Field Operations and Training

Images of soldiers participating in field training exercises, preparing for deployment, and performing tactical operations.

Soldiers from the 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E), 35th Corps Signal Brigade, set up their equipment during a field training exercise on Oct. 26, 2022, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The 50th ESB-E spent a week in the field, running through day and night validation exercises where each crew had to complete a time digital gunnery table to certify their scalable network nodes. (U.S. army Photos by Sgt. Maxine Baen)

Lieutenant General Thomas Plewes, Commanding General of the US Army Reserves, receives a perimeter security briefing from Sergeant First Class Donovan Taylor of the 114th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in GOLDEN MEDIC, a multi-unit, medical, field exercise held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin, California. Attached to Taylor's helmet, upper body and M-16A2 rifle is the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear to simulate combat. When hit by a laser emiter a loud tone sounds off that signifies the soldier is wounded or dead. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Bryan ONeal, the Command Sgt. Maj. of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Lt. Col. Joseph R. Branch, the commander of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, engage in discussions with U.S. Army Paratroopers during live-fire and tactical movement training as part of Eagle Ursa at the training range in Slunj, Croatia, on February 25, 2024. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployableforces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployedacross Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships andstrengthen the alliance. Army

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.

Soldiers from the 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E), 35th Corps Signal Brigade, set up their equipment during a field training exercise on Oct. 26, 2022, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The 50th ESB-E spent a week in the field, running through day and night validation exercises where each crew had to complete a time digital gunnery table to certify their scalable network nodes. (U.S. army Photos by Sgt. Maxine Baen)

U.S. Air Force Airmen carry a simulated casualty on a litter during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2022. The exercise sharpened Airmen's skills for a wide variety of situations that they may face during contingency operations.

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Duncan French (right), executive officer, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, speaks with an Australian Army soldier with 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, during exercise Southern Jackaroo 22 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, May 17, 2022. Southern Jackaroo is a multilateral exercise carried out by Marines with MRF-D, the Australian Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers, focusing on live-fire and combined arms training.

Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, work to set up the Tactical Operations Center (TOC) in the Grafenwoehr training area during a field training exercise on July 10, 2022, in support of Dynamic Front 2022. DF22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed exercise directed, is the premier U.S led NATO Allied and Partner integrated fires exercise in the European Theater Focusing on fires interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural, and technical domains.

The soldiers of the 1st BN 182nd INF, one of the oldest military units in the United States which formed in 1636, come from Massachusetts Army National Guard. The soldiers are on Range 40 on the Fort Dix Range Complex completing their machine gun, Medium and Light, qualification training tables. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Task Force 61/2, treat a simulated casualty with Hellenic Marine doctor Athanasios Andreou with the 32d Marine Brigade during exercise Alexander the Great 22, Greece, May 20, 2022. Alexander the Great 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Greece, and Allied nations, enhancing strategic defense and partnership to preserve security and stability in the region.

Idaho National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion teamed up with the Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 183 Assault Helicopter Battalion to conduct medevac training at the Orchard Combat Training Center on March 30, 2022. The training simulated emergency evacuations of sick or wounded Soldiers from a battlefield. Ground medics preformed medical care on the ground before rushing them to the flight medics aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter who continued medical care while they were flown to the nearby medical facility. This training is a portion of combat training the 2nd of the 116th CAB conducted in preparation to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield later this year.

U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie and Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard combine efforts July 24, 2007, during a joint urban cordon and search exercise as part of the army readiness and training evaluation program in the mock city of Balad at Fort Dix, N.J. The Soldiers are preparing for a scheduled deployment to Iraq.

U.S. Army Spc. Luis Zuloeta, a 68W Combat Medical Specialist assigned to 41st Field Artillery Brigade, calls in a 9-line medevac for a simulated casualty during the field medical lanes portion of the 7ATC/V Corps-level Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 13, 2022. Teams from across U.S. Army Europe and Africa test their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winning U.S. Army squads will meet at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, to compete for the title of U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) Best Squad from August 8-12.

040708-M-3717S-004. Base: Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 2, 25

Members of the Malawian Maritime Force have an after action report with members of a U.S. Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA) team durning a Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) in Monkey Bay, Malawi, June 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.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 185th Infantry Regiment treat a casualty at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, April 8. Soldiers are timed on the handling of massive hemorrhaging during a stress lane.

U.S. Army Sgt. Johnson (left), assigned to the 4th Brigade, 25th Infantry Division Airborne, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Trent Collins, a joint terminal attack controller assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, programs a radio during exercise Swift Response, May 10, 2022, near a drop zone on a frozen lake in Bardu, Norway. Swift Response is an annual USAREUR-AF led multinational training exercise taking place throughout Eastern Europe, including the Arctic, Baltic Sea, and the Balkan Peninsula regions and is designed to enhance readiness and airborne interoperability with allies and partners.

British Army Soldiers assigned to 7 Rifles, United Kingdom, conduct weapons clearing procedures during Northern Strike 22-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

Member of the 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, set up tent facilities after their arrival at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). The 314th and about 130 Air Force, Reserve and Guard members from across the nation participated in Air Warrior II in February 1997.Exact Date Shot UnknownPublished in AIRMAN Magazine June 1997. Member of the 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, set up tent facilities after their arrival at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC). The 314th and about 130 Air Force, Reserve and Guard members from across the nation participated in Air Warrior II in February 1997.Exact Date Shot UnknownPublished in Airman Magazine June 1997

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from various Air National Guard units tackle the second station on the obstacle course -- running a distance in mission oriented protective posture gear while carrying a steel beam -- 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.

Members from the 89th Services Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, get their weapons sighted by a Combat Support Operations Course Services instructor. The team is made up of 120 Air Force, Navy, and British Army reservists currently undergoing a two-week field-training course at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

$Staff Sgt. Jessica Smith, Army Reserve Career Group, treats a manakin for a fracture and a burn during the Best Warrior Competition at Fort Knox, Kentucky, March 31, 2022. Smith was one of 35 soldiers who competed in the Best Warrior Competition.$

A 374th Airlift Wing Airman reads a simulated injured Airmans Tactical Combat Casualty Care card at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 16, 2022. Tactical Combat Casualty Care provides evidence-based, life-saving basic first aid techniques and strategies, proven to reduce combat casualties and retain a higher state of readiness in combat environments.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, lay out weapons systems as part of a static display during Exercise Justice Eagle, at Smardan Training Area, Romania, on Sept. 19, 2022. As part of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, continues to reinforce NATOs eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises like Justice Eagle with Allies and partners across the European continent to reassure our Nations Allies.

U.S. Soldiers with the 252nd Quartermaster Company train to defend themselves with their various weapon systems, including the M2 machine gun. The Soldiers are in Fort Hood preparing for a deployment to the Middle East.

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a simulated medical evacuation during a raid exercise in Ravlunda, Sweden, Aug. 26, 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.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Security Forces Squadron simulated a hot pad perimeter breach and securing Agile Combat Employment assets during Exercise Beverly Sunrise 22-06 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 30, 2022. Beverly Sunrise is an exercise designed to train and test the response and procedures for deployment and combat contingency operations.

A Fort Meade Medical Department Activity Soldier conducts hoist operations during the third quarter Best Leader Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, July 7. Eight candidates competed in a wide variety of events that covered Army Warrior Tasks in the Shoot, move, communicate and medicate areas that included: M4 Engagement Skills Trainer range, the Army Combat Fitness Test, an obstacle course, day land navigation, a 6-mile ruck march and combat water survival training. The Fort Meade MEDDAC is headquartered on Fort Meade and includes a number of U.S. Army health clinics at several other locations in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.

Soldiers participating in the Division Leaders Academy learn medical techniques on July 19, 2022, on Fort Carson, Colorado. These medical techniques were part of the three-day-long course called the Division Leaders Academy.

Sgt. Casey Naumann, a military police assigned to 8th Theater Sustainment Command stationed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii, reassembles an M249 machine gun during a series of warrior tasks and battle drills June 7 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. 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.

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), 173rd Airborne Brigade, assists a casualty after seizing an objective as part of exercise Repel Resolve II at Monte Romano training site, Viterbo, Italy, Jan. 21, 2024.The Repel Resolve II exercise develops small-team lethality and experience, increasing the battalion's ability to operate across the Brigade Support Area of operation.The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

Two US Marines from the 2nd Battalion 8th Marines come ashore on the Naval Base for two days of training. The Marines are presently stationed on USS NASSAU as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

EOD technicians use explosives to clear an airfield for an exercise during a training event May 16, 2022 at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin. Audacious Warrior is an explosive ordnance disposal exercise with participation from Airmen, Marines, and Soldiers from a range of units and career fields.

U.S. and Japan service members participate in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense demonstration during a joint bilateral CBRN exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 21, 2024. Conducting joint CBRN training increases interoperability and the ability to respond rapidly to a crisis or contingency. Air Force

030914-M-9023R-001. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Golf 2nd Bn 3rd Mar

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines and members of the Northern Army, Japan Self-Defense Force demonstrate High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems capabilities during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 4, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

FORT HOOD, Texas - 1st Squad, Red Platoon, based out of Joint Base Lewis McCord, Washington, compete in Patrol Lane 2 for the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition at Fort Hood, Texas, August 18, 2022. These Soldiers represent the best the in U.S. Army Forces Command.

040318-M-5523R-021. Base: Su Song Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Airmen set up a field medical tent during a Wisconsin Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Enhanced Response Force Package exercise May 14, 2022 at the Fox Valley Technical College, Public Safety Training Center, Appleton, Wisconsin. The exercise included setting up a field medical site, providing search and rescue for casualties, and hoisting casualties via UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to the field medical site to be treated.

040326-F-3118M-133. Base: Bradley Air National Guard Base State: Connecticut (CT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force MASTER Sergeant Russell E. Wright (Foreground), a Radar Maintenance Craftsman of the 31st Communications Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, pulls the camouflage netting used to hide the radar site, over the communications tent on the first day of set-up during Exercise RESCUE VENETO. Subject Operation/Series: RESCUE VENETO Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Donovan White, plans officer, Communications and Information Systems, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, briefs an upcoming engagement during a Field Exercise, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, May 25, 2022. The purpose of the FEX was to increase readiness and proficiency on military operations in urban terrain and increase esprit de corps with friendly competition.

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. Army Spc. Hayden Denbrock, assigned to Charlie Battery 119th Field Artillery, Michigan Army National Guard, enters corrections into a computer during a call for fire training in preparation for their live fire drills during Exercise Summer Shield 22 at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 18, 2022. Summer Shield is one of U.S. Army Europe and Africas multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22. Defender demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

Mr. Anthony Housey photographs the Soldiers of the 143rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, Charlie Company, from Rhode Island as they prepare their gear for an evening jump at the end of their annual training session on 31 July 2022. Their mission as an airborne unit is highly specialized, and the unit trains to be the best in their field. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Anthony Housey)

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030616-F-1342R-051. Base: Minot Air Force Base State: North Dakota (ND) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

040704-F-5789F-001. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Four US Army pilots, 21st Aviation, 2nd Battalion, 1ST Regiment, check their gear and talk together in a helicopter revetment area after arriving at Comanche Base, located near Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. These pilots are in Bosnia-Herzegovina participating in Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Comanche Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12 removes the gas mask from a simulated contaminated patient during a flight line aid station exercise at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 26, 2022. Hospital Corpsmen with MAG-12 conducted a series of drills during the exercise to refine urgent care procedures while working at an airfield.

U.S. Army Sgt. Jamal Conner, assigned to C Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, sets up a camouflage net to cover a M777A2 Howitzer during a Table XV Battery Certification live fire exercise, Nov. 7, 2022 at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.

021112-A-3438S-001. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Northwest

U.S. Air Force Airmen from across the nation are at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center taking part in the Medical Readiness University's (MRU) Tactical Combat Casualty Care course provided by Air National Guard Medical Service (ANGMS), at Alpena, Michigan, August 30, 2022. 93 students, 16 instructors and support staff from 47 units trained for nine days in a variety of realistic combat scenarios. MRU assists the Air Force Surgeon General allowing medical personnel an opportunity to receive hands-on training, execution, employment and deployment for a variety of assigned ANGMS mission sets which may not be acquired elsewhere at a reduced cost for the entire enterprise.

U.S. Air Force Airmen secure a simulated casualty on a litter during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2022. Airmen practiced litter-carry movements during a CBRNE to enhance mission capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 366th Fighter Wing prepare to raise a tent during multi-capable Airman training at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, Jan. 25, 2022. The initial event helps to improve Airmens efficiency and teamwork to set-up structures and develop self-sustained deployable skills for a forward operational site and contingency location. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Hoskins)

US Air Force personnel STAFF Sergeant Connie Minton (right) and SENIOR AIRMAN Matthew Moore fill sandbags to be used around tents and weapons emplacements at Camp Mackall Army Air Fieled (AAF) during Exercise GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01. Both are members of the 43rd Aircraft Generation Squadron, 43rd Airlift Wing at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, deployed to Camp Mackall for the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: GRYPHON WARRIOR 99-01 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

National Guard Soldiers conduct familiarization of humvee in the Region 3 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., on May 12th, 2022. Soldiers in the Army National Guard gather to compete, build esprit de corps, and represent their respective states for the upcoming national competition.

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, and Slovenian Armed Forces conduct urban breach training as part of Rock Tundra at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, Dec. 5, 2018. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Chad Bickley, 18th Air Force command chief, observes a multi-capable Airman training demonstration at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Apr. 22, 2022. The purpose of the demonstration was to showcase Team Fairchilds efforts in improving multi-capable Airmen capabilities.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Shives, an M1 armor crewman gunner, master gunner, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, engages in boresight operations during the Sullivan Cup at Fort Benning, Georgia, May 3, 2022. The Sullivan Cup requires mastery of individual tasks, technical and tactical competence, and the ability to demonstrate an array of maneuver, sustainment and gunnery skills.

The Airborne Ops/Lift/Jump were held here on the newly built Fort Dix Ramp which was just Dedicated on 19 August and was the first mission to be held at this location on Fort Dix. The 404th CA Advon arrived at TAC-1A for rehearsals prior to the actual loading and jump. After rehearsals the units were transferred to the Fort Dix Army Ramp where parachutes were distributed on the parking area inside of the fence of the Army Ramp. The troops arrived on or about 1230L and were ushered over to the staging area falling-in on their assigned chalks. Two CU-47's (5/519 Regt, Fort Eustis VA) had arrived at 1300L. While the CU-47s were refueling, the Jump Master and unit leaders conducted a mission brief in Bldg 4421. At the conclusion of the brief a mission walk through took place. A Final inspection of the troops was conducted at the aircraft. These Airborne Ops soldiers were lifted to the jump area located at Coyle Field, NJ. (Images provided by the Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center)

051028-A-2403G-010. Base: Giessen Army Post Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: 7TH ADA, C BTRY 5/7 ADA

Marines observe the abilities of military working dog teams during a training exercise in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 25, 2017. The Marines are dog handlers with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

CAMP NOVO SELO, Kosovo - U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 149th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, Kentucky National Guard, conducted weapon familiarization training on the Latvian primary weapon systems under the tutelage of Kosovo Forces Latvian Contingent at Camp Novo Selo, Kosovo, April 23, 2022. As part of the Regional Command East, Kosovo Forces Maneuver Battalion, Soldiers from multiple NATO nations work together to allow partner nations armed forces to develop interoperability and enhance capabilities. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Alexander Hellmann, 1-149 Inf. Bn.)

040716-M-3717S-025. Subject Operation/Series: FUJI INCREMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM (FITP) 2004 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

030318-M-6881W-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: USS Nassau (LHA 4) Scene Major Command Shown: CTF 52.2

U.S Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, secure MREs onto a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during Exercise Shinka 22.1, Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 13, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions.

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Kurtzhals, command sergeant major of the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, addresses a platoon during an after-action report for a platoon live-fire exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, Aug. 17, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Army Maj. Obach, with the 86th TD, goes over the agenda for the Combat Support Training Exercise at Fort McCoy Wisconsin, August 08, 2022. CSTX 22-02 on Fort McCoy provides Rotational Training Units an opportunity to enhance collective MOS-specific training proficiency and improve readiness while providing a variety of live and virtual integrated training environments to replicate a near-peer threat during large scale combat operations within multi-domain operations.

US Army engineer, B, Co., 40th Engineer Battallion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Eagle, prepares explosive charge to destroy a confiscated Serbian Army BOV-VP Wheeled Armored Personnel Carriers (APC). This APC is destroyed during Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

A U.S. Army Soldier, left, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member participate in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense demonstration during a joint bilateral CBRN exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Feb. 21, 2024. Conducting joint CBRN training increases interoperability and the ability to respond rapidly to a crisis or contingency. Air Force

A British Army reservist inputs coordinates into a hand held Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) device. The involvement of the British Army at Combat Support Operations Course marks the first time the 621st Air Mobility Warfare Center has hosted a Joint/Combined field training exercise. The team is made up of 120 Air Force, Navy, and British Army reservists currently undergoing a two-week field-training course at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marion Military Institutes alpha team paddles on Lower Douglas Lake during the Zodiac event during 1st Brigades Army ROTC Ranger Challenge on October 27, 2022 at Fort Knox, Ky. In this event, teams had to paddle a Zodiac across the lake to a Rescue Randy manikin, load the manikin into their boat, and then transport it to a designated area before paddling to the finish line. The Ranger Challenge runs October 26-29, and the top two teams go on to compete in the Sandhurst Military Skills Competition at West Point Military Academy in April 2023. | Photo by Sarah Windmueller, U.S. Army Cadet Command Public Affairs

030228-F-1443F-026. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

LA VENTA, Honduras - Prior to the skills test, a member from the U.S. Special Forces team quickly references the map indicating target locations with the land scape within the thirty seconds allotted time allowed during the sniper skills event of Fuerzas Comando 2022 being conducted June 13-23 in La Venta, Honduras. FC22 is a foreign military interaction exercise designed to enhance multinational and regional cooperation, mutual trust and confidence, and to improve the training, readiness, interoperability, and capability of regional Special Operations Forces.

Members of the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron and the 138th Civil Engineer Squadron from Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, equip and check their gas masks during a chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear site survey training at the Sagami General Depot, Japan. This training allows ANG members to integrate with an active-duty component and practice agile combat employment techniques.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyler Arellano, head coach of the Marine Corps Shooting Team, instructs Marines on shooting drills during the Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition - Pacific Shooting Team Training at Crater Range, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 25, 2023. The MCMC-Pacific is one of four regional competitions throughout the Marine Corps in which U.S. service members and the Pacific's best shooters participate in a small arms marksmanship competition each year.

U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) reposition personnel tents at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, June 8, 2022. The 75th EAS provides C-130 tactical airlift support to multiple users in East Africa, including aeromedical evacuation, logistical movements, and alert aircrews for crisis response and humanitarian operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photos by Senior Airman Josiah Meece)

011026-A-3639G-024. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN II Base: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

France, Brittany, Coetquidan, Guer on 2021-09-16. Report on the training of the Inter-Arms Military School in Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Morbihan. The EMIA recruits its students from among active non-commissioned officers and non-commissioned soldiers selected by competition. The cadets follow a two-year training course. At the end of the first year, they are appointed to the rank of second lieutenant, then lieutenant at the end of the second year. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. France, Bretagne, Coetquidan, Guer le 2021-09-16. Reportage sur la formation de l' Ecole militaire interarmes à Saint-Cyr Coetquidan dans le Morbihan. L'EMIA recrute ses eleves parmi les sous-officiers d'active et les militaires du rang selectionnes par concours. Les eleves-officiers suivent une formation de deux ans. A l'issue de la première annee, ils sont nommés au grade de sous-lieutenant, puis de lieutenant a la fin de la seconde annee. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

030911-F-2869F-044. Base: Koren Range Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities, New Hampshire Adjutant General, hurls a hatchet downrange during the NHNG's annual combat marksmanship competition July 10, 2021, at Fort Devens, Mass. The four-day match featured 14 teams and 75 individual marksmen competing in various pistol, rifle, shotgun and even hatchet-throwing events. U.S. Air National Guard

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) from Germany and the U.S. discuss Close Air Support (CAS) techniques during Exercise Ample Strike 22 in Czech Republic, Sept. 9, 2022. The exercise is a regular Czech Republic JTAC-led exercise focused on advanced air and land training, strengthening U.S. and NATO Allies capabilities, and defending against adversaries in the European Theater.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jack Gordon, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, plots points on a map while participating in the land navigation course challenge held during the 2022 Eighth Army Best Warrior and Squad Competition at Camp Casey, South Korea, May 8, 2022. The Eighth Army Best Warrior and Squad Competition is a week-long event consisting of several tests of the participants general Army knowledge and skills.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Marines with Company G are briefed with a terrain model by 2nd Lt. Gerald I. Noe, 33, from Erie, Colo., before conducting a mechanized night raid here Aug. 20. The Marines, with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, held in defensive positions for two days along Camp Pendleton's beaches prior to carrying out the exercise. The raid was the final training exercise the Marines conducted before they will deploy with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

A UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crew assigned to Bravo Company, 2-158 Assault Helicopter Battalion, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade trains at a firing range on Yakima Training Center on Oct. 24, 2022. The unit was conducting weapons qualification tables.

Airmen and families from the 97th Air Mobility Wing wait during a dove hunt at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Oct. 8, 2022. The dove hunt provides an opportunity for members of the community to gather and help prevent overpopulation of local fowl.

Norwegians in the Norwegian Home Guard Rapid Response Force complete the M2 Browning 50 caliber machine gun and M240B machine gun live-fire range qualification ranges during the 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 6th, 2024 (Minnesota Army National Guard

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Abigale Shukala, a rifleman with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, camouflages issued gear after a period of instruction during Tartan Eagle phase II, near York, Europe, Nov. 1, 2022. U.S. Marines reviewed how to sustain themselves in a European field environment with 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group (43 Cdo) to further hone their fieldcraft skills. Marines and British Royal Marines with 43 Cdo RM to travel to each other's training facilities to exchange tactics, techniques and procedures in fixed site security.

Readiness Challenge VIII participants from various Air National Guard units tackle the first station on the obstacle course -- correcting donning mission oriented protective posture gear -- 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.

U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Myles Frazer, student, watches for aircraft entering the space above the range and holds up a visual aid to show that the firing range is safe while students fire the M240 B medium weight machine gun during the live firing exercise as part of the Lightweight Machine Gun Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 4, 2022. The course is two-weeks long culminating in three days where students familiarize themselves with weapons by live firing in multiple conditions and is designed to ready students for mission demands on day-one of assignment at their new base where this training is not available.

U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) and Italian San Marco Brigade Marines exchange techniques, tactics, and procedures for patrolling during a bilateral exercise at Massafra, Italy, Feb. 23, 2024. The 26th MEU(SOC), embarked aboard USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) conducted Marine Air-Ground Task Force interoperability training with Italian San Marco Brigade Marines and maritime forces to maintain readiness in core mission essential tasks. The Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 26th MEU(SOC) is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. 6th Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. Marine Corps

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Cummins, assigned to 21st Theater Sustainment Command, plots grid points during the land navigation portion of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa (USAREUR-AF) Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 8, 2022. Teams across U.S. Army Europe and Africa test their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

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