Warrior Training and Competitions

Images of soldiers engaged in tactical training, physical competitions, and teamwork during military exercises in diverse environments.

United States Army ranger treating the wounds of his injured fellow in arms.

Spc. Erick Baltazar Castro, a signal support system specialist assigned to the 311th Signal Command (Theater) stationed at Camp Zama, Japan, conducts a simulated tactical search of an individual during a series of warrior tasks and battle drills June 6 at Lightning Academy, Schofield Barracks East Range, Hawaii, at 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.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines ground fight during the Trinity Games at Camp Hansen, Japan, June 30, 2022. The Trinity Games were held to foster the spirit of competition and comradery within the unit. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

United States Army ranger treating the wounds of his injured fellow in arms.

U.S. Marines compete in a grappling event during the Security Battalion Field Meet on Sept. 16, 2022. Field meets are held to test Marines on their physical fitness while also bringing the battalion closer together and boosting unit camaraderie. The meet included an ammo can relay race, tire flip challenge, and grappling. Motor Transport Services finished in first place, followed by Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services and Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

U.S. Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, hammer in a wall for a constructed defensive position during Summer Pioneer 2022 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 17, 2022. Summer Pioneer 2022 is a naval engineering exercise demonstrating integrated U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy formations to establish and sustain expeditionary advanced bases and maritime domain awareness.

Recruiters across the 8th Marine Corps District (8MCD) compete to build camaraderie during the Pipehitter Training Conference Galveston, Texas, Feb. 2, 2023. Top performing recruiters across 8MCD gathered for a week to share tactics, techniques and procedures in what contributes to their success.

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Facility (MCAF) participate in the Emergency Operation Center drill on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Aug. 2, 2022. Marines practice these drills to simulate realistic situations, increasing their readiness and ability to respond to an emergency at any hour.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, pull several mock casualties to a casualty evacuation site after a mock improvised explosive device detonated when the convoy passed by.

U.S. Navy Ensign Tiffany Swiatek, intelligence officer with Seal Team 18, directs medical evacuation traning for U.S. Marines and partner nations during TRADEWINDS22 May 10, 2022 at the National Police Training Academy in Belmopan, Belize. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures; enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones; and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Force Reserve Command's 934th Civil Engineer Squadron, Minneapolis Air Reserve Base, Minnesota, take a breath after finishing the obstacle course on the final morning of the competition April 22, 2022, at the Silver Flag Exercise Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for DAF civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operational capability in April 2023. Eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force faced off in about 20 events showing a wide variety of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.

Army Sgt. Robert Blanco, assigned to the 6th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), bear crawls up a hill prior to a stress shoot in the unit's Best Soldier Competition, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. Competition events include a written test, a non-standard PT test, land navigation, weapons proficiency, a road march, drill and ceremony, common tasks testing, urban orienteering, rappelling, an obstacle course and appearing before a board of senior noncommissioned officers.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kenneth Estrada, a military working dog handler with Provost Marshals Office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, lays on the ground as a practice dummy during a law enforcement apprehension demonstration in Exercise Keen Sword 2023 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2022. Keen Sword exercises the combined command and control capabilities and lethality developed between MCIPAC, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self-Defense Force. This bilateral field-training demonstrates the U.S. military and JSDF interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

U.S. Marine Corps drill instructors with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, corrects a recruit during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Feb. 15, 2023. MCMAP aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual recruits and Marines through realistic combative training, warrior ethos studies and physical hardening.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kendrick Schumacher, top, competes in a grappling event during the Security Battalion Field Meet on Sept. 16, 2022. Field meets are held to test Marines on their physical fitness while also bringing the battalion closer together and boosting unit camaraderie. The meet included an ammo can relay race, tire flip challenge, and grappling. First place was Motor Transport Services, second place was Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services, and third place was Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

221024-N-PI330-1035 Gulfport, Mississippi (October 24, 2022) Construction Electrician Constructionman Suriel Rubio, left, and Construction Mechanic Constructionman Cody Bocoboc, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB 133), place Construction Mechanic Constructionman Patrick Lowrimore on a litter during medical training as part of a command post exercise on Naval Construction Battalion Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, October 24, 2022. NMCB 133 is at homeport in Gulfport, Mississippi conducting training cycles.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeromy Rodrigues and Cpl. Dylan Coombs grapple during a Security Battalion field meet on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, September 16, 2022. Field meets are held to test Marines on their physical fitness while also bringing the battalion closer together and boosting unit camaraderie. The meet included an ammo can relay race, tire flip challenge, and grappling. First place was Motor Transport Services, second place was Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services, and third place was Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, execute a forward break fall during Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 29, 2022. MCMAP is an integrated, weapons-based system that incorporates the full spectrum of the force continuum on the battlefield, and contributes to the mental, character and physical development of Marines.

U.S. Marines with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion (AAbn), 2d Marine Division grapple during Gator Week on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. Gator Week is an annual field meet held to commemorate the unit's traditions and past accomplishments in order to increase camaraderie and esprit de corps.

Soldiers help each other up a trench while competing in the 4th Infantry Division Utah Beach event May 23 at Fort Carson, Colo. Over 6,000 Soldiers carried their equipment through a two-mile course that consisted of eight different obstacles meant to simulate the experience Soldier faced during D-Day.

CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 21, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 work together to lift a stretcher during a mass casualty drill during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, move a simulated casualty to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 25, 2022. Bravo Company Marines conducted convoys with simulated opposition forces to prepare for future operations and foster force readiness. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Soldiers competing in the Army Warfighter Challenge, attempt to pull their comrade over, a fifteen foot wall, at the obstacle course on day two, of the challenge, at Fort Leonard Wood, M.O., Sept. 14, 2010. The 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge brings Military Police units throughout the Army together to determine who is the best in the Military Police field.

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U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, set up concertina wire during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 12, 2022. The purpose of a MCCRE is to formally evaluate the units combat readiness in preparation for deployment.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 104th Maintenance Group, Massachusetts Air National Guard, respond to a medical scenario during exercise Eagle Claw, a readiness exercise, June 11, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. The exercise assessed Barnestormers ability to maintain air dominance in a simulated contested, degraded, and operationally limited environment and test their implementation of the Agile Combat Employment deployment concept.

U.S. Army Advanced Individual Training Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 222d Aviation Regiment conduct tactical squad movement drills during a field training exercise at Fort Eustis, Virginia, June 9, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, practice close order drill at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 18, 2022. Drill teaches discipline by instilling habits of precision and automatic response to orders.

Paratroopers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-73 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Land Navigation for the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition on Fort Stewart, GA, July 26, 2022. The Land Navigation Event was one of several events during the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition that tested each squads proficiency in small-unit tactics and technical expertise.

An instructor from the U.S. Army Jumpmaster Mobile Training Team observes as a student performs his Jumpmaster personnel inspections sequence. The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) MTT came from Fort Carson, Colo. to conduct the two-week course at Stuttgart, Germany for airborne qualified Soldiers.

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U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron (MASS) 2 participate in a M240 Bravo machine gun relay during a field meet at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Jan. 19, 2024. The field meet was held in celebration of MASS-2's 81st Anniversary.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, conduct Modern Army Combatives training at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, July 22, 2022. Combatives is the term for hand-to-hand combat training and techniques within the Army branch of the United States military.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Rosas, center, administrative specialist, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 13 (MALS-13), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, explains the plan of action during a culminating event for a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) gray and green belt course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, July 26, 2022. MCMAP provides Marines with guidance on how to lead in any situation.

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Weapons Company, help demonstrate during a class on clearing buildings taught by Cpl. John Cohee 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.

U.S. Marines with Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (FMFLANT), Marine Forces Command (MARFORCOM), Marine Forces Northern Command (MARFOR NORTHCOM), and their respective Headquarters and Service Battalion (HQSVCBN), Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, Center for Naval Air Technical Training Unit Oceana, Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads Northwest Annex, Naval Air Station Oceana Dam Neck, Marine Corps Intelligence School Dam Neck, participate in a regional field meet at Captain Slade Cutter Park, Virginia, August 5, 2022. Marines across various units competed head-to-head in pugil sticks, ground fighting, PVC pipe construction, flag football, resupply runs, rowing, kickball, and tug-o-war in order to win the command trophy. FMFLANT, MARFORCOM, MARFOR NORTHCOM holds field meets regularly to sustain camaraderie and healthy work relations.

As part of a multi-national training exercise, U.S. Navy Corpsmen of the reserve and medics of partner nations gave classes regarding field-expedient methods to save lives using common items and trash found on the battlefield. The U.S. Marines and Corpsmen are assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task force 24, participating in Partnership of the Americas and Southern Exchange -- designed to expose military forces of ten nations to amphibious operations and the fundamentals to enhance peacekeeping.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group zero in their PEQ-16B laser at Kin Blue, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 27, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion fire an M240B machine gun during a live-fire range at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 31, 2022. The training enhanced automatic-weapons proficiency and combat readiness.

U.S. Marines participate in the obstacle course as part of a Martial Arts Instructor course at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2022. The Marines participated in the 15-day MAI course to become instructors and gain the ability to train and advance Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Steven Scher, from North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a logistics officer assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, utilizes a jackhammer to break through concrete during an airfield damage repair exercise as part of the Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) 1-23 course, at Canon Air Defense Complex (P111), near Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 1, 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Mylen Morales, a Series Commander with Charlie Company. 1st Recruit Training Battalion ensures that recruits are properly overcoming an obstacle during the Obstacle Course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, July 14, 2022. The "O-Course" is comprised of various obstacles and is designed to instill confidence in recruits by overcoming physical challenges.

Trainee Nicholas Warila low crawls through an obstacle course July 27, 2011, at Medina Annex, Texas, during the Creating Leaders, Airman and Warriors course. The CLAW is designed to test teamwork, leadership skills and the ability to perform under pressure while combined with basic military training trainees from other flights. Warila is a BMT trainee assigned to the 322nd Training Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

U.S. Army Sgt. Raven Azure, an infantryman assigned to 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, begins to move to cover during a training exercise near Fort Bliss, Texas, Oct. 8, 2022. Through constant, continuous and frequent training, Soldiers stand ready and able to conduct any mission and engage any enemy at any time.

BOSTON (Sept. 27, 2022) U.S. Navy petty officers first class, selected for promotion to chief petty officer, participate in a pike drill during Chief Petty Officer Heritage Weeks. During the week, Constitution Sailors teach the selectees a variety of time-honored maritime evolutions while living and working aboard the ship.USS Constitution, is the worlds oldest commissioned warship afloat, and played a crucial role in the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812, actively defending sea lanes from 1797 to 1855. During normal operations, the active-duty Sailors stationed aboard USS Constitution provide free tours and offer public visitation to more than 600,000 people a year as they support the ships mission of promoting the Navys history and maritime heritage and raising awareness of the importance of a sustained naval presence. USS Constitution was undefeated in battle and destroyed or captured 33 opponents. The ship earned the nickname of Old Ironsides during the war of 1812 when British cann

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regimen, 2d Marine Division, plot grid coordinates during their Fire Support Coordination Exercise (FSCEX) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2022. FSCEX is a week-long exercise that validates the units ability to provide offensive and defensive fires using organic fire assets of a Marine Expeditionary Unit a part of their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in preparation for their upcomingdeployment with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Lance Cpl. Jose Aldana, a data systems administrator with Marine Forces Reserve, performs a takedown technique on his opponent during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) course at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, Sept. 16, 2022. MCMAP aims to strengthen the mental and moral resiliency of individual Marines through combative training, ethos studies, and physical hardening.

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Crucible on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Feb. 24, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour culminating event in which the previous 11 weeks of training are put to the test. Marine Corps

A simulated casualty is treated by Shock Trauma Platoon One, Bravo Surgical Company, 3d Medical Battalion, during an STP and Enroute Care exercise, Landing Zone Boondockers, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 1, 2022. The purpose of this training was to assess Bravo Surgical Companys STP and ERC programs in order to enhance operational readiness.

Soldiers of the Tunisian Army Special Forces Brigade conduct a Rehearsal of Concept drill in preparation for a live-fire exercise during African Lion 22 in Ben Ghilouf Training Area, June 22, 2022. African Lion 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 mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Mario Ramirezvelez, a data systems administrator with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, is promoted to corporal during a promotion and awards ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 3, 2022. Ramirezvelez was appointed a Non-Commissioned Officer alongside three other Marines in front of a battalion formation in order to recognize hard work and dedication to the Marine Corps, as well as celebrate his promotion from lance corporal to corporal.

U.S. Marines with 4th Civil Affairs Group and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South participate in a Disaster Field Operations Course (DFOC) hosted by Florida International University at their Biscayne Bay Campus, Florida, July 15-17, 2022. The DFOC is an interagency exercise designed to provide graduate students with experience in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief while in a foreign disaster scenario. Graduate students in the Academy for International Disaster Preparedness program conduct the course at FIUs Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine as part of their annual capstone event.

U.S. Marines with 9h Engineer Support Battalion and Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group, prepare to fire M18 pistols during a live fire range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 25, 2022. The range was held as a tryout for III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations Pacific Marines to represent their individual units at the upcoming Far East Division Matches shooting competition. 3d MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEFs comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

U.S. Marines and Navy corpsmen with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a casualty evacuation training event during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Jan. 19, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations.

U.S. Marines with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion (AABn), 2d Marine Division compete in a game of tug-of-war during Gator Week on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023.Gator Week is an annual field meet held to commemorate the unit's traditions and past accomplishments in order to increase camaraderie and esprit de corps.

Recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion conduct the obstacle course on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 1, 2022. This course is used as one of many physical training challenges to prepare recruits to become United States Marines.

Wyoming Army National Guard soldiers hoping to become members of the state's new infantry unit are evaluated on dismounted movement techniques as part of the High Physical Demands Tasks (HPDT) test at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center May 14. The evaluation came early in the two-week training/qualification school that includes field and classroom training. Several soldiers were sent home after failing the mandatory HPDT event that included wall climbing, grenade throwing, lifting and moving various loads including sandbags, litters with casualties and missiles.

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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Felicia Reese, 932nd Aeromedical staging squadron medical logistics technician, tends to a mannequin during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 25, 2022. The Secretary of Defense has directed all servicemembers to be trained and proficient in basic life saving skills.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Melvin Sorto, an aircraft intermediate-level hydraulic and pneumatic mechanic with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, carries U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Gottschalk, a radio operator with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

Security Forces trainees at the 343rd Training Squadron move through a series of obstacles during the Individual Tactics and Techniques basic course at Joint Base San Antonio - Camp Bullis on Sept. 20, 2022. The exercise is designed to teach the trainees how to shoot, move, and communicate through tactical environments. The 37th Training Wing and 343rd Training Squadron provide the initial training for all Air Force security forces.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, wait for an Airborne operation at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Sept. 10, 2022. The unit conducted non-tactical airborne operations at the Army Aviation Facility in order to maintain mission readiness and proficiency among their paratroopers with the assistance of two CH-47s out of Virginia.The Army Aviation Facility was created through a MILCON effort valued at 11.7 million dollars and made possible by the joint effort of ASA Fort Dix and the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Aircraft Group 49. The 2100 square foot building is host to an Army Ramp Management Area which provides a wide range of capabilities for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft such as the C-130, CH-47S, and UH-60S.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Caleb Jackson, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, removes his protective headgear following a sparring exercise during a Martial Arts Instructor course at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, April 21, 2022. The Marines participated in the 15-day MAI course to become instructors and gain the ability to train and advance Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, flip a tire during a U.S. service competition in preparation for Balikatan 23 at Camp Agnew, Casiguran, Philippines, April 5, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.

The 5-17 Air Cavalry Squadron conducted its first spur ride since the unit was activated in May from September 1-2, 2022. Soldiers conducted multiple tasks in negotiating an obstacle course in order to display their confidence while operating as a team.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, conduct side bends with a log during log drills at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Nov. 28, 2022. Recruits carried a 250-pound log, executing various teamwork exercises to strengthen their bodies and minds.

U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Blake Fradette, left, a builder constructionman apprentice with Mobile Construction Battalion 4, 30th Naval Construction Regiment, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Cascio, right, a combat engineer with Bravo Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, apply a cable to move a steel beam during the construction of a non-standard bridge at Camp Rodriguez, Republic of Korea, July 13, 2022. Marines with 9th ESB are participating in a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed mountainous environment.

U.S. Soldiers with 1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 64th Brigade Support Battalion rally before a mission in Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 7. U.S. Soldiers of 1st Platoon patrolled COB Basra to Camp Bucca.

Sgt. Kylie Troxel, 371st Sustainment Brigade, performs a hand release push-up for the physical fitness event during the Ohio Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training Center in Ravenna, Ohio on April 1, 2022. The winners of the BWC will move on to represent the Ohio Army National Guard at the regional level competition this summer. The BWC recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to the Army values, embody the warrior Ethos, and represent the Force of the future. (Photo by Sgt Katelin Uhinck, 196TH Mobile Public Affairs Detachment/RELEASED)

Battlefield medic saving life of injured airborne infantry paratrooper.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher Walker, a transmissions system operator with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, buddy squats U.S. Marines Corps 1st Lt. Reese Carlen, an assault amphibian vehicle officer with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

U.S. Army ROTC Cadets assigned to the U.S. Army Cadet Command 2nd Brigade accept awards for placing first overall during the Ranger Challenge at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Oct. 23, 2022.The competition is conducted over two days on a non-tactical course. The mission is to challenge Cadets' mental and physical toughness and to develop leadership while fostering teamwork and esprit-de-corps. Teams participate in nine graded events, each team is awarded points based on how well they perform in each event. The best team in each event is awarded a trophy for being the first, second, and third place teams. The number one team is The Ranger Challenge Winner for that year.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Eric Sanderson, right, 13th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party officer, and Senior Airman Sean Seefeldt, 13th ASOS TACP specialist, carry a simulated victim to safety during Wraith Challenge 22 in Burnet, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. TCCC is intended to treat casualties and prevent more life-threatening conditions until proper medical units can arrive. Wraith Challenge 22 brought seven teams of tactical air control party Airmen from the 3rd Air Support Operations Group together to compete in tests of physical and mental challenges.

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, check for a simulated exit wound during a casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 4, 2022. This training establishes confidence and familiarity between the Marines and Sailors for in-flight medical treatment. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the 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.

Senior Airman Jonas Brown, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems journeyman, connects a power cable to an approach light at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 27, 2022. 8th CES follow very specific guidelines to set up an emergency airfield lighting system to keep Wolf Pack pilots proficient at alternate landing strip operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Steven M. Adkins)

U.S. Marines with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion (AABn), 2d Marine Division compete in a grappling event during Gator Week on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. Gator Week is an annual field meet held to commemorate the unit's traditions and past accomplishments in order to increase camaraderie and esprit de corps.

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Combat rescue officer candidates participate in a Monster Mash” during the CRO Phase II Screener at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Oct. 18, 2022. A Monster Mash is a culmination of various events meant to test the physical endurance of the candidates.

A 421st Combat Training Squadron instructor teaches students Tactical Combat Casualty Care during the Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire course at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 6, 2024. The ART-OTW course is a pre-deployment requirement to gain experience in specialized tactics and techniques through strenuous training scenarios. Air Force

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christopher Mize, aviation ordnance systems technician, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, and Cpl. Lenz Stvil, air traffic control navigational aids technician, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, grapple during a culminating event at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 2, 2024. 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. The culminating event consisted of land navigation, an improvised explosive device lane, tug-of-war, grappling and completing the obstacle course with gear. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy Lt. Peyton Fanning, left, and Shihab Hossain, a hospitalman 3rd Class assigned to 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division simulate a Valkyrie blood transfusion for mass casualty decontamination drills during Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.1 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Hijudai Training Area, Japan, April 25, 2022. The skills developed at ARTP increase the proficiency and readiness of the only permanently forward-deployed artillery unit in the Marine Corps, enabling them to provide precision indirect fires.

U.S. Army paratroopers from the 173rd Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) top off the tank of a forklift at the Forward Operating Base Fenty refueling point in Jalalabad, Afghanistan Feb. 8, 2008.

Soldiers of Company C, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, work as a six member team to lift a heavy log over their heads 20 times while competing in the Ivy Heptathlon during Iron Horse Week, Jan. 28, 2015. Teams executed seven events in accordance with Army Regulation 7-22 in the fastest time possible.

060413-N-0411D-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI)

080915-A-5406P-005 (FIRST AID 2)EIB candidates look on while Spc. Benjamin Bishop (foreground), of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, currently attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, uses a mannequin to demonstrate the proper way to bandage a casualty during training for the Expert Infantryman Badge at Fort Bragg Sep. 15.

030310-M-4544K-014. Base: Camp Williams State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

POHANG, Republic of South Korea (March. 26, 2023) - U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Republic of Korea Marines participate in warm up stretches prior to conducting rappel training during Ssang Yong 23. Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the U.S.-ROK Alliance, Ssang Young 2023 strengthens the Alliance through bilateral, joint training, contributing toward the ROKs combined defense of the Korean Peninsula and increasing the readiness of the U.S.-ROK Alliance.

U.S. Air Force Airmen participating in Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire provide tactical combat casualty care to individuals 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

040213-M-3843C-009. Base: Mcas, Beaufort State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy HN Andrea Davis a corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Keller, Texas native, removes a catheter during Valkyrie training in support of exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 2, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual 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.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, receive a brief on the confidence course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 11, 2022. The confidence course challenged recruits to face their fears and overcome them.

U.S. Army Spc. Jeter, center, with the 302nd Military Intelligence Battalion, shows Sgt. Jones and Pfc. Rayburn how to perform first aid on an injured Soldier during training at the Wiesbaden Sand Dunes training area in Mainz, Germany, Feb. 28, 2008.

A U.S. Marine with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion (AAbn), 2d Marine Division competes in a weapon disassembly and assembly relay during Gator Week on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. Gator Week is an annual field meet held to commemorate the unit's traditions and past accomplishments in order to increase camaraderie and esprit de corps.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler Vallin, a combat engineer, and Sgt. Summer Gibson, an engineer assistant, prepare to pour concrete during a squadron field exercise (FEX) at Camp Schwab training grounds, Okinawa, Japan, October 2, 2022. MWSS-172 conducted the squadron FEX to emphasize tactics, techniques and procedures in an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation (EABO) environment in preparation for the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE).

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Carlos Loyafieero, top, and Sgt. Aaron Borgens, military police officers with Provost Marshals Office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, use a flexi cuff while demonstrating law enforcement apprehension procedures to members with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during Exercise Keen Sword 2023 on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2022. Keen Sword exercises the combined command and control capabilities and lethality developed between MCIPAC, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self-Defense Force. This bilateral field-training demonstrates the U.S. military and JSDF interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

U.S. Soldiers with the 716th Military Police Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Fort Campbell, Ky., erect a command and control tent at a forward deployed location near Camp Atterbury, Ind., Nov. 6, 2009, during exercise Vibrant Response.

U.S. Marine Corps LCpl Keegan Bailey, combat graphic specialist, Security Battalion, performs medical procedures on a dummy during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, July 29, 2022. Students learn real combat scenarios while treating casualties on the battlefield under fire. Students perform triage, provide ambulatory care, and obtain and analyze medical information.

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