Military Training Operations

Images of military personnel conducting training exercises in arid environments, showcasing teamwork and tactical maneuvers with firearms.

Equipped and armed special forces soldiers shooting rifles in the desert.

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, breach a simulated minefield while conducting Range 400 as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 8, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Griffing provides security on the rooftop on an Iraqi compound in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, Dec. 11, 2007, while the remainder of the platoon works on the ground. Griffing is from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

A U.S. Army infantryman assigned to the East African Response Force (EARF) carries an AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon in Djibouti, Aug. 10, 2022, during a routine range training day. The EARF serves as part of U.S. Africa Command's crisis response capability, and is tasked with responding to emergency situations at U.S. Embassies in the East African region or in countries around the CJTF-HOA area of interest.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Hunter Deckard, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, sets security on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, May 16, 2022. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Sierra Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division return enemy fire in Arab Jabour, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2007.

Equipped and armed special forces soldiers shooting rifles in the desert.

WASIT, Iraq - A Soldier from Battery L, 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, leads Iraqi Army Soldiers in a squad drill on Contingency Operating Base Delta Wednesday. Lion Battery is working with local IA on basic squad and platoon level exercises to improve their cohesion and readiness. US

U.S. Soldiers in the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team participate in a stress shoot with the M4 rifle and M9 pistol as well as a field run and litter carry, during the Hickory Cup competition held in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 1, 2020. The competitors include five tank crews from Bravo Company, 1-252nd Armor Regiment, North Carolina National Guard, Alpha Company, 4-118th Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, Delta Troop, 1-150th Cavalry Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, and Alpha and Bravo companies from 1-145th Armor Regiment, Ohio National Guard. The winning crews will advance to compete in the Sullivan Cup at Ft. Benning, Georgia.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppress targets during and exercise on Range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 7, 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.

030408-M-4419R-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

060123-A-6365W-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

U.S. Army Pfc. Robert Wimegar, with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, pulls security on the rooftop of the District Council Hall in the Mashtal area of East Baghdad, Iraq, March 13, 2007.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Byron De La Cruz, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, returns to his platoons offensive position after an urban assault 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 Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTACs) to be more efficient and lethal in a realistic training environment.

020810-A-4385T-026. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Two special forces soldiers in the desert.

A Soldier assigned to 704th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, identifies targets at an M240 machine gun firing range before firing Jan. 26 at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado. Maintaining skills and training, such as firing the M240 machine gun, ensures that WarHorse Soldiers are ready to fight at a moment's notice. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gabrielle Pena)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the "Spartan Brigade," 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, communicate and observe the battlefield during a live fire exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, March 8, 2023. The Spartan Brigade, the Armys most modernized brigade, completed its rotation NTC 23-05, making it not only the best equipped but most lethal unit in Americas arsenal as the Army moves toward building the Army of 2030.

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment provides support by fire during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Dec. 5, 2009. The Marines are clearing buildings occupied by insurgents.

A U.S. Marine assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, runs to an objective while conducting a live-fire raid on Range 226 during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 21, 2022. Range 226 improved the Marines ability to operate their rifles at close quarters and in low-visibility environments during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, fires a 120mm round during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. XCTC trains brigade-sized elements in infantry tactics for deployment purposes. The training also includes a review session for commanders to assess the training deficiencies for their units.

030408-M-4419R-064. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Minda Allen, noncommissioned officer in charge of the armory, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, assists an Airman with an M-4 carbine during a proficiency fire training at Udari Multi-Purpose Range Complex, Kuwait, May 29, 2022. The 386th ESFS implemented this training to stay proficient in their primary weapons systems.

United States Marines aim M-16 rifles during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

A soldier from the British Army conducts 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.

United States Marine aims an M4 carbine during a combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fire at simulated targets during weapons training with the M249 light machine gun as part of ANGLICO Basic Course 1-22 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 6, 2022. This basic training enhances the capabilities of ANGLICO Marines to plan and execute liaison missions in support of joint, interagency, intergovernmental and multinational operations.

U.S. Army soldiers from 1st Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team along with soldiers from the Afghan National Army determine which route they are taking to the village of PyroKheyl, Kherwar District, Logar province, Afghanistan, April 8. The purpose of this mission is to check on conditions and maintain security in the village of PyroKheyl.

060423-A-6365W-072. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Spc. James Fitzpatrick assigned to the 1st Combined Arms, 1-163rd Cavalry Regiment conduct vehicle recovery operations during the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 5, 2022. BSC measures the physical and mental ability of squad level elements over the course of the four-day event.

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U.S. Army Ranger in Afghanistan combat scene.

Pfc. Trillis calls in description of person of interest to higher ups. ANP in partnership with Charlie Company, 1-24 Infantry, search the villages of Musa Khely and Nowrak with the purpose of disrupting a recent string of IED attacks.

060706-A-0559K-027. Subject Operation/Series: STARLIT Base: Cob Speicher State: Salah Al Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: SOUTHEAST

060507-A-1067B-022. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020810-A-4385T-045. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Gangikhel State: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marine on Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, execute platoon attacks at Range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., on July 20th, 2022. Range 410A challenges platoons to perform a complex fire and maneuver attack requiring communication and coordination between multiple support by fire positions and a maneuver element.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Houston Greene, a rifleman with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires his rifle to suppress targets during an exercise on Range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 6, 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.

VIN DIESEL, GARRETT HEDLUND and JOE ALWYN in BILLY LYNN HALFTIME WALK (2016), directed by ANG LEE.

Pfc. Yadiel Ochoa, a cannoneer assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), pulls security during Table V certification training on Aug. 15, 2022 at Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. The purpose of the training is to test the Soldiers on their knowledge and proficiency with the various tasks necessary to successfully complete an artillery mission.

050610-A-9039F-065. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Members of the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit begin Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation (REHM) after assessing the flightline on Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 13, 2024, during Green Flag-West 24-04. REHM involves quickly and safely disposing of and/or removing Unexploded Ordinance items from the airfield. Air Force

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division test new digital target acquisition equipment on a Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun during a digital kill chain exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 12, 2022. The training exercise was conducted to showcase the capabilities of the new targeting systems for the 60 mm mortar system and the Mark 19 40 mm grenade machine gun.

U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Keller, an infantryman assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, operates an M240B machine gun during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

Spc. Austin M. Weyermann, from Houston, Texas, and Soldiers from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, move into a village with a suspected weapons cache during Operation Southern Fist III, March 3, in the district of Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The soldiers enabled the Afghan Border Police and Afghan National Army to search for weapons caches and eliminate infiltration routes.

A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M27 infantry automatic rifle 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. 15, 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. Marine Corps

051007-A-0527A-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Keith Mrozinski instructs Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB) on the proper use of the ANPSS 12 Mine Detector at Camp Coyote Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Equipped and armed special forces soldiers in the desert.

050809-M-5900L-087. Base: Mariam Range Country: Djibouti (DJI)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bryce Semonian and Senior Airman Jesus Rangel, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal, begin Rapid Explosive Hazard Mitigation (REHM) after assessing the flightline on Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 13, 2024, during Green Flag-West 24-04. REHM involves quickly and safely disposing of and/or removing Unexploded Ordinance items from the airfield. Air Force

U.S. Marine Forward Air Controllers and a Marine UH-1N Attack Helicopter

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, engage targets with a M320 40mm grenade launcher during a course of fire as part of 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.

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. David Higgins, a platoon commander assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division directs his squad during a movement to objective as part of a battalion field exercise at Range 800, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, September 29, 2022. Range 800 improved Charlie Companys efficiency in independent platoon operations and basic fire support team skills during the larger FEX, intended to increase the battalions combat readiness.

Cpl. Tyrone Robinson check his rifle during a live-fire engagement with opposing forces (OPFOR).

From atop a hill, Specialist Timothy Leary, Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, pulls security during a quality assurance, quality control patrol near the city of Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan, Nov. 1. PRT Zabul is comprised of Air Force, Army, Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development and U.S. Department of Agriculture personnel who work with the government of Afghanistan to improve governance, stability and development throughout the province.

Marines from 3rd Platoon, India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, rest while clearing a compound on a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2010. During the patrol, the Marines found a large cache of improvised explosive device making materials, which were later destroyed during a controlled detonation. The 3/6 Marines and soldiers from the Afghan National Army have been conducting counter-insurgency operations in Helmand province since January.

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

U.S. Army Soldiers from 320th Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division walk ahead of thier squad during a mission in Mahmudiyah, Iraq, April 1, 2008.

Lance Cpl. Kyle J. Palmer (left), holds a mortar tube steady as Lance Cpl. Samuel E. Robertson (right), mortarmen with the 81mm Mortars Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, grabs another mortar round during a joint live fire exercise, July 14. Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU were in Australia participating in exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. TS11 is the largest joint military exercise undertaken by the Australian Defence Force. Around 14,000 U.S. and 9,000 Australian personnel are participating. This exercise will increase interoperability, flexibility, and readiness, all of which are force multipliers in maintaining peace and stability in the Pacific. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nations force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ditson Abraham, left, and his squad, all from the 0832 Military Transition Team (MiTT), 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, form up along a roadway leading to Ali Shaheen, Iraq, prior to a joint clearing operation March 7, 2008. U.S. Army Soldiers from 0832 MiTT will be advising Iraqi army soldiers from 2nd and 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, 32nd Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, during the operation.

041115-M-3658J-070. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

RAS AL QARAIN, Bahrain (May 11, 2022) - A U.S. Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) participates in a live fire range during exercise Neon Defender 22 in Bahrain, May 11. Neon Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Bahrain. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, installation defense and medical response.

110714-F-KK692-036 U.S. Army Sgt. Bruce Harrington (left), with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force, stands guard at a proposed construction site in Kandahar, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on July 14, 2011. The Provincial Reconstruction Team visited the site to evaluate it for the construction of truck scales needed to ensure drivers are fairly compensated and warehouse managers know how much product they have on hand.

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. Marine Corps infantrymen with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, take cover from simulated small-arms fire during Assault Support Tactics 1 (AST-1) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23, at Combat Village training area, Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2022. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Victor Bonillabenitez, a machine gunner with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepares for UH-1Y Venom dust landing during Weapons and Tactics Instructor(WTI) course 2-22, at Deuce Village, near Yuma, Arizona, April 6, 2022.WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

061222-M-9019H-076. Base: Haqlaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Army soldier with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division provides security near an old Russian tank during a meeting to discuss improvement projects in the Daymirdad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011.

Soldier in field uniform with rifle in the desert.

U.S. Marines braved the heat at Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., during the Marine Corps yearly Summer Fury exercise. Summer Fury is the largest Marine aviation exercise on the West Coast.

U.S. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, one with an M-249 squad automatic weapon, left, and another with an M-16A2 rifle, right, participate in Operation Red Reef III, an exercise to train Saudi Marines. Subject Operation/Series: RED REEF III Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

030408-M-4419R-060. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

051010-A-2098S-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT

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Members of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Jessee, combat engineer, Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), scans the area during a foot patrol in Trakh Nawa, Afghanistan, Oct. 27. Jessee, a 20-year-old native of Newcastle, Calif., and approximately 40 other Marines with CLB-3 constructed a bridge in the area after the previous one had been burned down.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal Sean Adcox (left), mans the 7.62mm M240G machine gun and USMC Sergeant (SGT) Eddie Hedgepeth, carries his 5.56mm M4 Carbine as the sit atop their up armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The Marines both are assigned to 2nd Division, Force Service Support Group (FSSG), PSD Platoon, and are providing security along Alternate Supply Route (ASR) Boston, located in Fallujah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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050712-A-8255A-050. 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.

060323-M-9019H-018. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Afghanistan. 10/25/2009. A Spanish soldier searches a road near Herat to detect explosive devices.

Tactical Air Control Party (TACPs) specialists from Belgium conduct observations on the target during the Eager Lion exercise, on Sept. 5, in Jordan. The exercise, Eager Lion is one of the largest military exercises in the region. There are 28 countries involved in the exercise this year, spanning two-weeks. #EagerLion22 (Photo by Sgt. Mark Hayward, 197th FAB Public Affairs Officer)

Soldiers from A Company, 101st Division Special Troop Battalion air assault into a village inside Jowlzak valley, Parwan province, Afghanistan. Afghan National Police searched the village while Soldiers provided security and conducted key-leader engagements.

030408-M-4419R-059. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

091202-A-4747C-002: KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Spc. Michael C. Truitt, of Delmar, Del., a squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Chosin, provides security while his unit conducted a reconnaissance patrol in the Marawara District in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, Dec. 2.During the patrol, Truitt's unit visited a district center under construction where Truitt was able to establish his position in a guard tower erected to protect the center.

Sgt. Jacob Facemyre, a cavalry scout from Charleston, W.Va., steps up and over a canal as 1st Lt. Will Hargis (left background), a platoon leader from Huntington, W.Va., and Iraqi army 1st Lt. Mohammed Adel Jassim (right background), commander of 3rd Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Brigade, 17th IA Division wait for their turn to cross during the joint patrol in southwestern Baghdad, Sept. 21.

070322-M-6412C-006. Complete Scene Caption: A U.S. Marine with 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines searches the area for weapons caches and suspicious Anti Iraqi Force activity during Operation Zaidon II 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

Engineers with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), fill Hesco barriers at a new combat outpost in Musa Qaleh, Nov. 13. After Afghan forces ceased a city held by enemy insurgents, engineers were sent to build a guard post to maintain security in the area.

040107-F-7234P-002. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Special Operations Task

Soldiers assigned to Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, brace against flying dirt and debris following the departure of a UH-60 helicopter at the Weesh border crossing point, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. The soldiers, deployed from Fort Bragg, N.C., provided security during a visit from Gen. David Petraeus, commander, International Security Assistance Force.

030207-M-5753Q-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

March 28, 2013 - A U.S. Soldier provides security during a road construction project in Panjwai district at Forward Operating Base Shoja, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.

041210-M-3658J-001. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CSSC-115

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