Military Training Operations

Images depict military personnel engaged in tactical training, utilizing firearms, and practicing close quarter battle techniques in various scenarios, showcasing teamwork and skill development.

U.S. Air Force security forces trainees practice clearing rooms as part of the field operations block of training during the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 23, 2022. The field operations course is part of a six-week course designed to teach the basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen.

A U.S. Air Force Airman provides security during Fieldcraft Hostile at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Aug. 8, 2022. FCH is a pre-deployment course directed by the 421st Combat Training Squadron, that teaches basic combat skills to over 5,000 U.S. Air Force, Joint and NATO personnel annually.

Defenders from the 161st and 162nd Security Forces Squadrons practice close quarter battle entry tactics at Kirtland AFB, July 12, 2022. The 161st conducted their annual training alongside the 162nd Security Forces Squadron to share ideas, tactics and techniques, equipment uses.

Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute a platoon raid and air extraction at the Leschi Town Collective Training Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24, 2022. A raid is a limited-objective, deliberate operation entailing swift penetration of hostile terrain. Squad and platoon missions help candidates to develop their leadership skills, and quickly make critical decisions based on an understanding of Army tactical doctrine.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Bryan Mullens, a Savannah, Georgia native, infantry unit leader with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fires an M27 Infantry Assult Rifle at Range 220 during an Adversary Force Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 5, 2024. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in SLTE 2-24 to engage against during the upcoming Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame. Marine Corps

U.S. Air Force Airmen reload their weapons during Fieldcraft Hostile at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Aug. 8, 2022. FCH is a pre-deployment course directed by the 421st Combat Training Squadron, that teaches basic combat skills to over 5,000 U.S. Air Force, Joint and NATO personnel annually.

U.S. Air Force security forces trainees practice clearing rooms as part of the field operations block of training during the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 23, 2022. The field operations course is part of a six-week course designed to teach the basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen.

U.S. Army Cpt. Vanessa N. Misola, Headquarters and Headquarters Company commander, 21st Special Troops Battalion, qualifies with the Sig Sauer M17 pistol on July 28, 2022 in Landstuhl, Germany. Soldiers are required to qualify with their weapons annually in order to maintain individual proficiency and mission readiness. (U.S. Army photos by Pfc. Samuel Signor)

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A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment engages opposing forces at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

020412-F-2034C-001. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hayden Sutton, left, and Lance Cpl. Julian Zuniga, right, clear a room during Korea Viper 24.1 at Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, Feb. 7, 2024. Urban operations training strengthens Marines' proficiency in navigating and engaging in urban terrain, ensuring readiness through realistic training of close-quarters combat scenarios. In its first iteration, Korea Viper demonstrates the ROK-US Marine Corps ability to respond decisively in the region as a singular, unified force while strengthening relationships and trust between the two allies. Sutton and Zuniga, natives of Texas, are both rifleman with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. 2/7 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Marine Corps

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team engaged in urban conflict exercises practicing entrance into buildings occupied by an opposing force. Solders from the 2-116th CAB were completing exercises prior to deployment in support Operation Spartan Shield.

United Kingdom Royal Marines from 45 Commando and U.S. Army Green Berets from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) provide security before entering a building during close quarter battle training at Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 22, 2022. This Special Forces-led exercise is designed to improve their ability to work with the United Kingdoms Commando Forces in a time of crisis.

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles, soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, inspect civilian belongings while on a weapons search in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah, during an assault Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Qarya-I-Malek Sah Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment engages opposing forces with a M249 machine gun at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 15, 2022.Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Luke Michalski)

041109-A-1067B-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Green Berets assigned to 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), conduct Close-Quarters Battle shoulder to shoulder with German Special Operations Forces personnel on Fort Carson, Colorado, May 24, 2022. Polish and German Commandos honed CQB tactics and techniques alongside Special Forces Soldiers assigned to the 10th SFG(A) Critical Threats Advisory Company from May 2 - June 3.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division stand guard over captured simulated insurgents during exercise Talisman Sabre at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Australia, June 28, 2007. The biennial exercise is designed to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations, which will help improve combat readiness and interoperability.

Staff Sgt. Joseph LeVeille, an airmen with the 4th Combat Camera Squadron conducts close-quarter battle (CQB) training July 12, 2022, at the Naval Weapons Station, Joint Base Base Charleston, SC. During this event airmen conducted refresher training on effective room-clearing techniques, designed to ensure team members are capable of integrating with combat teams while providing combat camera capabilities.4th Combat Camera Squadron's mission is to provide senior Department of Defense and joint leaders with a directed imagery capability in support of strategic, operational and planning requirements during wartime operations, worldwide crises, contingencies, joint exercises and humanitarian operations.Photos by Technical Sgt. Christopher S Muncy

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Melinda Shipley, an aerospace medical services specialist assigned to the 178th Wing Medical Group, takes on the role of an enemy combatant June 6, 2022 for a medical readiness exercise during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Agile Combat Employment is not a specific mission, but a universal application to all combat Air Force operations; it's the ability to project combat power anytime and anywhere, while remaining operationally unpredictable to complicate an adversary's decision-making process.

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Jacqueville, Cote dIvoire August 24, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 178th Wing assess and treat the injuries of a simulated combat casualty June 6, 2022 as part of a medical readiness exercise during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Exercises like Agile Rage 22 are re-defining Air Force operations, shifting focus to decentralised command and control for distributed operations.

U.S. Marines throws a practice grenade into a room to clear it before they enter during a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training class in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blaize Benton, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear specialist with 3rd Marine Logistics Group, decontaminates a building during Keen Sword 23, Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 14, 2022. Keen Sword exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF). This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and JSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

A U.S. Air Force Surgical Team assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron Hurlburt Field Fla., litter carries wounded patients off a MC-130H Combat Talon II onto medical trucks for transport to medical treatment centers during Emerald Warrior on March 1, 2011.Emerald Warrior 2011 is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12 Marine Regiment, enter the gas chamber, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 28, 2022. Gas chamber training exposes Marines to 2-Chloronbenzalmalononitrile in order to enhance their confidence with CBRN equipment. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Montell Scott, 6th Security Forces Squadron emergency services team member, points a firearm down a hallway during a low-light exercise at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 9, 2023. EST Airmen are highly trained and equipped to mitigate special threats which can involve barricaded suspects, hostages and active shooters. Low-light exercises prepare defenders to respond to situations in challenging environments.

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Capt. Samuel Taylor, a Battalion Fires Support Officer (FSO) assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), relays information to a Soldier on the ground during Military Operations in Urban Terrain training on Oct. 14, 2022, near Petrochori Training Area, Greece. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO Allies.

A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), enters a building to assess and report simulated damage as part of a disaster assistance relief team (DART) during a base recovery after attack training (BRAAT) exercise at Guardian Center, Georgia, Nov. 6, 2022. DART teams trained their ability to assess damage to critical facilities after an attack on an airfield and develop a plan on how to maintain 2nd MAWs warfighting capability.

030323-M-3692W-149. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Chason Bresee, an infantry squad leader with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, communicates with other squad leaders during Marine Warfighting Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 3, 2022. This exercise is the culminating event of the Service Level Training Exercise, challenging the MAGTF to fight against a free thinking adversary with similar capabilities in a force-on-force environment.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit engage a target during a live fire close quarter combat training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2023. Marines conducted a live fire shoot house utilizing breaching methods as a culminating event following a week of CQC training. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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041202-M-0036Y-011. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Staff Sgt. Phillip West, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course student assigned to the 927th Security Forces Squadron, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, fires his M249 light machine gun with blank rounds toward an opposing force ambush during an area security operations exercise at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center, Ohio, July 27, 2022. The exercise was part of the two-week Integrated Defense Leadership Course based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, and using training grounds at CJAG. IDLC was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness.

U.S. Sailors assigned to a Navy SEAL Team, make their way toward a command deck during Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training with partner nations during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 15, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

041207-M-5573S-043. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 7th Squad, Blue Platoon, 1st 509th Air Borne Parachute Infantry Regiment, based out of Fort Polk, participate in the Urban training event of FORSCOM Best Squad Competition, at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain site, here, at Fort Hood, Texas, August 17, 2022. The Best Squad Competition promotes esprit de corps and recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to Army Values and embody the Warrior Ethos.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luke Maxwell, an infantry Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, provides security during an Adversary Force Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 1, 2024. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in SLTE 2-24 to engage against during the upcoming Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame. Marine Corps

U.S. Army combat engineers with 1st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, detonate charges on a cement wall during an urban breaching training at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 27, 2022. Bulgaria is a steadfast and gracious host to regionally allocated forces at NSTA and provides rotational units with premier range facilities which contribute to overall combat readiness vital to meet our NATO commitment to stand by our allies and partners. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Adam M. Manternach)

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment clears a trench bunker with a M67 fragmentation hand grenade during a combined arms live fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 23, 2022.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance. (U.S. Army photograph by Sgt. Luke Michalski)

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BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 16, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, prepare to clear a passageway during a simulated urban close combat scenario during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo by Royal Australian Air Force Cpl. John Solomon)

British Army Pte. Beyon Mathen, assigned to 7 Rifles, United Kingdom, inspects his weapon during Northern Strike 22-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

041109-A-1067B-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

US Navy PETTY Officer 1ST Class Rich Graves, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 2, armed with an M16 rifle and M203 grenade launcher, provides security during land mine probing operations during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT THUNDER '95 Base: Sandy Hook State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute and plan platoon raids at the Leschi Town Collective Training Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 23, 2022. A raid is a limited-objective, special purpose attack conducted as part of a larger force offensive in order to accomplish a number of missions. The candidates were faced with unexpected variables during the training, such as responding to simulated casualties and handling enemy prisoners of war.

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) and Italian San Marco Brigade Marines conduct close quarters battle training during a bilateral exercise at Massafra, Italy, Feb. 22, 2024. The 26th MEU(SOC), embarked aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) conducted Marine Air-Ground Task Force interoperability training with Italian San Marco Brigade Marines and maritime forces to maintain readiness in core mission essential tasks. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 26th MEU(SOC) is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. Marine Corps

Soldiers in U.S. National Guard, Reserves and the Kosovo Security Force begin a field training exercise in the Camp Dodge training area while attending a combat medic course at the 185th Regional Institute in Johnston, Iowa, on May 17, 2022. Four Kosovo Security Force members are attending the course at the 185th RTI. The Iowa National Guard is partnered with Kosovo as part of the Department of Defenses State Partnership Program, which affords unique opportunities for cross training.

U.S. Special Operations Forces assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), participate in a combat marksmanship exercise at Panzer Range, in Boeblingen, Germany, Feb. 14, 2024. Combat marksmanship training increases team lethality, builds cohesion, and provides integrated training to new members of the unit. Army

Army Rangers prepare to take down an objective during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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Airman 1st Class Alex Nona, a 60th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, inspects the interior of an abandoned structure, known as the bomb factory,” prior to entry during an exercise May 5, 2016, at Clear Lake, Calif. Nona and other EOD technicians set out to eliminate numerous improvised explosive devices and a radioactive dispersal device within the abandoned structure.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 4, 2022) Australian Army soldier Private Lucas Hinselwood from 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment briefs marines from the Mexican Naval Infantry during Urban Close Combat training on Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. The Australian Army led Multi-National Landing Force is leading an Urban Close Combat course for multiple participating nations at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility on Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Photo

040331-M-7842H-041. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion spent a portion of their annual training working inside the Orchard Combat Training Center Shoot House.The Shoot House is not another range but a tactical training environment where soldiers sharpen their skills in entering and clearing a room and various passageways in tight, close quarters areas. The exercise requires squad leaders to clearly communicate directions to identify potential threats and respond strategically and effectively to those threats.Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers are currently preparing to deploy in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

U.S. Air Force security forces trainees practice clearing rooms as part of the field operations block of training during the U.S. Air Force security forces apprentice course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 23, 2022. The field operations course is part of a six-week course designed to teach the basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen.

030130-M-1852W-021. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

Soldiers with Company A, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, secure the 2nd floor of a building after clearing rooms looking for enemy fighter during training held at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Soldiers continue to train in preparation for movement into the Iraqi theater of operations.

Army Rangers initiate their plan of attack on a targeted objective during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen conduct squad versus squad training in their military urban operations training on Camp Pendleton, California, July 21, 2022. Midshipmen spend a week of their summer participating in professional training to educate them on a wide array of opportunities for Marine Corps officers.

U.S. Army Cpl. Eric Garner, assigned to 3rd Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Headquarters Headquarters Troop, 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, provides security during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq, March 27, 2008.

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Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team engaged in urban conflict exercises practicing entrance into buildings occupied by an opposing force. Solders from the 2-116th CAB were completing exercises prior to deployment in support Operation Spartan Shield.

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U.S. Green Berets assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, practice breaching techniques by using a detonation cord on a locked door while 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 interoperadurbility among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

030214-M-3138H-085. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

U.S. Navy hospital corpsmen with I Marine Expeditionary Force drag their casualty to the Casualty Collection Point (CCP) during an Expeditionary Medical Integration Course (EMIC) on Camp Pendleton, California May 6, 2022.Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) conducted EMIC to lay a foundation of skills and knowledge required for MEU medical personnel to provide the highest levels of health service support capability in any operational environment.

Tech. Sgt. Markus Mindoro takes point in a fire team formation during an urban operations stair clearing exercise March 5, 2014, Silver Flag Alpha, 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron Range, Nev. The 99th GCTS is one of eight Security Forces Regional Training Centers and prepares security forces Airmen for combat.

152nd Security Forces Squadron (SFS) Airmen participate in a shoot house training event utilizing simulation paint rounds while practicing room clearing techniques during a week-long training event at the U.S. Army Freedom Ranges, Hawthorne, Nev., June 19, 2022. 152 SFS members participated in a five-day training exercise consisting of various events to improve weapon and technique proficiency.

040401-M-9362G-022. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines with the Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, practice clearing buildings at the Military Operations in Urban Training facility aboard Fort Pickett, Va., March 25, 2010. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which consists of Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Combat Logistics Battalion 26 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, will spend the next six months training for its upcoming deployment.

U.S Army Pfc. Dalton Stevens from Delta Company, 1-149th Infantry tactically advances through the Military Operations and Urban Terrain site at the Kentucky National Guard's Best Warrior Competition at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Ky., on Nov. 10, 2022. The competing Soldiers represent their units and brigades in an intense gauntlet to find out who will advance onto the Regional Best Warrior Competition.

Armed with an M60E3 machine gun, STAFF Sergeant Neil Porter of the 51st Security Police Squadron (51st SPS) waits in ambush during the air base ground defense Exercise FOAL EAGLE '89. The 51st SPS is acting as the aggressor force during the exercise. Air Force security police personnel from various United States and Pacific commands are taking part in the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '89 Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Army National Guard officer candidates, enrolled in the Washington Army National Guards 205th Regimental Training Institute Officer Candidate School Phase III, execute a platoon raid and air extraction at the Leschi Town Collective Training Facility on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., July 24, 2022. A raid is a limited-objective, deliberate operation entailing swift penetration of hostile terrain. Squad and platoon missions help candidates to develop their leadership skills, and quickly make critical decisions based on an understanding of Army tactical doctrine.

U.S. Marines with Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct room clearing during Close Quarter Tactics Training, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 4, 2022. During the seven-week course, the students learned the tactics, techniques, and procedures conducting a raid involving CQT. The skills instructed during this course will ensure the MSPF is prepared to support the 26th MEUs Mission Essential Task List (METL) for the upcoming deployment.

Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps search an area during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 29, 2023. Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Marine Division and Marine Squadron Carib.

030327-M-4544K-012. Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Wyatt Darnell, a scout sniper with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires his weapon through a small opening during a live-fire training exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 5, 2024. Marines with the scout sniper platoon conduct drills to improve individual proficiency firing from unconventional positions. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade engages a targets with M240b machine guns during marksmanship training at Cao Malnisio Range, Pordenone, Italy, June 23, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

U.S. Marines with the 2d Marine Division Band breach a building at an Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 19, 2024. The IIT is used to fully immerse Marines in various scenarios in order to teach them to effectively adapt to complete combat, security, and humanitarian missions.

A U.S. reconnaissance Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Force maintains overwatch of a corridor inside Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) during a visit board search and seizure exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 7, 2022. The 31st MEU maintains the capability to seize and clear ships while at sea to protect themselves and allies in the Indo-Pacific Region. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the INDOPACOM region.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (April 9, 2013) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 participate in a convoy support element training exercise at Camp Shelby. NMCB-11 is a Seabee battalion specializing in contingency construction, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance. The battalion is home-ported in Gulfport, Miss.

U.S. Marines shouting and attacking enemy during an urban firefight.

TNI Soldiers playing the opposing force returns simulated fire on the assaulting element on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Nov. 2, 2022. Realistic training exercises, like JPMRC 23-01, strengthen defense relationships, foster multinational interoperability, increase U.S. readiness, and reinforce the unified regional land power network that supports a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

Twenty Minnesota National Guard, four Croatian, and three Canadian Soldiers are competing in Minnesotas Best Warrior Competition March 29 - April 1, 2023, at Camp Ripley, near Little Falls, Minnesota. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers nominated by units across the state. This year two of Minnesotas longstanding partner nations, Croatia and Canada, have sent competitors to participate. Minnesotas winners will move on to compete against the best Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from multiple states at the Region IV Best Warrior Competition hosted by the Ohio National Guard in May.

Law enforcement officers practice clearing rooms during close quarters combat training Sept. 27, 2022, at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in Columbia. The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy hosted a weeklong Federal Bureaus of Investigation Special Weapons and Tactics summit to train law enforcement officers in firearms, close quarters combat, tactical medical care, patrolling tactics and familiarize officers with improvised explosive devices.

010214-F-6655M-007. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

041009-A-2912C-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Qalat Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, prepares to assist a simulated patient during Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Guardian Center, Georgia, May 9, 2022. The ST team responded to a mass casualty event at the site of a reported explosion and used their rescue and medical expertise to extricate and treat wounded civilians.

Marines provide cover during military operations in urban terrain training at the Rodriguez Live-Fire Complex, Republic of Korea, Aug. 22 as part of Korean Marine Exchange Program 13-8. The Marines took advantage of the MOUT town during the exercise to hone their skills on squad-sized maneuvers. The Marines are with 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program.

The Idaho National Guards 101st Civil Support Team partnered with the Boise Fire Department Technical Rescue Team to participate in a ropes rescue course taught by Boise firefighters. The course, which served as an annual recertification for the CST Guardsmen, entailed two weeklong sessions for the 22-member team. The first week, Oct. 10th through the 14th, 2022, started with the classroom portion of learning about ropes rescue as a prerequisite for the hands-on portion of the training. Using what they learned about the ropes, the CST Guardsmen rappelled from tops of buildings at the Boise Fire Departments Fire Training Center. Once the Guardsmen were proficient at ropes rappelling, they practiced ropes rescues using wire rescue baskets at cliffs near the Table Rock trails in the Boise foothills to simulate a large-scale rescue of multiple people. The second weeklong training, Oct. 24th through 28th, 2022, focused on confined space rescues at Boises Lucky Peak Power Plant. The training

Tyler Hughes, an expeditionary operations lead contract sniper instructor with Patriot Group International, teaches a class during an Urban Sniper Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. The Urban Sniper Course was led by Marines with the Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, to enhance sniper skills in urban environments through precision fire, engaging targets through glass, urban tactical movement, marksmanship during the day and the night, planning, and stalking in urban terrain.

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