Night Operations

Low-light images illustrate soldiers conducting operations at night, utilizing night vision technology in tactical scenarios.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Combat Logistics Company (CLC) 23, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, conduct a short-range night course of fire (table 6) at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, Oct. 31, 2022. Marines with MWSS-273 and CLC-23 improved their combat capability and exercised their ability to engage enemies at short range in a nighttime environment. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)

060321-A-7969G-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

060306-A-1211S-124. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Normandy State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A

060418-A-6365W-071. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

980423-F-7910D-014. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A night vision image of a MH-53J PaveLow helicopter from the 31st Special Operations Squadron (SOS), Osan Air Base, in flight during a night training mission. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

040808-M-2306K-016. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM II Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Combat Logistics Company (CLC) 23, 2nd Maintenance Battalion, conduct a short-range night course of fire (table 6) at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, Oct. 31, 2022. Marines with MWSS-273 and CLC-23 improved their combat capability and exercised their ability to engage enemies at short range in a nighttime environment. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)

021114-M-1037T-003. Base: Camp Mu Juk Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: HMH squadron 463

041124-M-7371B-005. Base: Fob Kalsu State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, learn and practice Basic Warrior Training techniques, at Page Field on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Nov. 2, 2022. Recruits learn how to care for casualties, how to move through obstacles and practice teamwork through smoke and artillery simulations.

Twelve National Guard Soldiers who are competing in the Region IV Best Warrior Competition May 11-15, 2022, at Camp Ripley, Minnesota. The annual competition tests the military skills, physical strength and endurance of the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from the Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio National Guards. The winners will move on to compete in the National Guards competition on July 20-30, 2022, at Camp Smyrna, Tennessee. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

020130-F-1705S-015. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

980425-F-7910D-003. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Members of the 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TACE), Travis Air Force Base, California, download cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition prepare to enter a room on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 4, 2022. Each squad competing in the Army's Best Squad Competition consists of five soldiers; a squad leader, which is a sergeant first class or staff sergeant; a team leader, which is a sergeant or corporal; and three squad members in the ranks of specialist or below.

041118-F-2034C-004. Base: Ad Dwr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

011024-F-1545M-010. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

990305-M-5696S-003. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: E Co 2/6

060423-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Mara State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

030306-N-4309A-347. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide aid to a simulated casualty during Ground Interoperability Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 2, 2022. The focus of the Maritime Raid Force Interoperability Exercise is to integrate all elements of the MRF into a comprehensive and cohesive raid force, capable of conducting and supporting MEU operations while forward deployed to the Indo-Pacific region.

060125-A-1211S-069. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, evacuate simulated casualties during Exercise Bold Quest on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 10, 2022. Bold Quest is an annual collaborative joint and multinational enterprise in which nations, services, and programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of capability development to demonstrate a joint capability to link sensors to shooters across air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.

020417-F-0007M-006. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE EAGLE 2002 Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Air Mobility Command

Marines from Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve scan the area while conducting a simulated-fire raid during exercise Raven 22-5 at Lumberton, Mississippi, May 10, 2022. Exercise Raven is Marine Forces Special Operations Commands pre-deployment exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of MARSOC companies and teams. To assist this mission, Marine Forces Reserve regularly collaborates with MARSOC to integrate specific Reserve force capabilities like civil affairs, law enforcement, cyber, intelligence, and Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) into MARSOC training, exercises and operational deployments. This collaboration strengthens Reserve force capabilities and informs MARSOC's efforts to enhance and operationalize their Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Detachment to retain and employ Reserve Marines with these critical skill sets.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and Marine Special Operations Command move to their objective during a night raid as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Atlantic Airfield, North Carolina, June 13, 2022. This type of training evolution is the culminating event aimed at validating the units readiness to conduct combat operations.

A U.S. Marine with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Units (Special Operations Capable) (26 MEU(SOC)) Ground Combat Element, conducts a speed reload during a night range aboard harpers ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD-50), Feb. 5, 2024. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with the embarked 26 MEU(SOC) is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied and partner interests. Marine Corps

In the Attack Position (AP) a US Marine Corps (USMC) Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) from the 1ST Tank Battalion, Charlie Company, wait in the in the Dispersal Area (DA) near the Iraqi border in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060423-A-7969G-014. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Mara State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

041113-A-1067B-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, aims his M110A1 sniper rifle during a simulated embassy reinforcement exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 5, 2022. Embassy reinforcement exercises validate Marines on how and when to react to non-lethal situations and enhance combat readiness. 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 Pfc. Frank Calderon and other members of his team search a home of suspected terrorists near Mosul, Iraq, March 10, 2007. The Soldiers are from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, from Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242 transfer AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air and AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles prior to mounting them onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 5, 2023. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12 routinely conduct arming, expeditionary refueling and flight operations to maintain proficiency and readiness in support a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The loadmaster of a 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAW) C-130E Hercules checks the door of his aircraft prior to an airdrop by 82nd Airborne Division paratroopers during exercise Rebel Hog '92-1. Rebel Hog is an operational readiness inspection for the 317th TAW. The photograph was taken using night vision equipment.. Subject Operation/Series: REBEL HOG '92-1 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

010601-A-2511W-011. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: MACOMS

060520-N-8604L-003. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

040608-F-4884R-001. Base: Balad State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Special Forces medic with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), treats a simulated casualty during a nighttime medical evacuation training lane on Fort Carson, Colorado, July 8, 2022. The 10th SFG(A) Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha conducted training missions to rehearse TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) and standard operating procedures to enhance lethality.

U.S. service members with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, conduct the table six short distance night range, Crater Range, MCBH, Jan. 8, 2024. The range was held during the battalions first field training exercise of 2024 in order to increase combat readiness, unit morale and camaraderie.

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Best Squad Competition conduct a 12 mile ruck march on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, OCT. 3, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

A U.S. Air Force AIRMAN marshalls in a KC-135 Stratotanker at Moron Air Base, Spain, on March 21st, 1999. Personnel from various locations are deployed to Moron AB, Spain, in support of Joint Task Force Noble Anvil. This image was shot through the Starlight Night Vision Lens System. Subject Operation/Series: NOBLE ANVIL Base: Moron Air Base State: Sevilla Country: Spain (ESP)

U.S. Marines with All-Domain Effects Team, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (II MIG), call in air support during Exercise Gunslinger 2022 (Gunslinger 22') in Salina, Kansas, June 16, 2022. Gunslinger 22' is a joint U.S. Armed Forces exercise, demonstrating mobilization capability to forward deployed locations while employing and integrating a multitude of operational capabilities.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines conduct squad attacks during Fuji Viper 22.5 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 8, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

060222-A-7969G-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Tech. Sgt. Brandon Tran, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with the 19th Civil Engineer Squadrons EOD flight, investigates a possible improvised explosive device during a mock exercise at the Air Force EOD Team of the Year Grand Finale competition held at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, July 25-27, 2022. Hosted by the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, the competition seeks to drive innovation, restore readiness, and develop and retain leaders within the EOD career field.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, receive a brief during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 11, 2022. This integrated training establishes confidence and familiarity between the Marines and Sailors for in-flight medical treatment. 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 Indo-Pacific Region.

US Air Force (USAF) personnel from the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (ESFS), prepare to conduct a vehicle security check at Kirkuk Air Base (AB), Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and Marine Special Operations Command posts security during a night raid as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Atlantic Airfield, North Carolina, June 13, 2022. This type of training evolution is the culminating event aimed at validating the units readiness to conduct combat operations.

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group, download cargo from a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft during extensive airfield night operations, in Northern Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041220-F-2034C-012. Base: Over Iraq Country: Iraq (IRQ)

021118-F-6964P-142. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE FLAG Base: Avon Park State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

France, Brittany, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon on 2022-03-30. Students from the Ecole Militaire Interarmes (EMIA), the military academy responsible for training army officers recruited internally, i.e. from the ranks of non-commissioned officers and other ranks, take part in a training course at Fort de Penthievre, a fortified structure on the Quiberon peninsula that has become a training base. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Morbihan, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon le 2022-03-30. Les eleves de l' ecole militaire interarmes ( EMIA ), l' ecole militaire chargee de la formation des officiers de l' armee de Terre issus du recrutement interne, c'est-a-dire issus des rangs des sous-officiers et des militaires du rang, participe a un stage d'aguerrissment au Fort de Penthievre, un ouvrage fortifie sur la presqu'ile de Quiberon devenu une base d'entrainement. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

A nightscope view overlooking the US Air Force (USAF) 384th Expeditionary Logistics Squadron's (ELS) fuel bladders, a US Marine Corps (USMC) KC-130 Hercules is seen being prepared to go out on a night operation in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

011212-F-4177H-004. Base: RAF Feltwell State: East Anglia Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler Holiday, a Water Support Technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, performs a littoral reconnaissance patrol during Freezing Winds 22 Syndalen, Finland, Nov. 27, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

Texas Army and Air National Guardsmen, and Chilean Marines Corps, compete in a day to night land navigation course during the Best Warrior Competition at Camp Swift, Texas, May 4, 2022. The friendly, three-day competition challenges service members on professional military knowledge, marksmanship, obstacle course and land navigation. The Army winners of this event will move on to represent Texas at the National Guards Region V Best Warrior Competition.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adrian Ortiz, from Dalton, Ga. with Tactical Air Control Party, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), coordinates a close air support mission during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23, at Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 28, 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.

Spc. Christopher Breeze of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), Headquarters, Headquarters Company, fires the 240B machine gun with a PVS-14 nightvision scope at the Camp Perry Joint Training Center, Port Clinton, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2010, as part of an Annual Training (AT) night-fire exercise. The Ohio National Guard's 37th IBT is conducting pre-mobilization training during AT as it prepares to deploy about 3,600 Soldiers to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom starting spring 2011.(Ohio National Guard

040804-A-6748E-004. Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, strategize routes after jumping into Sicily Drop Zone, Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Jan. 22, 2024. The night airborne jump marked the start of Operation Devil Strike, a field training exercise to validate their preparedness for an upcoming rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson, Louisiana, and test their ability to deploy, fight and win anywhere in the world within 18 hours.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division develop a strategy to fire illumination rounds during a battalion-level artillery qualification exercise, March 8, 2021 at the Dona Ana Range Complex, NM. These events were conducted in preparation for an upcoming National Training Center rotation.

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.

A U.S. Army convoy assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment awaits approval to cross the Hungarian border at Gyor, Hungary, May 31, 2019. 1/2CR is currently supporting Saber Guardian 2019, an exercise co-led by the Romanian Land Forces and U.S. Army Europe, taking place from June 3 - 24 at various locations in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. SG19 is designed to improve the integration of multinational combat forces.

040808-M-2396K-027. Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060321-A-7969G-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Bayji State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

060418-A-6365W-082. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

021022-F-6701P-063. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

DF-ST-87-07441. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Country: Unknown

U.S. Marine Corps crew chiefs with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares for takeoff during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Exercise (MDMX) at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 10, 2024. The Marines with 1st Recon began MDMX by conducting a tactical night insertion into an austere environment. MDMX is a maneuver exercise that incorporates ground, air, and logistics operations over several days. Marine Corps

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 16, 2020) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 1st Class Zachary Kirby directs aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait for their relay during a day and night fast roping exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the South China Sea, Sept. 15, 2022. 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 Indo-Pacific Region.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Erik Lecroy, a combat medic assigned to 601st Medical Company (Area Support), 261st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 44th Medical Brigade, finds a point during a night land navigation event at a best medic competition on Fort Liberty, North Carolina, Jan. 17, 2024. The competition, hosted by the 82nd Abn. Div., tested Soldiers' medical knowledge and physical ability as they completed a 13-mile ruck, stress shoot, obstacle course, medical knowledge testing lanes, and a written test. The two highest scoring competitors from each unit are scheduled to move on as a team and represent their respective organizations at the Command Sgt. Maj. Jack Clark Army Best Medic Competition on Fort Liberty in March.

EL CENTRO, Calif. (May 22, 2013) Air crewmen assigned to the Black Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, perform a personnel recovery drill during an opposing forces exercise. Members of the Helicopter Sea Combat Weapons School, Pacific assume the roll of enemy forces on the ground, who are pursuing the pilots and air crewman.

386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters simulate their response efforts during a night exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, October 19, 2022. The night exercise tested each squadron on their contingency response to a simulated drone strike on an unoccupied building.

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialists from units across the III Marine Expeditionary Force, U.S. Army 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, and U.S. Air Force 18th Civil Engineer Group search for hazardous material during exercise Toxic Bayou at Kadena Air base, Okinawa, Japan, Aug.15, 2022. The Marines conducted exercise Toxic Bayou to refine their skills in Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction operations across unique and challenging environments. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

060219-A-5745M-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

040322-F-2185F-002. Subject Operation/Series: RED FLAG Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disassembled small-arms weapons parts, used for testing the assembly and function check speed and accuracy of competing Soldiers in the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition, sit in a box on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 4, 2022. The week-long competition will assess each squad on their technical and tactical proficiency, as well as their ability to work as a disciplined and cohesive team, featuring a multitude of fitness, knowledge and combat-related events.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare for a deck shoot aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 3, 2022. The Combat Marksmanship Program is designed to sustain a unit's lethality. 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 Indo-Pacific Region.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jarvis Jackson, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, prepares to fire a M583 40mm White Star Cluster flare from a M203 grenade launcher during training at AB 201, Niger, Dec. 13, 2022. The training was conducted to provide service members with familiarization of the use of flares.

Coast Guard Cutters - Northland (WMEC 904) - 26-HK-76-166. CGC Northland ops--night vision view of ship--HIV night vision, 09-16. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 taxis the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) while underway, June 29, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Wing and Croatian Airmen assigned to the 93rd Air Wing conduct forward area refueling training on 93rd Air Base Zemunik, Croatia during Exercise Trojan Footprint May 11, 2022. Trojan Footprint is the premier Special Operations Forces (SOF) exercise in Europe that focuses on improving the ability of SOF to counter myriad threats, increases integration with conventional forces and enhances interoperability with our NATO allies and European partners.

040706-F-5789F-001. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060419-A-7969G-025. Base: Siniyah State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a night-driving course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. During the course, Marines conducted black-out driving which allows for the tactical movements of vehicles to remain concealed in darkness. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Army soldiers from 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Division, Task Force Raptor plan their next maneuver during night operations while participating in the unit's spur ride Aug. 2, 2012, in the deserts of Djibouti. The spur ride is a cavalry tradition in which a trooper must pass a series of tests that evaluate physical, leadership, technical and tactical proficiency in a high stress environment in order to earn his spurs and become a member of the Order of the Spur. Task Force Raptor is deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.

A U.S. Navy aircraft director directs a CH-53E Super Stallion during visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 14th, 2022. USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), a Lewis B. Puller class expeditionary sea base, brings a broad range of military capabilities to enhance Marine Corps distributed operations as part of the Naval Expeditionary Force. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

220819-A-KS490-1105 GULF OF OMAN (Aug. 19, 2022) U.S. Coast Guardsmen participate in a nighttime weapons exercise aboard fast response cutter USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) in the Gulf of Oman, Aug. 19. John Scheuerman is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East Region.

101016-N-2218M-027 INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 16, 2010) Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Victor Arroyos, from San Antonio, fires the NavyÕs Dazzler on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) to familiarize himself with the device.

040201-F-9105A-021. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 is staged aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), while underway, June 26, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade provide a mortar barrage for paratroopers advancing on an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 29, 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.

Seen through a night scope, MASTER Sergeant Robert Wallace, 51st Security Forces Squadron, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, takes aim with his M-16A2 refle to repel an attack by OPFOR personnel on the 51st Communications Group during Exercise BEVERLY MIDNIGHT. The exercise is designed to test people's ability to carry out their wartime tasking, air base ground defense, and ability to recover after attacks. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MIDNIGHT Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

041128-M-5901F-013. State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, board a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a night-driving course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. During the course, Marines conducted black-out driving which allows for the tactical movements of vehicles to remain concealed in darkness. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

The main gun of an M60A1 tank is fired during a night firing exercise at the Boydston Range of the Army Armor Center. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040815-F-9085B-009. Base: Lakeland State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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