Military Training Collaborations

Images depict soldiers from different nations engaging in collaborative military training exercises, focusing on cooperation, strategy, and hands-on activities.

050712-A-8255A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Satan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO. 2/22ND CAV 10TH MNT DIV

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Manuel Sahagun, from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, greets an Iraqi army soldier before they begin clearing houses during a combined cordon and search in Ghazaliya, Iraq, March 21, 2007.

011015-F-0193C-003. Complete Scene Caption: Corporal Scott Bender, USMC, talks with an Egyptian soldier about a camera encased in a BLIMP, a case to suppress the camera sound, at a small arms firing range just outside of Mubarak Military City in Egypt. Numerous nations participating in BRIGHT STAR 01-02 gathered at the small arms firing range to shoot and learn about each countries' weapons systems as part of the affiliation training phase of the exercise. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

050712-A-8255A-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Satan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO. 2/22ND CAV 10TH MNT DIV

070319-M-7772K-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D BRIGADE, 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVIS

070308-M-5865P-032. Complete Scene Caption: March 8, 2007, Iraqi Army Soldiers stand in formation during the first graduation of Iraqi Army Soldiers from the School of Infantry (SOI) on Camp Yasser, Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2d Marine Aircraft Wing (fwd) is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SGT. Andrew D. Pendracki) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

030416-A-0363C-072. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khar Bolaq Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040605-M-4419R-049. Base: India Base (NASIR WAAL SALAAM) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031012-F-7709W-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

040812-M-0095Z-051. Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

NAWA, Helmand Province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Leaders of the Afghan National Army battalion stationed at Forward Operating Base Geronimo render salutes to Lance Cpl. Mark D. Juarez, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and British journalist Rupert Hamer during a ceremony Jan. 19. Juarez, 23, from San Antonio, and Hamer, 39, were killed Jan. 9 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistans Helmand province.

070319-M-7772K-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D BRIGADE, 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVIS

060308-A-5745M-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

060410-A-7969G-001. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

040608-M-0706S-015. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

060302-A-5745M-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Constitution State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

070319-M-7404B-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

060416-A-6365W-118. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

030408-F-8362B-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces

040531-M-0706S-013. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

030320-M-9106S-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

060301-A-2718K-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050813-A-5447B-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060308-A-5745M-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

050418-A-3932K-026. Base: Forward Operating Base Stone State: As Sulaimaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-SD-03-06265. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRASBAT 2000 Base: Ili Base Camp, Almaty Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)

060411-A-6365W-125. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040612-M-5555L-026. Base: Camp Ali (AR RAMADI) State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060413-A-5043I-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

070317-M-2819S-028. Complete Scene Caption: Soldiers with the Iraqi Army prepares to leave on a mounted patrol alongside the Marines with Military Transition Team. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, and 1ST Division of the Iraqi Army conduct mounted security patrols as a combined forces exercise on March 7, 2007. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Neill A. Sevelius) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-2-1 MTT

040812-M-0095Z-063. Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Lt. Col. Jeffrey C. Holt, the commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conducts a tour for William J. Lynn, III, the deputy secretary of defense, during a visit to Nawa, Afghanistan, Oct. 28, 2010. Lynn visited Forward Operating Base Jaker and toured the surrounding area in Nawa to note progress by the Nawa Government and coalition forces.

040613-M-5555L-016. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051115-A-4545F-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040619-F-4884R-033. State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060413-A-5043I-044. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

Iraqi army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army Division conduct a reconnaissance operation to recover a possible insurgent rocket launcher in the Al Dora area of Baghdad, Iraq, May 25, 2007. The operation is being conducted with U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

051227-A-2718K-173. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Sgt. Micah Crooks, 24, a squad leader from Alexandria, Louis., speaks through an interpreter to an Afghan National Police officer at a new combat outpost in Musa Qaleh, Nov. 13. Engineers with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), helped Afghan security forces by building a defensive position.

040821-F-4884R-013. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040607-M-0706S-030. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

040812-M-0095Z-016. Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041112-M-0095Z-080. Base: Ash Shafiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050927-A-7186W-011. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Col. Randall P. Newman, the commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team 7, greets local shop owners during a bazaar walk in Marjah, Afghanistan, June 26. Newman took part in the regional stability shura at the Marjah District Center to build upon dialogue and topics from the previous shura, where the district governors of the Helmand River Valley discussed issues facing their districts.

060308-A-5745M-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

040813-M-0706S-015. Base: Nassir Wa Al Salam State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051226-A-7969G-052. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070320-M-7404B-002. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) stand in formation before splitting up to practice patrol formations on Camp Yasser, Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 20, 2007. SOI is a ten day training school that teaches advanced fighting techniques and tactics to new Iraqi Army Soldiers before they report to their battalions. 2nd Battalion 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team is deployed as a part of MNF-W in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (Official USMC photograph by CPL Sheila M. Brooks)(Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), provide weapons training to members of the Armed Forces of Djibouti (FAD), Bataillon dintervention rapide (BIR), Djibouti, May 11, 2022. The SFAB trains and advises foreign security forces to improve partner capabilities and facilitate achievement of U.S. strategic objectives.

Capt. Sean Popravak, company commander for Badger Troop 3-116 Cavalry Regiment of the Oregon Army National Guard, conducts an operations brief with members of the Jordanian Armed Forces during Exercise Eager Lion, 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.

041124-M-2583M-094. Complete Scene Caption: A representative of the Iraqi Ministry of Health (left) and a U.S. Army Soldier (right) wait outside of the Jolan Medical Clinic, in the city of Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq, for U.S. Marine Corps 4th Civil Affairs Group Marines to clear the building on Nov. 24, 2004. The U.S. Marine Corps 4th Civil Affairs Group Marines and Iraqi Ministry of Health representatives are inspecting various medical facilities to estimate what repairs are necessary to get them back to full functionality. This assessment is being done at the conclusion of the week-long battle by Multinational Forces against insurgents in the city of Fallujah, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030903-M-7837W-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Babylon Country: Iraq (IRQ)

020602-F-9085B-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060420-A-7969G-026. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Kyle R. Wellmon, an instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, instructs Marines and sailors with Battery A, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, on hoisting techniques to retrieve personnel from an aircraft crash during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 25, 2022. The TRAP course develops the Marines proficiency in recovery operations, enabling rapid, efficient, and safe recovery of personnel and equipment when necessary while forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region.

070105-A-6553F-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040608-M-0706S-006. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

040906-F-2034C-012. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060104-A-7359K-105. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

060308-A-5745M-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Dec. 11. PRT Farah's mission is to train, advise and assist Afghan government leaders at the municipal, district and provincial levels in Farah province, Afghanistan. Their civil military team is comprised of members of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, the U.S. Department of State and the Agency for International Development (USAID).

050712-A-8255A-079. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A CO. 1/81 INF. 10TH MNT. DIV.

040607-M-0631S-008. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1-BCT

040921-M-5901F-016. Base: Jabella State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070313-M-0948M-011. Base: Camp Blue Diamond State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

030905-F-7709W-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kwaz Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Afghanistan. 04/23/2013. Patrol departure with the troops that make up the Spanish contingent deployed at the Qala-i- Naw Base in the direction of the village of Sang Atesh. Photo: Jaime Garca. ARCHDC.

060201-A-2718K-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060227-A-7969G-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

060325-A-7969G-015. Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060223-A-7969G-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2/4IA

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Spencer Vega, representing the Army Reserve Medical Command and Spc. Artur Potas, representing the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support), exits a building with a prisoner at the shoot house lane as part of the U.S. Army Reserve Best Squad Competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin on May 18, 2022. Approximately 40 Soldiers from across the nation traveled to Fort McCoy to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Warrior Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BWSC is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of Best Warrior and Best Squad among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events that test their technical and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

060516-A-5679R-005. Base: Kandahar Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

020824-A-6042E-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050520-A-2611R-019. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-3 ACR

Afghan National Army Soldier

040616-F-4441R-017. Base: Taji Military Base State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

(Kapisa Province, Afghanistan) U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Amanda Huffman speaks with local Afghans outside the newly constructed Malakar School in the village of Durnama. Lt. Huffman is a member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kapisa and routinely performs missions throughout Kapisa to interact and engage with local leaders. The PRT's mission is to stabilize the region by enabling local governments to care for, educate, employ and protect their people through the construction of basic infrastructure and mentorship.

051226-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Cooke State: Taji Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Searches Locals for Weapons at an Entry Control Point Near the Town of Marjah, Helmand Province of Afghanistan

041105-M-0095Z-010. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051212-A-1211S-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

A U.S. Marine speaks with a Pashtun man, southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

060403-A-5745M-081. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

030304-M-5150A-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Afghan National Army Soldier Behind PK Light Machine Gun

041102-M-1808C-035. Base: Al Qaim State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Satan Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO. 2/22ND CAV 10TH MNT DIV

051013-A-1327A-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

100627-A-1619C-264 Afghan children walk alongside U.S. Army Spc. Steven London, from 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe, during a patrol outside Combat Outpost Sangar in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2010.

US Army (USA) soldiers from the 769th Engineer Battalion transported goods to Afghan locals in the village of Turkman Kalay, as part of the Adopt A Village Program, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Turkman Kalay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Mario Padilla of 2nd Battalion, 1ST Marines hands out stuff animals to Iraqi children in a small town near Fallujah, Iraq (IRQ). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041113-M-0173F-006. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050329-M-3301A-007. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/6 Bravo Co.

040611-M-5753Q-012. Base: Anah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060310-A-2718K-023. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-124. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr Al Yusufiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C CO, 2-502 CAV 101ST ABN

030503-F-2034C-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: An Nasariyah State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Nichols, with 1st Platoon, Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, points to a the location where Iraq security forces will place their traffic control point June 19, 2007, in Adhamiya, Iraq.

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