nexus Rising is three-day joint combat readiness exercise that challenges Airmen and Soldiers to effectively deploy and operate in a contested, degraded environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Ivey, a landing support specialist with 3rd Landing Support Battalion and a native of Sunnyvale, Texas, accounts for equipment at the unit marshaling area in preparation for Balikatan 23 in Subic Bay, Philippines, March 27, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Air Ground Task Force 23 prepare to conduct convoy operations at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22, on July 21, 2022. Reserve Marines and Sailors have come together from across the nation to form an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force to take part in a live-fire, combined arms exercise that will better prepare Marine Forces Reserve in its mission to augment and reinforce the Active Component. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. James Stanfield)

030206-M-5753Q-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines use a rough terrain forklift to load palletized cartons of Meals-Ready-to-Eat (MRE) onto a USMC KC-130 Hercules aircraft, on the flight line at Jalibah Air Base (AB), Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Jalibah Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), execute a wet gap crossing with the 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, 19th Engineering Battalion on Fort Knox, KY, April 28, 2022. The purpose of this mission was to allow the bridging company to meet their training objective while helping the Iron Rakkasans shorten the distance to their next training objective.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, prepare to depart Mile Hammock Bay on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 1, 2022. CLB-22 conducted a battalion field exercise from March 28 through April 1 in order to exercise the battalions full range of combat service support in an expeditionary environment.

View of a Logistic Vehicle System (LVS) carrying supplies. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT 93 Country: Korea

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), ride in a utility task vehicle during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on San Clemente Island, California, April 21, 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 MARDIVs experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justin R. Williams, an aviation communications technician with Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, erects a radio antenna during a communications training event on Camp Elmore, Virginia, Feb. 3, 2023. The Marines with MACs-24 conducted the training event to validate training readiness and refine the subordinate elements communication control. Under implemented concepts of Force Design 2030, honing subordinating elements such as MACs-24 are pertinent in order to create a skilled and lethal expeditionary fighting force that is capable of augmenting the active component with support personnel.

A Husky TSV armored vehicle of the British Army.

220503-N-PG340-1028 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (May 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 go over tactical convoy skills and techniques during Self Mobility Security Training onboard Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

A Marine with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, dismounts from his humvee and takes cover aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept 13, 2009. Marines performed mounted route-clearance exercises during the sustainment training.

STAFF Sergeant Dwayne Johnson, an Air Transportation SPECIALIST of the 62nd Transportation Squadron McChord Air Force Base, Washington, directs SENIOR AIRMAN Micheal Diller, the Forklift Operator, while he loads palletized cargo during Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) EXERCISE CRISIS REACH 01-49. Subject Operation/Series: CRISIS REACH 01-49 Base: Airway Heights State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

This Marine Unit, 1st Battalion 25th USMC are on the Fort Dix Range Complex on Range 65 during a Crew Gunnery Training event. This unit is located throughout New England and upstate New York. This training on Range 65 consists of targeting on mounted vehicles moving and/or stationary. (photos taken by the Fort Dix Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)

040513-M-2900S-102. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040504-F-9528H-033. Base: Avon Park Range State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

001030-N-8421M-043. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Dogu Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SPECIALIST Clinton Meek, Restoration Supervisor for the 3rd of the 3rd (3/3) Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) I Troop Cavalry Museum, is checking out the engine of a M-8 Armored car on display. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jordan Anderson, 15th Maintenance Squadron, operates a forklift at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia on Aug. 22, 2022. Airmen routinely work alongside international Allies and partners to strengthen interoperability and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, engage targets while conducting motorized operation training during the Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California April 16, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver as well as offensive and defensive operations during combat.

070326-M-6312K-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Namer State: Ambar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: LIMA 2/10

DF-ST-87-02452. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The personal security detachment for the Wisconsin National Guards 724th Engineer battalion rolls out on a convoy training mission at Fort McCoy, April 7. The High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicles, or HMMWVs, used in training at Ft. McCoy, have been replaced on convoy missions in Iraq and Afghanistan with Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles like the “Bus” variant to the left. The 724th is preparing for its second deployment to Iraq in seven years. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

A view of an Avenger air defense system deployed with Btry. A, 2nd Bn., 6th Air Defense Artillery Bde., during Operation Desert Shield. The Avenger consists of a four-tube Stinger anti-aircraft missile launcher mounted on each side of an operator's station on a pedestal carried by an M-998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). A .50-caliber machine gun can be mounted beneath the right side Stinger launcher. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Nearly 60 Louisiana National Guardsmen assigned to the 1087th Transportation Company, 165th Combat Sustainment and Support Brigade, 139th Regional Support Group, prepare roughly 30 tactical vehicles to assist emergency operations in Florida after Hurricane Ian, Slidell, Louisiana, Sept. 29, 2022.

A U.S. Army Soldier participates in Guam's 78th Annual Liberation Day parade in Hagatna, Guam, July 21, 2022. This parade marked the 78th commemoration of Guam's liberation by U.S. military forces on July 21, 1944, which ended the Japanese occupation that had begun in 1941.

220929-N-PI330-1040 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 29, 2022) Equipment Operator 3rd Class Johnathon Caruana, left, Equipment Operator Constructionman Kalin Fellows, center, Builder 1st Class Benjamin Staub, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), prepare to move a bridge during a bridge building trainer course on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 29, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

031001-M-2900S-017. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to 8th Theater Sustainment Command, 25th Infantry Division, 599th Transportation Brigade, 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, Department of Defense Contractors, and elements from the U.S. Navy downloaded military vehicles as part of the Army Prepositioned Stock 3 Fix-Forward (Afloat) from the U.S. Naval Ship Watson at Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec. 1, 2022. The APS-3 mission demonstrates the 8th Theater Sustainment Commands command and control of the APS-3 operations and assesses the operational flexibility to ensure strategic readiness. As the U.S. Indo-Pacific materiel integrator, the 8th TSC synchronizes capabilities and resources across the theater, enabling both our land forces and those of our allies and partners. Our mission is to plan, integrate, and synchronize theater distribution and sustainment operations with our joint logistics enterprise partners, stabilizing and securing the Indo-Asia Pacific Region. (Photos by Sgt. Kyler L. Chatman, 8th TSC Public Affairs)

U.S. Marines with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, take part in a Combat Skills Training School Tactical Convoy Course on Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2022. The purpose of the TCC is to teach procedures to counter threats and mitigate risks to Marine forces conducting convoy operations.

U.S. Army Pfc. Cecil Harris from 58 Military Police Company, 25th Infantry Division, pulld security as his team stands by for instructions during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) on Helemano Military Reservation, Hi., Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC 23-1 trains the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Warriors, 25th Infantry Division in realistic conditions, ensuring they are prepared for crisis or conflict.

Airman 1st Class Alexander Boyd, a cyber transport specialist with the 128th Air Control Squadron, begins setting up the squadron's cyber systems during annual training at Volk Field, Wis., July 15, 2022. (Wisconsin National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck)

The heavy dump truck arrives in Michigan. The 1434th Engineer Company, Michigan National Guard, fielded the dump trucks April 14, 2022, in Lansing, Mich., becoming one of the first Army units to receive the technologically advanced vehicle.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 24, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 Convoy Security Element stand guard on the main route to camp during following a simulated attack during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines and Marine Air Control Squadron 4 off-load ammunition from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Resolute Dragon 22 on Camp Betsukai, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 13, 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.

A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System assigned to 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, commences a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration after being deployed from a KC-130J Hercules during Integrated Training Exercise 2-24, at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 10, 2024. The HIRAIN exercise demonstrated I Marine Expeditionary Forces ability to rapidly deploy the HIMARS to meet and deter any threats. ITX ensures units are ready to fight tonight as a I MEF Marine Air-Ground task force. Marine Corps

Artillery Soldiers with 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, set up vehicles to pull security during Western Strike 22 at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 7, 2022. During this event these camps will need to be on guard for opposing forces who will perform operations against the units in the exercise. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th FAB, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a Combat Training Center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

German military explosive ordnance disposal team members assigned to the 2nd Company, 10th Mechanic Engineer Battalion in Germany, discuss how to approach a training scenario during the annual IED Rodeo at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 25, 2022. NATO allied nations routinely train integration capabilities to provide flexible options for glabel reach and sustain.

Spc. Andrew Zapata, a motor vehicle transport driver assigned to Charlie Company, 87th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, poses with an M240 machine gun and ammunition belts at the ready during a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle mounted gunnery qualification course on Fort Stewart, Georgia, July 12, 2022. The qualification ensures Soldiers can work as a cohesive team in simulated combat conditions by testing their shoot-move-communicate drills with efficiency and accuracy.

A U.S. Marine Corps forklift moves storage containers ashore from Landing Craft, Utility 1663 in Rio de Janeiro in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 2, 2022. Marines and their equipment moved ashore from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD -19) to begin training during UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

030814-M-7837W-001. Base: Mohammed Al Ahmed Naval Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

010813-F-0718S-024. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Service members at the installation for training drive military vehicles on post June 9, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Annually, tens of thousands of troops complete institutional and transient troop training operations at Fort McCoy. During June 2022, thousands of troops also trained at Fort McCoy, including troops from the Wisconsin National Guard and Iowa National Guard.

Army Sgt. Emilio Serna, a gunner assigned to 1 Battalion, 41st Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, guides an M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle onto a trailer on May 22 on Fort Stewart. 1st Bn., 41st FA shipped 18 M992 FAASVs and 18 M109A6 "Paladin" Howitzers in preparation for modernization of its fleet.

U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Garrett R. Brown, a heavy equipment operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 2d Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force operates a Tractor, Rubber-Tired, Articulated Steering, Multi-purpose vehicle during a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) loading and unloading exercise (LOADEX) at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia, May 19, 2022. LOADEX allows new heavy equipment operators to apply classroom instruction to a real-world training environment. The overarching strategy of LOADEX is to reinforce naval integration between the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy while incorporating new risk management methodologies into amphibious logistical operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Moreno, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, directs a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during an Alert Contingency Marine Air-Ground Task Force (ACM) drill on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 1, 2022. The ACM exercise was conducted to prepare III MEF personnel to react quickly to a crisis, counter potential threats, and assist allies and partners throughout the Indo-Pacific region in maintaining regional stability. Moreno, a native of Los Fresnos, Texas, graduated from Los Fresnos High School in 2014 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Hardinger.

030224-M-3734P-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

060317-A-5168K-009. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050911-F-6967G-018. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Fuel is pumped out of an M-163A1 Vulcan self-propelled anti-aircraft gun at the conclusion of Spearpoint '84, a phase of exercise Reforger '84. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '84SPEARPOINT '84 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Security policeman mans a Browning M-2, 50 Cal machine gun mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while patrolling the F-16 ramp area at 149th Tactical Fighter Group, Kelly AFB, Texas. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

US Marine Lance Corporal Jamie Hendricks backs up a Marine Corps truck onto a US Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1655) bound for the USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) (Not shown) as Marines draw out of Kuwait. The USS ASHLAND was in Kuwait as part of an Southwest Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections. US Marine Lance Corporal Jamie Hendricks backs up a Marine Corps truck onto a US Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1655) bound for the USS ASHLAND (LSD 48) (Not shown) as Marines draw out of Kuwait. The USS ASHLAND was in Kuwait as part of an Southwest Asia build-up of forces in response to Iraq's refusal of U.N. sponsored weapons inspections.

A Soldier from the Texas National Guard scans the shores of the Rio Grande River in Starr County, Texas April 10 as part of the federal call-up to the Texas-Mexico border. Soldiers called to duty at the border support federal partners and primarily serve in observe

Army Reserves 411th Engineer Company loaded railcars with army equipment at Fort McCoy, WI Nov. 1, 2022. Working with Fort McCoys Logistics Readiness Center, soldiers must organize, load and secure vehicles and equipment on the correct weight-rated rail cars to transport each item safely.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (Aug. 1, 2022) A Polaris MRZR D4 is presented in a static display during an amphibious raid for a multinational littoral operations exercise as part oRim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, Aug. 1. 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 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.

An Airman from the 91st Missile Wing posing as an opposition force member guards a defensible position during Bully Vigilance, an exercise designed to test the 91st Missile Wings readiness to respond to an outside threat at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Oct. 13, 2022.

Fort McCoy Garrison Commander Col. Stephen Messenger greets community members and post visitors at the installation's Gate 20 on July 22, 2022, by scanning identification cards at Fort McCoy, Wis. Messenger became the garrison commander July 14. Messenger arrives after serving in his prior assignment as the director of engineering and logistics, J4, Joint Task Force Civil Support, Fort Eustis, Va. Messengers awards and decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Achievement Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Combat Infantrymans Badge, Expert Infantrymans Badge, Army Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Pathfinder Badge, and German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge.

060405-A-1211S-098. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Cob Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Florida Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 53rd Brigade Support Battalion rig a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) with straps during emergency response efforts from Hurricane Ian in Arcadia Florida 3, Oct. 2022. These HMMWVs were sling loaded to U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters and flown to Soldiers at point of distribution (POD) sites on Pine Island that was isolated by Hurricane Ians destruction. (Florida Army National Guard photo credit by Staff Sgt. Cassandra Vieira)

A U.S. Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is offloaded during Keen Sword, on Amami, Japan, Nov. 5, 2022. Keen Sword exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3d Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self-Defense Force. This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and JSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance..

U.S. Marines load a utility task vehicle onto a medium tactical vehicle replacement during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 on Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, April 9, 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 Marine Divisions experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

Photo of Spanish soldier driving a land vehicle.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and Fire fighters from Switzerland go over the static display as soldiers explain how the equipment works, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 20, 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 command and control for rotational and assigned units in the European theater.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, board a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during Exercise Shinka 22.1, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 13, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions.

Members of the New Jersey Army National Guards 143rd Transportation Company, 117th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, conduct a route reconnaissance mission at Fort Drum, N.Y., on July 8 prior to the launch of the eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise. The three-week exercise runs from July 10 to July 30 and enables brigade combat teams to achieve the readiness necessary to deploy, fight and win battles throughout the world.

Placing a WRSK (War Readiness Spares Kit) pallet on the rear ramp, an Air Force driver guides her 10K-AT forklift at the direction of Loadmaster Corporal (CPL) Matthew Rider, USMC, to an Awaiting KC-130 during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The driver and forklift are from Air Mobility Command (AMC) and CPL Rider is from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352), Combined Task Force 58, Miramar, California. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David Silva, left, a native of Texas and a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System gunner, Cpl. Tedrose Teshager, center, a native of Oregon and a HIMARS section chief, and Cpl. Dominic Leonard, right, a native of Pennsylvania and a HIMARS operator, all with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, pose for a photo during a HIMARS live-fire training range in preparation for NATO-exercise Nordic Response 24 in Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 27, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and allied nations. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Gates, a patriot launching operator-maintainer assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, tows a MIM-104 Patriot during Ryukyu Vice 23.1 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2022. Ryukyu Vice is a joint, fixed-wing aviation command and control exercise that provides critical training to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing tactical air control personnel through offensive, defensive and counter-air live-flight scenarios. 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment supported Ryukyu Vice by providing Surface to Air Missile and Sensor Coverage, enabling freedom of maneuver for the exercise scenario and track correlation on the joint network.

010810-F-2021R-010. Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A Soldier from the 488th Military Police Company peaks out of his M1117 (Armored Security Vehicle) before driving it onto a range where his team will engage targets in an open field in Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada June 6, 2019. The Soldiers fired various automatic weapons from the turret mounts on their assigned vehicles. The Soldiers also operated a CROWS (Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station) which is a computer and camera system connected to a weapon that can be aimed and fired from within a vehicle. (Maine Army National Guard

020808-F-0981H-146. Base: Southern Calif Logistics Airport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041001-M-0374B-028. Base: Kin Red Port State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Wallace of the 200th Engineer Multi-Role Bridge Company (MRBC), South Dakota Army National Guard (SDARNG), directs a M1977 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Vehicle (HEMTT) Common Bridge Transporter (CBT) in preparation for Golden Coyote 2016 on the Missouri River at Chamberlain, S.D., June 10, 2016. The Golden Coyote exercise is a three-phase, scenario-driven exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks and battle drills.

120902-N-WX580-076OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 2, 2012) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Markjeofrey Taleon directs Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) 25 as it exits Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 9 during a simulated beach exercise.

030206-M-5753Q-002. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

010926-F-5640T-007. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SrA Dakota Blaylock, 735th Air Mobility Squadron air transportation passenger representative, waits to offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III during a decontamination exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Nov. 9, 2022. This exercise scenario simulated an aircraft contaminated in a chemical attack giving Hickam airmen an opportunity to exercise treating aircrew and offloading contaminated cargo.

Senior Airman Roberto De Los Santos, a 921st Contingency Response Squadron aerial porter, moves cargo on the flight line during Exercise Dragon Spark at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 13, 2022. Exercise Dragon Spark consisted of Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing and the 60th Air Mobility Wing who jointly-trained together on how to rapidly respond to a natural disaster or national emergency.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, and 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, ground guide a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle onto Landing Craft Utility 2009 on Kin Red Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)

Soldiers assigned to to 65th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division install and validate Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) equipment on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 25, 2022. Utilization of the MILES system is one aspect of the realistic training the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center(JPMRC) training rotation 23-01 provides to Indo-Pacific land forces. JPMRC strengthens defense relationships, fosters multinational interoperability, increases readiness, and reinforces the unified regional land power network of the Joint Force.

Airmen and their children participate in a variety of activities as part of a "Take your child to work day" event, June 21, 2022, at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio. Some of the activities included touring a C-130, visiting the fire department, and watching a flag folding demonstration.

A crewman guides the driver of an M-817 5-ton dump truck off of the utility landing craft LCU-1661 into the well deck of the dock landing ship USS PORTLAND (LSD-37). Elements of the 2nd Marine Division are embarking aboard the Portland and other ships to participate in Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Corp Lance Cpl. Sergio Rodriguezmeraz supervises refueling on the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA July 20, 2022.

Members of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, examine a Soviet ZPU-2 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun during Exercise Solid Shield '83 at Tactical Landing Zone Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine Corps M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives through a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. The vehicle has an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on its roof. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Marines with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, create an improvised method to establish a network on-the-move for a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The purpose of RUT is to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

Specialist Carl Finnemore, HHT 2-101 Cavalry, unlatches the tailgate of a vehicle in the bay of the Buffalo Armory, NY, Jan 13, 2024. Finnemore and other soldiers assigned to the same unit had just returned from a supply run in downtown Buffalo in the face of severe winter weather.

A Recovery of Air Bases Denied by Ordnance (RADBO) truck sits before a demonstration at Pacific Regional Training Center - Andersen, Guam, Jan. 30, 2024. There is a laser mounted on top of the RADBO truck to dispose of explosives in a safe and efficient manner. The RADBO truck itself was designed to reduce hazard and protect service members as the laser disposes of ordnances on an airfield.

970629-N-2568S-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Spc. Gerardo Rodriguez, a seaman aboard Logistics Support Vessel-3 (LSV-3) Gen. Brehon B. Somervell”, Transportation Company Pacific-Provisional, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, guides a U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, during preparations for exercise Koolendong 22 at Darwin Port, NT, Australia, July 12, 2022. The preparations included the loading of vehicles and equipment onto LSV-3 with the help of U.S. Army Soldiers and members of the Australian Defence Force.

Senior Airman Cheyanne Thorpe, a supply specialist with the 442d Logistics Readiness Squadron supply section, practices operating a forklift May 16, 2022, on Mildenhall Air Base, UK. Master Sgt. Anthony Burton, from the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron supply section, provided the training.

Defenders assigned to the 51st Security Forces Squadron respond to a drone sighting during a Defend the Base training scenario at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2022. The training scenario is part of a week-long training event that assessed the 51st Fighter Wings ability to respond and operate in a combat environment.

Students with the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program from Tolleson High School, Arizona, participate in a training exercise at the Supporting Arms Virtual Trainer, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 31, 2023. The purpose of the visit was to give Marine Corps Junior ROTC students the opportunity to learn and experience different jobs or career paths they may choose in the Marine Corps.

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