Field Medical Operations

Images of military medics handling medical emergencies and logistics, including training with stretchers and equipment, demonstrating readiness in field operations.

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III MEF Information Group, arrive in South Korea to conduct Bushido Strike, Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Jan.28, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation to validate its mission essential tasks to provide combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

041207-F-3177P-002. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 8th Communications Battalion prepare to board the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9) prior to the vessel's departure for the Middle East in support of Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Navy Fire Control Technician 3rd Class Jay Batoon, a crew member of USS REUBEN JAMES (FFG 57), stands by as safety observer during the ships test firing of the CIWS (Close-In Weapons System) off the northwest coast of South America while the ship is en route to Exercise TEAMWORK SOUTH '99. Reuben James will be conducting bilateral operations with the Chilean navy.

030813-F-2021H-012. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040907-F-7552L-009. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATIONS SQUADRON Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

041231-F-2034C-008. Base: Forward Operating Base Caldwell State: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040705-M-6332G-023. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NUMEROUS

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III MEF Information Group, arrive in South Korea to conduct Bushido Strike, Osan Air Base, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Jan.28, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation to validate its mission essential tasks to provide combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

US Marines stand in the long line for good chow at Camp Wilson. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT VI Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Seaman Johnaton Little, a ramp marshall with Beachmaster Unit 2, U.S. 2nd Fleet, Fleet Forces Command secures a Tractor, Rubber Tired, Articulated Steering, Multi-purpose vehicle into Landing Craft Air Cushion 68 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, May 18, 2022. LOADEX trains Marines and Sailors to generate combined expeditionary lethality through maritime logistical maneuvers involving amphibious watercraft. The overarching strategy of LOADEX is to reinforce naval integration between the Marine Corps and Navy, creating a rapidly deployable maritime defense in support of forward-deployed forces.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Bulson looks over the Shahr-e Safa Community Center after the buildings renovation during a quality assurance, quality control visit, Nov.14, 2010. The project was contracted to help the local community as well as create jobs. Captain Bulson is a civil engineer assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. PRT Zabul is comprised of Air Force, Army, Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel who work with the government of Afghanistan to improve governance, stability, and development throughout the province.

041109-F-1740G-008. Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

041203-F-0971G-018. Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980622-F-2171A-021. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020208-M-9902V-006. Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

MASTER Sergeant George Jackson, Production Supervisor for the 605th Air Generation Squadron, briefs members about safety during a squadron meeting. Phoenix Peak is a training exercise for the upcoming Operations Readiness Inspection. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX PEAK Base: Roswell Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040721-F-1916H-023. Base: Otis Angb State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Georgia Army National Guard (GA ARNG), conduct crowd riot control training during exercise Kosovo Forces 33 in Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 31, 2024. KFOR 33 is a multinational training event conducted to prepare the 48th IBCT (GA ARNG) for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East.

Airmen assigned to the 8th Fighter Wing participate in the selective arming program (SELARM) during routine training at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 24, 2022. The SELARM program allows units to practice providing security to key facilities on Kunsan.

U.S. Army Pvt. Kyle Brechin, of the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment out of Fort Carson, Colo., guards the entrance to a police station in Nimrud, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2008, as Iraqi men wait to enroll in a road repair project.

U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Mohammad Diakite and members of the Togolese Navy conduct maritime law enforcement training aboard USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) as part of Obangame Express 23 in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 31, 2023. Obangame Express 2023, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation, and increase maritime safety and security among participating nations in the Gulf of Guinea and Southern Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.

021023-F-6701P-040. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

220618-N-UL352-2240 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 18, 2022) Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Alejandro Cearnel, right, and Electronics Technician 1st Class Peter Santoro, both assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), conduct tactical movements during a visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) training exercise aboard training support vessel USNS Narragansett (TSV 4), June 18, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and warfighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security.

Members of Company B, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, board a C-141B Starlifter aircraft for transport to the Republic of Korea where they will participate in TEAM SPIRIT '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos

040312-F-2828D-034. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

070317-M-2819S-021. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army search civilians that were suspected to have planted an Improvised Explosive Device. 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

A US Army soldier armed with a 5.56 M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is on duty inside a sandbagged fortified bunker located behind barbed concertina wire. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Technical Sergeant John Myers, USAF, 31st Security Forces, Aviano Air Base, Italy, follows Force Protection Charlie (FP CON Charlie) measures, checking personnel identifications of all inbound traffic. The base is now operating in FP CON Charlie in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers and at the Pentagon. When hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, killing themselves, the passengers and thousands on the ground, on the morning of 11 September 2001. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Mobilization of the 188th Fighter Wing, Arkansas Air National Guard, Fort Smith Arkansas is part of Operation NOBLE EAGLE. STAFF Sergeant Michael W. Pennington, Medical Service Technician, with a 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle, is now a security forces augmentee. He inspects every possible area on the vehicle for hidden explosive ordnance. NOBLE EAGLE is a partial mobilization of the reserves for homeland defense and civil support missions in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Fort Smith State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

California Air National Guard Pararescueman Technical Sergeant Jeff Borg (left), TSGT John Saftner and SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Bill Wunderlin a Loadmaster aboard a MC-130 Hercules aircraft from the 129 Air National Guard Unit, Moffett Federal Airfield, California prepare a RAM-Z Rescue package for a cargo drop onboard the aircraft. The RAM-Z has a rubber Zodiac inflatable boat with outboard motor and a complete medical kit that is parachuted into the water. Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970813-F-7910D-018. Base: Nuremberg Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

970910-F-8748C-006. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041101-F-0997R-007. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air National Guard members deployed from the 136th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Fort Worth, Texas, to the Mississippi National Guard's Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (Gulfport CRTC), inprocess during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wing IGX5A. IGX5A is an Operational Readiness exercise (ORI) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to a forward operating location, and is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel. Located in Gulfport, MS the CRTC's mission is to provide an integrated, year-round, realistic training environment to include airspace, ranges, systems, facilities and equipment for units to enhance their capability and combat .... Complete Scene Caption: Air National Guard members deployed from the 136th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Fort Worth, Texas, to the Mississippi National Guard's Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center (Gulfport CRTC), inprocess during the 14th Air Expeditionary Wing IGX5A. IGX5A is an Operational R

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jereme Henson, noncommissioned officer in charge of special handling with the 62d Aerial Port Squadron, operates a fork lift while in Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) Gear during Exercise Rainier War 22B at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. Alongside airlift operations, Team McChord also conducted cargo and personnel processing, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, and force protection scenarios during Rainier War 22B.

Katrina - General - 26-HK-411-45. Hurricane Katrina

220913-N-PI330-1049 Gulfport, Mississippi (September 13, 2022) Sailors assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133) conduct chemical, biological, and radiological taining on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, September 13, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

Members of a Prime Beef construction team unload a Harvest Eagle tent city kit during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '89. One kit for a 1,040-man site complete with dining hall, bathrooms, and its own water purification units, was deployed by the 6314th Support Flight in less than 24 hours, and set up by Prime Beef construction teams. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea

DN-ST-85-08739. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Country: Ecuador (ECU)

050718-A-9039F-078. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

Moroccan Royal Army members assist additional members dress in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) gear during a CBRNE defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's 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.

Soldiers at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, review an operations map prior to the next day's engagement. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020426-F-1631A-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Coast Guard Personnel - 26-HK-413-69. Hurricane Katrina

A Korean Soldier Augmented to the United States Army (KATUSA) from the 61st Chemical Company, 3rd Platoon, stands still at night during FOAL EAGLE 2000, while another soldier inspects his outer clothing for any contamination. A Korean Soldier Augmented to the United States Army (KATUSA) from the 61st Chemical Company, 3rd Platoon, stands still at night during FOAL EAGLE 2000, while another soldier inspects his outer clothing for any contamination.

Firefighters from the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, respond to a crash recovery scenario during Kunsan's Beverly Bearcat Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities as well as their ability to survive and operate during their ORI. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Forte and AIRMAN 1ST Class Michael Davis, members of the 790th Police Squadron, approach the gate to Quebec 1 to verify the identity of the missile crew members and maintenance team before allowing them passage onto the Missile Alert Facility (MAF) property. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems. Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050921-A-7186W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshals Office Special Reaction Team respond to a simulated riot as part of Exercise Active Shield 22 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 14, 2022. Exercise Active Shield is a bilateral exercise conducted annually with the Japan Self-Defense Force to better prepare the air stations incident response procedures during base defense operations.

Members from the Australian Military (foreground) use five gallon jugs to fill canteens for Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), during training Exercise CROCODILE 2003 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division load the bus at an airport in support of Operation European Assure, Deter and Reinforce in Poznan, Poland, Dec. 9, 2022. The 1 ID is proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

US Army Colonel Thompson (right) speaks on a radio as he stands with two US Army soldiers carrying M-16A2 rifles at the entrance of a weapons storage site in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

010410-F-4728F-004. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

030724-M-9124R-027. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Gideon Grissett, left, commanding officer, Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, officiates the transfer of the non-commissioned officer sword between Sgt. Maj. Michael Marie Jr., center, offgoing sergeant major, MWSS-174, and Sgt. Maj. Kevin Hopkins, right, oncoming sergeant major, MWSS-174, during a relief and appointment ceremony, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 29, 2022. The emblematic passing of the sword signifies the transfer of responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of Marines in MWSS-174 from Sgt. Maj. Marie to Sgt. Maj. Hopkins.

Soldiers of the 1ST Bn., 504th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., prepare to jump from a 63rd Military Airlift Wing C-141B Starlifter aircraft into Drop Zone Ferruzi at the beginning of exercise Solid Shield '89. The exercise is being conducted on the East Coast of the United States by approximately 30,000 military personnel from all services. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: East Coast Country: United States Of America (USA)

060403-A-5745M-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

People assist a woman as she goas inside a military truck as a free ride offered by the government to help citizens get to their destinations as public transport has been suspended under the community quarantine during the coronavirus lockdown in Manila, Philippines.

Straight on medium shot of USAF STAFF Sergeants Joe Pritchard (Left) and Donnie Howard as they are protected by sandbags and keep an eye out for enemy aggressors. They recently took time out from their jobs in the 51st Communications Squadron to train as "deputy" cops at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea (South Korea). This image is seen in the November 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

011022-F-5806B-016. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE Base: Andrews Air Force Base State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC, DCANG

A U.S. Marine from 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal helps a Moroccan Royal Army soldier put on personal protective equipment during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) defense demonstration hosted by the Moroccan military in Agadir, Morocco, June 28, 2022, during African Lion 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's 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.

Power production specialists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 249th Engineer Battalion work on a generator at a forward deployed location at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on May 2, 2022. The forward operating location is part of a readiness exercise being conducted in multiple locations around the country as the Battalion gears up for potential deployments to areas impacted by natural disaster. (U.S. Army photo/Patrick Bloodgood)

041214-F-3963C-108. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

060125-A-5745M-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

French soldiers place a wounded Bosnian inside a C-130 waiting to leave for Ramstein AB, Germany. Once at Ramstein the wounded were transported by medical bus to the Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Medical personnel load patients that were injured in the earthquake onto a U.S. Air Force C-130 at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 25, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

A Green Beret with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) observes as members of the Philippine National Police - Maritime Group, 2nd Special Operations Unit and Philippine Coast Guard Special Operations Force conduct a visit, board, search and seizure demonstration on June 10, 2022, near Puerto Princesa, Palawan. This engagement provided an opportunity for the partners to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures with each other in an effort to enhance interoperability while sharing new ideas for maritime operations. U.S. Special Operations Forces continue to prepare for tomorrows challenges and seize the initiative nowtogether. The U.S. focus on integrated deterrence requires geographically distributed, operationally resilient, defense-in-depth, and sustainable force postures that are coordinated globally and effectively employed every day.

030813-F-2021H-011. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

011023-F-1705S-011. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Airmen with the 124th Security Forces Squadron manage an angry mob during a simulated protest at Idaho State Correctional Institution Apr. 06, 2022, Kuna, Idaho. Participating Airmen were part of Idahos Quick Reaction Force which can be utilized by the governor to rapidly respond to developing situations.

Atmospherics.FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq ó 1st Lt. Robert Ganim, an infantry platoon leader from Cleveland, assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division ñ Baghdad, listens to an Iraqi resident of the Saydiyah community address security in his neighborhood and surrounding communities, Jan. 8. The Soldiers of "Bear" Co. partnered with Iraqi National Police from 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd NP Div. during combined security operations to support the Iraqi Security Forces in their ongoing mission to provide security for the approximately 1.6 million people of the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 3, 2005 -- Evacuees and patients arrive at New Orleans airport by helicopter where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

011023-F-4406B-003. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 10th Mountain Division debark from a 747 aircraft at Luxembourg International Airport. The troops are en route to West Germany during exercise REFORGER '90. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '90 Base: Luxembourg International Airport Country: Luxembourg (LUX)

During Operation AVID RESPONSE (OAR), Lance Corporal Jeremy S. Demarco tests the purity of water that has just been run through a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) in Degirmendere, Turkey. These Marines from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), (MEU(SOC)), are helping provide water to victims of the August 17 earthquake here. OAR is the US European Command contribution to relief efforts following the earthquake that struck about 65 miles east of Istanbul near the town of Izmit. Turkish officials estimate about 600,000 people are homeless. Subject Operation/Series: AVID RESPONSE Base: Degirmendere Country: Turkey (TUR)

040602-F-7418E-003. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

Officers with Honolulu Police Department enter a simulated village training area while providing security during a tactics training event, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 8, 2022. The event focused on tactics training in structures that best replicate the houses the teams would respond to in a real world situation.

DF-ST-88-10383. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

030318-M-6881W-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Gregory Meyer, a platoon commander with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, along with other Marines from the BLT provide security for a food supply truck during a supply mission in Leogane, Haiti, Jan. 20. The supply mission was the first humanitarian assistance operation conducted by the 22nd MEU since they arrived in Haiti.

221001-N-MU675-2189 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2022) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Bradford Kubojiri, left, from Los Angeles, operates an M2A1 .50 caliber machine gun on the fantail of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Emergency medical technician Gabreayl Harris, 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Bsae, Republic of Korea, updates emergency room status board used to track patient progress during Exercise BEVERLY MIDNIGHT. The exercise is designed to test people's ability to carry out their wartime tasking, air base ground defense, and ability to recover after attacks. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MIDNIGHT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

030407-M-7371B-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 030407-M-7371B-001

030105-F-0007M-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Mcguire Air Force Base State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility

Members of the 375th Civil Engineering Squadron organize baggage for deployment to Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Base: Scott Air Force Base State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An advisor from Advisor Team 3322, assigned to the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade, demonstrates how to treat battlefield wounds during a medical information exchange with troops assigned to the Tajikistan Ministry of Defenseduring the exercise “Regional Cooperation 22” Aug. 14, 2022, at a training site near Dushanbe, Tajikistan. RC 22 is an annual, multi-national U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise conducted by U.S. forces in partnership with Central and South Asia nations.

970904-F-8748C-006. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040420-F-0701S-042. Base: Lambert Iap, Saint Louis State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040329-F-2902B-003. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, are en to route to Korea aboard a commerical contract aircraft to participate in the joint South Korean/US training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Country: Unknown

040719-F-7449W-003. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

060428-N-9132D-001. Base: Naval Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

The Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), along with Soldiers from Albania, Armenia and Moldova and Active Duty Soldiers from Hohenfels, Germany, participated in Operation Bronze Shield, which was to simulate a disturbance turned riot, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, on October 17, 2022. The 76th IBCT, Task Force Nighthawk, is preparing for their rotation in Kosovo as part of KFOR 31.(U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Herschel Talley)

After identifying unexploded ordnance, US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Jerry Melendy, 51st Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, armed with an M16 rifle, awaits response by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel during Osan's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). After identifying unexploded ordnance, US Air Force Staff Sergeant Jerry Melendy, 51st Maintenance Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, armed with an M16 rifle, awaits response by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel during Osan's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI).

U.S. Army soldier assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, participates in a ruck layout during tryouts for the Best Ranger Competition. The Best Ranger Competition is held annually at Fort Benning, Georgia, where for over 60 hours, ranger-qualified soldiers compete in a series of challenges ranging from physical fitness and marksmanship.

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