Joint Military Exercises

Images of military personnel from different nations engaged in joint exercises, showcasing teamwork, tactics, and various weapon systems.

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division communicates with a Brazilian Marine during a live fire and maneuver range performed by Brazilian Marines during Exercise Formosa in Goias, Brazil, Aug. 02, 2022. During this training, Marines exchange infantry knowledge and tactics with Brazilian Marines to further enhance mission readiness. Exercise Formosa focuses on strengthening relations and interoperability between U.S. and Brazilian Forces, conveying the enduring promise to be a trustworthy neighbor.

A Marine gunner and assistant gunner man their M60 machine gun during a joint services exercise. Country: Panama (PAN)

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division communicates with a Brazilian Marine during a live fire and maneuver range performed by Brazilian Marines during Exercise Formosa in Goias, Brazil, Aug. 02, 2022. During this training, Marines exchange infantry knowledge and tactics with Brazilian Marines to further enhance mission readiness. Exercise Formosa focuses on strengthening relations and interoperability between U.S. and Brazilian Forces, conveying the enduring promise to be a trustworthy neighbor.

DM-SC-89-07957. Base: Uncheon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030427-M-9892R-005. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Fort Magsaysay State: Luzon Country: Republic Of The Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 7th Marines

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with Force Reconnaissance Group, conduct a close quarters battle range during Balikatan 22 at Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Cavite, Philippines, April 2, 2022. 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. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. BK22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with an M16A2 rifle provides cover fire, while Estonian soldiers prepare to reinforce other members of the Baltic platoon, during civil disturbance training, Situational Training Exercise -4, Exercise COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that is conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

031011-A-4902A-005. Base: Bogota Country: Colombia (COL) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

021209-M-3022S-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Manda Bay State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

110518-N-SD610-007CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (May 18, 2011) Chief Builder Juan Campos, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7, uses a magnetic compass to verify his patrolÕs position during an officers and chiefs field training exercise at Camp Shelby.

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). A Marine mortar man from the 1ST Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment arms an 81 mm round as his team sights an M252 Mortar tube down range during Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 4-98. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) participate in a training scenario July 26, 2022, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding their 2022 annual training at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

Sergeant Ruebel, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, takes cover behind a large tree within the ambush preperation course in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Andrews, an infantry squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, from Marshalltown, Iowa, looks into the valley from a mountaintop outside the village of Nengaresh, Afghanistan, Jan. 21. Soldiers from Co. C, joined Afghan National Army Soldiers from Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 201st Infantry Corp, on the patrol. After seven hours of dismounted searching through rugged terrain, Co. C and their Afghan counterparts located an improvised explosive device along Route Iowa, thanks to a tip from someone in the area of Tupac, Afghanistan. The Soldiers had been struck by an IED in Tupac two days earlier. Fortunately, no U.S. or Afghan Soldiers were injured in the attack. After locating the IED, the Soldiers then walked back to Forward Operating Base Kalagush, hiking about eight miles up and down mountains for the day.

A soldier takes cover when oppostion forces storm the entry control point during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in Golden Medic, a multi-unit, medical, field training exercise held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California, in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent in order to train personnel in medical procedures and evacuation methods. Attached to the helmet, upper body and M-16A2 rifle is the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear to simulate combat. When hit by a laser emiter a loud tone sounds off that signifies the soldier.... Complete Scene Caption: A soldier takes cover when oppostion forces storm the entry control point during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in Golden Medic, a multi-unit, medical, field training exercise held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Are

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice firing an M32A1 grenade launcher at distant targets during a live fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 6, 2022. Infantry Marines train with various weapon systems, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and rockets, making them more flexible on a battlefield. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Combat Engineer Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climb over obstacles to inspect for booby traps. Engineers with BLT 1/5, are responsible for the removal of all obstacles used to delay their unit's advance on their objectives during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2001. TANDEM THRUST is a combined United States and Australian military training exercise. This biannual exercise is being held in the vicinity of Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia. More than 27,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines are participating, with Canadian units taking part as opposing forces. The purpose of TANDEM THRUST is to train for crisis action planning .... Complete Scene Caption: Combat Engineer Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climb over obstacles to inspect for booby traps. Engineers with BLT 1/5, are responsible for the removal of all obstacles used to delay their unit's advance on their objectives d

DA-SC-85-06485. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

British Army Officer Cadets with The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst areevaluated on their leadership skills during a simulated assault atGrafenwoehr Training Area, Grafenwoehr, Germany, July 11, 2022. The simulation was part of exercise Dynamic Victory, one of the many trainingchallenges that lie between an Officer Cadet and their commissioning as anArmy officer from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

040411-F-7823A-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DA-SC-89-11611. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine, Fox Company, changes the magazine on his M16 rifle, with M203 grenade launcher attached, while he run the assault course at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine, Fox Company, changes the magazine on his M16 rifle, with M203 grenade launcher attached, while he run the assault course at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii.

A British Army Reservist secures an aggressor held area and waits for reinforcement from his roving fire team. The involvement of the British Army at Combat Support Operations Course marks the first time the 621st Air Mobility Warfare Center has hosted a Joint/Combined field training exercise. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04748. Subject Operation/Series: CAMILLE Country: Dominica (DMA)

Straight on medium close-up from the waist up of US Marine Lance Corporal Marquis Porter (Foreground), from Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, as he calls in the point of impact at the observation post during the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN)

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Army members with M-16A1s and an M-60 Machine Gun, execute troop movement formations during OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal

US Marines of 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division, perform Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear drill at Gun Position 99, East Camp Fuji, Japan. This training area is part of the unit's nine firing day relocation shoot, designed to enhance military occupational specialty proficiency within the artillery field. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

060228-A-1211S-261. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

981106-M-0623R-019. Subject Operation/Series: FOREST LIGHT Base: Kirishima Training Area State: Kyushu Country: Japan (JPN)

DM-ST-86-09294. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, Marine fires an M-60E3 lightweight machine gun during live-fire exercises at Camp Schwab. The M-60E3 is fitted with an NVS-700 night vision system and is mounted on an M-2 tripod. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Troops on convoy in a truck wave to bystanders. Country: Panama (PAN)

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) participate in a training scenario July 26, 2022, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding their 2022 annual training at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

040114-A-1915L-018. Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040204-F-8572B-003. Base: Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 25th ASOS

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) participate in a training scenario July 26, 2022, on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding their 2022 annual training at Fort McCoy. (U.S. Army Photos by Scott Sturkol, Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office)

A Marine from Co. E, 2nd Bn., 4th Marines, holds a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW) launcher as his unit takes a break while en route to an objective during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

001207-M-6979W-006. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two US Army soldiers, wearing the M40A1 Chemical-Biological Mask, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, examine their camp after a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp on McGregor Range, Fort Bliss, Texas. The (Not Shown) chemical attacks are executed by Russian helicopters operated by members of Operation Test and Evaluation Command, Threat Support Activity at Biggs Army Airfield, TX, in support of Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, 21 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Marine from the Fleet Anti-terrorism Support Team, Norfolk, VA, armed with an M16 rifle provides security for Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 6, Charleston, SC, during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Warren Grove Range State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force 1ST Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Contending Warrior team members depart enemy territory after rescuing a captured Office of Special Investigations (OSI) agent (not shown) during tactical training at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. The Langley Contending Warrior team has been preparing for months for a competition that takes place in the Nevada desert. Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska take aim at an enemy position during Courage Ready 19 on Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 4, 2019. Courage Ready is an emergency deployment readiness exercise conducted in conjunction with Lightning Forge 19 to enhance IBCT readiness for future operations in the pacific.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fire an M240B medium machine gun during a live fire range in the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2022. The purpose of the range was to improve the Marines ability to operate the M240B medium machine gun by firing at targets with unknown distances and perform remedial actions. 3rdMLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force's comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

The 149th CBRN Company (Homeland Response) conducts Decon operations 27 July 2022 at Camp Roberts, CA.Operational Decon sustains operations, reduces the contact hazard, and limits the spread of contamination to eliminate the necessity or reduce the duration of wearing MOPP gear.

US Marines from 1ST Battalion, 3rd Marines, Weapons Company, patrol the area during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00611. Country: Unknown

000511-F-5009P-019. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thung Song Country: Thailand (THA)

060501-A-1526R-052. Base: San Salvador Country: El Salvador (SLV)

Guatemalan Naval Special Forces of Central America receive instruction on exiting a UH60 Blackhawk while conducting FRIES training with Navy SEALs during CENTAM Guardian 23 in San Jose, Guatemala on March 21, 2023. CG23 is an annual Army-led combined, joint, interagency, multi-national partnership-building exercise designed to build capacity, capabilities and interoperability with Central American partner nations.

Portrait of an armed, military platoon standing in front of and on top of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Ft. Hood, Texas.

010716-M-5834A-041. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030914-M-9023R-004. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Golf 2nd Bn 3rd Mar

DF-ST-88-05427. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

030416-M-4588D-051. Base: Marine Corps Base, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Marine Regiment MCB Hawaii

A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Fox Company, armed with an M16 rifle, runs the assault course at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030912-M-9023R-006. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: GOLF 2ND BN 3RD MAR

980624-F-1108F-018. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Dutch Marine with the Netherlands Marine Corps instructs U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, on how to properly conduct patrols in abstract terrain during exercise Tradewinds 2022 (TW22) at Guacamallo Bridge, Belize, on May 13, 2022. During the patrol lane portion of the training, Marines experienced simulated enemy contact and friendly casualties. TW22 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Caribbean-focused multi-dimensional exercise conducted in the ground, air, sea, and cyber domains, designed to provide participating nations opportunities to conduct joint, combined, and interagency training focused on increasing regional cooperation and interoperability in complex multinational security operations.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a combined-arms, live-fire exercise during KAMANDAG 6 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 9, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Royal Thai Marines conceal themselves in an ambush position during jungle tactics training at Exercise Cobra Gold in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, Feb. 29, 2024. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd 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. Marine Corps

PFC. Troy Samson, CPL. Colin Ward and Lance CPL. Joe Barrett, Co. A, 1ST Bn., 25th Marines, prepare to move out on an eight kilometer march along with members of Company C, 4th Combat Engineers, during Exercise Teamwork '88. Samson and Ward are carrying M-16A1 rifles equipped with M-203 grenade launchers. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK '88 Country: Norway (NOR)

British soldiers in desert uniform in action.

USMC Corporal J. Dillion and Lance Corporal A. Danielson, gunners from 3rd Battalion 1ST Marines Anti-Armor Platoon, Javelin Section (Foreground), fire the first Javelin missile, in the Marine Corps inventory. Target is an M60 Tank (Not shown), at 15-hundred meters was sited in by the Enhanced Thermal Signature created by charcoal on the tank's engine block and tracks. Marines from 3rd of the 1ST Anti-Armor Javelin section get a close look at the missile and sounds of a Tactical round in flight. The Javelin Round was fired at Range 407 live fire range, Camp Pendleton, California 19 June 1999. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021120-M-1037T-011. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: 2ND BN 7TH MARINES

A US Marine with 1ST Marine Division, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, Echo Company, 1ST platoon posts security during Kernel Blitz '99. The Marine holds a M16A Rifle with a M203 grenade launcher attached. Kernel Blitz '99 was a amphibious assault beach landing at Camp Pendleton, California, conducted primarily by 1ST Marine Division. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-89-11619. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

Three combat-ready Marine officer candidates wear field protective masks as they advance forward. The candidates are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment patrol for enemy forces in the jungle of the Nausori Highlands as part of Situational Training Exercise (STX) lanes, observed by members of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, during Exercise Cartwheel, Nadi, Fiji, September 20, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel provides tough, realistic training, strengthening RFMF and U.S. Army capacity as regional leaders, increasing security cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

060309-A-5168K-095. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier in combat gear from the 2nd of the 7th (2/7) Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) practicing squad tactics. Soldier is laying on ground pointing his M249 squad automatic weapon (SAW) directly at the camera. Subject Operation/Series: MARNE FOCUS '97 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-M-9816M-009. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: LSB, 1ST FSSG, I MEF

040924-F-4970D-132. Base: Malmstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M-60E3 lightweight machine gun team of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Brigade, prepares to advance during a training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA). Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DM-ST-86-05366. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPECIALIST Abara Dibaki of the 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, helps build a Command Bunker during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in Golden Medic, a multi-unit, medical, field training exercise held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California, in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent in order to train personnel in medical procedures and evacuation methods. Attached to the helmet, upper body and M-16A2 rifle is the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear to simulate combat. When hit by a laser emiter a loud .... Complete Scene Caption: Specialist Abara Dibaki of the 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, helps build a Command Bunker during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in Golden Medic, a multi-unit, medical, field training exerci

An Albanian soldier loads his weapon during Final Training Exercise (FTX) I, a part of Cooperative Osprey 96. FTX I consists of Mine Field Operations as well as Mass Casualty Drills. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Corpsman with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, prepare to load U.S. Marines Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Define, an optics technician with Headquarters and Support Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, Ground Combat Element, MRF-D 22, roleplaying as a friendly casualty, into an MV-22 Osprey with the Aviation Combat Element (ACE), MRF-D 22, during a long-range casualty evacuation as part of exercise Southern Jackaroo 22 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area (SWBTA), Queensland, Australia May 24, 2022. The MRF-D 22 ACEs MV-22 Ospreys traveled from Darwin, NT, Australia to SWBTA to conduct the long-range CASEVAC drill.

220708-M-RA094-1073 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 8, 2022) A Marine assigned to the 2nd Reconnaissance Amphibious Battalion, Indonesian Marine Corps, hands a magazine to U.S. Marine Sgt. Christopher Nerstheimer, a scout sniper from Rockville, Md., assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, during a live-fire sniper range in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 8, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2022 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 se

DA-SC-84-04378. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Base: Geon Cha Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Marine sets up an M-224 60mm lightweight company mortar during the field training exercise Solid Shield '87. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '87 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000224-M-0267C-002. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

030520-M-8683D-024. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Pong Nam Ran Country: Thailand (THA)

SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Tom Allen, 317th Tactical Air Wing, parachutes, near the impact point, during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine Barracks Minefield Maintenance personnel unload deactivated anti tank mines for demolition. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is clearing it's minefields of outdated mines in accordance with President William Jefferson Clinton's directive. Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Anthony Buie (right), 89th Security Forces Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, orders USAF STAFF Sergeant John Schloe on the ground after a mock fist-fight between the 89th Communications Squadron and 89th Transportation Squadron, during a deployment at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. The riot served as an exercise for the 89th Security Forces Squadron. During the deployment, wing personnel will be evaluated on ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) skills, humanitarian scenarios and base defense. Subject Operation/Series: ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040114-A-1915L-013. Base: Camp Santiago State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-88-00555. Country: Unknown

Philippine Marine Corps Sgt. Glen Labinghisa, left, and Cpl. Japeth R. Entico practice decontamination while wearing mission-oriented, protective-posture suits at Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command in Zambales, Philippines, on Oct. 4, 2022, during KAMANDAG 6. The class was intended to teach about decontamination in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear environment. KAMANDAG is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 participate in a class on urban operations during a field exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2022. MWSS-171 conducted this exercise in order to familiarize themselves with expeditionary advanced base operations, demolition operations, urban operations, and different weapon systems.

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with Force Reconnaissance Group, conduct a close quarters battle range during Balikatan 22 at Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim, Cavite, Philippines, April 2, 2022. 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. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a long-standing bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. BK22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

020714-F-0201H-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Soldier ready his weapon

DA-ST-87-12831. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040323-F-4441R-010. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A combat-ready Marine officer candidate is wearing his field protective mask as he bends down on one knee. The candidate is a student of The Basic School for Marine Officers Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030428-M-1852W-052. Base: Central Training Area State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3D Medical Battalion

Colombian Army mortarmen provide indirect fire setting the condition for the final combined assault during Exercise Southern Vanguard 23 at Tolemaida Military Base, Colombia on Nov. 14, 2022. Exercise Southern Vanguard is U.S. Army South's premier training exercise taking place at the operational and tactical levels intended to increase interoperability between the United States and Western Hemisphere forces. This year's iteration, Exercise Southern Vanguard 23, involves Soldiers from U.S. Army South and the U.S. Army National Guard training alongside Colombian Army soldiers in varying terrain while conducting weapon familiarization lanes culminating in a bilateral military training operation.

At the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, a surprise attack by "aggressor" forces causes the base defenders, in full combat field gear, to abandon their vehicle during a convoy, and take up defensive positions as part of their Air Base Ground Defense training (ABGD). Base: Camp Douglas State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Major General William L. Nash, Commanding General of Task Force Eagle, escorts General William Crouch, the Commander-in-CHIEF of the U.S. Army in Europe, upon GEN. Crouch's arrival at the airfield on Tuzla Air Base during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DA-SC-86-04467. Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

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