Military Training and Operations

Images of soldiers in various military training scenarios. Depicts weapon handling, teamwork, and tactical maneuvers in desert and mountainous settings, highlighting realism and intensity.

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060807-A-0559K-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Dagger State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHWEST

Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffery Needham, staff platoon sergeant attached to Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, fires his MK-48 machine gun at wooden targets while practicing at the off-base firing range near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam Aug. 6. Members from the PRT and the Security Forces Assistance Team traveled to the range to practice with crew serve, primary and secondary weapons, along with M-203 grenade launchers.

051230-A-5745M-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Farrell, team leader, secures a construction site during a quality assurance visit in Qalat City, Afghanistan, July 8. Sgt. Farrell is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force and is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard.

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Team of United States airborne infantry men in camo uniforms.

Sergeant Rick Keller, a scout sniper with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security from a compound in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. The Marines took shelter inside the compound after clearing it of insurgents and improvised explosive devices. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers have been conducting Operation Moshtarak to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Karl Schmidt and Pfc. Aramis C. Sandoval, a squad automatic weapon gunner and administrative clerk, guard force, Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, patrol through farmland on their way to set up a vehicle checkpoint May 30. Schmidt, from Morton Grove, Ill., and Aramis, from Bronx, N.Y., are members of the H&S guard force, a group of mostly non-infantrymen who perform infantry duties in their battle space.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Remy Lucero, a machine gunner with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts an immediate-action drill with an M240B medium machine gun during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept 22, 2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

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Iraqi army soldiers and U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Artillery Regiment conduct a mission in Diyala, Iraq, Feb. 13, 2008. The mission is designed to return displaced Iraqis to their homes.

U.S. Army Pvt. Joseph Burton and Staff Sgt. John Martinez clear a street corner during a raid in the Tamooz neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, April 27, 2007. The Soldiers are with 3rd platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.

A U.S. Marine with Charley Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provides suppressive fire while executing Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 25, 2022. Active duty units, including Charley Company, 1/7, and Marines from 10th Marine Regiment, are fully integrated with Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 as the Reserve and Active Components continue to work together to increase proficiency of Total Force operations.

060302-A-5745M-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Constitution State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

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Members of "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, Sergeant (SGT) Davis Kasanof takes a look through the optical sight of his 5.56mm M4 Carbine next to SGT Jacob Matthews, while on a combat patrol in the mountains of ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Kentucky U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), conduct squad live-fire exercise in Djibouti at Arta range complex, Djibouti, June 8, 2022. CJTF-HOA, operating from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, is a dynamic operational headquarters, supporting missions to counter violent extremist organizations, responding to crises and enhancing stability in East Africa.

041231-F-2034C-019. Base: Forward Operating Base Caldwell State: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, engage targets during a course of fire as part of exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept 23,2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, engage targets during a course of fire as part of exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept 23,2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

A U.S. Army Soldier with the Multi-Iraqi Transitional Team, 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division tries to positively identify and engage an enemy target fire during an operation in Buhriz, Iraq, Feb. 11, 2007.

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbines, soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), at Kandahar Army Airfield, during a search for Taliban fighters in support of ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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Army 1st Lt. Michael White from South Kingstown R.I., platoon leader of 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1-182nd Infantry Regiment of the Rhode Island National Guard, fires his M-4 rifle during a training mission near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in Laghman province Afghanistan. White and other members of his platoon who work alongside Air Force personnel as part of the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team spent the day gaining valuable trigger time and training their Air Force counterparts on heavy weapons like the MK-19 grenade launcher and the .50 caliber machine gun.

100827-A-3843C-092 Soldiers of the Massachusetts National Guard, 181st Infantry Regiment provide security while clearing room-to-room at the urban warfare range, Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., on August 27, 2010. Roughly 600 soldiers of the 181st are deploying to Afghanistan as part of the largest deployment the Massachusetts Guard has seen since World War II.

A U.S. Marine with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, relays a message to his fire team during a live-fire range for Bougainville I at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 31, 2022. Bougainville I allows fire teams and squads with 3d LCT to rehearse small unit cohesion, lethality, and survivability for company offensive, defensive, and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations during future exercises.

110118-A-6760G-041:KHOWST PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN (18 JANUARY 2011) U.S. Army Spc. Kyle Oszczakiewicz an infantrymen with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion 187th Infantry Regiment, a native of Trenton N.J., scans for an insurgent as 2nd platoon receives small arms fire from across a wadi in Zambar, Afghanistan on Jan. 18.

A Marine with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment sets out on patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, April 23. While out on patrol Marine and Afghan forces with 1/6, met with local farmers and landowners who are participating in the Marjah Accelerated Agricultural Transition program.

040608-M-0706S-028. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

040812-M-4358R-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM II Base: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041115-M-2353F-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Brierley, a squad leader assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, shouts commands to his squad during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force distributed maneuver exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 13, 2024. The maneuver exercise prepares Marines for future conflicts by conducting offensive and defensive live-fire and maneuver training scenarios within an austere training environment. Brierley is a native of California. Marine Corps

PINJADOO, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Petty Officer 3rd Class Jadoine Graham, a corpsman with Jump Platoon, Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, scans the perimeter while supporting Lima Company Marines who began taking ineffective small-arms fire after an improvised explosive device detonated in Pinjadoo, Afghanistan, Sept. 6, 2010. No Marines or Afghans were injured by the explosion. Jump Platoon investigated the area around the blast for secondary IEDs and to gather information.

030124-A-8024C-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM 2003 Base: Naray Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Lance Cpl. Mark Trent, a scout sniper with 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security inside a compound in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. The Marines took shelter inside the compound after clearing it for insurgents and improvised explosive devices. The 3/6 Marines and soldiers from the Afghan National Army have been conducting counter-insurgency operations in Helmand province since January.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Peter Osborne, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, calls for his fireteam during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 25, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

030419-M-3692C-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Gavin Guerrero, a rifleman with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppresses a target during an exercise on Range 400 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division look for weapon caches just outside the Uch Tapa village during a cordon and search mission in the Kirkuk province of Iraq Dec. 31, 2007.

Pfc. Ivan Ibarra and Pfc. Alfredo Hidalgo, both of Company C "Chaos," 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, Combined Task Force 4-2, provide security during a clearing operation April 10 in the Panjwa'i district of Afghanistan. The soldiers participated in a two-day clearing operation of the Komandek Ghar area.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph McNally, a rifleman with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provides security during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 17, 2022. During the month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges, the Marines incorporated combined-arms maneuver with offensive and defensive combat operations in preparation for future deployments.

060516-A-5679R-001. Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct Range 400, a company-level combined arms training event, during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 9, 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.

060404-A-7969G-017. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Lima company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct Range 400 during their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 22, 2022. Range 400 employs realistic live fire training that produces combat-ready forces in preparation for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22.2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cedar Barnes)

051230-A-5745M-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

050910-A-0575B-014. Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

051230-A-5745M-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

Soldiers of the Iraqi army, Peshmerga and the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment react to a grenade thrown from a vehicle during a training exercise at Command Operating Post Cobra on Jan. 10. The training was set up to prepare them to man five new checkpoints in the As'Sadiya area.

Airman 1st Class David Connors participates in tactical movement drills during the 75th Security Forces Combat Readiness Training course at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 22. The CRT course teaches Airmen basic tactical movements, land navigation and self aid buddy care.

051031-F-2828D-004. Base: Namia Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051228-A-6524C-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept. 23, 2022. Intrepid Maven 22.4 is a U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command engagement series designed for bilateral and multilateral training engagements with partner nations and Marine Corps forces.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandt Tschida, (right) and Lance Cpl. Brandon Wright, landing support specialists with 1st Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, safely guide a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW), to proper hover height to prepare for a cargo lift during exercise Steel Knight 23 at Sand Hill on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver. Tschida is native to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, and Wright is native to Homosassa, Florida.

U.S. Army Sgt. Christopher Ross (right), U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Olin Harrington, (middle) and U.S. Army Spc. Jared Malda, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, provide over watch security for their team in Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 26. 2-1 CAV was part of an Afghan-led search for weapon and explosive caches during a joint operation.

U.S. Army Spc. Braylen Hayes, Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, Ohio National Guard, empties a firing powder cartridge during a fire mission at exercise Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2022. Northern Strike tests multi component and coalition forces through a challenging, realistic and detailed scenario based on relevant real-world security challenges and future conflicts.

Soldiers from the British Army conduct infantry training during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 11, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

050920-A-8255A-158. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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060311-N-6901L-208. Base: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

White Platoon, Bulldog Troop Soldiers take cover as they receive accurate small-arms fire on a riverbed near Combat Outpost Delorean, Bala Murghab, Baghdis Province, Afghanistan Jan. 9, 2011. The patrol consisted of Soldiers deployed from 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., Afghan National Army soldiers from Bala Murghab, two Tactical-Party Airmen from Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bragg, N.C., a Navy Reserve videographer, and an Air Force photojournalist from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.

040316-M-5753Q-021. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M240B machine gun during Exercise Cobra Gold 23 in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 5, 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. Army Specialist Angel Delatorre, a parachute rigger assigned to the 151st Quartermaster Company, shoots a Glock 19 pistol at the Udari Multi-Purpose Range Complex, Kuwait, April 24, 2022. This event was hosted by the Joint Special Operations Forces Support Detachment-Kuwait at Camp Sparta to educate participants on various weapons systems and build relationships with other groups in the area of responsibility.

060101-A-7359K-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

A Soldier shoots his M-4 carbine during the 2022 Eighth Army Best Warrior and Squad Competition at Apache Range on Camp Hovey, South Korea, May 7, 2022. The competition is a week-long competition consisting of several events to test the participants general Army knowledge and skills.

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to 4th Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) walk to their targets during a basic demolition range as part of Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 6, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

060716-F-1644L-017. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army Staff Sgt., left, identifies enemy targets for a U.S. Army infantry rifleman, right, both assigned to 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, during a live-fire training exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Nov. 1, 2022. Soldiers of the 1-125 IN conducted intense and extensive squad maneuvers during the exercise, using live ammunition to simulate a real-world combat environment, honing their interoperability and lethality.

The 59th Mobility Augmentation Company Engineers clear small villages of improvised explosive devices for Cross Functional Team Warrior, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 6, 2013. Sgt. 1st Class Ronald D. DeLurme, 59th MAC platoon sergeant, calls in to report during his section's dismounted clearing mission.

U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan Mahan helps Spc. Stephen McLain up a hill in Chinchal, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2008. The Soldiers are assigned to 3rd Platoon, Alpha Troop, 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

030410-M-4419R-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

GARDĒZ, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edward Duran of Downey, Calif., with Operations Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division directs his security force during a visit of Army officials to Bala Hesar, June 27, a fortress in Gardez, which serves as a base for a new Afghan quick reaction force for the area. The visit was part of an effort by officials to determine what facilities and training the Afghan security members needed.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dylan Nordell with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines provides security as 3rd plt provides security during a patrol in Sangin District, Afghanistan Nov. 26, 2010. Marines conduct security patrols to decrease the insurgency and gain the trust of the local population. The battalion is one of the combat elements of Regimental Combat Team 2 whose mission is to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Forces.

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment conduct an operation in Yusifiyah, Iraq, May 14, 2007, to locate three missing Soldiers.

030305-M-0367H-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7-Jan

060217-A-4973A-011. State: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Dugger, a Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) instructor with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, returns his cordinates to his flak during a close air support movement at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho during Exercise Garnet Rattler April 22, 2022. Garnet Rattler is a joint training event between Marines, Soldiers and Airmen to train and qualify JTACs to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.

U.S. Army Rangers in Afghanistan combat scene.

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, pull security from the top of a mountain in Paktika province during operation Surak Basta III on June 23. The operation was to infiltrate near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in order to stop enemy fighters from entering into Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Spcs. William McGrath and Cory Barton conduct a foot patrol with Iraqi army soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division in Buhriz, Iraq, Feb. 15, 2007. McGrath and Barton are both from Bravo Company, 1st Cavalry Division, 12th Infantry Regiment.

030217-M-4419R-012. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers of Alpha Troop, 27th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team run up the staircase of a building to over watch positions during a good neighbor mission in Mosul, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2007.

U.S. Marines with Golf Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division provide simulated casualty care during an Annual Field Exercise (AFX) at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 6, 2024. AFX incorporates a range of realistic urban warfare training created to challenge the unit's combat capabilities in an urban environment in both offensive and defensive operations. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment cover avenues of approach during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2009. Marines breach the walls before clearing buildings occupied by the Taliban.

U.S. Army soldiers set a security perimeter while searching for and destroying enemy bunkers south of Balad Ruz, Iraq, March 22, 2009.U.S. Navy

Soldiers from the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) arrive at Dugway Proving Ground in support of an agile combat employment joint exercise on Sept. 8, 2022. This joint force exercise incorporates more than six militarys entities across three branches creating innovative operational concepts to allow quick response to an ever-changing wartime horizon.

A British Army soldier mans the mounted machine gun on a land rover

220716-M-RA094-1026 MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) Austrailan Soldiers debark a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7, in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 16, 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC 2022 from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC 2022 provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

040323-A-6414T-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Uruzgan Province Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

061211-A-2519G-059. Base: Kirkuk State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070211-A-6553F-021. State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jesse D. Smith, a squad leader with 3rd Platoon, Troop C, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, looks out over a ravine in a Koh-e Safi District village here Sept. 8. Smith, an Essex Junction, Vt., native, assisted and advised Afghan National Army Soldiers during a Joint Air Assault to disrupt insurgent activities. The ANA, which led the search operation in the village, is increasing their security presence throughout Parwan Province as the Sept. 18 elections approach.

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security during a field exercise at Range 131 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 30, 2022. Camp Pendleton provides training support that enables Marines to maintain and enhance their mission capabilities and combat readiness for deployment.

031208-M-6237R-016. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army soldier, assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, replace a headlight on their Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during Motorpool Monday. Motorpool Monday is conducted weekly to ensure all vehicles are working efficiently.

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