Special Operations Forces Training

Photos of security and special operations forces in training scenarios, featuring protective gear and tactical maneuvers in various environments.

Private Security Contractor on a mission in Baghdad, Iraq

Spec ops soldier in black uniform and face mask with his rifle.

041201-M-0036Y-020. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Crucible aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 7, 2022.The Crucible serves as the 54-hour culminating event of recruit training and offers recruits the ultimate challenge to persevere through a variety of obstacles and events.

A U.S. Airman from the Idaho Air National Guards 124th Medical Group holds his weapon steady in front of him, pressing it against his shoulder, finger on the trigger, his body low to the ground. He takes a small, strategic step into the plume of smoke swirling around him. Surrounded by a blanket of red smoke makes it hard to see his battle buddy but he knows his counterpart, a Soldier from the Idaho Army National Guards Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion Medical Detachment, is close behind him. Approximately 200 Idaho National Guard Soldiers, Airmen and their active duty and Navy Reserve counterparts joined forces for a mass casualty combat exercise, Feb. 1-4, near Gowen Field. Air National Guard

040331-M-7842H-032. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

040911-F-7837S-005. Base: Peoria State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) provides realistic medical training to both medical and non-medical Soldiers in the Active, Reserve and National Guard. These images show various units completing the Combat Lifesaver Course. The US Army Combat Lifesaver Course is an official medical training course conducted by the US Army. The course is intended to provide an intermediate step between the buddy aid-style basic life support taught to every soldier, and the advanced life support skills that are taught to US Army Combat Medics. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

Spec ops police officer SWAT in black uniform in action. Spec ops police officer SWAT

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U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron performbuddy checks on Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear during a chemical attack exercise at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Aug. 17, 2022. Airmen double check each others MOPP gear to prevent any possible contaminant leaks that an individual person may not be able to see or feel.

U.S. Soldiers with Regimental Engineer Squadron (RES), 2nd Cavalry Regiment and German Soldiers with Panzerbrigade 12 enter and clear a room during Pioneer Challenge at the 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, May 13, 2022. Pioneer Challenge is a physically demanding training event that incorporates military tasks and skills specific to the RES to promote cohesion and esprit de corps among the Pioneer formation and their German partners.

060524-F-1424R-029. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

FORT HOOD, Texas - U.S. Army Soldiers, part of the Security Force Assistance Brigade, conduct pre-deployment training, at a Fort Hood training sight Aug. 10, 2022.

Soldier aiming airsoft gun during tactical game

U.S. Army Soldiers attached to 55th Signal Company conduct a tactical skill lane while supporting the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

A Republic of Korea Air Force service member sits in the gunner position of a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 23, 2022. During the training, United States Air Force and ROKAF forces worked together to simulate transporting munitions across the installation.

A U.S. Air Force 23rd Security Forces Squadron member posts next to a door while testing new female body armor at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 10, 2022. The new armor is tested for practical use in routine and tactical maneuvers.

OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 04, 2024) Sgt. K. Salgado, assigned to 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), sends a report after a simulated chemical attack during a joint base recovery after attack (BRAAT) exercise with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4. NMCB 4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB 4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (US Navy

Airmen prepare to move through a Mission Oriented Protective Posture zone, during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense exercise Sept. 14, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Post-attack reconnaissance teams conduct these to check for casualties, unexploded ordinances, and contamination from CBRN weapons.

220618-N-UL352-2152 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 18, 2022) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Michael Steele, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), conducts tactical movements during a visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) training exercise aboard training support vessel USNS Narragansett (TSV 4), June 18, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway completing a certification exercise to increase U.S. and allied interoperability and warfighting capability before a future deployment. The George H.W. Bush CSG is an integrated combat weapons system that delivers superior combat capability to deter, and if necessary, defeat America's adversaries in support of national security.

Airmen don protective gear during a Phase 2 exercise at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Sept. 14, 2022. The exercise evaluated Airmen's ability to survive and operate in wartime and contingency environments.

U.S. Army Spc. Levi Kisker, assigned to the 467th Firefighter Engineer Detachment, carries a ladder during a Fire Department training event on Mihail Kogălniceanu Airbase, Romania, Jan. 20, 2024. The 467th Firefighter Engineer Detachment conducted a timed training event with their French counterparts to enforce life-saving methods and instill cohesion and interoperability between the forces.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Douglas Baldensperger, a team leader with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, provides security during Marine Warfighting Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 2, 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. Air Force Airman 1st Class Chealsea Stahl, 633d Medical Group respiratory therapist, communicates to her triage team about their patient simulators care during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Sept. 9, 2022. The TCCC is designed for combat EMS/military personnel, including medics, corpsmen and pararescue personnel deploying in support of combat operations.

Arkansas Army National Soldiers from the 216th Military Police Company along with the Arkansas Air National Guard Security Forces, and Arkansas State Police conduct civil disturbance training.

A Colombian team member fires his rifle at targets in a stimulated structure as part of the Fuerzas Comando 2022 Day 3 team assault course on June 15, 2022, in La Venta, Honduras. Fuerzas Comando is a Special Operation skills competition and a senior leader seminar supported by SOCSOUTH. The competition enhances SOF regional cooperation and exchanges best practices to combat transnational crime and counter illicit activities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano)

020722-M-0367H-005. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY LIVE FIRE Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Battalion 12th Marine Regimen

Airmen and soldiers from the Indiana National Guard establish, operate and coordinate from mobile and deployable structures during a simulated emergency and disaster scenario during a pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 12, 2022. Indianas 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package is one of 17 strategically located CERFP units throughout the nation aligned within FEMA Region 5. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

US Air Force Airmen from the 1ST Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia, Civil Engineers Squadron wear Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear as they use a jackhammer to repair simulated runway damage during an Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

German soldiers push back a crowd during crowd riot control training during Kosovo Forces 33 (KFOR 33) Mission Rehearsal Exercise (MRE) in the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Feb. 3, 2024. The KFOR 33 MRE is a multinational training event conducted to prepare NATO allies for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East. Army

U.S. Army Spc. Justin Bliven, a native of Saratoga, N.Y., provides security during a visit to the Kadhimiya Police Station, Iraq on Sep. 14, 2008. Bliven is a member of 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.

U.S. Air National Guard Airmen perform surveying for simulated radiological hazards risk assessment and response during PATRIOT 24, Camp Shelby, Mississippi, Feb. 19, 2024. PATRIOT is a Domestic Operations disaster-response training exercise conducted by National Guard units working with federal, state and local emergency management agencies and first responders. Air National Guard

U.S. Navy SEALs assigned to a Naval Special Operations Team, prepare to go in the water while sitting in a Combat Rubber Raid Craft during a dive mission alongside partner nation special operators as part of exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the world's 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.

Paintball, gun and camouflage with a sports man playing a military game for fun or training outdoor. War, soldier and target with a male athlete shooting a weapon outside during an army exercise

010508-F-9753B-026. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

060513-N-8163B-004. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

040808-F-3961R-005. Base: Camp Butmir State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH) Scene Major Command Shown: NATO

James A. Faulkner, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), discusses barricade and move techniques with personnel employed by the Department of Energys (DOE) Special Response Team (SRT), the FBIs Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys Emergency Response Team (ERT) at IAMS Range, Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex, Virginia, June 23, 2022. Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment (MCSFR) close-quarters battle (CQB) instructors led various live-fire qualifications, movement to contact drills and guided discussions on CQB tactics and techniques for personnel with the DOEs SRT, the FBIs Special Agents, the Chesapeake Police Department's SWAT Team, and the Pentagon Force Protection Agencys ERT. MCSFR capitalized on the interagency training evolution to enhance CQB capabilities and knowledge for U.S. Marine CQB instructors and all participating agency operators further equiping anti-terrorism security f

MANZANILLO, Mexico - Mexican Marines stationed in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, clear a mock building during urban terrain training, taught by Marines from 4th Platoon, Company C, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, June 17. 4th Platoon, Company C, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, is attached to the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 24 and is embarked on the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in support of operation Partnership of the Americas /Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise designed to enhance cooperative partnerships with Marine forces from nine nations.

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Hazardous Agent Mitigation Medical Emergency Response Team accompany the President of the United States, Joe Biden, not shown, during the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, Sept. 22, 2022.

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) escort a simulated non-ambulatory casualty at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., Nov. 22, 2022. CBIRF conducted a certification exercise using an Initial Rescue Force (IRF) Focused, battalion driven exercise designed to test IRF leadership in task organization and command, and control.

Special forces operator during assault rappeling with weapons. rappeling assault

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Justin Dickison, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) chief with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, collects samples during a simulated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear scenario in Setermoen, Norway March 24, 2023. Cold weather CBRN training is designed to increase Marines confidence and readiness in their abilities to combat extreme cold weather conditions.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Clark, an inventory management specialist with 3D Sustainment Group (Experimental), 3D Marine Logistics Group, right, crosses a rope bridge during a ropes course with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea and Republic of Korea Marine Corps Ranger School in Pohang, South Korea, Jan. 27, 2022. The course increased the Marines readiness with rappelling and rope work while improving interoperability with our partners and allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ash McLaughlin)

DF-ST-87-13327. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A1C Robert Spuck, Security SPECIALIST, 374th Security Police Squadron, Yokota Air Base, Japan stands ready for a practice night assault at the OPFOR camp site outside of Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines from Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU SOC), search a house for Baath (Ba'th) Party officials during a patrol in Qalat Sukar during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qalat Sukar State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Republic of Korea Military Policeman looks around a wall during a joint Combat Readiness Course (CRC) with 51st Security Forces Squadron Defenders at Osan Air Base, ROK, Nov. 3, 2022. The CRC tested the joint partners ability to respond to various attack scenarios on different terrain while successfully defending Osan AB.

A US Marines Corps (USMC) Marine, Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 2 (MOPP-2), from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Marines (1/7), Charlie Company, Twentynine Palms, California (CA), with a sword found inside the Iraqi Armory in Al Kut. The purpose of the sword is unknown. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Navy SEALs Conduct Joint Training with Guatemalan Naval Special Forces for CENTAM Guardian 2023 Exercise, Focusing on High-Target Training and Small Boat Operations

050628-A-1566H-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Babil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen recover a sensitive item during Fieldcraft Hostile at Joint Base McGuire-Dox-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.

020506-F-6701P-024. Subject Operation/Series: COMBINED ENDEAVOR 2002 Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Spec ops police officers SWAT in black uniform in action. Spec ops police officer SWAT

Demonstration in the Landmark North shopping mall in Sheung Shui. Hong Kong on 28/12/2019.Manifestation dans le centre commercial Landmark North à Sheung Shui. Hong Kong le 28/12/2019.

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U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Sherman, Security Forces director talks to members of the 802nd Security Forces Squadron during guard mount, March 30, 2023, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Sherman and Gallaghers visit to JBSA-Lackland was to brief the current state of security forces from the top and to recognize the top performers within the 802nd SFS.

120612-N-WO496-006 GULF OF OMAN (June 12, 2012) Yeoman Seaman Darrell Lambert, left, and Fire Controlman 1st Class Christian Echeverri, participate in visit, board, search and seizure training aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78). Porter is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

During a mass casualty scenario, US Air Force SENIOR MASTER Sergeant Trenna Hooten, a member of the 8th Mission Support Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, dressed in protective gear prepares to use her canteen as a support device for the wounded during Kunsan's Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI). The 8th Fighter Wing personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities as well as their ability to survive and operate during their ORI. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Air Force 8th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management (left) and 8th Healthcare Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering flight teams, test for contaminants during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. Following the simulated chemical agent attack, the teams were sent out to further identify the type of chemical agent present and followed up with a containment plan to ensure the simulated attack did not impact the installations mission.

Airsoft soldier preparing for battle at training ground

Marines with 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.

Spec ops police officers SWAT in black uniform in action. Spec ops police officer SWAT

paintball field, Paintball Aventura Marratxi, Marratxi, Majorca, Spain.

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.

Special forces operators in black uniform in action. Special forces in action

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.

041017-F-9429S-002. Base: Alpena State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Hettenbaugh, 731st Air Mobility Squadron air traffic safety electronics personnel evaluator, right, evaluates simulated unexploded ordnance cordoning performed by Airman 1st Class Candace Yates, left, and Airman Gavyn Hinojosa, middle, 731st AMC passenger service representatives, during Beverly Midnight 24-1 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 30, 2024. 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. As the most forward deployed permanently based wing in the Air Force, the 51st Fighter Wing is charged with providing mission-ready Airmen to execute combat operations and receive follow-on forces.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Manav Patel, 177th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) material manager, moves mission oriented protective posture gear through the 177 LRS warehouse October 13, 2022, during a readiness exercise at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey. During the exercise, Airmen performed their jobs during exercise-simulated chemical and biological attacks, loss of electricity and network capabilities, and other exercise-simulated attacks, ranging from harmless to lethal, to prepare them for operations in a deployed environment.

060422-A-5745M-013. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN

Police officers from the Berlin Special Operations Command, SEK, simulate an attack during an exercise, 11/09/2016

Special forces operators in black uniforms in the smoke.

BWTEX exercise, police and Bundeswehr rehearse the fight against terrorists together. 2, 500 people took part in the largest anti-terror exercise in Baden-Wuerttemberg. A fictitious attack is simulated, symbol photo, Stetten am kalten Markt, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Vintage Photograph. Police tactical unit in action during a high-stakes operation.

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 414th Transportation Company, part of the 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade's Task Force Provider, don protective masks and clothing during a chemical attack drill at Karliki, Poland, Jan. 19, 2024. The 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion organized the training event to ensure Soldiers are ready to rapidly respond to protect themselves and continue operations even in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat environment. These Soldiers are deployed to Europe to assure allies and support multinational training to deter aggression in the region.

060305-N-7981E-025. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Two soldiers move during a simulated house-to-house battle, taken as part of a Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) simulate detecting and identifying contaminants at Naval Base Stump Neck Annex, Md., Nov. 30, 2022. Lt. Gen. Gregg P. Olson, Director of the Marine Corps, toured the facility, and spoke to CBIRF Marines and Sailors, while receiving multiple demonstrations of the response forces capabilities in case of a crisis.

Operational exercise, training for new SWAT officers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Two U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) boarding team members prepare for a fishery boarding with Fijian shipriders from the Republic Fiji Navy, Ministry of Fisheries, Fiji Immigration, and Fiji Revenue and Customs Services in the Fiji Exclusive Economic Zone in the South Pacific Ocean, Feb. 15, 2024.The Harriet Lane crew will continue to work with Fiji officials to build upon good maritime governance. Coast Guard

A U.S. Coast Guardsman attached to a Marine Security Response Team participates in a boarding exercise simulation as a part of Operation Nanook, Aug. 4, 2022. An MSRT unit embedded with USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) for Operation Nanook to showcase specialized Coast Guard law enforcement capabilities to partner nations.

Military policeman aiming guns from behind a police riot shield.

Close-up of a SWAT team member taking position behind a riot shield

U.S. Green Berets from 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and members of 45 Commando Royal Marines, conduct Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training at Grafenwöhr, Germany, Sept. 16, 2022. This special operations forces led exercise is designed to offer advanced combined tactics training in coordination with strengthening NATO Allies capabilities, information sharing, and defending against adversaries in the European Theater.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron breach a door during the opening of a new training facility at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, July 6, 2022. The facility was converted from a protective aircraft shelter and offers aerial viewing platforms to view the exercises down below.

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 16, 2022) -- U.S. Marines disembark a landing craft, utility (LCU) in the well deck of the amphibious landing dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) after returning from a multi-national amphibious assault with Brazilian and Uruguayan marines, Sept. 16, 2022. Mesa Verde is currently underway in the Atlantic Ocean in support of exercise UNITAS LXIII. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Brazil, it brings together multinational forces from Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States conducting operations in and off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperab

Airsoft soldier preparing for battle at training ground

Virginia Army National Guard Soldiers with Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), train with members of the French Foreign Legion at the French Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) site, Djibouti, April 15, 2022. Members of CJTF-HOA regularly train with and work alongside Allies, partners and government organizations to achieve a unified effort to improve safety, security and prosperity in East Africa.

U.S. Air Force Airman Basic Sydney Cymek, security forces trainee, practice clearing a room 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, Sept. 22, 2022. The field operations course is part of a six-week course designed to teach the basic skills necessary to new security forces Airmen.

060219-A-5745M-192. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MNT 2ND BDE

Swat officers with gun and shield

Detail, riot police at a protest against the 2008 Munich Conference on Security Policy, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

SWAT team exercise at a prison facility, Moers, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

060414-N-7981E-241. Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

Soldiers from the 216th Mobility Augmentation Company, California National Guard, conduct patient extraction exercises during the Dense Urban Terrain (DUT) exercise in Philadelphia, Pa., July 27, 2022. Task Force 46 and over 600 personnel from its federal, state, local, private and academic partners collaborated to successfully complete the most recent DUT exercise. The DUT series of exercises began in 2018 and has become one of the Nations premier all-hazard and homeland defense exercises designed to enhance interagency interoperability in the event of Americas worst day.

030321-F-7418E-002. Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

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