Cyber Operations Coordination

Military personnel engaged in cyber operations and tactical discussions, showcasing teamwork and technology usage in various command centers.

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.

020109-F-5453T-001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

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.

Wisconsin National Guard Defensive Cyber Operations Element and Cyber Response Team receive vital information to complete the mission during Cyber Shield 2022. Cyber Shield 2022 at the Army National Guards Professional Educational Center on Camp Robinson, Arkansas on June 13. Cyber Shield 2022 is the DODs largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jorge Villaseñor II, right, and Staff Sgt. Tyler Rogers, both 60th Maintenance Operation Support maintenance management production specialists, verify time change items required for monthly forecast at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct 12, 2022. These specialists work with crew chiefs and mechanics to plan, schedule and organize aerospace vehicle maintenance to ensure equipment and machinery is ready and working whenever its needed.

Master Sgt. Marquis Jones, 4th Operations Support Squadron air traffic control watch supervisor, communicates with aircrew during a simulated scenario at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 2022. The 4th OSS Radar Approach Control Airmen can monitor or communicate with over 30 aircraft at a time, and provide critical flight information to aircraft flying in and around the base.

Senior Airman Noah Igros, a 366th Communication Squadron Expeditionary Communications Technician, establishes a Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router access on Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022. NIPR provides network communication capabilities to ensure command and control of a contested airspace.

Tech. Sgt. Brandon Temple, 19th Maintenance Squadron munitions inspector, right, processes through the personnel deployment function line during Phase 1 of ROCKI 22-03 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, May 10, 2022. Designed to validate the full spectrum readiness capabilities of the airlift wing, ROCKI exercises are typically divided into distinct phases, each deliberately intended to assess the wing in various warfighting functions. Phase 1 of ROCKI 22-03 tested the wing's ability to assemble and rapidly deploy more than 300 personnel.

Sgt. Russell Smith, a communications operator in the Alaska Army National Guards 49th Missile Defense Battalion, monitors a simulated exercise Aug. 10.

Soliders take part in the Synthetic Training Environment - Information System (STE-IS) Soldier Touch Point 2B in Orlando, Fla., march 29-31. The event was sponsored by the Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation and the Army's Synthetic Training Environment Cross Functional Team. STE-IS is comprised of the Training Simulation Software (TSS), the Training Management Tool (TMT) and One World Terrain (OWT), all of which were capabilities integrated onto the Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) at STP 2B. During the touch point, Soldiers successfully executed vignettes designed to obtain user feedback to drive the software design process and inform future software releases. Soldier Touch Points engage the Soldier early and often throughout the prototype process to ensure programs and solutions arrive at the point of need ready for use. The Synthetic Training Environment enhances Soldier readiness with innovative, realistic simulation trainin

041124-F-8039H-002. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S Air Force Capt. Thomas De Maio, assistant judge advocate general from the 23rd Wing, provides legal council to other A-staff members in the wing operations center at the Air Dominance Center, a Combat Readiness Training Center, in Savannah, Georgia, July 26, 2022 during Agile Flag 22-2. Agile Flag is Air Combat Commands contributing certifying event for its Lead Wings throughout the AFFORGEN cycle, ensuring they are capable forces that meet combatant commanders needs.

U.S Marine Corps Pfc Colton Smith, a mortarman with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, calls for a virtual fire mission during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 1-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC), Bridgeport, California, Sept. 22, 2022. MTX is a month-long exercise designed to prepare units to survive and operate effectively in austere, mountainous terrain.

United States Forces Japan (USFJ) Army MAJ Daniel Baggio looks on as Japan Ground Self Defense Force's (JGSDF) LTCOL Seijiro Kiyomichi monitors actions while testing the Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) system at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Service members from USFJ and JSDF will be conducting a joint/bilateral command post exercise, Keen Edge '96, at U.S. and Japanese military installations from January 25 until February 2, 1996. Subject Operation/Series: KEEN EDGE '96 Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Debrah Viray, 18th Comptroller Squadron financial operations supervisor from San Francisco, California was selected as the 18th Wings Supervisor of the Month at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Supervisor of the Month program is an opportunity for outstanding non-commissioned officers to be recognized by KAB leadership as well as showcase these leaders to their peers.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Urich Garcia, 45th Security Forces Squadron supra coder, writes code in an application, April 25, 2022, at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla. Supra coders are Airmen and Guardians who perform duties developing, managing, and designing software for the United States Space Force.

020507-F-9186F-011. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2002 Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

040504-F-3838S-072. Base: Camp Sarafovo, Burgas State: Bourgas Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Staff Sgt. Daniel Mcauliffe and Warrant Officer Eduardo Ramirez, soldiers in the Florida National Guards 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, overlook infrastructural data in the states fight against Hurricane Ian. With the encroaching threat of possible network loss, the Florida National Guard prepared its signal equipment for structural reinforcement. (U.S Army Photo by Pfc. Alexander Helman)

Members of the Tennessee Army National Guard Cyber Protection Team augments cyber security during Cyber Shield 2022 at the Army National Guard's Professional Education Center on Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas on June 12. Cyber Shield 2022 is the DODs largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.

Senior Master Sgt. Jay Latham, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, calibrates a dropsonde during a mission Sept. 28, 2022 into Hurricane Ian as it made landfall in Florida. The Hurricane Hunters gather weather data using the dropsonde by 'dropping' it from the WC-130J Super Hercules and it collects dew point, pressure, temperature, wind speed and direction and send that information back to the aircraft, which is then sent to the National Hurricane Center to be used for improvement in updating the forecast models of storm tracks.

SAN DIEGO (Jan. 6, 2020) Lt. Aaron Van Driessche, a warfare tactics instructor at the Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS), Detachment San Diego, pilots the U.S. Navys virtual combat curriculum with Sailors aboard USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) inside the newly launched portable simulator, the On Demand Trainer.

Navy Lt. Bethany Baker, Fort Belvoir, VA. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, deputy mission commander, monitors the OC-135B Observation Aircrafts' location using a GPS and laptop Jan 16 over Haiti. Normally used to observe military activities of servicemembers with Open Skies Treaty, the OC-135B crew flew a observation mission over Haiti in support of the relief efforts after the country was rocked by a 7.0 earthquake.

Capt. Rachel L. Wolfgang, Project Arc nuclear physicist, and 2nd Lt. Jacob Geil, Project Arc test engineer, joined Barksdales Military Personnel Flight for a problem solving meeting as a part of the Project Arc program at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Sept. 9, 2022. Project Arc is a program that consists of scientists and engineers from across the Air Force working with units to tackle problems and challenges using their knowledge to design new tools, widgets or rework a workflow.

U.S. Air Force Airman participating in exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management in a synthetic, joint combat environment, ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighter readiness in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and eight distributed locations, Aug. 15-19, 2022. The 705th CTS, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, used its live, virtual, and constructive, or LVC, environment capabilities to connect simulators and live aircraft in a dynamic battlespace to challenge air, land, and maritime combatants in the USINDOPACOM AOR and incorporating multiple U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Army platforms. (Papers on the desk were blurred for security purposes)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines, use the computers provided by the Deployable Joint Command and Control System (DJC2), at Yokota. April 1st. The DJC2 was deployed to Yokota to provide communications in support of Operation Tomodachi

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the executive officer of the F-35 Joint Program, tours training facilities at the F-35 Academic Training Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Nov. 30, 2022. The tour highlighted the training capabilities and equipment in the ATC, including aircraft systems maintenance and ejection seat maintenance trainers, engine trainers and the weapons load training hangar.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Johnathan Ferguson, 305th Air Mobility Wing quality assurance inspector (Right), and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chase Staron, 305th Air Mobility Wing crew chief, perform a quality assurance inspection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Nov. 22, 2022. Ferguson is one of over one million registered bone marrow donors through the Department of Defenses Salute to Life program. This year he met with the recipient of a donation he made in 2012 that allowed the patient to achieve remission of leukemia.

Students with the Fort McCoy Noncommissioned Officer Academy Basic Leader Course learn about land navigation Jan. 29, 2024, at the Fort McCoy, Wis., Virtual Battle Space simulations facility. The students spent a day training at the facility as part of course instruction. The training is called Virtual Battle Space for Map Reading and Land Navigation and is one of the newest additions to the course.

050109-F-6335P-049. Base: Utapao Air Base Country: Thailand (THA)

010813-F-0718S-008. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing's Maintenance Squadron, Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Medical Group, and 282nd Combat Communications Group work with civilian volunteers and the Department of Health to answer questions from the Rhode Island community about coronavirus. Members of the Rhode Island National Guard have been working along side federal and state partners to assist in mitigating the spread of coronavirus. Air National Guard

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Johnathan Ferguson, 305th Air Mobility Wing quality assurance inspector (Right), and U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chase Staron, 305th Air Mobility Wing crew chief (Left), perform a quality assurance inspection at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Nov. 22, 2022. Ferguson is one of over one million registered bone marrow donors through the Department of Defenses Salute to Life program. This year he met with the recipient of a donation he made in 2012 that allowed the patient to achieve remission of leukemia.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Standridge, 366th Financial Acquisition finance analyst supervisor, prepares a digital invoice during exercise Double Barrel 23-1 on Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 18, 2022. Standridge coordinates with contingency contracting officers to ensure contracting requests are paid.

221208-N-PC620-0014 CAMP MABRY, Texas (Dec. 8, 2022) U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Powers, left, and U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 1st Class Joshua Struikman, both assigned to the J6 communications directorate at Joint Task Force Civil Support, monitor and configure a wireless network during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Camp Mabry, Texas, Dec. 8, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force (DCRF) participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force (TF) Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority (DSCA) mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

011114-A-4813S-001. Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: TRADOC

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the Emergency Operations Center read slides while they listen to the Commander's Update Briefing Mar. 16. The EOC is the command and control hub for emergency operations on base.

220427-N-PC620-0020 FORT CARSON, Colo. (April 27, 2022) U.S. Air Force Capt. Stephanie Ohms, a bioenvironmental engineer assigned to the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team, generates a dosimetry report for the Joint Task Force Civil Support Forward Command Element, which logs the amount of notional radiation personnel responding to a simulated nuclear detonation have accrued during Vibrant Response 22, April 27, 2022. V Joint Task Force Civil Support conducts chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear response and all-hazards defense support to civil authorities operations in support of the lead federal agency in order to save lives, mitigate human suffering, and prevent further injury. Vibrant Response is an annual U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command directed Command Post Exercise planned in coordination with DoD, Department of Homeland Security, FEMA and other federal and state partners. As USNORTHCOMs Joint Force Land Component Command, U.S. Army North regularly plans and

On a trip to visit the Colorado National Guard, General Frank Grass, the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, is briefed by Lt. Col. John Snodgrass, Deputy Personnel Officer of the Colorado Army National Guard, on flood response operations and Joint Staff processes for the Colorado National Guard Sept. 14, 2013.During his trip, met with CONG Soldiers and Airmen at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., he visited the Joint Operation Center at the Joint Force Headquarters, Centennial, Colo.; he toured the current flood areas of northern Colorado; and the 233rd Space Group in Greeley, Colo.

Diverse military personnel analyzing real time data on a laptop, transmitting important mission information for the infantry unit. Special operations soldiers working in command post. Close up.

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (June 30, 2022) - U.S. Air Force launch and recovery aircrew 29th Attack Squadron, prepare to land an MQ-9A Reaper assigned to the 163d Attack Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, 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 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.

Lt. Gen. Marc H. Sasseville, the 12th Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits with members of the Florida National Guard, Feb. 10, 2023. The VCNGB is second in charge of the National Guard Bureau, which is a joint activity of the Department of Defense.

Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA -- 28 Aug 11 -- Army and Air National Guard Personnel from the Pennsylvania National Guard coordinate information and instructions during the state's response to Hurricane Irene at the PANG's Joint Emergency Operations Center at Ft. Indiantown Gap, PA.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jake Lillich, 47th Fighter Squadron pilot, operates an aircraft simulator in preparation for exercise Spartan Warrior 22-9 at Einsiedlerhof Air Station Sept. 28, 2022. The semi-annual training allows participants to explore a simulated tactical environment using available assets while integrating with NATO Allies.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Murray Ludwig, a combat systems officer with the 137th Special Operations Wing, Oklahoma National Guard, conducts command and control operations in a tactical secure operations center during a Special Operations Task Group certification exercise at Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, Dec. 7, 2022. The focus of the SOTG is to integrate multi-domain special operations forces air power into the joint operational environment.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Reese, 60th Maintenance Operation Support maintenance management production specialist, attends a video conference at Travis Air Force Base, California, Oct. 13, 2022. These specialists work with crew chiefs and mechanics to plan, schedule and organize aerospace vehicle maintenance to make sure equipment and machinery is ready and working whenever its needed.

U.S. Air Force instructors from the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC), a total force integration unit composed of active duty, guard and reserve members, visit Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, to demonstrate plans for a new combat training course at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 18, 2022. The AATTC briefed Minihan on what would be taught and executed a practice run demonstrating real-life scenarios students could encounter.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Amber Martin, 354th Operations Support Squadron weather operations journeyman, gives a mission execution forecast briefing to 354th Fighter Squadron pilots at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 02, 2022. An MEF holds a plethora of aviation-related weather information in a concise and easily readable format to quickly communicate to pilots potential weather impacts to their operations.

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant James Wall, a computer control systems craftsman of the 83rd Communications Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Maryland, checks the network connections at the Network Control Center at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia. SSgt Wall is a part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. This mission is in direct support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

221024-N-JU916-1008 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 24, 2022) Operations Specialist Seamen Timothey Sheedy, from Levitown, Pennsilvania mans security checkpoint in the hanger bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), October 24, 2022. Truman is the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group and is currently in port onboard Naval Station Norfolk.

Staff Sgt. Henry Lancaster, 1st Combat Camera Squadron, edits imagery of C-17 aircrafts from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., on Dec. 16, 2009. The C-17 aircrafts conducted a strategic brigade airdrop exercise over North Auxiliary Airfield near Northern, S.C., Dec. 16, 2009, demonstrating the global projection of U.S. airpower.Airborne Soldiers from the 2-319th Airborne Field Artillery, 82nd AirborneDivision, Ft. Bragg, N.C., were air dropped in the exercise along with cargo pallets to simulate the seizure of a remote airfield, providing a jointtraining opportunity for the Airmen and Soldiers. The training missionincluded airdrops over North Auxiliary Airfield, aerial refueling trainingand simulated aero medical evacuation.

021105-F-4649H-041. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

SAN DIEGO (April 24, 2013) Aerographers Mate 1st Class Jeffery Ulmer and Aerographers Mate 1st Class Derron Gee monitor weather over the West Coast of the United States on the watch floor at Fleet Weather Center San Diego. Fleet Weather Centers provide full-spectrum weather services to facilitate risk management, resource protection, and mission success of fleet, regional, and unit commanders.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ajay Baptiste, left, 54th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller specialist, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cesar Chavez-Soto, 54th OSS air traffic controller apprentice, review the layout of the runway, Sept. 6, 2022, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Controllers use radars, computers, and visual references to properly communicate with pilots of F-16 Vipers, MQ-9 Reapers, and other aircraft to maintain their altitude, speed, and position. This photo was altered for security purposes.

040513-F-5281B-020. Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUCOM

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kari Frazier, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Hawk Exercises fire direction center, manages U.S. Patriot Missile defense fire, May 19, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Fraziers role was to ensure that there was deconfliction between U.S. and Emirati assets to ensure U.S. forces were not over-engaging.

0211106-F-4649H-002. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

U.S. Army Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition write an essay on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 30, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Williams, a defensive cyber warfare operator with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, utilizes the Big Data Platform - Cyber Hunter & Analytics Operation System to scan for cyber threats during an exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 22, 2023. BDP-CHAOS allows analysts to conduct threat hunting on a network that is accessible by multiple units.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Tommy Milam is a Deployment Flight Follower in the Execution Cell and is assigned to the AMOCC (Air Mobility Operations Control Center ) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He checks on an inbound flight. This mission is in direct support of Operation Allied Force. US Air Force Senior Airman Tommy Milam is a Deployment Flight Follower in the Execution Cell and is assigned to the AMOCC (Air Mobility Operations Control Center ) at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He checks on an inbound flight. This mission is in direct support of Operation Allied Force.

041014-F-1342R-007. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030416-M-9902V-024. Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: HQMC

Members of the Arizona National Guard conduct exposure notifications from a call center at the Arizona Department of Heath Services June 30, 2020 in Phoenix. The Arizona National Guard was activated by Governor Doug Ducey to assist with exposure notifications by contacting Arizona residents who have tested positive for COVID-19

Members deployed to the Emergency Operations Center track threat levels, alarm conditions and accountability during an exercise at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sept. 23, 2022. Dobbins ARB hosted, coordinated, and participated in a base-wide exercise, called United Forces 22-01, from Sept. 19-25 to test readiness capabilities.

Service members from participating nations attend an Operational Intelligence Preparation of the Environment (OIPE) brief as part of a Joint Staff Exercise (STAFFEX) during Exercise Cobra Gold on Camp Red Horse, Utapao, Rayong Province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 1, 2023. The STAFFEX emphasizes coordination between participating nations in order to provide humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and a rapid response during a major incident. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command, work during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 17, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael McCurry, U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence commander, speaks with aircraft electrician students from 1st Battalion, 222d Aviation Regiment at Fort Eustis, Virginia, September 6, 2022.

030108-A-1526R-002. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040507-F-6184M-007. Base: Lager Aulenbach State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUCOM

Tech. Sgt. Rhoda Smith (right) and Msgt Antonio Jurado, 162nd FSS Specialists, review data on the National Guards interoperability network platform that is used by the CERFP components for command and control communications.

Warrant Officer James H. Glass, USMC, (uniform) MWSS-371 (Marine Wing Support Squadron), Yuma, Arizona sets up a MIDDS-T (Meteorology and Oceanography Integrated Data Display System Tactical) Portable Weather Station with Navy Lieutenant Timothy B. Smith, USN, NAVPACMETOCCEN (Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center), San Diego, CA. The unit will be used in support of operations on Camp Doha during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

041113-F-5759C-001. Base: Tyndall Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tech. Sgt. Amber Perry monitors base activities to help facilitate the wing's mission Feb. 24, 2014, at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. Perry is a 2nd Bomb Wing command post controller.

Woman recruit examining important battlefield information from a big screen in federal command center, military base of operations. Female soldier collecting and comparing data, satellite radar.

020502-F-2021H-001. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Spc. Blake Brown, a cyber operations specialist representing the Illinois National Guard, participates in Cyber Shield 2022 at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock, Arkansas June 10, 2022. Cyber Shield 2022 is the Department of Defense's largest unclassified inter-agency and joint national level training cyber defense exercise which includes representation from 20 states plus Guam.

220721-N-UD469-1712 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 21, 2022) - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday meets with Sailors aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 21. 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.

Army intelligence specialists use advanced computer systems and satellite data to enhance national security. Provide critical information and strategic planning in a high tech military control room.

Soldiers with the 42nd Regional Support Group, New Jersey National Guard, train on convoy operations on a Virtual Convoy Operation Trainer system at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2022. The VCOT is a virtual training system providing unrestricted movement throughout the virtual battlefield training soldiers in basic and advanced convoy skills. The 42D RSG Soldiers are at FTIG conducting their two-week annual training.

040115-F-4692S-011. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Keith A. Schwebler, 363rd Expeditionary Supply Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, updates reports in the squadrons control center. SSGT Schwebler is part of the coalition force here to support Operation SOUTHERN WATCH, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A U.S. Soldier writes on an Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) exam sheet at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, July 10, 2022. U.S. Soldiers deployed in support of Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve participated in an ESB test hosted by 90th Aviation Support Battalion, 11th Combat Aviation Brigade, mobilized as Task Force Rattlers and Task Force Eagle, respectively, to assess their mastery of physical fitness, marksmanship and other critical skills necessary for combat readiness.

011120-F-3838S-001. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

SPEC. Eric Williams, 22nd Signal Brigade, Darstat, GE, provides administrative support for Headquarters Joint Task Force (Forward) (JTFFWD). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Zagreb Country: Croatia (CRO)

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 54th Operations Support Squadron discuss weather conditions around the installation, Aug. 23, 2022, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The 54th OSS provides the base with past, present and future weather observations that are crucial to providing the surrounding squadrons and units with air superiority.

110401-N-8040H-138ARABIAN GULF (April 1, 2011) Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 1 Submarine Operations Officer, Lt. Eric Eckstrand, stands watch as Assistant Staff Tactical Action Officer (ASTAO) in the Sea Combat Control room aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close-air support missions for Operation New Dawn in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

The Northeast's Counterdrug Training Center's High Risk Entry Facility at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. provides realistic replica weapons that fire paint ball projectiles to provide as real of an experience as possible for trainees.

Global Sentinel participants from work together to solve challenging space scenarios during Global Sentinel 2024 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 13, 2024. USSPACECOM and representatives from partner nations come together each year at Global Sentinel to promote cooperation and safe, secure space operations. In addition to the United states, partner nations that attended this year included Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Thailand and Ukraine. Space Force

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, participate in a simulated live flight exercise during Exercise Gunslinger 22 at Great Bend, Kansas, June 16, 2022. The purpose of the simulated live flight exercise is to emulate receiving and transmitting aerial information in an expeditionary environment.

SCHRIEVER SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. -- U.S. Space Force SPC 4 Michael Masciave, mobile maintainer, assigned to the 4th Space Operations Squadron, conducts maintenance on the Family pf Advanced Beyond Line of Site Terminals (FAB-T) at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, April 8, 2022. The 4th SOPS' mission is to operate the U.S. Space Force's protected and wideband Military Satellite Communications systems. They provide warfighters global, secure, survivable, strategic and tactical communications during peacetime and throughout the full spectrum of conflict. The squadron is responsible for command and control of the Milstar/Advanced Extremely High Frequency Defense Satellite Communications System Phase III, and Wideband Global Satellite Comunications satellite constellations through dedicated Extremely High Frequency antennas and the Air Force Satellite Control Network. The squadron also operates three mobile constellation control stations at various locations in conjunction with ho

US soldiers operating in a high tech cybersecurity command post, managing state secrets and classified information. Protecting the national servers against digital threats and cyber warfare.

Airmen of the New York Air National Guards 152nd Air Operations Group run weapon system checks and review the command and control air tasking cycle at Hancock Air National Guard Base, NY. on Sept. 27, 2022, in preparation for a drill weekend. The 152nd has entered into an agreement to help the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York develop new computer command and planning systems.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Aaron Hamm, an Awards Clerk with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and a native of Tennessee, creates certificates on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 30, 2024. Each week, 2nd MLG recognizes one outstanding Marine or Sailor that goes above and beyond in their duties and embodies the whole Marine concept. As the Battalion Awards Clerk, Hamm facilitated the completion of 10 award packages and electronic service record updates. According to his leaders, Hamm has a stellar work ethic, demonstrates exemplary leadership, and has proven to be an invaluable asset at every level of 2d Medical Battalion.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 354th Air Expeditionary Wing and 747th Cyberspace Squadron use Edge Connect during Valiant Shield 22 at Palau International Airport, June 12, 2022. Edge Connect is highly portable and utilizes existing commercial communications technologies to augment the available bandwidth provided by government deployable communications packages with additional resilient, multi-aperture and multi-domain communications architecture. Exercises like VS22 allow forces across the Indo-Pacific the opportunity to integrate Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, and Space Force to train in precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force.

Pilot for a Day, Alexander Freeze Winters watches an F-16 fly by the air traffic control tower at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 19, 2024. As part of the pilot for a day program, Winters was able to tour the 149th Fighter Wing, interact with members, and watch F-16s take off.

Global Sentinel participants from work together to solve challenging space scenarios during Global Sentinel 2024 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 13, 2024. USSPACECOM and representatives from partner nations come together each year at Global Sentinel to promote cooperation and safe, secure space operations. In addition to the United states, partner nations that attended this year included Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Columbia, Germany, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Thailand and Ukraine. Space Force

North Carolina Army National Guard Spc. Flack (left) and Airman 1st Class Collins Ampong, assigned to the 145th Logistics Readiness Squadron, work together to help distribute medical equipment at a warehouse in Central N.C., June 15, 2020. The NCNG is working with North Carolina Emergency Management, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services and local food banks to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sean R. Alander, a radar technician with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, verifies the scope alignment for daily air traffic control use on Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Oct. 18, 2022. Alander, the recipient of this months MCAS New River Go-Getter award, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2020 from Henderson, Minnesota.

050118-F-6335P-017. Base: Naval Air Station, Utapao Country: Thailand (THA)

Empty United States military control tower office with the American flag, armed forces operation room with modern equipment. National guard surveillance systems on a big screen. Camera A.

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