Special Operations and Training Drills

Dynamic scenes of special operations teams conducting raids, readying troops for emergencies, and participating in joint training exercises across various locations.

Team Little Rock Airmen participate in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 8, 2024. Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing and 913th Airlift Group partook in a CBRN training exercise where they demonstrated their abilities to react to a CBRN attack within a deployed environment, ensuring forces of all ranks and occupations could survive and continue to carry out the mission. Air Force

Members of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) along with their Ecuadorian Special Forces partners secures and escorts a High Value Target into a vehicle after conducting a raid on an enemy building in Manta, Ecuador, May 21, 2022. Ecuadorian military and US forces are conducting routine military exchanges from May 6-27 between the cities of Manta and Latacunga. Bilateral exchanges allow both militaries to strengthen tactical readiness for future operations maintain readiness and support continue commitment in responding to emerging security crises and natural disasters.( U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Matthew Griffith)

An exercise post attack reconnaissance team identifies and reports a team of simulated casualties during a readiness training exercise on Oct 14, 2022 at the 177th Fighter Wing, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. The exercise is designed to test the wing's operational readiness in a deployed environment.

040705-M-6332G-018. Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NUMEROUS

Team Little Rock Airmen participate in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 8, 2024. Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing and 913th Airlift Group partook in a CBRN training exercise where they demonstrated their abilities to react to a CBRN attack within a deployed environment, ensuring forces of all ranks and occupations could survive and continue to carry out the mission. Air Force

SAMESAN, Thailand (Feb. 9, 2010) - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (BLT 2/7), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide security as wounded troops are carried to safety during a helicopter raid Feb. 7. The MEU is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security.

Soldiers from 11th Airborne Division participate in the 12-mile ruck march on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson June 17 as the last requirement to graduate air assault training and get their badge. Instructors flew up from 25th Infantry Divisions Lightning Academy based in Hawaii to provide the training. (Photos by Staff Sgt. Christopher Dennis/11th Airborne Division Public Affairs NCO)

Soldiers from the 49th Military Police Brigade fire rubber projectiles from standard military-issued weapons during nonlethal training at Camp Liberty, a program sponsored by the 49th. While deployed for Operation Iraq Freedom, the Baghdad-based Soldiers still focus on their state responsibilities to the California National Guard.

The Royal Bermuda Regiment conducts Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) at the MOUT town on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 17, 2022. MCB Camp Lejeune hosted the Royal Bermuda Regiment during Exercise Island Warrior. The exercise strengthened the partnership between the Royal Bermuda Regiment and U.S. Marine Corps and the training and resources provided by the base enhanced the warfighting skills and readiness of the Royal Bermuda Regiment.

Paratroopers across the 82nd Airborne Division execute the 12 mile road march as part of one of the last events in the road to earning their E3B on Fort Bragg, NC, April 8, 2023. 371 Paratroopers and Soldiers across multiple units and locations successfully completed E3B.

010508-F-3820W-012. Complete Scene Caption: Technical Sergeant Timothy Winfree, USAF, 21st Space Wing "Knights" of Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, leads his fellow security forces teammates down the congratulatory gauntlet after completing the tactics competition of GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 2001, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE, the world's premier space and missile competition, is a four-day event hosted annually at Vandenberg AFB, CA "to recognize the best and demonstrate the commands warfighting skills. GUARDIAN CHALLENGE creates competition-tough crews; improves readiness and combat capabilities through preparation, innovation and sharing; enhances esprit de corps and strengthens teamwork across all mission areas in the command." Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 01 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Patrick Morin-Plante, 8th Security Forces Squadron (SFS) defender, secures a tourniquet on U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Dawson Dressler, 8th SFS defender, during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. All Airmen receive tactical combat casualty care training so they can provide proper medical care in an emergency.

Members of the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) unit participate in a Green Flag-West 24-04 training exercise on Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 13, 2024. The tactical development exercise is designed to ensure EOD Technicians are prepared to carry out the 99th Civil Engineer Squadrons mission both at home and in a deployed environment. Air Force

A member of the Spanish National Police's Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO) speaks U. S. Marines, with Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), while conducting training using GEOs shield maneuvering tactics, May 16, 2022. FASTEUR, under Task Force 61/2, is in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

020514-F-8708H-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

FORT HOOD, Texas - U.S. Army FORSCOM Best Squad Competitors participate in the 12-mile foot march portion of the FORSCOM Best Squad Competition 2022 at Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 19, 2022. The Best Squad Competition reinforces fundamental Soldier skills and squad level tactics.

041026-F-3963C-091. Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing carry a medical training mannequin to an ambulance during Beverly Midnight 24-1 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. The multi-capable 51st FW Airmen demonstrate their ability to adapt from doing their everyday duties, to carrying out life-saving medical procedures. BM24-1 is a routine training event that tests the military capabilities across the peninsula, allowing combined and joint training at both the operational and tactical levels. Air Force

010911-A-5399B-109. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Competitors gather at the start point to begin the ruck march, one of the final events of the SETAF-AF Best Warrior and Squad Competition on May 26, 2022 in Vicenza, Italy. The competition spans four physically and mentally demanding days where competitors are tested on a variety of tactical and technical skills as they vie to be named the best squad/ best warrior. Six squads and 38 individual Soldiers from nine units are competing to represent the Soldiers "South of the Alps".

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeremy Hobn (left), 8th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Hebenstreit, 8th CES explosive ordnance technician, discuss EOD tactics during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 11, 2022. EOD members help protect personnel and resources from incendiary, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear explosive ordnance.

041101-F-0086S-004. Base: Holloman Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the International Police Task Force work with US Army soldiers from Task Force 1-77 (1ST Battalion, 77th Armor, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Infantry Division (Mechanized)), Task Force Eagle, Operation JOINT GUARD, to confiscate weapons and ammunition from a Serbian Special Police Station in Brcko, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 7 July 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Members assigned to various sections of the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron from Misawa Air Base, Japan, and members of the Republic of Korea Air Force, mark an area of cement to be repaired during a bilateral training scenario at Suwon Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 6, 2022. Bilateral training is conducted in order to develop a stronger working relationship between the U.S. Air Force and ROKAF service members.

(Left to right) A1C Dorrean Starks and Senior Airman Wyatt Moore, both 374th Security Forces Squadron patrolmen, detain protestors during a protest control exercise for the Samurai Readiness Inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 17, 2022. The scenario consisted of various non-lethal techniques used to control or quell large crowds.

U.S. Soldiers with the 74th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 62nd Engineer Battalion, Army Reserve, and Swedish soldiers walk across and examine their bridge across the Narew River during Defender Europe 2022 in Łomża, Poland, May 17, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

Soldiers from the 75th Field Artillery Brigade; the 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment; and the 4th Battalion, 60th Air Defense Artillery Regiment load various military vehicles onto rails in preparation for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) at the National Training Center (NTC).

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team East members brief Senator Dan Sullivans staff prior to live fire evolutions at the units training center in North Carolina, Jan. 12, 2023. MSRT-East is an advanced-ready force trained in counterterrorism, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats, high-risk law enforcement boarding procedures and maritime security.

220921-N-TT639-1003 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sep. 21, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a small arms qualification shoot aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Sept. 21, 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.

Two US Air Force (USAF) Airmen, 437th Aerial Port Squadron (APS), Charleston Air Force Base (AFB), push a trailer into position for onloading while being timed by a Rodeo 98 Judge during the Engine Running Onload/Offload (ERO) competition, which is part of the USAF Air Mobility Command (AMC) sponsored Rodeo 98 airlift competition at McChord AFB, WA. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 92nd Security Forces Squadron help wounded air show spectators during the Major Accident Response Exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Apr. 12, 2022. Conducting exercises like the MARE ensures readiness in the event of a disaster or accident and enables us to host an effective and safe airshow.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing load their bags at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 25, 2024. More than 1,500 NJARNG Soldiers are deploying to support U.S. Central Commands Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. This is the largest deployment of NJARNG Soldiers since 2008.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Timothy W. Jones, chief instructor with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, briefs a Philippine Marine on Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques during Marine Aviation Support Activities 22-2, July 21, 2022, Subic Bay, Philippines. MASA 22-2 is a bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of Philippines and the U.S. Marine Corps, aimed at increasing interoperability and improving aviation-related capabilities in support of U.S.-Philippine mutual defense.

U.S. Police Officers assigned to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams from police departments across South Carolina participate in finding and disarming improvised explosive devices during the 2022 SWAT Summit at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, Columbia, South Carolina, Sept. 27, 2022. 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.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Derek Wollmershauser (left), 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Vehicle Search Area Team member, inspects the back of a van during a Vehicle Improvised Explosive Devise training exercise at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 30, 2022. Testing first response units tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) regularly gives them the chance to evaluate the TTPs and adjust as needed.

Members of the 31st Security Forces, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy perform Anti-Terrorism procedures during the heightened force protection levels following the terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Only mission essential personnel were allowed on the base. All other facilities, to include the Base Exchange, Commissary, and Health and Wellness Center were closed. Members of the 31st Security Forces, 31st Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy perform Anti-Terrorism procedures during the heightened force protection levels following the terrorist attacks on the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Only mission essential personnel were allowed on the base. All other facilities, to include the Base Exchange, Commissary, and Health and Wellness Center were closed.

James Ambrose, under secretary of the Army, visits with soldiers stationed at Fort Jackson. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tech. Sgt. KC Ratekin, 51st Comptroller Squadron financial analysis supervisor, relays the location of a simulated unexploded ordnance (UXO) to Senior Airman Janie Roberts, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team lead, during a base-wide training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 18, 2022. EOD teams are dispatched to neutralize highly dangerous materials like UXOs after a safe perimeter has been established around the device.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, participate in a unit hike on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, April. 14, 2022. Marines hiked and competed in Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competitions between companies to increase morale and esprit de corps. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christine Latuner, platoon sergeant, with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, leads her team during a patrol for 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.

Airman 1st Class Kevin Buckner with the 151st Air Refueling Wing is interviewed after finishing first in the 12-kilometer ruck march as part of the Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition, Oct. 18, 2022, at Camp Williams, Utah. The Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition is an annual event that brings together Soldiers and Airmen from the major commands to compete for the title of Soldier/Airman-of-the-Year, Noncommissioned Officer-of-the-Year and Senior NCO-of-the-Year. The Army winners of this competition will represent the Utah Army National Guard at the Region VII Best Warrior Competition next spring.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan White, an expeditionary communications team lead, walks back to gather more supplies for a Mission Sustainment Team field exercise at Austere Field #6, Florida, Sept. 12, 2022. All members of the MST apply specialized skills to work most efficiently as a team.

Airmen with the 124th Security Forces Squadron manage an angry mob during a simulated protest at Idaho State Correctional Institution Apr. 06, 2022, Kuna, Idaho. Participating Airmen were part of Idahos Quick Reaction Force which can be utilized by the governor to rapidly respond to developing situations.

060226-A-7969G-038. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

U.S Air Force medical technicians and their armed escorts conduct a foot patrol around a simulated point of injury treatment area in Gotham City military operations urban terrain training facility during the Medic Rodeo 2022 competition at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Aug. 17, 2022. Medic Rodeo 2022 incorporates MEDIC-X in scenarios for teams to test the new concept, while evaluating how best to prepare for future warfare where medics have to operate in degraded and geographically isolated environments.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) to prepare for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) 24 at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2024. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. MRF-D serves as a forward postured, partnered, and combat credible Marine Air Ground Task Force in order to facilitate rapid response to crisis and contingencies, increase combined warfighting capability, and strengthen shared alliances and partnerships.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Bryce Page, 86th Communications Squadron, conducts a buddy check for Airman 1st Class Vincent McFarlin, 86 CS, during Operation Varsity Exercise 22-2 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 29, 2022. Both Page and McFarlin were players in Operation Varsity, a quarterly readiness exercise.

010419-F-7253S-001. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

The Soldiers of the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), along with Soldiers from Albania, Armenia and Moldova and Active Duty Soldiers from Hohenfels, Germany, participated in Operation Bronze Shield, which was to simulate a disturbance turned riot, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, in Hohenfels, Germany, on October 17, 2022. The 76th IBCT, Task Force Nighthawk, is preparing for their rotation in Kosovo as part of KFOR 31. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. 1st Class Herschel Talley)

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron assess simulated mass casualties during Exercise Grand Shield 22-5 on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 9, 2022. Exercise Grand Shield is a recurring exercise that allows the base to apply their training to different scenarios.

A member of the 7th Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, monitors radios during an engine running offload of a C-130 Hercules aircraft at the Hagler Army Air Field, Hattisburg, Mississippi. Members of the 7th Wing are deployed to Gulfport, Mississippi, and forward deployed to Hagler while participating in exercise IGX-5. IGX-5 is an ORI (Operational Readiness Exercise) simulating the deployment of an Air Expeditionary Force to a forward operating location. The exercise, which lasts just under a week, is designed to evaluate the readiness of US Air Force personnel. Subject Operation/Series: IGX-5 Base: Hagler Army Air Field State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force Loadmaster assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing signals to service members from the U.S. Armys 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group and members from the Zapovjedništvo specijalnih snaga (Croatian Special Operations Forces Command) during infiltration/exfiltration training on a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing in Udbina, Croatia, July 19, 2022. This Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) allowed U.S. and Croatian special operations forces to train together and increase interoperability at the tactical level.

041001-F-6426S-045. Base: Fairchild Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Participants walk during the 6th Annual Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Paul Airey Memorial Ruck at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 1, 2022. The ruck honors Airey who flew with the 485th Bombardment Group During World War II and was captured after being shot down, and spent the rest of the conflict as a prisoner of war.

(Left) Senior Airman Cyril McKenney and Airman 1st Class Dennis Nellessen, 451st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Detachment 1 Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility aerospace medical technicians, search the bag of a wounded Marine for any potentially dangerous or contraband items during an antihijacking check prior to loading wounded Marines onto a C-130 Hercules at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. The CASF team is responsible for taking care of patients and transporting them from the staging facility and hospital to a waiting aircraft who are then taken to the next level of medical care. Airmen McKenney and Nellessen are deployed from the 633rd Medical Operations Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.

National Guard troops secure Washington, DC on Inauguration Day, 2021.

060323-N-0057D-006. Base: Fort Jackson State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

021009-F-2950H-001. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

A Special Response Team (SRT) from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) peels open a security door while serving a warrant as part of Operation Boiling Point on October 6, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.

US Coast Guard PETTY Officer First Class David Larkin, Port Security Unit 313, Tacoma, Washington, handles dock security in support of Exercise FOAL EAGLE 2000 in Pusan, Korea. The Coast Guard boats and personnel are used to protect high-value assets from small boat and swimmer attacks. Foal Eagle is held annually in South Korea to demonstrate US and South Korean military cooperation and is the US Militarys largest Joint-Service, Multi-National field training drill. This years drill involves about 25,000 active duty, Reserve, and National Guard troops from the the United States and bases throughout the Pacific Command. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Airmen with the Georgia Air National Guards 116th Medical Group (MDG) and 165th MDG provide medical support on the front lines of protests near Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, June 4, 2020. Georgia National Guardsmen are assisting law enforcement agencies to protect property, prevent destruction of infrastructure, and ensure the safety of Georgia citizens.

U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II pilots assigned to the 495th Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, depart their aircraft after landing at the Tactical Leadership Programme 22-3 at Los Llanos Air Base, Spain, Sept. 15, 2022. TLP prepares NATO and allied forces flight leaders to be mission commanders, lead coalition force air strike packages and provide tactical air expertise to NATO agencies.

Army ROTC cadets with the University of Wisconsin-Madison hold training Oct. 14, 2022, at the ropes bridge on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. According to Army ROTC, training in Army ROTC prepares a cadet for a lifetime of challenges in the military and in the civilian world. The training cadets receive includes time management, stress management, military skills, land navigation, and battle drills. You do not have to make a commitment to Army ROTC to gain from its training program. We offer courses at the freshman and sophomore level that are available to all students. ... The first two years are referred to as the Basic Course and is designed to provide you with the fundamentals of leadership, military history, practical experience, and a foundation in ethics and self-discipline. Fort McCoy regularly hosts ROTC training.

031013-F-6655M-009. Base: Naval Aes Lakehurst State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAF

Members of local, state and military police riot training at Camp Fogarty, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, September 11, 2022. Training for local, state and military police members in simulated riot environment.

Newly arrived personnel wait to board a bus during Operation Desert Shield. A 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle aircraft is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DM-SC-86-08592. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The United States team crosses the finish line of a 12-mile ruck during the Fuerzas Comando 2022 competition in La Venta, Honduras on June 22, 2022. The overall competition promotes military-to-military relationships, increases mission readiness, and improves regional security.

Personnel assigned to the Training Aids Services Command MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) section instruct unit personnel in the application of Velcro to an "M60 tank". The MILES system of training devices consist of laser engagement transmitters and detection systems for all the division`s direct-fire weapons. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Senior Airman Alexander Rowe, 8th Security Forces Squadron defender prepares to patrol at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 8, 2022. Rowe recently earned United States Forces Korea Service Member of the Year for his dedication to the mission.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 8, 2026, Protest at the Whipple Federal building in response to the shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who killed the woman. Ice agent stands at the ready in full gear.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Johnson with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 puts on protective equipment for treating simulated casualties in the patient decontamination station at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 26, 2022. Hospital Corpsmen with MAG-12 conducted a series of drills during the exercise to refine urgent care procedures while working at an airfield.

Defenders with the 172nd Security Forces Squadron and firefighters with 172nd Civil Engineer Squadron took part in Active Attack Integrated Response training, led by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Office of Homeland Security at Thompson Field, Jackson, Mississippi, August 18, 2022. AAIR provides a framework for integrated response during an active attack/shooter event. U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Bounds.

The Boise State University ROTC Cadets nearing the end of the semester showed no let up in their schedules. In mid-April, two groups of cadets took a scenic ruck march along the Boise Green Belt Trail system. Group one completed a 12-mile ruck march while group 2 completed an 8-mile march.Seeking fitness of another kind, the cadets attended a briefing from Mr. Cody Rome, a 2012 graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, on managing their finances.

Security Forces Squadron trainers practice multiple stances during a firing exercise for Progressive Combat Solutions training at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., April 8, 2014. The Progressive Combat Solutions trains military and law enforcement personnel in decision making process originally benchmarked by the Air Force known as observe, orient, decide and act. The Air Mobility Command and the 375th Security Force Squadron hosted this training with the goal of implementing it across the AMC command in the future.

A Green Beret with 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and a Cadet with the United States Air Force Academy carry a casualty to safety during a training scenario on Fort Carson, Colorado, May, 11 2022. The Tactical Combat Casualty Care training was a one-day event led by 10th SFG(A) and included Air force Cadets from the USAFA.

Sgt. Joseph Sanders finishes strong as he nears the finish line for the 12-mile ruck march during the SETAF-AF Best Warrior and Squad Competition on May 26, 2022 in Vicenza, Italy. The competition spans four physically and mentally demanding days where competitors are tested on a variety of tactical and technical skills as they vie to be named the best squad/ best warrior. Six squads and 38 individual Soldiers from nine units are competing to represent the Soldiers "South of the Alps".

AIRMAN First Class Robert Robinson, USAF, 100th Security Forces performs through searches of bags in vehicles as they enter the base. The precautions taken on September 12th at RAF Mildenhall, UK are a result of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon, when hijackers deliberately flew civilian airliners into the buildings, on the morning of 11 September 2001. Base: Raf Mildenhall Country: Great Britain / England (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

221004-N-IL330-1265 PHILIPPINE SEA (Oct. 4, 2022) - U.S. Marines disembark an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced) after landing on the flight deck aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Oct. 4, 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. Air Force Capt. Luke Scott, left, 13th Fighter Squadron pilot, and Airman 1st Class Victor Hawkins, 13th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, walk to an F-16 Fighting Falcon during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 10, 2022. As a reward for great work, RF-A 22-3 leaders were able to organize incentive flights for Airmen during some of the training sorties. Hawkins was awarded the Air and Space Achievement Medal for providing and directing medical care to victims of a car accident involving a moose before emergency medical services responders arrived on the scene. According to Hawkins' leaders, the care the Airmen provided greatly increased the victims' odds of survival.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Provost Marshall Office, USAG Benelux conduct an After Action Report after an Active Shooter Response training, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Nov. 30, 2022. AARs are the last but not least part of any training, during which feedback is shared and annotated, in order to improve future trainings and real life missions.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, La., September 6, 2005 -- Evacuees leave the Convention Center by helicopter to the New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

040629-F-7392S-017. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Airmen from the 133rd Airlift Wing, Minnesota National Guard, salute President Joe Biden as he passes their location in a motorcade as part of the 59th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. At least 25,000 National Guard men and women have been authorized to conduct security, communication and logistical missions in support of federal and District authorities leading up and through the inauguration.

031022-F-9796L-009. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Soldiers assigned to 3rd Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment use an Australian cornering tactic during urban operations as part of Exercise Cartwheel at Black Rock Camp, Fiji, September 13, 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

The 1st Theater Sustainment Command hosted a Norwegian Foot March, or Marsjmerket, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 9, 2022. The event is a physical challenge that requires participants to ruck 18.6 miles with 25 pounds strapped to their backs. Participants who completed the course in the designated time for their age and gender earned what is considered by many to be the most challenging foreign military badge to earn. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Owen Thez)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers conduct a room clearing exercise at the Northeast Counterdrug Training Center at Fort Indiantown Gap, July 19, 2022. The exercise is performed as a refresher for the Special Response Team Basic Selection Course.

041212-F-5388P-069. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

050904-N-7405P-004. Base: Naval Air Station, New Orleans State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Louisiana National Guardsmen from 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team work around the clock to ensure that residents in danger of flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey are safe in Lake Charles, Louisiana, August 29, 2017.

Norwegians in the Norwegian Home Guard complete M17 Pistol live-fire range qualification ranges during the 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 4th, 2024. The Norwegians previously learned about the weapon system on Camp Ripleys Engagement Skills Trainer ranges before beginning live-fire exercises (Minnesota Army National Guard

Sgt. Christian Stafford of Monroe, Ohio, an Infantryman with the Ohio National Guards A Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment sprints to the end of the 12-mile ruck on May 15, 2022 during the Region IV Best Warrior Competition. He is one of twelve National Guard Soldiers 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 Staff Sgt. Sydney Mariette.)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Terry Cree, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rilfe/M203 40 mm grenade launcher, escorts civilian and dependent evacuees to a landing zone during a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) at US Naval Forces Marianas Support Activity, Guam. The simulated NEO is part of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003, a joint military endeavor including forces from the United States, Canada and Australia. Base: US Naval Forces, Marianas State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

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Sgt. Dain Petipren of Kalmazoo, Michigan, a Health Care Specialist with the Michigan National Guards 1171st Medical Company Area Support Company sprints to the end of the 12-mile ruck on May 15, 2022 during the Region IV Best Warrior Competition. He is one of twelve National Guard Soldiers 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 Staff Sgt. Sydney Mariette.)

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