Special Operations Training

Aerial gunners and soldiers participating in training exercises. Emphasizes the readiness and operational capabilities of military units across various scenarios.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Vega (left), Staff Sgt. Jerry Premuto and Airman 1st Class Kiley McKenzie, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Quick Reaction Force members, move out to locate a missing-wounded service member, during a troops-in-contact field training exercise at Air Base 201, Niger, Feb. 17, 2023. Field training exercises such as this provide service members with immediate and essential feedback, which prepares them for real-world situations.

U.S. Air Force aerial gunners with the 4th Special Operations Squadron participate in a training sortie on an AC-130J Ghostrider, April 27, 2022 at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 4 SOS regularly performs training sorties on the AC-130J in order to ensure readiness to perform special operations missions any time, any place.

020128-F-8387C-018. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

020128-F-8387C-019. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Members of 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment, 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conduct night operations at 16 static traffic control points in support of local, parish and state officials after severe thunderstorms spawned several tornados in southeast Louisiana, Feb. 7, 2016. Some of the Guardsmen preformed similar missions in New Orleans East following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (National Guard

Private Milton Gomez, a member of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, enters a C-130 Hercules aircraft prior to it's departure from Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, during Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFX) 98-1. Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

AIRMAN Joyce Kurtanich uses a forklift to place a lighting unit on a trailer for shipment to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Eaker Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970911-F-8748C-005. Subject Operation/Series: CENTRAZBAT 97 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Vega (left), Staff Sgt. Jerry Premuto and Airman 1st Class Kiley McKenzie, 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Quick Reaction Force members, move out to locate a missing-wounded service member, during a troops-in-contact field training exercise at Air Base 201, Niger, Feb. 17, 2023. Field training exercises such as this provide service members with immediate and essential feedback, which prepares them for real-world situations.

040519-F-1467B-006. Base: Misawa Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

020628-F-4219L-015. Country: United Kingdom (GBR)

A member of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 8 checks his optical sight-equipped 7.62mm M-14 rifle aboard the fleet oiler USNS J0SHUA HUMPHREYS (T-AO-188). SEAL Team 8 is providing boarding teams to assist the ships of the Maritime Interception Force in their enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

011126-F-4406B-010. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Aircraft crew members unload cargo to make room for equipment to be loaded on board a C-5 Galaxy aircraft in support of Operation DESERT STRIKE. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STRIKE Country: Unknown

980623-F-2171A-009. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030202-F-8290C-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jared Linke, right, 21st Logistics Readiness Squadron airfield management operation NCO in charge, conducts a dismounted patrol as role players talk during Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 9, 2024. The ART-OTW course is a pre-deployment requirement to gain experience in specialized tactics and techniques through strenuous training scenarios. Air Force

031012-F-5040D-192. Base: Mountain Home Air Force Base State: Idaho (ID) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A Moroccan Army Paratrooper jumps out the cargo door of a US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, one of the many static line drops accomplished during Operation BLUE SANDS 2001. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE SANDS 2001 Base: Ben Guerir Airfield Country: Morocco (MAR)

U.S. Air Force Airmen, uncrate ammunition at the start of the live firing portion of the Lightweight Machine Gun Qualification course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. The course is two-weeks long culminating in three days where students familiarize themselves with weapons by live firing in multiple conditions and is designed to ready students for mission demands on day-one of assignment at their new base where this training is not available.

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 27th Security Forces Squadron (SFS), Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico (NM), arrive at US Navy (USN) Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) Lakehurst, New Jersey (NJ), for the kickoff of the Air Force's newest flag-level contingency exercise, Eagle Flag. Base: Naval Aes Lakehurst State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing stand in a processing line as their personal data and orders are checked prior to their departure for Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Raf Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School jumps from the tailgate of a C-27 aircraft during free fall training at Camp Mackall, North Carolina September 22, 2022. The military free fall parachutists jumped from 7,000 feet and landed on Luzon Drop Zone.

030826-F-6701P-013. Subject Operation/Series: JTF LIBERIA Base: Roberts International Airport Country: Liberia (LBR)

Soldiers board one of eight U.S. government buses at Kimhae Air Base flight line, in Pusan, the Republic of Korea, on Oct. 14, 1998. The soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division landed in Korea in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Second Lt. Sabrina Gutierrez-Gonzalez, Military Intelligence Basic Officer Leader Course student, maneuvers through Urban Ops Site-South during Operation Crucible Sandstorm at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Sep. 21.

In the mountain fog atop Mt. Lisin, Romanian soldiers, part of the Stabilization Force (SFOR), position the polycab generator onto the concrete slab foundation. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Corporal Gaffney, USMC, (left) works on a laptop and Corporal Bennet, USMC, (right) works on a propane stove. Both Marines are with Communications Platoon, S-6 Radio Section, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) (Special Operations Capable) based at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

Bound for Qatar, members of the Air National Guard's, 169th Fighter Wing climb on board a Air Mobility Command's C-5 Galaxy on the flight line at McEntire Air National Guard Station, S.C. The 169th was being deployed as part of the Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) IV to the country of Qatar. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

041208-F-0365G-007. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the Virgin Islands National Guard unload equipment at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, while preparing for their mission in Washington, D.C., as part of the lead up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration, Jan. 16, 2021. National Guard members from several states have traveled to the District to support federal and District authorities in the run-up to the inauguration.

Soldiers take a break from exercises in support of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 60th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work together to pull a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone into place aboard a Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron, August 10, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. After receiving nine new MQ-9s since June, the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing redeployed five back to the United States.

A U.S. Soldier with the National Guard stands guard on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Jan. 16, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to Washington to provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the 59th Presidential Inauguration.

040607-F-3963C-108. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant's Eileen Boles and John Baxley, 8th Comptroller Flight, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, armed with an M16A2 rifle affix simulated M-8 chemical detection paper to their vehicle 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)

041020-F-9072P-014. Base: RAF Mildenhall State: Suffolk Country: United Kingdom (UK)

040315-F-0848C-001. Subject Operation/Series: POLAR FORCE 04-4 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040622-F-0451J-080. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSOC

Nebraska Air National Guard members load aircrew bags onto a truck for transport to a Nebraska Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker. The Nebraska Air National Guard deployed a small contingent of personnel in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Lincoln Municipal Airport State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC/ANG

041208-F-0365G-001. Base: Unknown

020505-M-9902V-031. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

980616-F-2907C-061. Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American soldiers keep watching the US Airbase Spangdahlem, Rhineland-Palatinate Germany Europe

DF-ST-89-01802. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: West Germany (FRG)

Marines with Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) carry a stretcher fille with sand bangs while in their Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), wearing an M40 Chemical-Biological Field Masks with a C2A1 filter canisters during training at Camp Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background is an Australian competitor in his MKIV No1 NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Suit with Avon FM12 Mask. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

U.S. Navy Corpsmen and members of the Northern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in joint emergency medical training and patient transport to a Japanese field hospital during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Airmen from the 5th Security Forces Squadron patrol the area surrounding the Weapon Storage Area during exercise Prairie Vigilance at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Sept. 16, 2022. Prairie Vigilance tests the 5th Bomb Wings ability to conduct strategic-bomber readiness operations.

MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Steven Taylor, USAF, kneels down to shoot photos of Shaw Air Force Base maintenance personnel working on an F-16CJ Fighting Falcon late into the night of 11 September 2001. MSGT Taylor, a base photographer is documenting the steps taken at the base in response to the terrorist attacks against the US earlier in the day. The jet, once repaired, will be launched, if needed, to defend the United States against any unknown aircraft entering US airspace. The base is now operating in Force Protection Condition Delta (FP CON Delta) in response to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon that morning, 11 September 2001. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

An Air National Guard Security Forces specialist sets up an arctic tent system in subzero temperatures at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota as part of the Air National Guard's Security Forces Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) on January 17, 2024. The two-week CWOC course combined classroom instruction, outdoor skills development, and a 3-day, field training event that required students to build and sleep in arctic tent systems, subsisting on cold weather Meals Ready to Eat and incorporated land navigation, live saving skills, and cold water immersion events. 50 students from Air National Guard wings from across the U.S. participated in the advanced, cold weather survival course planned by personnel assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard.

041028-F-5388P-064. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Staff Sgt. Timothy Wright, 94th Security Forces Squadron, security forces Airman, radios in concerning a simulated hostile attack during an exercise at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga, Sept. 22. Dobbins ARB hosted, coordinated, and participated in a base-wide exercise from Sept. 19-25 called United Force 22-01 to test readiness capabilities.

050120-F-1740G-001. Base: Cololmbo Country: Sri Lanka (LKA)

Two US Air Force Firefighters from the 8th Civil Engineering Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea use the buddy system to remove their proximity suits inside the Contaminant Control Area during Kunsan's Operational Readiness Inspection. The 8th Fighter Wings personnel are being evaluated on their wartime capabilities during their Operational Readiness Inspection. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-89-04224. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY MORNING 88-2 Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of the 48th Security Police Squadron, Charlie Flight, Lakenheath Air Base, England wait for the landing of their C-130 Hercules that took them from Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where they completed a four month TDY. The 48th Security Police Squadron provided security to all areas of Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. They also conducted patrols and convoys throughout the former Yugoslavia region in support of Operation JOINT GUARD. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

110123-N-2908M-037GULF OF ADEN (Jan. 23, 2011) Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Matthew Bolton tests his mobility while in a bomb suit during training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the command ship of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

031015-F-6655M-005. Base: Lakehurst State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

030408-M-3138H-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The 169th Operations Support Flight (OSF) from McEntire Air National Guard Station, South Carolina, airlifted hurricane relief supplies to La Mesa International Airport, Honduras. On the ramp at La Mesa, the supplies were off-loaded by hand. The C-130 Hercules was borrowed from the Louisiana Air National Guard's 159th Fighter Wing. Local news teams and journalism students(not shown) from the University of South Carolina were also transported to get media coverage of South Carolina Army National Guard Civil Engineers deployed in Honduras. Base: La Mesa International Airport Country: Honduras (HND)

Lieutenant Sharon Wibur a nurse with 624th Fast Forward Surgical Team Erie Pennsylvania eats lunch on the hood of a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in GOLDEN MEDIC, a multi-unit, medical, field exercise in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade soldier checks the equipment of a fellow soldier near Narashino training field, Japan, during a bilateral jump training with the 36th Airlift Squadron, April 19, 2022. The goal of this event is to improve interoperability between the USAF and JGSDF by defense and information exchanges to deepen mutual understanding of each unit, and to further cement the U.S. and Japanese alliance.

Severe Storms and Flooding, Methuen, MA, May 19, 2006 John Giarrusso of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency helps members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency conduct preliminary damage assessments throughout areas impacted by recent heavy rains.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Firefighters from the 52nd Civil Engineering Squadron, 52nd Support Group, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, using a basket stretcher and sling lines lift a mannequin out of harms way during rescue training. Base: Spangdahlem Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

041228-F-7194F-014. Base: Kadena Air Base State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, put a simulated casualty onto a sked during a mission readiness exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Jan. 10, 2023. The sked is a rescue stretcher used for technical rescue and confined spaces while providing patient security and protection.

030821-M-7837W-049. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Participants in the Air Force Research Laboratory 2015 Tech Warrior work to exit an underground tunnel after a smoke grenade simulating mustard gas was released during their search for a weapons cache as part of a dismounted patrol scenario, Sept. 15, 2015, at the National Center for Medical Readiness, Fairborn, Ohio. During the exercise participants learn a variety of skills such as base defense, self-aid buddy care, and tactical vehicle driving and land navigation.

A U.S. Army Soldier from the 426th Civil Affairs Battalion, 351st Civil Affairs Command, USACAPOC, pulls security while his team engages with a local key leader during a comprehensive simulated training exercise designed to test civil affairs teams ability to assess a village and engage key leaders August 27, 2022, at the schoolhouse in Junction City, a part of the National Trainin

US Army General George Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, is briefed by Italian Army Captain Ciro Maddaluno, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd "Lione" Field Artillery Battery, about the many capabilities of his unit. This "Lione" (Lion) Field Artillery Battery is located at the outskirts of the Sarajevo metropolitan area in Bosnia and Herzegovina. GEN Joulwan took several opportunities to have lunch, speak with, and ask questions of the Italian soldiers stationed here in support of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

011117-F-4406B-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Naval Air Station, Sigonella State: Sicily Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

030617-F-7685H-036. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: AFSPC

050929-A-2098S-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Marez State: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 172ND SBCT

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David R. Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces command chief, is briefed by Airmen with the 36th Munitions Squadron as they show him one of many munitions storage buildings at Andersen Air force Base, Guam, April 14, 2022. The purpose of Wolfes visit was to speak with Airmen in a variety of career fields about Andersen AFB, its importance in the region and how the Air Force could contribute to further enhancing the capabilities displayed across the base.

An instructor explains the use of the Weaponeer remedial rifle marksmanship trainer at the Fort Polk Training Aids Services Command. The trainer is mounted on a trailer that can be transported to rifle ranges or company areas to correct individual deficiencies in marksmanship. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1ST Combat Camera videographer STAFF Sergeant H. Chris Scrivener (Hometown: San Antonio, Texas) documents elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel conducting final checks prior to conducting high altitude low opening (HALO) jump from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft during EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Special Operations Command

A flight engineer (left) on the Ch-47 helicopter from Detachment 1, Company G, 140th Aviation, Nevada Army National Guard, monitors a Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 7 technician from San Diego, California, as he prepares to attach a hoist cable to the Zodiac boat. The boat and members of Mobile Unit 7 completed a search of one of the lakes near Gold Dust Peak for remnants of the 500 pound bombs carried by the A-10 that crashed nearby. Base: Big Spruce Lake State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000505-N-6492H-520. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

AIRMAN First Class Derek Helms, USAF, structures specialist, 52nd Civil Engineering Squadron, 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, performs a security check on his vehicle before departing the civil engineering compound on Spangdahlem's Bitburg Annex. Base: Bitburg Annex State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-109. Hurricane Katrina

220903-F-LN908-0176WALVIS BAY, Namibia (Sep. 3, 2022) Master-at-Arms 1st Class Matthew Green, from Dallas, and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Ian Heberer, from Johnstown, N.Y., stand watch aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), Sep. 3, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

A U.S. Soldier from 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division patrols a school under renovation in Al Awad, Iraq, while Iraqi laborers work, July 17, 2008.

Flying Officer W.D.C.J. Gunatilleke, Sri Lanka Air Force, general engineer discusses the R-11 fuel truck at the Montana Air National Guard Base, Great Falls, Montana, Sept. 8, 2022. The 36th Contingency Response Support Squadron facilitated a Mobile Training Team event between the Sri Lanka Air Force and the 120th Airlift Wing.

970517-M-8731B-001. Complete Scene Caption: The Commanding General for 2d Marine Division Major General L. Livingston (left) and the G-3 for 2d Marine Division, Colonel (COL) Lange (right) are briefed by COL J. C. Hardee, the Commanding Officer for MAGTF-6 (Marine Air Ground Task Force) at the Command and Operations Center during the FINEX (Final Exercise) at the Quaken Bush Training Area during Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE). Subject Operation/Series: CAX

Tough Ombres from the 217th Transportation Company out of San Antonio, Texas are transporting equipment across the country to support our Canadian allies during the upcoming Exercise Maple Resolve. U.S. Army North and the Canadian Armed Forces plan year-round for the Canadian Army's Exercise Maple Resolve, the largest allied exercise conducted in North America. Maple Resolve provides an opportunity to enhance multi-national interoperability in a brigade-level field training exercise.Col. Steve Pazak, 90th Sustainment Brigade Commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Brenda Acosta linked up with the convoy at Fort Knox, Kentucky to offer encouragement along the journey and to stress the importance of the training/driving time as well as safety.Great work Tough Ombres!

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLTON, California (July 11, 2022) - U.S. Navy Gas Turbine System Technician Senior Chief Petty Officer Matthew Smart assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5, secures chains, July 11. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently embarked aboard the USS Makin Island conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Airmen assigned to the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron conduct a post-attack reconnaissance sweep (PAR) during a training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 16, 2022. The PAR sweep tested Airmens ability to correctly identify possible hazards surrounding their work areas and effectively communicate updates to the unit command center.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Return to Kediri. Leg truck with soldiers. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

070514-A-1906W-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tallil Area Office Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USACE

Vehicle Commander US Marine Corps Sergeant David Hodges and US Marine Corps GUNNER Corporal Joseph Jordan don their gear before traveling out in one of four Light Armored Vehicle Air Defense (LAV AD) amphibious vehicles March 13 in front of the Thunderdome at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Twenty-one Marines from the LAV AD unit at Camp Pendleton, California, are here to participate in NORTHERN EDGE 2001. The Marines will provide air defense for command and control and radar sites on Eielson's ranges during the two-week multi-service exercise. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army (USA) Corporal (CPL) Joshua Thibealt, top, Captain (CPT) Jennifer Vaden, center and SPECIALIST First Class (SFC) Domingo Ruiz, load school supplies which will be distributed to local schools and orphanages, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

060224-A-7969G-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC1-187 MORTARS

030327-M-0175R-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4)

040331-M-1158H-001. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

During EXERCISE DESERT RESCUE IX, Elite U.S. Air Force Pararescue personnel prepare to conduct static and high altitude low opening (HALO) jumps from a 71st Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia based HC-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere search and rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. Special Operations Command

Participants in a Community Leader Engagement stop at a training area May 24, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. More than a dozen community leaders and local law enforcement professionals from Tomah, Sparta, Monroe County, and other nearby municipalities gathered at Fort McCoy to see the posts mission first-hand. During their visit, the community leaders received a driving tour of the installation and made stops at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility on South Post, training areas on North Post, the Commemorative Area, Garrison Headquarters, and McCoys Community Center where they received a lunch.

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