Troops in Combat Readiness

Vivid action shots of troops engaged in military exercises, patrols, and combat readiness scenarios, emphasizing teamwork and tactical operations.

240205-M-IU565-1084 CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Feb. 5, 2024) A Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command provides security while participating in a final exercise rehearsal during exercise Eager Defender 24 onboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 5. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

CAMP TITIN, Jordan - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) conduct a live fire squad attack range during Exercise Eager Lion 22 at Camp Titin, Jordan, September 7, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

First Lieutenant (1LT) James Bourie and soldiers with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, use their scopes and binoculars to search for enemy during a combat patrol in the mountains of ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment take a moment to rest while out on patrol in Marjah, Afghanistan, Feb. 17. Several days after coalition forces launched an assault against insurgents taking refuge in the city, the fighting continues to manifest in sporadic outbursts.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division take a knee to scan for enemy personnel prior to a joint clearing operation with local Abna'a Al Iraq (Sons of Iraq) through a group of small villages south of Salman Pak, Iraq, Feb. 16, 2008. The village is known to have recently been occupied by insurgents.

240205-M-IU565-1084 CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (Feb. 5, 2024) A Marine assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command provides security while participating in a final exercise rehearsal during exercise Eager Defender 24 onboard Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 5. Eager Defender 24 is the capstone in a series of bilateral exercises between Kuwait and U.S. naval forces, focused on enhancing mutual capabilities and interoperability in maritime security operations. Marine Corps photo)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prime a M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during Exercise Cobra Gold 23 in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 6, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

041110-M-2789C-012. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, step off from a simulated air assault mission during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. XCTC trains brigade-sized elements in infantry tactics for deployment purposes. The training also includes a review session for commanders to assess the training deficiencies for their units.

U.S. Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron practice shooting an M-4 carbine and M-9 pistol at a proficiency fire training at Udari Multi-Purpose Range Complex, Kuwait, May 29, 2022. The 386th ESFS implemented this training to stay proficient in their primary weapons systems.

080808-A-5406P-050-STACK 2Paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division prepare to enter and clear a building during a Joint Readiness Training Exercise at Fort Bragg Aug. 8. The JRTX was designed to demonstrate the the 82nd Airborne Division's unique capability to conduct a parachute assault on an enemy objective.

U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Priscilla Pereyra, a supply administrator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, directs Marines in a fire and maneuver drill during Bushido Strike 23 on U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan Casey, South Korea, Feb. 6, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation to validate its mission essential tasks to provide combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Gomez-Morales, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, takes point position during a shoot, move and communicate demonstration July 2, 2022 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The demonstration was part of the multi-capable airmen training program.

111119-F-SA682-065 U.S. Army soldiers with the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team security force climb down from their positions during a site assessment of the Dowry Rud check dam in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Nov. 19, 2011.

070422-A-5406P-001.JPG - Sgt. William Kok of Sacramento, Calif., a paratrooper with B Co, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security while his platoon investigates a possible roadside bomb in the Al Beida neighborhood of Baghdad's Adhamiyah District Apr. 22

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael McCoury, a machine gunner with Lima Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, lies in the prone while conducting Range 400 as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 6, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

040224-M-5753Q-030. Base: Camp Udairi Country: Kuwait (KWT)

AL HAMRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 19, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and the United Arab Emirate Presidential Guard conduct weapons drills during exercise Iron Defender 22 at Al Hamra training camp, UAE, June 19. Iron Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and forces from the United Arab Emirates. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, mine countermeasures and harbor defense.

Staff Sgt. Galen P. Hafner (far right) and Afghan National Army soldier, Staff Sgt. Gulwazir Harin (center), platoon sergeants with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, head out on a patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers train, eat, work and fight alongside one another in an attempt to make operations in the region more Afghan driven.

U.S. Army Pvt. Brenden Merrill, a rifleman, Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, stands guard while Spc. Alexander Hicks, a grenadier assigned to the same unit, performs enemy prisoner of war procedures during a simulated training exercise at the Ben Ghilouf Training Area in Tunisia, June 24, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of m

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher Hobbs, an infantry unit leader with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, observes a target with an M151 Improved Spotting Scope during a live-fire range on Okinawa, Japan, April 14, 2022. Marines rehearsed combined arms tactics to maintain readiness for expeditionary operations in contested environments. 1/3 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. Hobbs is a native of Kissimmee, Florida.

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Vandegriff of Lynchburg, Va., and Pfc. Joshua Cahoon of Wolcott, N.Y., with 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division have a conversation while attending a groundbreaking ceremony of Freedom Field being built near Joint Security Station Ur, Baghdad, Iraq, June 23.

2nd Lt. Pat Bragan, 3rd platoon commander with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and his Marines prepare to attack Taliban insurgents here after drawing fire here Aug. 15. Bragan is from Abington, Mass.

041213-M-3988H-013. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine assigned to 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provides suppressive fire at range 410A Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., during Integrated Training Exercise 4-22, Aug. 2, 2022. ITX is a live-fire and maneuver combined arms exercise designed to train battalion and squadron-sized units in tactics, techniques, and procedures. This provides a sustainable and ready operational Reserve force for employment across the full spectrum of crisis and global engagement.

A U.S. Soldier from Bravo Company, 5/20 Infantry, 2nd ID provides supporting fire during a squad live fire exercise in Kirkush Military Training Base, Diyala province, Iraq, June 10, 2010. U.S. and Iraqi forces trained to clear mined and wired obstacles, clear bunker complexes and react to contact.

101220-A-6521C-073 U.S. Army Spc. Conner Elms (left), with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, and an Afghan National Army soldier (2nd from left) patrol outside the town of Shekhabad in Wardak province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 20, 2010.

051230-A-5745M-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

Green Berets U.S. Army Special Forces Group soldiers.

030315-M-4419R-002. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 40548

030408-M-4419R-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

Pfc. Timothy Moreland, a Shreveport, La., native, works with his fellow Solders to secure the Taji Qada, northwest of Baghdad, May 3, making it a safer place for the locals to live. Moreland serves as an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment Wolfhounds,” 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team Warrior,” 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad.

030323-M-3692W-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Echo Company

U.S. Army Pfc. Rohan Wright, center, a cavalry scout with a personal security detachment with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepares to fire an M203 grenade launcher at the weapons range at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Paktia province, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2013.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Quintin Jones, commanding officer of Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23, observes Marines execute Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 23, 2022. Range 400 is used to conduct company-level live-fire training in a deliberate assault against prepared defensive positions. Marines and Sailors with MAGTF-23 maintain various civilian careers, but continue to answer the irrational call to service in the Marine Corps Reserve, staying combat ready through challenging, realistic training.

051205-F-4177H-119. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, fires an M203 grenade launcher during a platoon attack at Range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., on July 20th, 2022. Range 410A challenges platoons to perform a complex fire and maneuver attack requiring communication and coordination between multiple support by fire positions and a maneuver element.

U.S. Soldiers in the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, attached to the 218th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Carolina Army National Guard, demonstrate their own and the M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles capabilities for the press eastern Syria Nov. 11, 2019. These mechanized infantry troops support Combined Joint Task Force- Operation Inherent Resolve and partner with Syrian Democratic Forces to defeat ISIS remnants and protect critical infrastructure in eastern Syria.

Soldiers assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, armed with a 5.56 mm M-4 carbines, conduct a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission near a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Bagram Airfield in Kabul, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

The 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, Arizona Army National Guard, search a Military Operations in Urban Terrain site during an Air Assault Operation here on Jan. 7.

100627-A-1619C-348 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Matthew Hilderbrand (left) and Staff Sgt. Kevin Sentieri, from 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe, patrol across a plateau in search of a weapons cache outside Combat Outpost Sangar in Zabul province, Afghanistan, on June 27, 2010.

040627-M-8096M-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Saraw State: Oruzgan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

050920-A-8255A--099. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Madain State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

031018-F-7234P-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 82nd Airborne Division

Lance Cpl. Daniel Lyndall (left), and Lance Cpl. Cody Pacheco, riflemen serving with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, practice escalation of force techniques during unknown distance live-fire training aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2013. The Marines familiarized themselves with their weapon systems and escalation-of-force procedures.

U.S. Army Soldiers rush through a door during a cordon and search operation in Rubaidah, Iraq, March 12, 2008. The Soldiers are from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Nov. 25, 2010) - Soldiers assigned to the 510th Route Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, conduct a route clearance patrol in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. The 510th Route Clearance Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, conducts route clearance missions throughout the city.

060325-M-9019H-043. Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

United States Marine during combat operation in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Marines with 1st platoon, Combat Logistics Company 28, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, conduct casualty evacuation drills on Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 25, 2013. 1st platoon conducted the drills to maintain proficiency and enhance working relationship with their Army counterparts.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christian Martinez, a squad leader with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment , 1st Marine Division engages a target during a course of fire as part of exercise Intrepid Maven 22.4 in the United Arab Emirates, Sept 22, 2022. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between U.S. and UAE armed forces to train with and strengthen our relationships with allied nations in the CENTCOM area of operations.

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait- U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1-153 Cavalry Regiment plan for a mission lane at the U.S. Army Central Best Squad Competition May 5, 2022 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. BSC 2022 measures the abilities of squads to perform physical and mental challenges as a cohesive team.

030410-M-5753Q-094. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. Scott Tracy (front) and Robert Henry (back), both from the 944th Security Forces Squadron, aim M-4 rifles while at the Ability To Survive and Operate area Jan. 8, 2011, during the unit training assembly.

U.S. Army Capt. Russell Raikes and 1st Lt. Justin Zaleski, advisors to the engineer battalion for 201st Afghan National Army Corps, discuss potential future operations and logistic support for what will be Forward Operating Base Gamberi's new cool-down yard, Nov. 11, 2013. When finished, the cool-down yard will provide a secure location where vehicles can be inspected before being granted entry. The yard is the first major undertaking for the 201st Corps Engineer Kandak's Horizontal Company. It's also the first joint operation between them and the unit's vertical engineers.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Frank Wood and a fellow Soldier provide security as a new Sons of Iraq check point is established in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, March 6, 2008. The Soldiers are from 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

Engineers from 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade erected partially notional obstacles as defense against a possible counter attack by opposing forces during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23 (JPMRC-23) at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Big Island, Hawaii Nov. 3, 2022. All obstacles are partially notional on PTA due to restrictions on digging and cutting off roadways.

041119-M-2583M-045. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army soldiers Staff Sgt. Chad Kair of Fort Polk, La., Sgt. 1st Class Travis Leonhardt, of Bucyrus, Ohio, and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston of Damascus, Md., with 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, coordinate security during a meeting to discuss improvement projects in the Daymirdad District, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011.

Soldiers with Company A, 2d Battalion, 198th Armored Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, rehearse a dismounted patrol from a Bradley Fighting Vehicle June 12, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, during Multi-echelon Integrated Brigade Training (MiBT). A MiBT is a multicomponent event that sustains readiness of reserve and active components in accordance with the U.S. Armys Total Force policy. Total force training benefits include increased individual Soldier and collective battle staff proficiency, standard operating procedure exchanges, and stronger cross component relationships. (Mississippi National Guard

U.S. Army General David H. Petraeus, Commander, International Security Assitance Force,visits with U.S, NATO, and Afghan forces, at checkpoint 91, 09 July in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, prepare to take off in a CH-53E "Super Stallion" with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton March 4. The helicopters transported more than 100 Marines.

Staff Sgt. Galen P. Hafner and Afghan National Army soldier, Staff Sgt. Gulwazir Harin, platoon sergeants with 3rd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, pose for a photo before setting out on a patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers train, eat, work and fight alongside one another in an attempt to make operations in the region more Afghan driven.

Basic Trainees stand in formation awaiting a military training instructor upon completing a training exercise at the Basic Expeditionary Airman Training course, BEAST, Sept. 2 at Lackland Air Force Base. The BEAST introduces Airmen to the joint expeditionary concept and immerses them in to deployment scenarios.

060123-A-1211S-107. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

030315-M-5753Q-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the fourth squadron, 2d Cavalry Regiment, stand in formation for the closing ceremony at Noble Partner 22 at the Vaziani Training Area, in the country of Georgia, Sep. 8, 2022. Noble Partner 22 builds multinational interoperability between allied and partner nations, increasing readiness and improving multinational command and control capabilities.

Punisher” Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 37th Armor Regiment, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and their partners from 46th Brigade, 12th Division Iraqi army train on loading and unloading a Blackhawk for an air assault at their shared compound, Patrol Base Gaines-Mills, Jan. 20. This training is a part of the Commando training that the Punisher” Soldiers are teaching their Iraqi counterparts.

SOUTHERN SHORSHORK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Lance Cpl. Joshua J. Melendez, squad automatic weapon gunner, 3rd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, provides security while the rest of Lima Company sets up an observation post in Southern Shorshork, Helmand province, Afghanistan, as part of 3/3’s mission in Operation Cobra June 16. It was Melendez’ 25th birthday. Melendez, from Anaheim, Calif., spent his last birthday in Iraq. Operation Cobra is a joint operation between Marine Corps units and the Afghanistan National Army to disrupt enemy forces which have been using the sparsely populated region between Marjah and Nawa as a safe haven.

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pull security outside of a house during a cordon and search in the Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq, June 20, 2007.

120127-A-NN423-392 Minnesota National Guardsmen with the 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division complete a ruck march to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge at Forward Operating Base Gerber, in Kuwait, on Jan. 27, 2012. The Expert Infantryman Badge is awarded to soldiers who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties and complete a series of tests.

040608-M-0706S-021. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

050622-A-9039F-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Danger State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4TH IRAQI ARMY DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Gomez Jr., an infantry unit leader with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, briefs a squad while conducting Range 400 as a part of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 8, 2022. ITX is a month-long training evolution comprised of multiple ranges to refine combined arms maneuver in offensive and defensive combat operations.

030424-F-7203T-016. Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Attack Company, 1st Regiment, 503rd Infantry Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team set up a tactical satellite communication system in Shekhabad Valley, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Aug. 9, 2010.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 4th Brigade, 1st Infantry Division stand guard at a market in Al Doura in Baghdad, Iraq, April 5, 2007, providing security for Ryan Crocker, U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, prepare to clear a compound during a demolition urban operations range as part of Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment.

040814-M-3658J-021. Base: Mcb Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050331-F-9085B-009. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Soldier with 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, prepares to fire an M777 Howitzer as part of Operation Steel Eagle March 30 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Operation Steel Eagle gathered several battalions within the brigade to train in fire missions, insertion and movement to observation posts.

Spc. Garret VanBrink, Spc. Paul Saya and Staff Sgt. Sean Henry, all with the Force Protection Company, 81st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 81st Brigade Combat Team, Washington Army National Guard, take a break from training during a visit from Col. Ronald Kapral, the commander of the 81st BCT, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Sweeney, the command sergeant major of the 81st BCT, Feb. 6 at Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq. About 2,400 Washington National Guardsmen and 900 California National Guardsmen deployed with the 81st BCT based out of Seattle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October. They are scheduled to return home this summer.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fernando Gonzalez, platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, Dog Company, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 509th Infantry Regiment, hailing from El Paso, Texas, directs the movements of his platoon outside Combat Outpost Zormat, May 30. Dog Company is part of the 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, Task Force 4-25.

Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation Regiment, North Dakota Army National Guard, participate in a training exercise during the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 16, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

A U.S. Army Soldier provides security for a medical evacuation after a simulated chemical attack during a training mission near Camp Ramadi, Iraq, Sept. 25, 2007.

An Iraqi army soldier and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Manuel Sahagun, from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, finish clearing a house and move onto the next one during a combined cordon and search in Ghazaliya, Iraq, March 21, 2007.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Anthony Moore, from Corpus Christi, Texas, a radio operator with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group moves to an observation point to assist in controlling various forms of fires including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, artillery, and mortar assets during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Observation Point Sunkist (OP Sunkist), Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 4, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

070320-A-3887D-042. Base: Mansour State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare an expedient grapeshot charge for a demolition range during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 11, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, prepare to move to another building during Marine Warfighting Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 3, 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.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Brian Rodriguez, 1ST Battalion (BN), 6th Marine Regiment (MAR REGT), Bravo Company (B CO), pauses for a brief second to rest during a knock and cordon conducted within the inner city of Fallujah, Iraq (IRQ). He is armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle. The 2nd Marine Division (MAR DIV) and MNF-W (Multi-National Force-West) conducts counter-insurgency operations with Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to isolate and neutralize Anti-Iraqi Forces during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Paktika Reconstruction Team members Sgt. 1st Class Jermaine Jones (left), Chief Petty Officer Rhonda Harms (middle), and Sgt. Robby Owens (right), patrol the streets of Sharana while delivering supplies of women and children's clothes, shoes, and toys March 7 in preparation for International Women's Day events to be held the following day at the Director of Women's Affairs compound in Sharana. Chief Harms is the communications department head for the PRT and is deployed from the Naval Operations Support Center in Austin, Texas, Navy Central MAST A, where she is the Operations/Information Technology department chief. Jones and Owens are both deployed from Bravo battery 1/178 Field Artillery, South Carolina Army National Guard.

Lance Cpl. Dominic Draper, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, provides security during a patrol in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 24, 2010. Marines and Afghan National Army soldiers patrolled through a residential area of the city to conduct counterinsurgency operations as part of Operation Moshtarak, a push to rid Marjah of Taliban presence and intimidation.

A Marine with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment provides security during a firefight with insurgents in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 18, 2010. Patrols have been increased in an effort to push the Taliban back and create a buffer for villages friendly towards coalition forces in the region.

050614-A-1566H-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Abu Ghraib Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 463 MP CO, 376 BTL/ 49 BRG, MNCI

Soldiers from the 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion Mortar Platoon prepare the Fire Direction Center vehicle for the days exercise.The Idaho Army National Guards Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion sharpen their skills preparing for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Glen D. Pegher of Mars, Pa., a platoon leader assigned to Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Task Force Storm, ensures his Soldiers are in appropriate firing positions while providing security for Afghan National Security Forces in Kharwar District Jan. 10. Soldiers of Co. D and ANSF recovered two caches and detained four people during the two-day operation.

Soldiers assigned to the 64th Military Police Company under the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, fire a MK19 grenade launcher during qualification at Fort Cavazos, Texas, Feb. 22, 2024. The 64th Military Police Company has a dual mission, providing law enforcement on Fort Cavazos and homeland defense. (Minnesota National Guard

Airman 1st Class Justin Massey, crew chief with the 437th Maintenance Group, and Staff Sgt. Daniel Hernandez, aerial combat camera journeyman with the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, leave a building to document the exterior during Exercise Scorpion Lens 23, March 23, 2023. Exercise Scorpion Lens is an annual training event held at McCrady Training Center, Eastover, South Carolina, hosted by the 1st Combat Camera Squadron (1CTCS). The exercise provides expeditionary skills and training to Combat Camera professionals from the United States Army, Air Force, and Marines worldwide.

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