Military Training Activities

Images of military personnel collaborating during exercises, demonstrating equipment, and observing tactical operations across various international training events.

U.S. Soldier attending the Small Unit Ranger Tactics course waits at an extraction zone for pickup at the 25th Infantry Divisions Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, August 1st, 2022. Soldiers were flown around the East Range before being required to navigate the jungle in small teams while conducting tasks and performing under fire.

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force, observe a defensive position demonstration during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin Milby, a squad leader with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the M252 81 mm mortar system to Royal Thai Marines during Exercise Cobra Gold in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Luke Jackson, second from left, an expeditionary ground reconnaissance officer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit command element, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF) soldiers with 2nd Battalion, RBLF observe a building assault during a practical application of urban operations during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Brunei 2022 at FIBUA Village, Brunei, Oct. 25, 2022. CARAT Brunei 2022 highlights the 28th anniversary of CARAT among allies and partners as a way to demonstrate a long-term commitment to strengthening relationships throughout South and Southeast Asia and to highlight U.S. Navy commitment to key Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) partners to reinforce ASEAN centrality.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Republic of Korea Marine, set security for a rehearsal combined-arms, live-fire exercise during KAMANDAG 6 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 12, 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Russell, Engineer Support Platoon commander with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, discusses operations with company leadership at Eastern Training Area 2, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 22, 2022. 3rd LSB conducted a battalion field exercise to train core mission essential tasks and rehearse emerging warfighting concepts in preparation for future exercises and operations. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)

Brazilian Marines evaluate survival tactics demonstrated by Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, as part of a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 29, 2022. Throughout the training event, U.S. Marines applied tactics and knowledge given to them by the Brazilian Marines, who regularly operate in the Amazon jungle. Exercises and bilateral training events like Brazils jungle training provide the opportunity for U.S. Marines to train alongside partner forces in unique and complex environments to develop and improve readiness. Training in austere locations provide the opportunities to develop skills that are critical to force readiness and employment in the future operating environment.

U.S. Soldier attending the Small Unit Ranger Tactics course waits at an extraction zone for pickup at the 25th Infantry Divisions Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks, Oahu, Hawaii, August 1st, 2022. Soldiers were flown around the East Range before being required to navigate the jungle in small teams while conducting tasks and performing under fire.

Senior Airman Andrea Alvaro from the 23d Logistics Support Squadron provides a meal to a participant from a Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen in AGILE FLAG 22-2 at Avon Park Auxiliary Air Field, Florida, July 24, 2022. AGILE FLAG 22-2 will test the Lead Wing Commanders ability to utilize their A-staff to generate combat air power while continuing to move, maneuver, and sustain the Wing and subordinate force elements in a dynamic and contested environment.

Army Warrior Tasks training as part of Warrior Exercise 78-22-02 July 19, 2022, at Fort McCoy, WI with the 78th Training Division. WAREX serves as an annual training opportunity for U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers.

Republic of Korea Marines and U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, navigate the terrain during a live-fire range, at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines during KAMANDAG 6, Oct. 13, 2022. International armed forces participated in a bilateral amphibious assault focused on increasing interoperability and shared understanding of tactics. 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.

Anchorage Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team officers hold security during a rural operations training exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 13, 2022. JBERs expansive and austere training areas provided an ideal setting for local law enforcement SWAT Teams as they honed their rural operations skills, task planning, reconnaissance, helicopter safety procedures, land navigation, team movement and patrolling.

Marines with the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) complete M4 rifle qualification requirements July 26, 2022, on Range 18 on North Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The 2/24 is an infantry battalion based out of Chicago consisting of approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 24th Marine Regiment and the 4th Marine Division. The 2/24 was holding annual training at Fort McCoy.

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing conduct small-arms proficiency training during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Eglin Range, Florida, May 5, 2022. Pararescumen with the 38th Rescue Squadron, U.S. Army and Czech Special Forces members integrated with and executed special operations, sharpening U.S. forces abilities to operate around the globe.

U.S. Marines and a Coast Guardsman move together during the Depot Competition in Arms Program on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 17, 2024. The Depot Competition in Arms Program enhances the marksmanship proficiency of Marines and sends the top three shooters to compete with the depot shooting team at the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition.

Midshipmen with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps hike in formation during patrol event on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 26, 2022. The Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen program is a basic introduction and training event to familiarize NROTC Midshipmen with the primary warfare designators that they will eventually serve in, as well as provide them with exposure to what is often their first fleet experience.

A Brazilian Marine debriefs after a simulated raid during a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps continues to seek opportunities to train alongside Brazilian partners in deliberate and dynamic training events. Bilateral training events, such as jungle training, offer both forces a chance to increase interoperability, exchange best practices, and set conditions for future events to continue to grow a long tradition of friendship and cooperation.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, explain the M252 81 mm mortar system to Royal Thai Marines during Exercise Cobra Gold in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Philippine Marine Corps Pfc. Herrol B. Sabando, left, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Takuya Ikeda, center, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. James Slusarz, right, with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice decontamination procedures at Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command in Zambales, Philippines, on Oct. 4, 2022, during KAMANDAG 6. The class was intended to teach about decontamination in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear environment. KAMANDAG is an annual, bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

U.S. Navy Corpsmen 3d Marine Division and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a mass casualty evacuation drill during Resolute Dragon 22 on Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

8th Military Police Brigade Commander, Col. Charles A. Green, held a leader professional development discussion with his company commanders, during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23 (JPMRC-23) on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Nov. 2, 2022. As part of Operation Pathways, JPMRC training rotations allow leaders to rehearse strategic maneuvers while integrating with various allies and partners in the Pacific.

Senior leaders from the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps observe U.S. Marine Corps Joint Terminal Attack Controllers with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines coordinate close air support with F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 utilizing inert munitions. This training marked the first-ever live close air support missions in Japan with an F-35B. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division carry a casualty to earn the Expert Infantry Badge on Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Jan. 19, 2023. Successful completion of the program results in the award of the Expert Infantryman Badge. A soldier who earns this honor gains respect and earns the right to wear the award as a sign of high skill and accomplishment.

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, post security while patrolling through the jungle during a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps continues to seek opportunities to train alongside Brazilian partners in deliberate and dynamic training events. Bilateral training events, such as jungle training, offer both forces a chance to increase interoperability, exchange best practices, and set conditions for future events to continue to grow a long tradition of friendship and cooperation.

U.S. Marine combat engineers with Alpha Company, 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, clear debris out of an artificial corridor created by the combat engineers at Henoko Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2022. 3rd LSB conducted a battalion field exercise to train core mission essential tasks and rehearse emerging warfighting concepts in preparation for future exercises and operations. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)

U.S. and Indonesian Servicemembers share verbal commands in their native language before dismounted patrol lane training during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 on Dodiklatpur Rindam V, East Java, Indonesia., Sept. 1, 2023. Super Garuda Shield 2023 is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. SGS2023 is the second consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, highlighting the 7 participating and 12 observing nations' commitment to partnership and a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Hellenic Special Forces members assigned to the Z Amphibious Raiding Squadron, post security for a combined forces event during exercise Alexander the Great 2022, Skyros, May 17, 2022. Alexander the Great 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Greece, and Allied nations, enhancing strategic defense and partnership while promoting security and stability in the region.

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. James Juarez, a native of Santa Paula, California, and the headquarters company executive officer with 1st Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, delivers a brief during a field exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 12, 2024. 1st DSB conducted a battalion field exercise in order to exercise the battalions full range of combat service support in an expeditionary environment. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with Ground Sensor Platoon, Intelligence section 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, emplace ground sensors during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise I at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 13, 2022. As part of a three-phase operation, the sensors were placed to increase force protection around the MEU's Battalion Landing Team and Initial Operational Capability.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Francisco Izaguirre, front, a mortarman assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to search a building with Royal Thai Marines during military operations on urbanized terrain training as part of Exercise Cobra Gold in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, Feb. 29, 2024. Cobra Gold, now in its 43rd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. Marine Corps

Members of the Indonesian army execute the four man litter carry in a medical evacuation scenario under the supervision of U.S. counterpart trainer/advisor, Staff Sgt. Ronald Rios, a medic assigned to the 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, as part of Garuda Shield 09, at the Infantry Training Center in Bandung, Indonesia, June 19. Garuda Shield is a two week exercise, which brings together Soldiers and Marines from nine Nations to train on the United Nations mandated ground-level tasks. GS09 is the latest in a continuing Series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and Security. Training will focus on peace Support Operations and Global Peace Operation Initiative Certification, a Command Post Exercise, a Field Training Exercise and Humanitarian and Civic Assistance Projects.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Russell, Engineer Support Platoon Commander with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, guides a vehicle through an artificial corridor created by combat engineers from 3rd LSB, at Henoko Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 24, 2022. 3rd LSB conducted a battalion field exercise to train core mission essential tasks and rehearse emerging warfighting concepts in preparation for future exercises and operations. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 10, 2022) - U.S. Navy Lt. Jacob Lemmelin, from Star, Idaho, with Amphibious Construction Battalion One (ACB-1) center, briefs Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) and ACB-1 on progress made during a tour of the PP22 Salvacion renovation project. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. and Philippine Marines conduct drills during KAMANDAG 6, in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 2, 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brian Wu, left, with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Forces Reserve, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, gives a thumbs up to Terceio-Sargento (Sergeant Brazilian Marine Corps) Igor Aleixo, a forward observer with the Brazilian Marine Corps, during call for fire drills as part of exercise UNITAS LXIII at Sío Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, Sept. 5, 2022. Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773 and 4th ANGLICO cross trained with the Brazilian Marine Corps by conducting simulated close air support drills, which consists of locating targets from the ground and relaying coordinates to assets in the sky to destroy. UNITAS trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.

U.S. Soldiers, distinguished visitors and family members attended the 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment (1-487 FA) Target Acquisition Section, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Hawaii Army National Guard deployment ceremony at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 6, 2024. Soldiers assigned to 1-487 FA Target Acquisition Section prepare to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom while conducting Operation Juniper Shield.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, fire an M252 81mm mortar system during combat rehearsals at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 8, 2022. This training improved the Marines proficiency at the tactical level and developed small-unit leadership. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Philippine Marines prepare to embark a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during KAMANDAG 6 at Naval Base Camilo Osias, Philippines, Oct. 2, 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 shared experiences.

Sgt. John Morris, a member of the 82nd Airborne Divisions Best Squad, raises his arms after completing an obstacle course during the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 27, 2022. The Best Squad Competition tests squads physical, technical and tactical abilities under stress and fatigue to determine which squad from the XVIII Airborne Corps will advance to the Forces Command Best Squad Competition in the coming months.

Maj. Brian Leber, an F-16 pilot assigned to the 114th Fighter Wing in Sioux Falls South Dakota reads a map during a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape or SERE refresher course at Newton Hills State Park, South Dakota September 28, 2022.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Bateman, 822nd Base Defense Squadron commander, briefs Airmen from the 822nd BDS and the 23rd Security Forces Squadron on terrain appreciation at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 28, 2022. This training is the start of the acclimatization process to ensure successful mobility, survival and tactics during jungle operations.

Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines observe joint terminal aircraft controllers assigned to 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, during tactical air control party and close air support training at Pilsung Range, Gangwan Province, South Korea, September 15, 2022. Korea Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) 22-3 is one iteration in a series of continuous combined-training exercises designed to enhance the ROK and U.S. Alliance, promote stability on the Korean Peninsula and strengthen ROK-U.S. military capabilities and interoperability.

Members of 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the Indonesian National Armed Forces conduct a successful High Altitude, High Opening (HAHO) military free fall rehearsal during Garuda Shield 22 near Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 2, 2022. Garuda Shield, a part of Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military and Indonesia National Armed Forces, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and regional partners, joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together. #SuperGarudaShield #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

Participating nations representing the Australian Defense Force, U.S. Army, Indonesian National Armed Forces, and U.S. Marine Corps. gather for a photo while participating in Super Garuda Shield 2023 at Dodiklatpur, Situbono Regency, East Java, Indonesia, Sept 1, 2023. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2023 is the second consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, highlighting the 6 participating and 12 observing nations' commitment to partnership and a free and open indo pacific.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 arrive to the range where the explosive ordnance disposal team used the M110 semi-automatic sniper system to detonate explosives from a safe distance during exercise Eagle Wrath 22 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, May 9, 2022. Eagle Wrath is an annual MWSS-171 exercise at CATC Camp Fuji, Japan, designed to increase squadron proficiency in conducting real-world contingency missions while in a forward operating environment.

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 23rd Wing dons Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear gear during a class as part of a pre-deployment requirement at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, March 8, 2023. The 75th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and 75th Expeditionary Fighter Generation Squadron arrived at Al Dhafra Air Base to provide support to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, enhancing the ability to deliver airpower and to integrate with local United Arab of Emirates partners.

A Philippine Marine advances toward the objective following an amphibious landing during KAMANDAG 6, Zambales, Philippines, Oct. 7, 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.

An instructor with the Royal Malaysian Air Force Jungle Warfare Training Center shows how bamboo can be used as tinder for lighting fires during a jungle survival subject matter expert exchange as part of Exercise Pacific Angel 22 at Jugra Hill, Malaysia, Aug. 18, 2022. Exchanges such as these are a key aspect of Pacific Angel, which aims to build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our Allies and partners.

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Rogouski, center, an explosive ordinance disposal officer in charge with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, searches through a range with Royal Thai Sailors for ordinance items during Exercise Cobra Gold in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 3, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Soldiers of the Royal Thai Army clean up their used shell casings after firing at the range during joint exercise Cobra Gold 2024, at Sa Kaeo, Thailand, Feb. 29, 2024. Cobra Gold is a multinational exercise led by Thailand and the United States and includes over 30 participating nations who are committed to protecting a free and open Indo-Pacific, as well as humanitarian interests and the environment. Army

A Philippine Marine with 3rd Marine Brigade attaches a parachute to a MAG Aerospace SuperSwiper II drone for a bi-lateral exchange of small unmanned aerial systems with U.S. Marines with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during KAMANDAG 6 on Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bi-lateral training 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.

U.S. Marines with the Provost Marshals Office, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, utilize the firemans carry to transport simulated casualties to a triage area during Exercise Lethal Breeze 2022, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 23, 2022. The exercise was an aircraft mishap response scenario, which included entities from on and off the installation, an opportunity to increase interagency response capabilities.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joel Walker, right, and Sgt. Robert Schiller both explosive ordnance technicians with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a remote pull during Jungle Crab 22 at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, June 24, 2022. During Jungle Crab 22 EOD Marines prepared to support Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations by practicing survival methods in areas where logistical support may not be available. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

NAVAL BASE AMAPALA, Honduras - Partner Forces walk onto a Chinook that will drop them into the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras for the Fuerzas Comando competition June 20, 2022, in Naval Base Amapala, Honduras. Fuerzas Comando (FC) is a Foreign Military Interaction exercise designed to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and confidence and improve the training, readiness, interoperability, and capability of regional Special Operations Forces (SOF).

U.S. Marine Corps SSgt Eric Martinez, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, facilitates a fuel transfer with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force ahead of Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Sep. 28, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Watson Blanc, a motor vehicle operator with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conducts route reconnaissance during the Light Tactical Family Crew Maneuver Course 23-2 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 5, 2023. The five-day course focused on training and educating crew members on effective LTF employment.

Staff Sgt. Calvin Miller, a combat engineer assigned to Eighth Army and native from Minot, North Dakota, throws a simulated grenade at the multiple weapon scenario-based marksmanship event during the 2022 U.S. Army Pacific's Best Warrior Competition at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, June 8, 2022. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Koeneke, a Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) Thailand Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) instructor with 3rd EOD Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, supervises a Thailand Mine Action Center (TMAC) student, as he connects blasting cap wires to a firing wire reel during an electric demolition range during an EOD level 1-2 course at Jarumanee Training Area, Ratchaburi, Thailand, November 23, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 1-2 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses HMA Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

Rangers on patrol in Dzanga-Sangha Forest Special Reserve, Central African Republic

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jordan Buisch, a reconnaissance radio operator with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and Indonesian marines with 7th Infantry Battalion, 4th Marine Brigade review shot groupings on targets during a bilateral close quarters range as part of Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 23 at 7th Infantry Battalion Base, Lampung, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2022. Keris MAREX is a bilateral exercise hosted by the Indonesian National Military between the Korps Marinir Republik Indonesia and U.S. Marine Corps focused on promoting military interoperability, maritime domain awareness, strengthening relationships, and expanding capabilities among participating forces. Marine Rotational Force Southeast Asia is an operational model developed by Marine Corps Forces Pacific that postures scalable I Marine Expeditionary Forces west of the International Date Line, conducts a series of planned subject matter expert exchanges and enablers, and advances security obje

A Brazilian Marine and U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, kneel during a patrol through the jungle as part of a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022. Activities and engagements such as jungle training reflect U.S. Southern Commands Enduring Promise to be a trustworthy neighbor. Working alongside and learning from and with Brazilian counterparts reflects one of the many opportunities to honor and convey that promise.

Sgt. Elijah Clarke, a multichannel transmission systems operator-maintainer assigned to 94th Army Air Missile Defense Command stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, takes notes during a series of warrior tasks and battle drills June 7 at Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii, at the 2022 USARPACs Best Warrior Competition. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

A Philippine Marine provides security for an amphibious landing during KAMANDAG 6, Zambales, Philippines, Oct. 7, 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.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set concertina wire along their defensive position's perimeter, Urban Terrain Town, Eastern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 21, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

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

Soldiers with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Recon Company, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force belay on a rappel site during a bilateral field training for Iron Fist 24, at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. Bilateral training tests readiness and ability to respond to crises in challenging and time-sensitive conditions. 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 JGSDF, and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Marine Corps

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 1109th Theater Aviation Support Maintenance Group, Connecticut Army National Guard, pull security from a guard tower at a simulated forward operating base, or FOB, at Stones Ranch Military Reservation, East Lyme, Connecticut, June 22, 2022. FOBs are protected by a series of protective measures including guard towers.

Two members of a Marine tactical air control party (TACP) watch the approach of an incoming aircraft after calling in a strike during a live-fire exercise. Base: Naval Station, Subic Bay State: Luzon Country: Philippines(PHL)

Philippine Marines teach U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Division and 3d Marine Logistics Group, how to build a snare during Balikatan 22 aboard Naval Base Camilo Osias, Philippines, April 3, 2022. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Balikatan, Tagalong for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 is the 37th iteration of the exercise and coincides with the 75th anniversary of the U.S.-Philippine security cooperation.

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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. Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, triage Hawaii Air National Guard Airmen, with 647th Civil Engineering Squadron, during a joint explosive ordnance disposal exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 21, 2022. Explosive ordnance disposal technicians around the joint force conducted a week long joint-service level exercise where service members cohesively integrated, trained, and competed with one another while utilizing experimental technology. The training demonstrated progress in the U.S. Marine Corps Force Design 2030 efforts.

Members of Navy SEAL Team also known as Taliban hunters in the mountains.

040318-M-5523R-010. Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaiah Mendiola, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, ties Ultra-Lightweight Camouflage Net System (ULCANS) together on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 17, 2022. CLB-24 hosted the Fibrotex Camouflage Netting demonstration to show new innovative ways to disguise military equipment.

030715-F-4692S-016. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The United States Army's most qualified uniformed interrogation teams met at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to compete in the inaugural Army Interrogation Olympics to determine the Army's Best Interrogation Team of the Year. Military Intelligence Soldiers from Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard components met and thrived in an austere field environment while refining and improving individual and collective HUMINT, analytical, leader, and Soldier skills. The competition was hosted by the 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade from August 8 to 10, 2022.

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, post security while patrolling through the jungle during a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 25, 2022. The U.S. Marine Corps continues to seek opportunities to train alongside Brazilian partners in deliberate and dynamic training events. Bilateral training events, such as jungle training, offer both forces a chance to increase interoperability, exchange best practices, and set conditions for future events to continue to grow a long tradition of friendship and cooperation.

The Honduran team members carry a litter during the water and land course of the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Base Naval de Amapala, Honduras on June 20, 2022. Fuerzas Commando is a multinational SOF skills competition that showcases the diversity of the SOF community in the western hemisphere, strengthens our regional partnerships, and demonstrates readiness and interoperability across regional boundaries.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Martavius White, 23rd Security Forces Squadron squad team member, points out a visible threat to Staff Sgt. Lewis Drake, 23rd SFS squad team leader, during a terrain familiarity training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Oct. 28, 2022. The team focused on jungle reconnaissance operations by practicing stealth-like movements and silent communications.

A Thai civilian listens intently to a U.S. service member while queuing in a lunch line during joint exercise Cobra Gold, at Ban Chang, Thailand, Feb. 28, 2024. Joint exercise Cobra Gold is cosponsored by Thailand and the United States and aims to foster regional peace and security to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Sebastian VillaGomez, left, and Staff Sgt. Alfonso Mendoza, both explosive ordnance technicians with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, dig up an item of interest while searching for unexploded ordnance remnants on Peleliu, Republic of Palau, July 11, 2022. Exercises such as Task Force Koa Moana demonstrate U.S. commitment through routine operations that foster peace and security and develop relations with partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, occupy a defensive position during a combined-arms, live-fire exercise, at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines during KAMANDAG 6, Oct. 13, 2022. International armed forces participated in a bilateral amphibious assault focused on increasing interoperability and shared understanding of tactics. 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.

Sgt.1st Class Salvador Morales from 130th Engineer Brigade, 84th Engineer Battalion and a member from the Indonesian National Military fix a track for a dozer at Python 1 Range, Baturaja, Indonesia, July 29, 2022, as part of Garuda Shield 2022. Operation Pathways and a longstanding annual, bilateral military exercise conducted between the U.S. military, Indonesia National Armed Forces, reinforces the U.S. commitments to our allies, and other regional partners reinforcing joint readiness, and the interoperability to fight and win together.

U.S. Navy Engineering Aid 2nd Class Baynisha Sumpter, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 1, looks at a runway map during Summer Pioneer 2022 at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic Oak Grove, Atlantic, North Carolina, July 23, 2022. Summer Pioneer 2022 is a naval engineering exercise demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy formations to establish and sustain Expeditionary Advanced Bases and Maritime Domain Awareness.

Soldiers from the Headquarter and Headquarters and Charlie Company, 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Hawaii Reserve and French soldiers work together to evacuate locals on Huahine, French Polynesia, May 16, 2022. Marara 22 allows U.S. and partner forces to exercise humanitarian aid and disaster relief efforts and interoperability to prepare for and recover from the devastating effects of natural disasters.

030430-M-9892R-009. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2003 Base: Camp Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Battalion 7th Marines

220715-N-XG173-1116BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 15, 2022) Mexican Naval Infantry Marines prepare to conduct small boat training with a combat rubber raiding craft during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four 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 worlds 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 worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

U.S. Marine Corps Recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, execute Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) techniques during a MCMAP test at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 1, 2022. The purpose of the MCMAP test is to ensure recruits' accuracy and proficiency in tan belt techniques - the first of five belts a Marine can earn.

Caitlin Sengebau, a searcher with the Norwegian People's Aid, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jackie Tran, an explosive ordnance technician with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, attach a C-4 charge branch line to the main line during an Explosive Effects Range in Babeldaob, Republic of Palau, June 27, 2022. Named Koa Moana, after a Hawaiian/Polynesian phrase meaning ocean warrior, the task force fosters peace and security, builds relationships, and supports an international rules-based order that benefits the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers conduct a static weapons display and exchange of knowledge during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 4, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Indiana National Guard Spc. Andréa Franklin and Pfc. Michelle Melgarejo, combat engineers with the 776th Engineer Battalion headquartered in Lawrence, create silhouette charges during explosive breaching training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Aug. 19, 2022. The engineer soldiers worked together to build silhouette charges, and they are experts in mobility, counter-mobility, engineering and survival.

Explosive ordnance disposal teams from the U.S. Navy, French Navy, Belize Defence Force, and Mexican Marines train on how to identify and disable an ordnance during Tradewinds 22, on May 16, in Belize. Tradewinds is a Caribbean-focused exercise designed to expand the regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; strengthen partnerships; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) during the SOP Development Conference; determine SOPs to be exercised; determine regional process for SOP validation; enhance ability to defend Exclusive Economic Zones; increase U.S./ally/partner readiness; promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into the force; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter IUU fishing activities.

Philippine Marine Corps scout snipers and force reconnaissance Marines debrief after participating in a small boat operations bilateral training exchange with U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, as part of KAMANDAG 6 at Kamuning Beach, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 5, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Royal Thai Armed Forces SM1 Uthon Namsuwan, a Thailand Mine Action Center Explosive Ordnance Disposal student with Humanitarian Mine Action Unit 3, places an improvised shaped charge during an HMA EOD Level 3 course at Ta Mor Roi Training area in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 28, 2022. Royal Thai and American Armed Forces work together to train TMAC students in EOD level 3 in order to develop an EOD capacity to assist TMACs mission of becoming landmine free. This partnership is aligned with the U.S. Department of Defenses Humanitarian Mine Action Program, which assists partnered nations affected by landmines, explosive remnants of war, and the hazardous effects of unexploded ordnance.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 prepare fuel pumps for a forward arming and refueling point (FARP) at Iwo Jima Air Base, Japan, Aug. 4, 2022. U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 and MWSS-171 conducted FARP operations in expeditionary conditions, practicing employment of light and agile forces across the Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in a jungle medicine course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 26, 2022. III MEF hosted a media workshop event for Okinawan media representatives to provide a better understanding of what III MEF does in order to enhance relationships with their host nation. The media representatives had the opportunity to fly on military aircraft, observe live-fire ranges, and visit the JWTC.

Philippine Marine Corps force reconnaissance Marines with 3rd Marine Brigade share a traditional boodle fight with U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during KAMANDAG 6 at Kamuning Beach, Palawan, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. A boodle fight is the military version of a traditional Filipino Kamayan Feast, in which friends and family share a meal piled over a banana leave lined table. 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Galeano, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines, conducts a combined amphibious raid with Philippine Marines during KAMANDAG 6, in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 10, 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. 1/2 is forward deployed under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Galeano is a native of Orlando, Florida.

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