Military Training Operations

Images of soldiers engaged in military training and operations, featuring various military vehicles, tactics, and teamwork in arid environments.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

030403-M-3692C-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

041123-M-3658J-006. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

041103-M-0036Y-048. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070320-M-7404B-008. Complete Scene Caption: Iraqi Army Soldiers in the School of Infantry (SOI) practice squad patrolling 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

Soldiers from the Royal British Armed Forces 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.

030213-M-4419R-004. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

051016-A-9297R-051. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

020714-F-0201H-034. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

030408-M-4419R-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

050818-A-5447B-025. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030109-M-7514K-007. Country: Unknown

Marines from the 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion prepare to move a trailer-mounted generator into an emplacement at Task Force Breach Alpha's new position in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040812-M-0095Z-086. Base: Fob Duke, Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050712-A-8255A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hizam Village State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060423-A-6365W-100. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040414-F-2902B-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Eagle, Sadr City Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: N/A

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Alexander Armendez looks at an antique rifle that a soldier found in a home in Albu Said, Iraq, during a combat operation June 16, 2007. During the operation, U.S. and Iraqi Army soldiers deliver humanitarian relief supplies and search houses to clear the area for future operations. Armendez is from 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.

Iraqi National Police and U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment conduct a clearing mission in Duwebb, Iraq, Feb. 10, 2008.

060104-A-7359K-109. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

060329-A-1211S-093. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Warhorse Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

031007-M-8703S-005. Base: Magtftc Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Mar

030201-M-5753Q-042. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

031213M-6237R-016. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060416-A-6365W-132. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Two U.S. Army soldiers in a foxhole in the desert, one mans an M-60 7.62mm machine gun, while the other keeps a lookout. Egyptian Army soldier are in the background. All are participating in BRIGHT STAR '83, the joint U.S. and Egyptian military training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Country: Egypt (EGY)

030325-A-7317P-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030217-M-3692W-090. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST CEB

Ghana Special Operations work together to clear the surrounding area of a building during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

030407-M-0175R-100. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a live-fire drill during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 17, 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.

040602-M-8096M-043. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

060127-A-5745M-034. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

970411-M-5630S-012. Complete Scene Caption: Corporal M. T. Chastain, a cannoneer attached to Golf Battery, 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines, Sites in on the proper grid coordinates for the fire mission on the M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 5-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 5-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE

040614-M-5555L-025. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the Kazakhstan Army train US Army soldiers on firing procedures for Kazakh weapons during the range training portion of the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 exercise, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 14 September 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a multi-national, in the Spirit of Partnership for Peace, peacekeeping and humanitarian relief exercise sponsored by United States Central Command (US CENTCOM) and hosted by the former Soviet Republic Kazakhstan in Central Asia, 11-20 September 2000. Exercise participants include approximately 300 US troops including personnel from US CENTCOM, the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and 5th Special .... Complete Scene Caption: Members of the Kazakhstan Army train US Army soldiers on firing procedures for Kazakh weapons during the range training portion of the Central Asian Peacekeeping Battalion (CENTRASBAT) 2000 exercise, Kazakhstan (KAZ), 14 September 2000. The CENTRASBAT 2000 exercise is a m

Armed with Colt 5.56mm M16A2 Assault Rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) troops from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton, California move to protected positions, from which they can engage the enemy during a firefight in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Spc. David Bougourd, from 2nd Platoon, Destroyer Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and a member of an Iraqi concerned citizens group keep low to avoid sniper fire in Tuwaitha, Iraq, Sept. 5, 2007.

040716-F-1351B-132. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Iraqi Military

DF-ST-87-13314. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Yoju Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030828-M-7837W-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

041231-F-2034C-046. Base: Balad Ruz Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030407-M-0175R-111. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030109-M-7514K-005. Country: Unknown

One of the village elders seeks medical help from the corpsman during Operation Ozark Mountain, where Marines patrolled along the western Helmand River Valley looking for the village elders fort the key leaders engagements between Marines and the local Afghans in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, June 14.

040925-M-0631S-012. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Qaim State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030323-M-3692W-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Umm Qasr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 15th MEU (SOC)

Members of Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, mount an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun on an LAV-25 light assault vehicle at the division combat operations center during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Lance CPL. C.F. Britt of the 1ST Plt., Co. K, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marine Regt., covers other members of his platoon with an M-249 squad automatic weapon as they man a roadblock during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

970505-M-8731B-001. Complete Scene Caption: Marines with Echo Company, 2D Battalion, 6th Marines, prepare to assault the objective at range 400 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. Range 400 is a reinforced company level training range, consisting of an initial breech (simulated mine field), overhead live firing from "Machine-Gun Hill", and a platoon traversing through a canyon to reach the objective. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97 Base: Mcagcc, Twent

040509-M-8683D-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Fob Surobi Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d BN 6th Mar

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, shows proper weapon safety rules during grass week at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton California, July 12, 2022. Recruits shot at a variety of distances on several targets as part of their marksmanship assessment during recruit training.

060220-A-7969G-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

040605-M-5555L-101. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040803-M-2306K-011. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM II Base: Fob Echo Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers of Co. B, 4th Bn., 325th Airborne Infantry Reg., 82nd Airborne Div., armed with M-249 squad automatic weapon, left, and an M-16A2 rifle, clear a four-room "house" made of tires during an urban terrain, live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040605-M-5555L-104. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Ghana Special Operations work together to clear the surrounding area of a building during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

030227-M-0367H-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Tanks

040316-M-5753Q-040. Base: Hadithah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio Army National Guard, supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, fire an M777 Howitzer during an operational rehearsal exercise at Mission Support Site Conoco, Syria, Dec. 4, 2022. Coalition forces conducted an operational exercise using M777 Howitzer in Syria to validate weapons systems and maintain crew proficiency & readiness. These exercises ensure the Coalitions continued capability to support our partner forces and protect our Coalition forces.

070317-M-2819S-001. Complete Scene Caption: STAFF SGT. Kinsen with Military Transition Team and Lance CPL. Little with Regimental Combat Team 6 Public Affairs wait for a convoy brief. Soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Marines with the Military Transition Team attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 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

041007-A-0363C-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gayan District Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Army Soldier from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment enter a building as the last man pulls security during a demonstration of military capabilities Sept. 3, 2022, in Razish, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. U.S. Army Soldiers from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment demonstrated combat operations including react to contact, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT,) and medical treatment and evacuation skills for visiting members of the public during a tour of the National Training Center.

050226-F-8584G-125. Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Supply personnel from the 2nd Marine Division set up a trailer-mounted shower unit at the division combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Sangin, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Hugo Almanza, a team member with the Police Mentoring Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, walks on patrol in front of an Afghan Uniformed Policeman, Nov. 21. Almanza, a 20-year-old native of Greenville, Texas, and fellow Marines mentor and train the AUP to provide security for the local city.

November 29, 2006 - Marines and Sailors load onto a Landing Craft Air-Cushioned for transport to USS Bataan (LHD-5).

060218-A-2718K-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030410-M-3300U-008. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980527-F-4116M-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Udairi Range Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

050712-A-8255A-096. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Showka Village State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031216-F-0881Z-025. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

NAWA, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Cpl. Anthony Patris, a vehicle commander with Jump Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security from the rooftop of the Nawa District Governance Center, in Helmand province, Afghanistan, during a visit by the deputy secretary of defense Oct. 28, 2010. Jump Platoon’s primary mission is to provide security for the battalion commander and transport him throughout 3/3’s battle space, but the platoon performs a variety of tasks from providing supplementary security and running vehicle checkpoints, to masonry and gardening.

070319-M-7404B-023. Complete Scene Caption: An instructor with the 2nd Brigade 7th Iraqi Army Division Military Transition Team (MiTT 2-7) instructs an Iraqi army soldier while he fires a PKC machine gun from the turret of a high mobillity multi wheeled vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise at the fire and maneuver range on Asad Air Base, Iraq on March 9, 2007. 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 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

041115-F-8946M-004. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment perform security measures during a security halt on a route reconnaissance mission near Mir-e, Afghanistan, April 4, 2007.

BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania -- With a Romanian Marine providing security, Cpl. Tiger U. Thai, rifleman, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, leads a High-Value Target” across an urban training facility during a capabilities exercise for U.S. and Romanian Marines. Romanian and U.S. Marines trained in Babadag Training Area for a two-week course in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations including combat marksmanship, convoy operations, Improvised-Explosive Device (IED) awareness, and Marine Corps Martial Arts.

Lance Cpl. Oscar Osorio, a combat engineer for Combat Logistics Battalion 1, inspects Afghans before allowing them to enter the work space of Marines from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion in Marjah, Afghanistan, March 14. Down the road Marines from CLB-1 and 2nd CEB were working together to fix an irrigation problem in Marjah.

Lance Corporal J. R. Adkins, a Videographer attached wi 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit, Camp Lejeune, Nor Carolina, tapes e day's action at range 103 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for is exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around e 6 Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, Nor Carolina. Many commands from e II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to is desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in e Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and.... Complete Scene Caption: Lance Corporal J. R. Adkins, a Videographer attached with 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, tapes the day's action at range 103 during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (

030412-M-5753Q-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., drop off medical supplies and water for the General Hospital in Port au Prince, Haiti on Jan. 21, 2010 during Operation Unified Response. A devastating earthquake hit the region on Jan. 12, 2010. Since then USSOUTHCOM has distributed more than 636,951 bottles of water, more than 473,325 Humanitarian Daily Rations and more than 11,233 medical supplies.

Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War. Soviet paratrooper in Afghanistan

Afghan National Policemen and a U.S. Army soldier from 3rd Platoon, Mad Dog Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, from Vilseck, Germany, interact with villagers while on patrol near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, April 12. The platoon patrols the area near KAF so they can deny insurgents freedom of movement to set up indirect fire attacks.

The main body of the Marine Aircraft Logistics Squadron 11 (MALS 11) unload their gear at a Marine tent city on Al Jaber Air Base, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

American soldiers demonstrate the capabilities of an M-163A1 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) mounted on an M-113 armored personnel carrier, as Egyptian soldiers observe during the joint Exercise Bright Star '83. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

AQABA, Jordan - Jordanian Maritime Counter Terrorism Team conducts over-the-beach operations in Aqaba, Jordan during Exercise Eager Lion Sept. 8, 2022. Exercise Eager Lion is considered the capstone event of the broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces, one of U.S. Central Commands strongest and most reliable partners in the region, leading the way for security and stability using conventional and unconventional scenarios to activate a combined joint task force. The exercise underscores the United States commitment to partners in the Middle East and joint defense against hybrid threats by state and non-state actors. Approximately 1,700 U.S. service members, 2,200 Jordanian Armed Forces, and 591 coalition personnel from 28 other partner nations are participating or observing the multilateral military training exercise, which was scheduled for 2021, but postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

020527-N-5362A-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a 25-year-old corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment battalion aid station, and native of Englewood, Fla., checks the compass reading of Afghan National Army Pvt. Faraidoon, a medic assigned to 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while testing his navigation skills during the final examination of an eight-week ANA medic course here, March 9. Among the variety of medic courses conducted in Helmand province in the past, this course led by corpsmen with America’s Battalion’ was the first for ANA soldiers in Garmsir district.The curriculum for the course was designed to be “hands-on” in response to low literacy and proficiency rates among ANA medics, said Navy Lt. Sean Stuart, the 3/3 battalion surgeon, and a native of Atlanta.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Funke with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, led a patrol that found a cache of IED-making materials in a compound recently occupied by insurgents here Aug. 10.

060206-A-2718K-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE NORTHWEST

060425-A-7969G-007. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

050226-F-8584G-091. Base: Al Iskandariyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041103-M-0036Y-045. State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. Soldiers in camouflage military uniforms carrying weapons, Reconnaissance missions in rugged mountains, Assault infantry battle training. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538251 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

060223-A-6365W-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Ramegan State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

A US Marine Walks Past an Iraqi Sheep Herder and His Flock During a Combat Operation Along The Banks of the Euphrates River

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