Military Training Exercises

Scenes of soldiers engaging in training drills with firearms in desert terrains, showcasing teamwork and tactical movements.

100708-A-6225G-108 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick Eidemiller (left) communicates with his platoon by radio while his interpreter stands next to him during a mission in Jaghato District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on July 8, 2010. Eidemiller is assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

040715-F-4800N-022. Base: Camp Buehring Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

050601-A-8255A-143. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warrior State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

100708-A-6225G-108 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Nick Eidemiller (left) communicates with his platoon by radio while his interpreter stands next to him during a mission in Jaghato District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, on July 8, 2010. Eidemiller is assigned to 1st Platoon, Able Company, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team.

040809-M-5753Q-005. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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

040224-M-5753Q-012. Base: Camp Udairi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040909-F-2034C-005. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jacob Czekanski, from Black Hawk Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, provides security as his squad waits to move to their next target during a cordon and search in the Shaab/Ur area of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007.

041116-M-0036Y-005. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A member of the U.S. Army National Police Transition Team searches for weapons caches during a an operation with Iraqi National Police in Jisr Diyala, Iraq, March 31, 2008.

060104-A-7359K-190. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Rick Menard, an automatic rifleman with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides protection for his unit during a census patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. U.S. Marines conducted security patrols with the International Security Assistance Force to decrease insurgent activity and gain the trust of Afghan citizens.

070317-A-4520N-386. State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Staff Sgt. Henry Cruz Jr., a squad leader for the Guam Army National Guard Security Force Unit assigned to the Farah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), provides ground security as other members of the PRT survey the progress made on the PRT-sponsored Yazdeh Canal project, Feb. 3, 2010, Farah Province, Afghanistan. The canal, which is located on the border of the Pusht Rod District, supplies 15 villages in the province with water and is being enhanced with a Gabion structure; the structure has a wire-rim base that is filled with rocks to prevent erosion and to avert flooding issues.

060320-A-7969G-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

050614-A-1566H-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 463 MP CO, 376 BTL/ 49 BRG, MNCI

050930-F-2828D-123. Base: Reehana State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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041207-M-2583M-051. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Marine Corps LT. GEN. John F. Sattler, Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force (left), U.S. Army LT. GEN. Thomas F. Metz (center), Commanding General, Multi-National Corps Iraq, and U.S. Marine Corps MAJ. GEN. Richard S. Kramlich (right), Commanding General 1ST Forces Service Support Group, receive a brief at the 4th Civil Affairs Group Civil Military Operations Center, on December 7, 2004. The generals are making a visit to Jolan Park where there will be a humanitarian aid station set up for the citizens of Fallujah, as they are allowed to return to their homes. The city was heavily damaged in a battle between the Multi-National Forces and the insurgents that once ruled the city. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051007-A-0527A-021. Base: Kandahar City Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Carlos Garcia, of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, pulls watch security while searching the mountains in the Andar province of Afghanistan June 6, 2007.

240206-M-IU565-1206 FAILAKA ISLAND, Kuwait (Feb. 6, 2024) A Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command communicates with his team while participating in the final evolution of exercise Eager Defender 24 on Failaka Island, Kuwait, Feb. 6. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

041230-M-3988H-012. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Approximately 80 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, along with counterparts from several states to include California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion 22. Idahos battalion, from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and headquartered in Pocatello, left the United States June 18 for the two-week exercise overseas with the international partner. Idaho Soldiers spent the first week preparing for the combined arms live-fire multinational mission that is the primary focus of the second week and conducted annual crew certification on the M109A6 Howitzer. During the exercise, the battalion provided ground support with preparatory and destructive fires, as well as obscuration using white smoke fires. At the end of the two-week exercise, the Idaho National Guard and the four counterpart states will conduct the combined arms live-fire

060211-A-6311S-086. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rasheed Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060315-A-7969G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030403-M-3692C-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Cesaitis, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, secures an area at a bridge construction site in the Zabul province of Afghanistan. Members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were on hand to inspect the progress and quality of several bridges being built in the area. The PRT consists of members from the Air Force, Army and civilian agencies.

Sgt. Kent Marshall, a tanker with Company C, 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, instructs a member of the Basra Special Weapons and Tactics team on engaging a target while moving during a joint training session in Basra Oct. 4.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Company, execute a firemans carry during the crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2022. The crucible is a 54-hour culminating event where recruits worked together to complete tasks given by their drill instructor.

U.S. Army Sgt. Karl King and Pfc. David Valenzuela lay down cover fire while their squad maneuvers down a street from behind the cover of a Stryker combat vehicle to engage gunmen who fired on their convoy in Al Doura, Iraq, March 7, 2007. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and were on a joint patrol in Al Rashid when they received small-arms fire from Al Doura.

060322-F-7823A-019. Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030202-M-5753Q-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

1st lt. Kenneth Mckenzie and Cpl. Steven White, both with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Cpl. Lance Roberts with Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), 26th MEU, test a field expedient Satellite Communication Antenna during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP) exercise in Djibouti, Sept. 24, 2010. 26th MEU continues to support relief operations in Pakistan and is also serving as the theater reserve force as elements of the MEU conduct training and planned exercises.

U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Behning from Denton, Texas, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, pulls security while Air Force Staff Sgt. Terral Leaks from Long Branch, N.J., 15th Air Support Operation Squadron, Fort Stewart, Ga., calls for close-air support during a patrol in Sayed Abad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, April 4, 2011.

070324-M-2166H-028. Complete Scene Caption: An Iraqi Army Soldier in the School of Infantry (SOI) searches another Soldier during a practice exercise at Camp Yasser on Al Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 24, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance CPL. Michael L. Haas) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepare to conduct training in urban operations as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 15, 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.

060411-A-7969G-010. Base: Laq Laq State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Daniel Ciarrochi and Sgt. 1st Class James Breakfield, Security Battalion Joint Security Area, United Nations Command, Republic of Korea, secure a helicopter landing zone for an ROK army Chinook 47 helicopter March 27, 2007, for an air movement exercise as part of exercise Foal Eagle 2007 in South Korea. The purpose of the exercise is to demonstrate resolve to support the Republic of Korea (ROK) against external aggression while improving ROK/U.S. combat readiness and joint /combined interoperability.

060404-A-7969G-002. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1-124 Infantry Regiment, conduct M-240B firing drills on the range during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition May 3, 2022. BSC measures the physical and mental ability of squad level elements over the course of the four-day event.

AL HAMRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 20, 2022) - A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command loads ammunition for a M2A1 machine gun during exercise Iron Defender 22 at Al Hamra training camp, UAE, June 20. Iron Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and forces from the United Arab Emirates. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and harbor defense.

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment provides security during a patrol of a Palestine neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, March 19, 2007.

040819-M-9382M-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khowst Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Marine Aims His M4 Carbine During a Combat Operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno observes a counter-IED lane demostration by Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division at Forward Operation Base Zangabad, Afghanistan Sept. 18, 2012. Odierno was in Afghanistan visiting troops and meeting with leadership.

Army Pfc. Justin Hall (left) and Army Spc. Austin Clapp man a M240B fighting position while the the platoon leader holds talks with the village elders.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, assault the objective area during a live-fire training event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 3, 2022. The Marines conducted a squad attack at Range 410, which provides close proximity to targets, obstacles to breach, and a variety of weapon assets including mortars, rockets, and machine guns.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Javier Ontiveros, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, secures his goggles during a Combat Marksmanship Program for Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 30, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver, offensive and defensive operations during combat.

060225-A-7969G-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: C1-187

U.S. Army soldier of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force, moves to his mine resistant ambush protected vehicle during a humanitarian aid visit in Arghandab, Afghanistan.

A Soldier assigned to the 34th Division Sustainment Brigade, Illinois National Guard, qualifies with the M2 50-caliber machine gun during the unit's culminating training exercise and associated mobilization and deployment, February 2024 at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

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

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Lance Cpl. Jonluke Bateman, a rifleman with 1st Platoon, Company G, stands up, viewing the outside of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle he is riding in to provide security as part of a mechanized night raid here Aug. 20. The raid was conducted by members of Battalion Landing Team 2/4 as their final training exercise before deploying with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

First Lt. Nicholas Gregory and Sgt. 1st Class Robert White of Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Air Assault, discuss their movement to the objective in Bak, Khowst province, Afghanistan April 5. The purpose of the mission was to clear safe houses and search suspected cache sites.

060123-A-1211S-063. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

A C Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment flight medic hooks a hoist to a jungle penetrator carrying two 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines during a casualty evacuation exercise Feb. 5, 2015, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Marines were simulated casualties to be lifted into a medevac helicopter. (Minnesota Army National Guard

041119-M-2583M-064. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division perform a cordon and search operation in Al Adhamiya, Iraq, Feb. 21, 2007.

U.S. Marines assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a CH-53E Super Stallion during exercise African Lion 22, Tunisia, June 22, 2022. AL22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment run into the cargo hold of a CH-47F, also known as a Chinook, at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 6. The training involved Marines boarding and deboarding the helicopter as quick as possible.

TREK NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Jonathan Garvey, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, along with fellow Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers from the 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, halts briefly while patrolling through Trek Nawa, Afghanistan, during Operation Black Tip, Oct. 14, 2010. Black Tip was a one-day clearing operation to disrupt enemy activity, during which the Marines and Afghan soldiers detained four men suspected of combatant activity and removed a weapons cache from the area.

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Squad of soldiers evacuate the injured fellow in arms in the desert.

031112-F-1798W-008. Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060314-A-2718K-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060414-A-5745M-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

A U.S. Army Soldier from Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment takes a well deserved break after a long night of raids conducted during an operation in Tarmiyah, Iraq, Sept. 9, 2007. The operation, which was conducted by units of the Iraqi Army and other U.S. military units, is being conducted to clear out insurgent activity and locate and destroy weapons caches.

040730-M-9382M-005. Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050623-A-9039F-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Orgun-E State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Senior Airmen John Flagg (middle) and Ramon Torres, of the 919th Security Forces Squadron, explain their evidence gathering procedures to Brig. Gen. William Binger, the 10th Air Force commander, after a prisoner recovery exercise Feb. 23, at Duke Field, Fla. Binger rode with the 919th Airmen during the assault on the compound and entered the building with the fire team. He was given a first-hand view of the evidence collection procedures performed throughout the building after it was secured and the prisoner was recovered.

041230-M-3988H-009. Base: Ar Rutbah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Sailors from the USS Nassau fire small arms and the M249 maching gun in Djibouti, Africa. The 24th MEU remains as one of the most expedient units and rapid-response force ready to perform a full scale of missions ranging from humanitarian relief to full-scale combat operations.

030827-M-7837W-043. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Blaire Airfield, Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030221-M-8539K-009. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

An 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade Solider walks Sgt. Maj. Jacinto Garza, the U.S. Army Central senior enlisted advisor, through a sand table depicting air defense positions, during Roving Sands 2022. Roving Sands attracted a number of distinguished visitors from across the United States Army as well general air defense officers hailing from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, wait to board an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 16, during Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 26, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

060114-A-5745M-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

060315-M-9019H-026. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030214-M-3138H-036. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to breach during 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.

060430-A-6365W-213. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

060102-A-5886H-090. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baqubah State: Diyaka Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTRAL COMMAND

030305-M-0367H-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

240206-M-IU565-1194 FAILAKA ISLAND, Kuwait (Feb. 6, 2024) Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command conduct a patrol while participating in the final evolution of exercise Eager Defender 24 on Failaka Island, Kuwait, Feb. 6. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

030212-M-5753Q-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Three paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), move off a drop zone near Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Feb. 12, 2010, as part of a training exercise they hope will lead to combined U.S. - Iraqi training jumps and an enduring strategic partnership. For security, an Apache helicopter flies along the drop zone perimeter.

041207-M-2583M-042. Complete Scene Caption: U.S. Army LT. GEN. Thomas F. Metz (foreground left), Commanding General, Multi-National Corps Iraq, and U.S. Marine Corps LT. GEN. John F. Sattler (foreground right), Commanding General, I Marine Expeditionary Force, greets U.S. Marine Corps Marines during a tour of the area at the 4th Civil Affairs Groups Civil Military Operations Center in Fallujah, Iraq, on December 7, 2004. The generals are making a visit to Jolan Park where there will be a humanitarian aid station set up for the citizens of Fallujah, as they are allowed to return to their homes. The city was heavily damaged in a battle between the Multi-National Forces and the insurgents that once ruled the city. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by CPL. Theresa M. Medina) (Released) Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security at Saylor Creek Range in Grasmere, Idaho during exercise Garnet Rattler April 18, 2022. Garnet Rattler is a joint exercise between Marines, Soldiers and Airmen to train and qualify Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, remove barbed wire around their area of operation as they prepare to relocate to a new training site during a major training exercise on Fort Drum, NY, April 5, 2022. The training exercise, also known as CPX III, is a major training event that happens nearly every year at Fort Drum.

070326-M-2819S-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, test their PVS-14 night vision goggles for a Combat Marksmanship Program during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 30, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver, offensive and defensive operations during combat.

070322-M-6412C-001. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines provides security while other Marines search a house in Zaidon, Iraq for weapons and suspicious activity on March 22nd, 2007. Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines is conducting Operation Zaidon II in Zaidon, Iraq to clear the city of Anti Iraqi Forces and deny them further use of the area in the future. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with Multi National Forces-West in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar Province of Iraq to develop Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Samuel D. Corum) (Released) Subject Operation/Series: ZAIDON Base: Zaidon State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: RCT-6

030508-M-0542A-010. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030408-F-2034C-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

PAKTIKA PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Soldiers from 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, fire their weapons as part of the stress shoot” at Forward Operating Base Sharana Jan. 9. The stress shoot is the final phase of the Toccoa Tough resiliency training class hosted by the Task Force Currahee resiliency team to give Soldiers the opportunity to take a break from their daily routine and help them refocus on their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health.

041021-F-2034C-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mckenzie Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060102-A-7359K-061. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

050228-F-1631A-004. Base: Somwhere In Iraq Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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