Tactical Operations in Terrain

Dark and moody photographs showing soldiers in tactical clothing maneuvering through smoke-filled environments, prepared for action.

Black silhouette of soldier in the smoke during battle.

Special forces operator in black uniform in the smoke.

Special forces fighter armed with submachine gun and night vision goggles on helmet.

Special operations fighter wearing helmet with thermal imager, carefully moving with caution in the darkness.

A guy wearing a tactical swat suit is aiming seriously by his submachinegun.

Black silhouette of soldier in the smoke during battle.

Studio shot of SWAT police operator with sniper rifle. Fire smoke screen background.

Spec ops police officers SWAT in black uniform and face mask, studio shot.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Johnson, a machine gunner with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks down the sights of a M240B medium machine gun during a helicopter raid exercise on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 04, 2022. The exercise trained Marines on securing an objective, defending it, and creating a forward arming and refueling point. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Spec ops police officer SWAT in the rain.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Davino, a rifleman with 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, clears a room during a Combat Life Saver (CLS) course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2022. CLS is designed to teach Marines the vital skill of immediate combat medical care.

Assault team member comes through the window on fire.

Studio shot of SWAT police operator with sniper rifle. Fire smoke screen background.

A special operations soldier wearing night vision device, aiming short barrel assault rifle in darkness.

Special forces soldier with rifle on dark background.

Army special forces soldier with night vision device and pistol, standing ready for action.

19th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, participate in a live fire exercise, Feb. 17, 2012, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The 19th CES fire department received the 2010 Fire Prevention of the Year award from Air Mobility Command and was AMC's 2010 fire department of the year.

Modern soldier, counter terrorist squad fighter in combat uniform, helmet and tactical radio headset, aiming service pistol in darkness, shooting with handgun, studio portrait on dark background. Counter terrorist squad fighter soldier aiming pistol

060724-F-1644L-021. Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Army special forces soldier with night vision device and pistol, standing ready for action.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Drew Koleno, hammer team member, with Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), prepares to extract a simulated casualty during a mission readiness exercise at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Jan. 10, 2023. The exercise was conducted in order to practice realistic training to improve, sustain, and develop standards of procedures safely.

Futuristic Nazi soldier with Schmeisser submachine gun.

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (July 19, 2022) Royal Australian Army Gunner Frederick George, a Townsville, Queensland, Australia native and forward observer with 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, scans the training area at Pōhakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, July 19, 2022. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division conducted joint and international joint terminal attack control air and fire missions as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Soldier wearing combat helmet, mask and glasses, quietly sneaking darkness with handgun in hand.

Night-vision equipment, SWAT team exercises, North-Rhine Westphalian Police, North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Tech. Sgt. Michael Gesford, 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron HC-130J Combat King II loadmaster, guides a U.S. Army MH-47G Chinook during air-to-air refueling over an undisclosed location, Oct. 10, 2022. The joint training event, in support of Combined Joint Task Force -Operation Inherent Resolve, demonstrated day and night Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling capabilities.

A U.S. Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fires an M249 light machine gun down range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 13, 2022. Marines applied their knowledge of M249 light machine gun and the M240B weapon systems on the range in order to maintain proficiency and lethality. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

A view of an M-61A1 20mm Vulcan gun taken from the nose of an F/A-18 strike fighter aircraft showing the damage sustained when ammunition exploded prematurely in the gun barrel during a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Spec ops police officer SWAT in the rain. Spec ops police officer SWAT

Soldier sneaking in darkness along a brick wall, aiming rifle with silencer.

A guy wearing a gasmask is aiming seriously by his handgun.

Special forces soldier with rifle in the smoke.

A U.S. Marine with the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to conduct a free fall insertion over Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 1, 2022.This was one of multiple training events during a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability Course which provided an evaluation from the Expeditionary Operations Training Group in combining elements of a MAGTF during the intermediate training phase of the 26th MEU pre-deployment training program.

Special forces fighter aiming rifle with silencer in darkness during a stealth night mission.

Contour shot of spec ops soldier on black background

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Tory Delmonico, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), communicates to his team during a raid exercise with Swedish soldiers, assigned to 5th Company, South Scania Regiment P7, in Ravlunda, Sweden, Aug. 28, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Frogman with complete diving gear and weapons in the water.

Police special forces fighter, assault team member, tactical group officer in black uniforms, aiming with silenced pistol while hiding behind, covering himself with ballistic shield, high contrast. Armed SWAT fighter hiding behind ballistic shield

U.S. Army Spc. Jeffery Moore prepares to exit a Bradley fighting vehicle on Camp Ar Ramadi, Iraq, following a raid in the Tameem district of Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2006. Moore is with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Division based out of Baumholder, Germany.

Studio shot of a nuclear post apocalypse survivor in tatters.

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Lavine, a rifleman/squad automatic gunner with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, proceeds to the upstairs of a home during a cordon and search operation in a village west of Baghdad, Iraq, Feb. 17, 2007.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Carson Reeves, a light armored vehicle crewman assigned to Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, oversees a 25mm cannon turret during a live-fire light armored vehicle range event in support of exercise EFES 2022 in Turkey, June 4, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct an amphibious night raid at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 5, 2022. This raid was one of various training events during a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Interoperability Course. MAGTF Interoperability is an evaluation from the Expeditionary Operations Training Group in combining elements of a MAGTF during the intermediate training phase of the 26th MEU pre-deployment training program.

A side view portrait of a soldier wearing camouflage clothing and a hat and a face mask holding a rifle. (releasecode: rrk_mr28)

U.S. Air Force Maj. Ken Burton, the 18th Weather Squadron director of operations at Fort Bragg, N.C., looks toward the ground combat training course before participating in training at Camp Blanding, Fla., Jan. 24, 2011.

Special forces operator armed with machine gun, paddling Army kayak through river fog.

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

SWAT team officers protecting themselves behind ballistic shield as they move through a firefight.

Soldier man, gun and tank with battlefield, overlay and conflict with shooting, bomb or transport. Military, security and fight with machine weapon, explosion or global warzone for freedom in Ukraine

Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New Orleans enforces a security zone during NOLA Navy Week in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 2022.

Post apocalypse. Sole survivor in tatters and gas mask on the ruins of the destroyed city. Nuclear post apocalypse survivor

modern warfare soldier in action near window changing magazine and take cover urban environment

Police on the move aiming rifles

front, a native of San Jacinto, Calif., and Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Derel Williams, standing, a native of Anchorage, Alas., participate in a low-light M4 course of fire on aircraft elevator 4 aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations.

Squad of US marines in action in ruined building

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Devin Davis, an infantry officer with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) an a California native, recites the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear procedures during an infantry skills test as a part of the Division Leaders Assessment Program (DLAP) on Fort Walker, Virginia, Feb. 23, 2024. DLAP is a rigorous course that tests and improves the warfighting abilities of leaders across 2d MARDIV. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class William Layne, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five, secures his gear for pier sweep training during Valiant Shield 2022, at Naval Base Guam, June 13, 2022. During pier sweep training, Sailors removed physical, manmade, and explosive threats impeding the force's ability to maneuver on land and sea. In doing so, they refined expeditionary warfare skills, enabled freedom of movement and enhanced their integration ability with the fleet and joint force.

May 2016 (off). Social movement against the Labour Act in Rennes. Mai 2016 (off). Mouvement social contre la Loi Travail à Rennes.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Case, a combat engineer and range noncommissioned officer in charge, with 1st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, gives a range orientation brief before an urban breaching training at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Jan. 27, 2022. Bulgaria is a steadfast and gracious host to regionally allocated forces at NSTA and provides rotational units with premier range facilities which contribute to overall combat readiness allowing us to train and meet our NATO commitment to stand by our allies and partners. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Adam M. Manternach)

Studio shot of a nuclear post apocalypse survivor in tatters.

Ugly burnt face of futuristic Nazi soldier wearing a steel helmet.

special forces soldiers team in urban environment making tactical assault action

DF-ST-87-03649. Subject Operation/Series: BLUETAIL Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Carnage Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct live fire mission operations using an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during Exercise Dynamic Front 23 at Oksbol, Denmark, March 27, 2023. Exercise Dynamic Front 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, 56th Artillery Command led, multinational exercise designed to improve allied and partner nation's ability to execute multi-echelon fires, and test interoperability of both tactical and theater-level fires systems in a live environment.

SWAT team members hiding behind ballistic shield, aiming their weapons.

Green Berets U.S. Army Special Forces Group soldier, studio shot.

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines communicates over the radio from a defensive position during Stand-in Force Exercise on Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2022. SiF-EX is a Division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise serves as a rehearsal for rapidly projecting combat power in defense of allies and partners in the region.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, treat a simulated casualty during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Post apocalypse survivor with weapons and gas mask, studio shot.

U.S. and Côte d'Ivoirian special operations forces conduct Joint combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Adiake, Cote dIvoire August 23, 2022. JCETs enhance U.S. relationships with partner nations by developing and maintaining critical military-to-military connections and improving joint and allied readiness and interoperability.

Post apocalypse survivor with weapons and gas mask, studio shot.

A U.S. Army Soldier uses his scope to investigate a suspicious vehicle approaching during a cordon and search for weapons caches and insurgents in Old Baqubah, Iraq, April 2, 2007. The Soldier is from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division.

Staff Sgt. Jamal Walker, a musician assigned to U.S. Army Japan stationed at Camp Zama, Japan, pulls over hood of his Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology ensemble June 7 at Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii, during the mystery event for the 2022 USARPACs Best Warrior Competition. The USARPAC BWC 2022 is an annual week-long competition consisting of competitors from multiple USARPAC units across the Indo-Pacific. The noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers are evaluated in several categories such as general military knowledge, basic Soldier skills, and physical fitness.

A Hellenic armed forces paratrooper sits on a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules during exercise Stolen Cerberus IX at Elefsina Air Base, Greece, May 6, 2022. Ten paratroopers jump from the aircraft during the bilateral training.

A soldier pointing a gun.

Special forces operator during assault rappelling with weapons.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a simulated casualty on a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

A U.S. Navy SEAL assigned to a Naval Special Operations Team utilizes a compass board while sitting in a Combat Rubber Raid Craft during a dive mission during 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.

Studio shot of a nuclear post apocalypse survivor in tatters.

An Air Force Security Forces two-man team clear the stairwell of a training building during a simulated hostage situation.

US Military security service serviceman in camo uniform, helmet and mask, armed with assault rifle standing in backlight beam of war watchtower search light. Military base or prison night watch guard. Soldier at night patrol or watch on military base

Studio shot of SWAT police special forces hiding behind ballistic shield.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tom Ochieng, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, holds a magazine of 5.56 mm blanks during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 6, 2024. The TRAP course is designed to develop the capabilities of Marines to recover aircraft, personnel and equipment in austere environments. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine Expeditionary Units, and other designated forces, in select individual and collective tasks to prepare them to support geographic combatant commands. Ochieng is a native of Missouri. Marine Corps

060726-F-7564C-325. Base: San Luis State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, capture enemy combatant role players during a long-range night assault exercise as part of Assault Support Tactics 4 (AST-4), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 25, 2022. AST-4 provides the prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a night, long range battalion air assault to multiple objectives simultaneously in a medium threat environment while conducting five of six functions of Marine Aviation.

Back view of army soldier in camo uniform, helmet with radio set, wearing armor plate carrier, holding assault rifle, watching on tanks passing through fire. Fiery battlefield of modern war conflict. Army soldier on battlefield during tank attack

Soldier in military camouflage uniform running over desert area during armed conflict

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators with the 24th Special Operations Wing discuss mission details during Emerald Warrior 22.1 on Eglin Range, Florida, May 3, 2022. Emerald Warrior provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas. The exercise prepares special operations forces, conventional force enablers, partner nations and interagency elements, to integrate with and execute full-spectrum special operations in an arctic climate, sharpening U.S. forces abilities to operate around the globe.

A Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Fire and Rescue member clears the smoke from a live fire at the "Burn Building". The fire fighters at Dover AFB train hard to uphold the title "Best in AMC.". A Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Fire and Rescue member clears the smoke from a live fire at the "Burn Building". The fire fighters at Dover AFB train hard to uphold the title "Best in AMC."

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Jan. 30, 2013) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Kevin Williams directs an F/A-18C Hornet from the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Frank McCall, 8th Healthcare Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, reads an M265 detector kit during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. During the training scenario, the bioenvironmental engineering flight responded to different locations around the installation to conduct readings and to identify possible chemical attacks.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Frank McCall, 8th Healthcare Operations Squadron bioenvironmental engineering technician, reads an M265 detector kit during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. During the training scenario, the bioenvironmental engineering flight responded to different locations around the installation to conduct readings and to identify possible chemical attacks.

Frogman with complete diving gear and weapons in the water. Frogman with weapons

A U.S. Air Force 509th Bomb Wing Security Forces member checks equipment during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2022. Airmen participate in a CBRN and other training exercises to deter and win against adversaries.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, supported by 1-52nd General Support Aviation Battalion CH-47 Chinooks, assault a landing zone during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 at Yukon Training Area, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, March 30, 2023. The Arctic is unforgiving and requires deliberate, purposeful leaders who are meticulous in their planning and approach to their warfighting, and JPMRC-AK 23-02 is key to testing the divisions leaders and soldiers.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, writes down information during a night casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Eardly, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, is transported in a Jehu-600 class landing craft during Freezing Winds 22 Syndalen, Finland, Nov. 27, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

220904-N-XB010-1002 SEA OF JAPAN (Sept. 4, 2022) - Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to push off of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) stern gate on a combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) in the Sea of Japan. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Josue Cortes, student, Corporals School, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, balances gear on the obstacle course event during the Corporals Course culminating event at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Sept. 1, 2023. The culminating event consisted of an improvised explosive device lane, shallow-water grappling and completing the obstacle course with gear. Corporals Course is a month-long professional military education program that develops Marines small unit leadership skills and continues to prepare them to lead Marines.

Studio shot of a nuclear post apocalypse survivor in tatters.

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