Military Humanitarian Operations

Images depicting military personnel engaged in humanitarian efforts, training, and support activities in diverse environments, emphasizing cooperation and assistance.

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class, Andrew Kirchoff a civil affairs team sergeant with the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, welcomes a Tanzanian Special Forces Marine Team and their interpreter Sgt. Ibrahim Mkusa into his village home during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 14, 2022. This JCET focused on civil affairs, such as learning how to conduct civil engagements, reconnaissance, information reporting, and tactical combat casualty care. Engagements like this are one small contribution to helping partners safeguard their people and combat the global threat of violent extremism.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army tactical maneuvers during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 28, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

060806-N-0411D-102. Base: Nginyang Country: Kenya (KEN)

Staff Sgt. Daudi Ola, a rappel master assigned to B Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division attaches a New Zealand soldier to a rope as part of Exercise Cartwheel at Nausori Highlands Training Area, Fiji, September 18, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the U.S., Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

An Estonian instructor uses a terrain model to brief soldiers from Lithuania on their patrol routes. The soldiers learned proper techniques while conducting a tactical patrol during the exercise. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the USA will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region. Subject Operation/Series: Baltic Challenge '97 Base: Paldiski Country: Estonia (EST)

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

Kenyan Air Force Major Bethuel Masai shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Jeremy Haskins after their discussion at the Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) welcome brief at the Humanitarian Peace Support School, Nairobi, Kenya, Feb. 26, 2024. Justified Accord 2024 is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise in East Africa, running from February 26 - March 7. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and hosted in Kenya, this year's exercise will incorporate personnel and units from 23 nations. This multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, and increases multinational interoperability in support. Army

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Phyllis Marshall, 1ST Communications Squadron, Langley AFB, Virginialowers outside tent flaps during the 1ST Fighter Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Haitian from Cotes De Fer grins after receiving a nutrition bar and water from Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, Jan. 21. Marines and Sailors from the 22nd MEU set up a temporary relief-supply distribution point near Cotes de Fer, bringing in bottled water and food. The 22nd MEU, embarked aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, is deployed in support of relief operations in Haiti.

040419-A-1526R-015. Base: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

Wearing safety goggles for eye protection, a soldier from the 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, Ft. Bragg, NC., uses an electric saw to cut tops for desks. Three Haitian men stand by to assist. This is a civil affairs mission at a school in Port-au-Prince during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

020413-A-1526R-022. Base: Bird International Airport Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

DA-SC-87-07927. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

MAJ. GEN. Thomas M. Montgomery, Deputy Force Commander, UNOSOM II, awards the United Nations Service Medal to a Malaysian soldier. The Malaysians held an awards ceremony at the airfield in Mogadishu to mark their participation. Subject Operation/Series: UNOSOM II Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jose Fuentes Aguilar (foreground) and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Levi Thomas (background) nail decking into place during the construction of the Tadeo Clinic, Paraguay, Exercise NEW HORIZONS. Combined Task Force Guarani Springs conducts engineer and medical operations in Paraguay , enabling joint training. The task force will renovate, construct and improve the infrastructure of four schools, four water wells, two medical clinics, and conduct multiple Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES), and Veterinarian Readiness Training Exercises (VETRETES) as agreed to by the government of Paraguay. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZONS Base: Tadeo Country: Paraguay (PRY)

Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, go down the rappel tower at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Oct. 11, 2022. The 47-foot-tall rappel tower helps recruits overcome their fear of heights. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Michelle Brudnicki)

MOMBASA, Kenya (July 27, 2021) Kenyan Coast Guard personnel receive visit, board, search, and seizure instructional direction during exercise Cutlass Express 2021 at the Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa, Kenya, July 27, 2021. Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations to counter illicit maritime activity.

U.S. Army explosive ordnance disposal instructors from the 705th Ordnance Company out of Fort Polk, La., join the 18 Senegalese armed forces soldiers who graduated from the three-month counter-improvised explosive device disposal course at the Centre de Formation Déminage Bataillon de Soutien du Génie in Bargny, Senegal, April 27, 2022. The Army-led training strengthens partner networks and builds partner capacity to fight against threats from violent extremist organizations.

ATLANTA, July 1996 - Lieutenant General Edward D. Baca, chief of the National Guard Bureau addresses Georgia National Guardsmen of the 190th Military Police Company before the start of their duty day. Georgia National Guard

220810-F-LN908-0242INDIAN OCEAN (Aug. 10, 2022) Federal Government of Somalia representatives, including the Chief of Defense Forces and the National Security Advisor, and U.S. Mission Somalia staff tour embarked forces berthing aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), Aug. 10, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

As part of military medicine's "Pivot to Readiness", the U.S. Army Medical Command is reorganizing and re-designating its Regional Health Commands to Medical Readiness Commands. During four ceremonies the Regional Health Commands will reflag and become Medical Readiness Commands.We are building the future of Army Medicine. Medical reform and restructuring will enhance the ability to recruit, organize, train, and equip medical Soldiers and leaders capable of supporting the current and future force.

Ex-poacher holding poison arrow, explaining to Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust scouts about the use of poison arrows to kill elephants, Tsavo East National Park, Kenya, Africa. November, 2015.

020415-A-1526R-006. Base: Camp Barbuda Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: Southwest

Lance Corporal Jaquaie L. McAter, USMC, Combat Engineer, 1ST CEB (Combat Engineer Battalion), BLT 1/4 (Battalion Landing Team), from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)), Camp Pendleton, California, trims the tin roof used by the Marines of the 13th MEU when they built a schoolhouse in Faza, Kenya. The building occurred during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02. Subject Operation/Series: EDGE MALLET 02 Base: Faza State: Coast Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 13 MEU

A U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin Dodd, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron general surgery medical technician, performs a needle chest decompression on a simulated patient during tactical combat casualty care training at David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, April 28, 2022. The TCCC program was developed by the Defense Health Agency Joint Trauma System to teach life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield.

Senegal Armed Forces Chief of Army Staff Brig. Gen. Souleymane Kande (left) welcomes U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Todd Wasmund (center) with an honor guard Dec. 8, 2022 during Wasmunds visit to Dakar, Senegal. Wasmund visited army leaders in Senegal to discuss land forces cooperation and shared priorities.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class, Andrew Kirchoff, a civil affairs team sergeant with the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade, evaluates Tanzanian Marine Special Forces as they practice using tourniquets for the care under fire lesson during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 10, 2022. Our engagement is one small contribution to helping our partners safeguard their people and combat the global threat of violent extremism.

DA-SC-84-04382. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Country: Unknown

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Darrick McDowell, an avionics electronics technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, guides a Light Armored Vehicle on the flight deck of USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during a vehicle offload in preparation for KAMANDAG 6, at the Port of Subic Bay, Philippines, Sept. 28, 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.

Members of the Guyana Defence Force, tour Florida National Guard's Camp Blanding Joint Training Center as part of the State Partnership Program in Starke, Fla., Aug. 24, 2022. The Department of Defenses State Partnership Program is administered by the National Guard Bureau and grants partner nations a platform to enhance military-to-military engagements in support of defense security goals, while also strengthening the bonds between the countries.

060926-N-0553R-004. Base: Camp Futema State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

DA-ST-85-04909. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020826-F-2706D-010. Subject Operation/Series: MEDFLAG 2002 Base: Soroti Country: Uganda (UGA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Major General Tad J. Oelstrom (center) listens as U.S. Army COL. Gerald Saltness (right), talks to Ghana Army Colonel George Brock about the Ghana Army troops being airlifted on U.S. military aircraft. The troops are participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states in deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force. MAJ. GEN. Oelstrom is Commander of US Air Force Europe 3rd Air Force, RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom and Commander of Joint Task Force Operation Assured Lift. COL. Saltness is the U.S. Embassy Defense Attache (DAO) in Abidjan Cote d'Ivore (Ivory Coast). Ghana .... Complete Scene Caption: Major General Tad J. Oelstrom (center) listens as U.S. Army Col. Gerald Saltness (right), talks to Ghana Army Colonel George Brock about the Ghana Army troops being airlifted on U.S. military aircraft. The troops are participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United

DM-ST-88-07680. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

US Army Captain Moore, US Army Civil Affairs, visits with Omar Rafiki, CHIEF to the village of Madogashi, after the drop of food by Marine Corps C-130s during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98. (Duplicate image, see also DM-SD-01-06053 or search 980304-M-4605W-007). Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Madogashi Country: Kenya (KEN)

A soldier with a hand radio speaks with another member of the 7th Light Infantry Division. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) teach members of the Kenyan Army the basics of the M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) during a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Isiolo, Kenya, June 29, 2022. The teams focused on honing basic skills such as basic marksmanship, small unit tactics, and mission planning.

US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, CHIEF of STAFF for JTF Kenya, looks on as a Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) worker demonstrates how to securing 4mm cord to the pallet for embarkation of food during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE'98. US Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Godfrey, Chief of Staff for JTF Kenya, looks on as a Kenya United States Liaison Office (KUSLO) worker demonstrates how to securing 4mm cord to the pallet for embarkation of food during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98.

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-210. Hurricane Katrina

JROTC students training

110606-N-EF657-474 JINJA, Uganda (June 6, 2011) Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., run with members of the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force during a formation run at the Jinja Cadet School. The students visited four countries in the Horn of Africa as part of their summer training to increase their knowledge of regional affairs and to integrate with members of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

Somaliland coast guard pose with a makeshift ladder used by pirates to board ships.

NIGERIEN AIR BASE 201, Niger - Forces Armées Nigériennes (FAN) Capt. Badage Oumarou, commander of Nigerien Air Base 201, waits to greet members of the Italian Air Force currently stationed at Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey, after they land at AB 201, August 18, 2022. The Department of Defense, working through U.S. Africa Command, partners with the Government of Niger to bolster and maintain its ability to provide for the security and safety of Nigeriens.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David A. Ottignon, the commanding general of II Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with the Marines of Combat Logistics Battalion 6 before the NATO exercise Nordic Response 24 during his visit to the Marines in Setermoen, Norway, Jan. 25, 2024. Nordic Response is a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting in a challenging arctic environment. This exercise will test military activities ranging from the reception of allied and partner reinforcements and command and control interoperability to combined joint operations, maritime prepositioning force logistics, integration with NATO militaries, and reacting against an adversary force during a dynamic training environment. The U.S. stands firm in commitment and readiness to support Norway, allies and partners.

US Marine Corps Colonel O'donovan, Mission Commander for JTF Kenya, looks on as a Kenyan Air Force Air Men explains how they have been palletizing the chow for embarkation onto a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, during Operation NOBLE RESPONSE '98, JTF Kenya. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE '98 Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Thompson, Combat Training Company, and Staff Sgt. Adelard Hoffarth, Vertical Training Company, both instructors with 1st Battalion, 164th Regional Training Institute, North Dakota Army National Guard, answer questions about teaching techniques instructors from the 164th RTI use to the Togo Non-Commissioned Officer Academy instructors, Temedja, Togo, Feb. 26, 2024. This instructor knowledge exchange was event four of an eight-part series to expand the experience of NCO academy instructors from the North Dakota National Guard and Togolese Army under the National Guards State Partnership Program. Army National Guard

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

During Operation Uphold Democracy, a U.S. Army officer, wearing a flak vest, questions a man believed to be the President of the FRAPH Organization for the southern region of Haiti. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Port Au Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Jacqueville, Cote dIvoire August 24, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

A Tanzanian Special Forces Marine requests a medical evacuation during a Joint Combined Exchange Training in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Nov. 14, 2022. U.S. engagements with partners reinforce the U.S.s dedication to uphold international values of human rights, representative government, and global prosperity.

060322-A-9157N-001. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON Base: Santa Clara State: Barahona Country: Dominican Republic (DOM)

Indiana National Guardsman attend the Indianapolis 500 Festival breakfast and parade, May 28, 2022 in Indianapolis, Ind. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, talked with Maj. Gen. Salifou Modi, chief of defense staff of the Republic of Niger during the Indianapolis 500 Festival breakfast. (Indiana National Guard photo by Spc. Kelsea Cook)

Medium close shot. U.S. Air Force Major General Joe Wehrle, commander of Joint Task Force, Operation Atlas Response, discusses the delivery of humanitarian relief supplies with a local official in the town of Machanga, Mozambique, where citizens continue to deal with problems caused by recent flooding. Wehrle, flew to the site aboard one of two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters, that delivered 7.5 tons of relief supplies. To date, Joint Special Operations, Task Force aircraft participating in Operation Atlas Response, have delivered more than 71 tons of humanitarian relief supplies on 102 flights to more than 20 locations. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS RESPONSE Base: Machanga State: Sofala Country: Mozambique (MOZ)

Soldiers read their smart books while waiting to be shipped to their basic training company. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Staff Sgt. Marcus Aaron (center), from Baltimore, Maryland, Staff Sgt. Terrell Harper (left), Fayetteville, North Carolina and Sgt. Andres Pasqual, Morganton, North Carolina plot points on a map during U.S. Army NATO Brigade land navigation training at Breitenwald Training Area in Landstuhl, Germany.

010727-A-3438S-001. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC '01 Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

MASTER Sergeant Bobby Henderson, 39th Security Forces Squadron flight chief, conducts role call at guard mount. On this shift Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, implemented increased security postures following terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030506-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. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), provide counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and weapons training to members of the Armed Forces of Djibouti (FAD), Bataillon dintervention rapide (BIR), Djibouti, June 2, 2022. The SFAB trains and advises foreign security forces to improve partner capabilities and facilitate achievement of U.S. strategic objectives.

070309-M-9389C-060. Subject Operation/Series: EDGED MALLET Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5) Country: Kenya (KEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 26TH MEU

051013-A-8476M-019. Base: Saint Charles Parish State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 39th Infantry Brigade

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division provide potable water for local residents during Operation HAWKEYE, a relief effort designed to aid the victims of Hurricane Hugo, which devastated the area on September 19th. Subject Operation/Series: HAWKEYE Base: Saint Croix State: Virgin Islands (VI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-01065. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

Eco Guards on patrol, African Parks Congo Mbomo, Odzala, Kokoua National Park, Congo

010203-F-5772H-504. Base: Ahmedabad Country: India (IND)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jamie A. Ward, a radio operator with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, interacts with local children during Exercise Crocodile Response 22 in Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia, May 17, 2022. Exercise Crocodile Response trains MRF-D, the Australian Defence Force and Indonesian forces to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in the Indo-Pacific region.

Members of African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) greet U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jami Shawley, commanding general of the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), during the handing over of 24 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) at the ATMIS Headquarters in Somalia, Aug. 3, 2022. The APCs will help protect military partners against rifle fire, anti-tank mines and homemade explosives.

A U.S. Army explosive ordnance specialist teaches a group of Egyptian Army soldiers the safe and proper way to handle explosives during BRIGHT STAR '83, the joint U.S. and Egyptian military training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Country: Egypt (EGY)

British army Drummer Thomas Sacker, assigned to 1st Battalion Irish Guards, 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade, educates the Kenya Defence Forces soldiers on how to control a victim operated improvised explosive device (IED) during counter-IED training at Justified Accord 2024 (JA24) held at the Counter Insurgency Terrorism and Stability Training Centre, Nanyuki, Kenya, February 26, 2024. Justified Accord 2024 is U.S. Africa Command's largest exercise in East Africa, running from February 26 - March 7. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), and hosted in Kenya, this year's exercise will incorporate personnel and units from 23 nations. This multinational exercise builds readiness for the U.S. joint force, prepares regional partners for UN and AU mandated missions, and increases multinational interoperability in support of humanitarian assistance, disaster response and crisis response. Department of Defense

020410-A-8359B-054. Base: Crabbs Training Area Country: Antigua And Barbuda (ATG) Scene Major Command Shown: USSOUTHCOM

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Sanford Holman renders a salute to a Djiboutian army soldier during a graduation ceremony March 11, 2008, at Forward Operating Location Ali Sabieh, Djibouti. U.S. Army Soldiers from the Guam Army National Guard's 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 249th Infantry Regiment (Light) trained the Djiboutian soldiers on antiterrorism and counterterrorism tactics during a ten-week course covering 27 areas of offensive and defensive operations to better secure their borders against the threat of terrorism.

U.S. Coast Guard recruits begin instruction at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center as part of the Army's Echo Company at Joint Base San Antonio on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 31, 2022.The Coast Guard started the new program, established by a memorandum of agreement between DLIELC and the Army, to assist recruits who could struggle in recruit training due to language barriers as well as to incorporate an Enlish Languarge Training Program as a diversity initiative.The length of the program is at minimum 10 weeks dependent on the recruits academic progress but can be up to 24 weeks. Upon completion of the DLIELC program, recruits will return to Training Center Cape May and progress through the follow-on weeks of the normal recruit training process.U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Katie Shveda

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt Rica Jackson, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron NCO in charge of electrical systems, top left, and Tech. Sgt Kelsey Loeser, 776th EABS command executive, bottom right, plays a patty cake rhyme game with children during a visit at Chabelley village, Djibouti, July 15, 2022. Through key leadership engagements and site visits, Airmen of the 449th Air Expeditionary Group seek feedback from local villages, elders and regional officials to build trust and enhance partnerships.

Major Coffman the Air Officer for Joint Task Force Kenya, briefs Kenyan Government Officials on the Marine Corps involvement in flood relief efforts in support of Joint Task Force Kenya, operation Noble Response. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE RESPONSE Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

Staff Sgt. Chris Nestor, 490 Civil Affairs Battalion Functional Specialty Team gives a bottle of penicillin and a syringe to Community Animal Health Worker Mohammed Isaq to inject a donkey with an infection during a Veterinarian Civil Action Program in Negele, Ethiopia, Aug. 23.

Mark Jenkins, Warden of Meru National Park, with some of his Kenya Wildlife Service rangers.

Australian Army Soldiers with 1st Combat Engineer Regiment, 1st Brigade, and Timor-Leste Defense Force Soldiers with Service Support Unit discuss water purification during Exercise Harii Hamutuk 23 at Metinaro Military Base, Dili, Timor-Leste, Sep. 1, 2023. Harii Hamutuk is a multinational exercise that focuses on engineer skills training and subject matter exchanges with partner nations.

AGADEZ, Niger - U.S. military members stationed at Nigerien Air Base 201, take time out of their busy schedule to spend a few minutes entertaining local children of Agadez, Niger, August 18, 2022. U.S. Soldiers from the 443th Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group civil affairs team, foster enduring partnership with Agadez.

Sudan, Marida, Commander Geia Of The Spla Army Sat Down Surrounded By Soldiers With A Lap Top Computer On The Table In Front Of Him.

A GUNNERY Sergeant from Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD), MEU Service Support Group 13 (MSSG-13), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) holds on to the leash of a young Kenyans pet monkey near the schoolhouse hes working in Faza. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET 02 in Kenya. A Gunnery Sergeant from Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), MEU Service Support Group 13 (MSSG-13), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU (SOC)) holds on to the leash of a young Kenyan's pet monkey near the schoolhouse he's working in Faza. The schoolhouse is being built as part of community relations during Exercise EDGE MALLET '02 in Kenya.

DF-ST-87-07509. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN 1ST Class Jeff Leyshon (left) and Samuel Crow (right) from the 2nd Security Police Squadron (SPS), Barksdale, LA, help Haitians with the cleanup of their Camp. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

061103-N-1328C-574. Base: Riongo Country: Kenya (KEN)

970223-F-8748C-003. Complete Scene Caption: Economic Community Military Observation Group (ECOMOG) Mali Army Troops rest at Bamako/Senou Airport in Mali, before boarding a United States Air Force C-130E Hercules aircraft assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing out of Ramstein Air Base Germany. The troops will be transported to Roberts International Airport in Liberia for a six month deployment in support of Operation ASSURED LIFT. ASSURED LIFT is a Joint Task Force (JTF) operation to provide airlift and other logistical support to West African states that are deploying more than 600 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping mission. Most of the inbound West African forces will come from the country of Mali, with the Ivory Coast and Ghana also expected to contribute troops. Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Base: Bamako-Senou Airport Country: Mali (MLI)

LEST, Slovakia - Slovak soldiers from 12th Mechanized Battalion, Slovak Army, participate in a distinguished visitors day performance for Slovak Shield, part of the multinational exercise DEFENDER-Europe 22, at Lest Training Area in Slovakia, May 26, 2022. DEFENDER-Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises within U.S. European Command's Large Global Scale Exercise construct taking place in Eastern Europe. DEFENDER-Europe 22 demonstrates V Corps ability to command and control large scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO and the National Defense Strategy under the direction of U.S. Army Europe and Africa.

040414-M-8172E-116. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

050124-F-8584G-059. Base: Unknown Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050103-N-6020P-145. State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Garyth Barnes, a communications officer with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, Mohammed Saed Asiri with Al Swat Logistics, and Faisal Haymi with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Customs inspect gear during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables the U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.

Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsins adjutant general, presents his coin to a Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldier Dec. 3 at Isurava, Papua New Guinea. The Wisconsin National Guard conducted a senior leader National Guard State Partnership Exchange visit to Papua New Guinea Nov. 30 to Dec. 6. Wisconsin National Guard photo by Maj. Brian Faltinson

Game Rangers inspecting dead African Elephant (Loxodonta africana). Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana.

030809-F-6701P-012. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Targrin Country: Sierra Leone (SLE)

020919-F-6449C-003. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

1st Cpl. Vladimir Soto, Colombian Special Forces, shares his experience about the importance of gender perspectives with U.S. Air Force Duilia Turner, lead trainer from U.S. Southern Command's Women, Peace, Safety team, during training May 10, 2022 at Manatee training site in Belize as part of TRADEWINDS22. The SOUTHCOMs Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Program recognizes the diverse roles women play as agents of change in preventing and resolving conflict, countering terrorism and violent extremism as well as building post-conflict peace and stability in our Hemisphere. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into

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