Military Operations and Security Training

Diverse scenes of soldiers in operational contexts, engaging in security training, combat drills, and police exercises in various environments.

Male police officer aims a gun toward a target as another police officer holds up shield.

050126-F-9429S-012. Base: Karshi-Khanabad Air Base Country: Uzbekistan (UZB)

040820-F-5789F-007. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030919-F-4350W-006. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Male police officer aims a gun toward a target as another police officer holds up shield.

A soldier of the Jordanian Armed Forces pulls security during a cordon and search training exercise during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 8, 2022. Eager Lion is a two-week multinational military exercise that builds joint nation compatibility between U.S. and partner nations, and also enhances joint readiness and interoperability.

050127-A-5043I-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQI ARMY

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, prepare to dive during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior in Savaneta, Aruba, June 22, 2022. This bilateral training exercise allows 2d Recon to expand its knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. Caribbean Coastal Warrior continues to increase global interoperability between the U.S. Marines and Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, as well as Caribbean Urban Warrior, an annual training evolution conducted on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

A U.S. Soldier checks an AK-47 assault rifle as Iraqi soldiers speak with its owner during a joint patrol in Shulla, Iraq, June 19, 2008.

040804-F-0365G-003. Base: Novo Selo Training Area Country: Bulgaria (BGR)

A US Air Force Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Contaminant Control Area disaster response team prepare for simulated contaminated personnel during their Operational Readiness Inspection. The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection. A US Air Force Airmen of the 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Contaminant Control Area disaster response team prepare for simulated contaminated personnel during their Operational Readiness Inspection. The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection.

US Army personnel aboard an M-48A5 main battle tank during the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. The soldier at left mans an anti-aircraft machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Airmen with the 156th Wing receive their chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives training during the January regular schedule drill at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Puerto Rico, Jan. 23, 2022. The training ensures all members are furnished with the skills necessary to properly utilize CBRNE equipment and decontamination procedures. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Eliezer Soto)

Marines and sailors return to the amphibious assault ship, USS WASP (LHD-1) at the port of Cap Haitien during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

Members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) provide support during a raid in Baghdad outside an apartment complex while their team searches inside for a Ba'ath Party member of Saddam Hussein's regime during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, clear a building during military operations in urban terrain training as part of Exercise Tres Kolos in Savaneta, Aruba, Oct. 24, 2022. This exercise promotes partnerships, shares knowledge, and enhances interoperability between the forces in order to strengthen our common defense, foster stability and defeat threats.

060730-N-8977L-029. Base: Ffg Canaras

030410-M-4419R-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040722-A-1067B-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MNC-I

U.S. Green Berets assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, pull security while a teammate prepares to breach the door while practicing breaching and Close-Quarters Battle techniques while training in Tifnit, Morocco during African Lion 22, June 26, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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 interoperadurbility among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Multi-Division North Headquarters conducts a medical training operation in order to rehearse the medical deployment and augmentation portion of a program entitled CONPLAN Mars II at the Nordic Polish Brigade in Bosnia-Herzegovina on December 6, 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

050331-A-1566H-031. Base: Ad Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT) operationally controlled by the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID) alongside Polish soldiers assigned to the 5th Mazovian Brigade of Territorial Defense Force advance up a stairwell during a NATO Urban Tactical Operations exercise in Komorowo, Poland, Oct. 26, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1 ID, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

Second Lt. Sabrina Gutierrez-Gonzalez, Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course student, maneuvers through Urban Ops Site-South during Operation Crucible Sandstorm at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Sep. 21.

MANILA, Philippines- Leadership from the Philippine Marines and U.S. 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) provide a situation report after clearing a building and securing a simulated high valued target April 7, 2022. The Philippines is an important ally with close and abiding security ties. These training opportunities contribute to regional stability, improve interoperability with our allies and partners, and contribute to strategic deterrence in the region, ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific.

SGT. Machado of the 96th Civil Affairs Company prepares to cut a board with the help of local Somalis. The soldiers, wearing bullet-proof vests and rifles draped across their backs, are renovating the Somali Community Center in support of UNOSOM II. Subject Operation/Series: CONTINUE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

Close-up view of a soldier's hand holding a simulated detached arm. The soldiers are from the German Air Force Rescue Center #1 and were demonstrating rescue techniques to other participants in the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-M-2111R-025. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers from the 3d Infantry Battalion, 160th Regiment, US Army National Guard, engage in Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) operations at Camp Pendleton, California during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. The prone soldiers are armed with the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Bn, 160th Inf Regt, USA NG

030519-A-1312D-042. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Spc. Franklin Walz, native of Kansas City, Mo., patrols with his Iraqi army counterpart from the 45th Brigade, 11th Iraqi army division, in the Sadr City District of Baghdad on Jan. 8. Walz serves with 1st Battalion, 27 Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, which is currently attached to 3rd BCT, 4th Inf. Div., Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

Members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) watch as fellow soldiers take part in water polo practice at Camp Shorebak on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 7, 2010. U.S. Marines and the ANA are creating the first water polo team in Helmand province to improve morale, bridge cultural gaps and support the International Security Assistance Force.

U.S. military personnel coordinate the day's activities in their base camp, situated near a Kurdish refugee camp at Silopi. Military personnel are in the area as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey(TUR)

BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, move through a fictional village during a simulated urban close combat scenario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. John Solomon)

Madrid, 10/12/2022. SS.MM. King Felipe and Queen Letizia preside over the military parade for the October 12 holiday. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

DA-ST-87-04190. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '86 Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030326-M-4544K-005. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

terrorist with mask hidden behind a wall and aiming with his gun

G. E. O. MAS ALLA DEL LIMITE (2021), directed by DAVID MIRALLES.

070310-M-6500K-030. Complete Scene Caption: March 10, 2007, Joint Security Forces from the 7th street Security Station in Ramadi, Iraq to include Iraqi Police along with Marines from st Battalion, 6th Marines (/6), Second Marine Division and Iraqi Army Soldiers conduct Operation Okinawa. The operation consisted of several dismounted patrols to specific buildings near the"Race Track"area. These buildings were searched and cleared and then Marine Combat Engineers constructed and fortified a new Observation Post. /6 is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W 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. Ramadi, Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Michael Kropiewnicki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: OKINAWA Base: Camp Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Ma

020926-N-4309A-028. Base: Pns Shahjahan (D 186)

050910-A-8255A-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070318-M-2819S-007. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army and Fallujah Iraqi Police unload school supplies. The Fallujah Iraqi Police and Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army supply the Anbar School with toys and school supplies as a combined forces exercise on March 8, 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

980623-F-2171A-012. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

JAKARTA, Indonesia (July 21, 2022) Torpedomans Mate 1st Class Mikal Magee (left), from Waycross, Georgia, and Gunners Mate 3rd Class Jonathan Marmolejo (right), from Los Angeles, both assigned to the Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40), stand watch as the ship transits to Jakarta, Indonesia, July 21, 2022. Frank Cable is currently on patrol conducting expeditionary maintenance and logistics in support of a free Indo-Pacific in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.

German soldiers conduct crowd riot control training during Kosovo Forces 33 (KFOR 33) Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Feb. 3, 2024. The KFOR 33 MRE is a multinational training event conducted to prepare NATO allies for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East. Army

Lance Corporal Carrion D. (Left) mans the M240G "Golf" Machine Gun on top of the M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) and Lance Corporal Jesse M. Rollins, Team Leader, (Right), with his 5.56 mm Colt M16A2 Assault Rifle, provide security for the entrance of Naval Support Activity, Bahrain. Both are from the Interim Marine Corps Security Forces Company, Bahrain. Base: US Naval Support Activity State: Juffair Country: Bahrain (BHR) Scene Major Command Shown: MCSF

Members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 8 prepare to move from the flight deck to the bridge of the fleet oiler USNS J0SHUA HUMPHREYS (T-AO-188) during a training exercise. SEAL Team 8 is providing boarding teams to assist the ships of the Maritime Interception Force in their enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

050325-N-5319A-003. State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 155 BCT

DF-ST-89-00417. Base: West Alton State: Missouri (MO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050928-A-2421S-008. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A simulated patient waits for medical care during a mass-casualty scenario during exercise Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Smyrna, Tennessee, May 8, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training for response to various threats above and below the threshold of armed conflict.

060118-A-2777C-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

U.S. Marines with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Group (Experimental), 3rd Marine Logistics Group, patrol a simulated enemy route during an Intermediate Maintenance Activity Field Exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2024. 3rd Maint. Bn. held a FEX to enhance Marine Corps common skills and foster force readiness while conducting higher echelons of maintenance.

010726-F-1631A-004. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Allied military personnel prepare to fire 7.62mm SAR-3 rifles during target practice, part of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A1C Jimmy Blevins, of the 437 Security Forces Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, inspects vehicles entering Rinas compound on April 25, 1999. SRA Heather Spencer, 1ST Combat Camera Squadron, Videographer, documents Blevins as he works in support of NATO Operation Allied Force. An Albanian Policeman is also seen in the frame, in the background. Subject Operation/Series: NATO Base: Rinas State: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

030519-A-1312D-024. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 527TH MP COMPANY

060403-A-5745M-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

During Operation Uphold Democracy, armed soldiers, on top of a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), warn occupants of a targeted building, over a psychological operations speaker, to evacuate their building. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

040821-F-3711S-088. Base: Fargo State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Army soldier, armed with an M16A2 rifle, cranks the fire alarm to alert all Tent City #1 personnel during a practice fire drill. Tent City #1 is located on Tuzla Main Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Base: Tuzla Main Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

050904-A-7377C-004. Base: New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050718-A-9039F-050. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Adwania Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC 1-22 INF 4TH ID

Members of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron are issued gear during their morning guard mount at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, May 20, 2022. Guard mount is a morning brief informing defenders of their daily tasks and persons of interest. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Natalie Filzen)

051215-A-5560L-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060206-A-6311S-164. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE PASSAGE Base: Southern Mamadia Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers along with Royal Moroccan Special Operations conduct fast rope training during exercise African Lion 2022 at Tifnit Morocco, Africa, on June 22, 2022. AL22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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 of the Seventh Infantry Division, Ft. Lewis, Washington, practice quick response training wearing riot control gear. The Quick Response Force stands twelve hour rotations and has a five-minute time limit to respond to situations. Subject Operation/Series: SEA SIGNAL Base: Camp Buckley State: Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Two U.S. Special Operations Forces members sprint to their positions during a SOF capabilities demonstration May 18, 2022 in Tampa, Florida.SOF Week is the premier gathering for theSOF community and industry, bringing together more than 11,000 attendees, including representatives from more than 100 countries to collaborate on new initiatives and capabilities needed for SOF professionals to compete and win in the future.

Airmen undergo chemical warfare training, part of Exercise Coronet Cactus. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET CACTUS Base: Raf Leeming Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

970414-F-7666R-175. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Doha Country: Qatar (QAT)

A member of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corp (ICDC) keeps watch outside an apartment complex during a raid in Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. The ICDC is checking rooms for a suspected Ba'ath Party member of Saddam Hussein's regime. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020524-F-6701P-004. Complete Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Trina Powell (foreground), a Health Physicist with the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine (CHPM) in Europe, uses a Radiation Monitor to obtain gamma radiation reading at a storage facility near Viasani, Georgia. CHPM is performing an environmental health assessment on various sites around Tbilisi, Georgia that will be utilized by members of the US Army (USA) 10th Special Forces Group (SFG) under the Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP). GTEP conducted by US Special Operations Command (SOC) Europe is designed to enhance the capability of selected Georgian military units to provide security and stability to the citizens of Georgia and the region. Base: Viasani Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Two National Guard members in riot gear on the streets of Los Angeles after the earthquake of January 17, 1994

LT. GEN. Robert Johnston, enroute to Somalia to take command of Operation Restore Hope, waits as his aid removes his luggage from the staff car. Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050513-M-9708S-024. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd AAV

040315-F-2828D-151. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)

031226-F-0381R-009. Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: SFOR

Guatemala, Antigua. Special body of reserves in the town of Antigua.

011026-A-3639G-030. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

030404-M-4779G-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Sandra Joyner from the 8th Medical Group, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, guards three groups of 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles in the stack arms position during a recent Operational Readiness Inspection. US Air Force Staff Sergeant Sandra Joyner from the 8th Medical Group, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, guards three groups of 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles in the stack arms position during a recent Operational Readiness Inspection.

The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that began on January 31, 1968. Regular and irregular forces of the People's Army of Vietnam, as well as NLF (Viet Cong) resistance fighters, fought against the forces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), the United States, and their allies. The purpose of the offensive was to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam and to spark a general uprising among the population that would then topple the Saigon government, thus ending the war in a single blow. Although the offensive failed militarily, it succeeded psychologically, undermining American confidence and marking a major turning point in the Second Indochina War (Vietnam War).

Two members of a Belgian Engineers road repair crew work to remove damaged sections of road with jack hammers. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Kiseljak Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Providers assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division discuss and prepare for convoy on Fort Bragg, NC, March 28, 2022. The Field Training Exercise ensures Paratroopers stand ready to fight, win, and meet the 18 hour deployment standard.

050103-N-4166B-307. Base: Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Base State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

A German Wehrmacht unit preparing to move out

030612-A-7096B-181. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jason Shaffer, 56th Fighter Wing command chief, sits in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon before his familiarization (FAM) flight, Dec. 2, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. FAM flights familiarize individuals with little-to-no flight experience to flight operations while flying under the supervision of an instructor pilot.

Staff Sgt. Joshua Pugh, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar suits up for a static-display during an Educators Workshop on MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, March 31, 2022. The workshop is a week-long Marine Corps Recruiting Command program designed to inform high school educators about the benefits and opportunities available during service in the Marine Corps, and allows attendees to return home and provide firsthand experience and knowledge to their students interested in military service.

040401-F-4338B-001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

With the help of their US Marine Corps (USMC) Assault Amphibian Vehicle, Personnel (AAVP7A1), USMC troop from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California destroy an enemy sniper position in a building, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S Marines and Sailors, with Headquarters and HeadquartersSquadron conduct a riot drill during Security AugmentationForce (SAF) training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,Japan, Sept. 27, 2022. SAF is called upon to reinforce base lawenforcement by augmenting gate sentries, performing randomvehicle inspections and both roving and foot patrols.

U.S Marines and Sailors, with Headquarters and HeadquartersSquadron conduct a riot drill during Security AugmentationForce (SAF) training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,Japan, Sept. 27, 2022. SAF is called upon to reinforce base lawenforcement by augmenting gate sentries, performing randomvehicle inspections and both roving and foot patrols. (U.S.Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Austin)

A Marine with an M9 9 mm pistol engages a target at close range on a combat pistol course. He is a member of 4th Platoon, Fleet Anti-terrorist Security Team (FAST) Company. Base: Naval Station, Rodman Country: Panama (PAN)

970211-M-0023H-040. Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Mout Facility, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An AK-47 rests on the sling of an Afghan Police Officer while visiting a local police station in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

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