Military Readiness Exercises

Soldiers and airmen participating in debriefings and training exercises, showcasing teamwork and readiness for various military operations.

Soldiers with the 5th Squad White platoon, 7th Squad Blue Platoon, and 8th Squad Blue Platoon, march towards the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter to begin air insertion operations August 16, 2022. These soldiers represent the best in the U.S. Army Forces Command.

Airmen assigned to the 509th Security Forces Squadron receive a debriefing after a readiness exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 21, 2022. Members receive valuable feedback on how they performed during a readiness exercise to improve their mission capabilities.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Recruits sling their 5.56mm M16A2 rifles while receiving instruction from a Primary Marksmanship Instructor, prior to range qualifications week, aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), Parris Island, South Carolina (SC). Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of Task Force Spartan stand in formation during the opening ceremony for Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 4, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion demonstrates the U.S. Central Command's dedication to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and regional partners efforts to sustain regional security and stability.

Soldiers of Task Force Spartan stand in formation during the opening ceremony for Exercise Eager Lion 2022 in Jordan, Sept. 4, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion demonstrates the U.S. Central Command's dedication to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and regional partners efforts to sustain regional security and stability.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, ensure that every Marine has their gear after finishing Mountain Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 28, 2022. MTX 4-22 allowed reserve Marines to participate in mountain warfare operations for realistic combat training to facilitate increased readiness for the Marine Forces Reserve.

040723-M-9812M-054. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Trainees with 2nd Battalion, 13th Infantry Regiment waits to move to the field to participate in half time activities of the University of South Carolina's salute to service football game against the University of Tennessee, Nov. 19 at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C.

U.S. Marines assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an acclimatization conditioning hike on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), to maintain readiness while underway in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 16, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

Soldiers with the 5th Squad White platoon, 7th Squad Blue Platoon, and 8th Squad Blue Platoon, march towards the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter to begin air insertion operations August 16, 2022. These soldiers represent the best in the U.S. Army Forces Command.

061006-A-5168K-016. Base: Lsa Anaconda Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040820-M-5612C-101. Base: Marine Corps Air Station,Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to the 160th Engineer Company, 72nd troop command, Delaware Army National Guard, conduct an after action report on July 14, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA. This training is part of the companys 2022 annual training. Soldiers go through lanes that include simulated combat situations with munitions such as pyrotechnics, blanks and demo munitions that are used to simulate urban combat

041213-M-3544G-013. Base: USMC Recruit Depot, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade salute the U.S. flag during a ceremonial uncasing of their flag, streamers and colors following the units arrival to the Grafenwöhr Training Area in Grafenwöhr, Germany, Oct. 6, 2022. After many years, the 101st Airborne Division once again joins the 1st Infantry Division in Europe to work alongside other NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, prepare for movement during the crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 28, 2023. The crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they learned throughout recruit training to earn the title United States Marine.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Maintenance Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Group (Experimental), conduct a relief and appointment ceremony at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2022. 3rd Maintenance Battalion conducted a relief and appointment ceremony to relieve Sgt. Maj. Shelby Smith. 1st Sgt. Marc Mangio was appointed to temporarily serve as the acting sergeant major.

040421-M-1132B-284. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCB Camp Lejeune

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 20th Fighter Wing prepare to board a Boeing 767 on the flightline at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Oct. 15, 2022. The 77th Fighter Squadron deployed downrange to protect and provide combat air power to the Central Command Area of Responsibility.

U.S. and Colombian Army Soldiers stand in formation during the closing ceremony of Exercise Southern Vanguard 23 at Tolemaida Military Base, Colombia on Nov. 16, 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.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an immediate company size reinforcement rehearsal aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 29, 2024. Rehearsals are conducted to improve mission response time in preparation for urgent real-world scenarios. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team (LCT), 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, take cover during a demolition urban operations range as part of Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and French Foreign Legionnaires stand in a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 30, 2022. The ceremony is in honor of the sixty-five French Foreign Legionnaires that fought bravely during the Battle of Camarone in 1863.

Soldiers with the 1069th Military Police Company, 165th Military Police Battalion, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade participated in a riot control drill at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. on July 18. The drill was one of many training events the 1069th MPs participated in during annual training in support of Defense Support of Civil Authorities. One of the 1069ths past DSCA missions was maintaining traffic control points in key areas of Philadelphia.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guards 56th Striker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, prepare to board a plane at Harrisburg International Airport on Jan. 1, 2024. The Soldiers are leaving their homes and families for about a year to deploy to Africa to support U.S. Africa Command and partner forces with security objectives in the region. Maj. Gen. Mark McCormack, the commanding general of the 28th Infantry Division, Brig. Gen. Laura McHugh, the Deputy Adjutant General-Army, Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Phillips, the State Command Sergeant Major, and other officials greeted Soldiers as they boarded their planes to leave Pennsylvania.

A Brazilian Marine Joint Terminal Attack Controller and U.S. Marine Joint Terminal Attack Controllers with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, control a UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper helicopters during simulated close air support in São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 5, 2022. UNITAS develops and sustains relationships that improve the capacity of our reemerging and enduring maritime partners to achieve common objectives. Additionally, the military-to-military exchanges foster friendly, mutual cooperation and understanding among participating Navies and Marine Corps.

A group of U.S. Army Paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and Warrior Training Center, walks in formation to board the aircraft with their T-11 parachute during Exrcise Falcon Leap on Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven, Netherlands., Sep. 13, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in a 10k hike during the ANGLICO Basic Course 1-22 culminating event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8, 2022. The ABC training enhances the capabilities of ANGLICO Marines in support of joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations.

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, arrive at the Logistic Support Area in Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for exercise Native Fury 22, July 31, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Pre-Positioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

Airmen from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, in-process at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in support of exercise Raging Gunfighter 22-2, May 17, 2022. Raging Gunfighter was developed to further prove Agile Combat Employment concepts in order to prepare 366 Fighter Wing Airmen to deploy more efficiently as an Air Expeditionary Wing and employ mission generation, command and control, and base operating support elements in a contested environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Shan Mandrayar, company commander, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts a rehearsal of concept walk for a mechanized raid exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 10, 2022. The raid course was a one week program designed to improve the Marines ability to plan and conduct limited scale raids utilizing ground movement while forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region.

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

220726-N-MZ836-1251 ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 26, 2022) U.S. Marines prepare to fire M4 carbines during a live-fire exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) July 26, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, march in formation during a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 2, 2022. Graduation took place at the completion of the 12- week transformation including training for drill, marksminship, basic combat skills, and Marine Corps customs and traditions.

070319-M-5865P-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: TASK FORCE 3 3RD MEDCOM

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Division Artillery (DIVARTY), and Slovakian soldiers assigned to NATOs enhanced forward presence battle group Latvia, talk about their respective artillery pieces while atop a TMG EVA 8x8 self-propelled artillery system during Exercise Swift Response at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 6, 2022. Swift Response 2022 is an annual multinational training exercise, which takes place in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans from May 2-20, 2022. It aims to present combat credible Army forces in Europe and Africa and enhance readiness by building airborne interoperability with Allies and Partners and the integration of joint service partnerships.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to fire their rifles during a deck shoot aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 10, 2022. The Combat Marksmanship Program is designed to sustain a units lethality. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joshua Ingram, right, the company commander of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a brief during a combat service support area exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2023. A CSSA provides Marines on the ground with food, water, and fuel to support the mission and sustain an area of operations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 2, 2022) Lt. Andi Ingram, chaplain, offers words of encouragement and support during an officer and chief meeting before the start of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18s Field Training Exercise (FTX). FTX is designed to analyze a battalions construction capability, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to support major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, execute a basic warriors stance during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) training event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 15, 2023. MCMAP aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual recruits and Marines through realistic combative training, warrior ethos studies and physical hardening.

220204-N-UN585-1095 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 1, 2022) Marines assigned to Task Force 61/2.4 participate in a small arms shoot aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) while underway in the Mediterranean Sea, April 1. Task Group 61/2.4 is part of Task Force 61/2, which will temporarily provide command and control support to the commander of U.S. Sixth Fleet to synchronize Navy and Marine Corps units and capabilities already in theater, in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests. Ross, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its 12th patrol in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners and U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.

U.S Soldiers supporting the 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division stand next to Polish service members as they observe the Vistula river wet gap crossing as part of Defender Europe at Dęblin, Poland, May 12, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), engage targets during a live-fire range aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Atlantic Ocean, July 17, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Competitors await the go signal prior to the ruck march event portion of the Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Oct. 18, 2022, at Camp Williams, Utah. The Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition is an annual event that brings together Soldiers and Airmen from the major commands to compete for the title of Soldier/Airman-of-the-Year, Noncommissioned Officer-of-the-Year and Senior NCO-of-the-Year. The Army winners of this competition will represent the Utah Army National Guard at the Region VII Best Warrior Competition next spring.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for a boat launch rehearsal aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the South China Sea, Sept. 20, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Col. Jeff Van Dootingh, commander of the 910th Airlift Wing, introduces members of the 910th AW inspection team during a base commanders call here, Oct. 15, 2022. This was the first all-wing commanders call at the 910th AW since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.

030204-F-4441R-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFRC

220921-N-TT639-1003 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 21, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a small arms qualification shoot aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 21, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

040525-M-4260B-025. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and U.S. Navy Sailors with the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), pull the supply rope connected to the Fleet Replenishment Oiler USNS John Ericson (T-AO-194) during a replenishment-at-sea operation in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 30, 2023. The RAS was conducted to replenish fuel, food, and supplies for the Marines and Sailors onboard the America. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

030203-M-7031A-055. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

Croatian Zapovjedništvo Specialjalnih Snaga (ZSS) and members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) conduct maritime Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training in Split, Croatia, April 14, 2022. For the Croatian ZSS, Joint Combined Exchange Training, or JCET with partner nations is not uncommon. The ZSS were founded in 2000 as the Special Operations Battalion and since then, its operators have participated in multiple operations, including stints in Afghanistan as part of NATOs International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

030202-M-9124R-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST LAR

Chaplain Steven Thompson offers words of encouragement and advice to members of the 125th Fighter Wing during a Prayer Breakfast and Bonfire, April 19, 2009. (Air National Guard

030519-M-5865P-005. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: MCAS Cherry Point

040320-M-8683D-010. Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

041122-M-0173F-004. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION AL FAJR Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020201-A-6778L-010. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Southeast

U.S. Army battalion command teams assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division stand at attention in front of their battalions during an uncasing ceremony at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Aug. 29, 2022. The 3/1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. ARMY Soldiers and South Korean Katusa's Conduct a Ruck march and MEDEVAC training on Camp Casey South Korea, NOV 17th 2022. MEDEVAC is the evacuation of military or other casualties to the hospital in a helicopter or airplane." (U.S. ARMY photos by SPC. Christopher Cameron)

U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review their targets during a field exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 26, 2023. The purpose of this exercise is to increase lethality and readiness of Marines within the unit. III MIG functions as the vanguard of III MEF, operating in the Indo-Pacific regions information environment, and supports Marine Air Ground Task Force operations with communications, intelligence, and supporting arms liaison capabilities.

A cyber security airman takes notes during an all call held by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, JoAnne S. Bass at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, August 4, 2022. Bass highlighted that a competitive advantage the U.S. Air Force has over its adversaries is the dedicated force of Airmen who work around the clock to support the mission.

010927-F-1131H-002. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030202-M-9124R-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST LAR

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition participate in a night land navigation test on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and under stress and extreme fatigue.

U.S. Marines with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in the change of command ceremony for VMFA(AW) 224 at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Jan. 11, 2024. Lt. Col. John Schranz relinquished command of VMFA(AW)-224 to Lt. Col. Jarrod Allen.

Paratroopers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Sustained Airborne Training in preparation for Operation Falcon Blitz on Fort Bragg, NC, Jan. 27, 2023. Paratroopers will conduct an airborne operation in order to enhance brigade readiness and lethality.

U.S. Marines score their shots during the precision pistol portion of the Marine Corps Marksmanship Championship, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 6, 2022. Competitors perform a single handed slow fire with the M18. The Marine Corps Marksmanship Championship held, April 6-11, allows competitors to participate in a variety of matches while receiving advanced marksmanship training within the action shooting rifle and pistol disciplines.

110419-N-AW868-082BARBATE, Spain (April 19, 2011) Gunnery Sgt. Jason Neale, right, military advisor for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, and Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Zach Cirocco demonstrate how to change the barrel of an M-240B machine gun during crew-served weapons training at the Sierra del Retin weapons range.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, throw non-lethal grenades during a non-lethal weapons training exercise, Jan. 18, 2020. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a multiple force provider designed to employ ground, logistics and air capabilities throughout the Central Command area of responsibility.

030215-M-4419R-023. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

The 5-17 Air Cavalry Squadron conducted its first spur ride since the unit was activated in May from September 1-2, 2022. Soldiers conducted multiple tasks in negotiating an obstacle course in order to display their confidence while operating as a team.

United States military march, with troops in camouflage attire.; Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

020504-M-9902V-002. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

030203-M-7031A-062. Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines

Recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, practice close order drill aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 13, 2022. Close order drill is an essential element of recruit training as it serves to instill discipline and bearing into the recruits.

US Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Kleppel (foreground) and Marines assigned to A/Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion (LAR), assemble in formation at Camp Pendleton, California (CA), in preparation for mobilization in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

GEN. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander-in-chief, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), reviews troops during the change of command ceremony. Marine MAJ. GEN. Robert Johnston, deputy commander-in-chief, USCENTCOM, and Marine GEN. Joseph P. Hoar are accompanying him. Hoar is relieving Schwarzkopf as commander-in-chief, USCENTCOM. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare to conduct Range 800 during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 20, 2022. Range 800 improved Alpha Companys efficiency in independent platoon operations and basic fire support team skills during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

U.S. Army Sgt. Hunter Morgan, a cavalry scout assigned to the 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, goes over clearing procedures with Finnish soldiers on the M240B machine gun at Niinisalo, Finland, July 21, 2022. The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, and the Pori Brigade of the Finnish army began summer training in Finland to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between the two nations.

Air Assault candidates rappel off the rappel towers on Camp Buehring, Kuwait, February 20, 2024. After successfully rappeling from the towers, candidates will rappel out of rotary wing aircraft. Army

040928-M-4213L-007. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 157th Field Artillery, Colorado Army National Guard, listen to the tasks given to them by the batterys leadership Feb. 9, 2009. After the formation, Soldiers will load their gear onto buses and head to Fort Carson, where they will begin their required training.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battallion, hold up their partners gas mask filter inside the confidence chamber at Marine base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 4, 2023. Recruits removed one of their partners filters to instill confidence in the gas mask functionality while wearing only one of two filters.

220712-N-PW480-0046 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (July 12, 2022) Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jacob Hayden, a Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) New Student Indoctrination (NSI) instructor, demonstrates proper form for the fireman carry to midshipman candidates prior to the start of a physical training session at Recruit Training Command (RTC), July 12. Upon completion of NSI, the candidates will start their freshman year of the NROTC program at colleges and universities nationwide this fall. NSI is an indoctrination program hosted at RTC, and provides midshipmen with a common military training orientation. NSI provides basic training in five warfighting fundamentals - firefighting, damage control, seamanship, watchstanding and small arms handling and marksmanship - to begin creating basically trained and smartly disciplined future Navy and Marine Corps officers. NROTC is overseen by Commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC), Rear Adm. Jennifer S. Couture, which supports naval acce

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) East Africa Response Force (EARF), wait on standby before conducting a helicopter landing zone training with U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2022. The EARF is augmented by U.S. Marine Corps aviation assets that transport and insert ground forces wherever they are needed throughout the region, supporting crisis response through seamless and immediate force deployment capabilities across vast distances.

U.S. Army soldiers participate in a gear layout prior to the start of the Sullivan Cup at Fort Benning, Ga., April 25, 2022. The Sullivan Cup is a biennial competition that tests the best tank crews from the Armor Branch, the U.S. Marine Corps and international partners.

A group of U.S. Army Paratroopers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, helps one another rig up into their T-11 parachute during Exrcise Falcon Leap on Eindhoven Air Base, Eindhoven, Netherlands., Sep. 13, 2022. More than 1000 Paratroopers from all over the world, 13 different nationalities, multiple airdrops per day, and training with each other equipment for two weeks. this is NATO's largest technical airborne exercise

Newly arrived trainees in different platoons in Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Battalion compete against each other in tug of war during the "First 100 yards" on October 21st, 2022 at Fort Benning, GA. The event The First 100 Yards, an homage to their lineage of closing the last 100 yards of the fight, incorporates teamwork into a competition that features mental and physical challenges on the day they arrive to their basic training company.

94th Airlift Wing airmen practice deployment alarm procedures in Mission Oriented Protective Posture MOPP gear during a readiness exercise on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., February 4, 2024. The exercise, named FALCON STRIKE 24-01, tests airmens readiness capabilities in providing rapid global mobility. Air Force

U.S. Air Force Col. David Moon Halasi-Kun, 104th Fighter Wing commander, addresses 104FW Airmen during an all call Dec. 4, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. During the all call Moon announced wing-level award winners and briefed on various topics such as securing new aircraft, wing training, and the U.S. Air Forces Agile Combat Employment concept.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, watch as Brazilian Marines demonstrate ways to carry casualties during a first aid class as part of a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022. U.S. partnerships in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibly are forged by shared challenges and common objectives. Bilateral training events such as jungle training develops and sustains relationships that improve the capacity of U.S. and partner nation maritime forces to achieve common desired effects. This exchange of knowledge between critical regional partners fosters interoperability, friendly relationships, and mutual cooperation.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6) stand in formation during a parade in Dragsvik, Finland, Nov. 4, 2022. U.S. Marines with CLB-6 were invited to take part in a ceremony and subsequent parade with Finnish military members in celebration of Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, a holiday celebrating Finland-Swedish culture and the bilinguality of Finland.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew Danner, center, the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks during the opening ceremony of Iron Fist 24 alongside Japan Ground Self Defense Force Col. Hajime Tsuji, center-right, the commanding officer of the 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, on Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Japan, Feb. 25, 2024. The opening ceremony initiated training between the two armed forces. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Marine Corps

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4th Infantry Division Soldiers swarmed a container wall obstacle during the Utah Beach event at Fort Carson, Colorado, May 23, 2022. The Utah Beach event kicked off Ivy Week, a week dedicated to esprit-de-corps and comradery through competition, at Fort Carson. Soldiers navigated eight obstacles designed to encourage Soldiers to work together to successfully complete each obstacle.

During a five day training course for the Heliborne Company, Marines at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, Company "F", 2nd Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment, gather for a group photograph before their last raid in the training evolution. (Substandard image). Base: Mcas, New River State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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The U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band performs during a change of command ceremony between Hangars 102 and 103 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, April 23, 2013. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Davis, outgoing commanding officer, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, turned leadership of the squadron to Lt. Col. Richard Matyskiela, incoming commanding officer, HMH-463.

U.S. Marines with November Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, sing the song known as Lady Leatherneck in the corridors of the 4th Recruit Training Battalion barracks on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Nov. 8, 2022. The song was taught to the last cycle of solely female recruits and recorded as historical documentation, as Marine Corps recruit training transitions fully to male and female integrated companies in all battalions.

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