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Images of soldiers engaged in various military training exercises, showcasing combat readiness and tactical maneuvers in diverse terrains.

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U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Matthew Armstrong (left), a security force member of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah, provides security during a key leader engagement in Farah City, Farah province, Afghanistan, Aug. 29. PRT Farah's security force is made up of National Guard infantrymen out of Alaska who are responsible for ensuring the safety of everyone assigned to PRT Farah. PRT Farah is a unit of soldiers, sailors and airmen working with various government and non-government agencies tasked with facilitating governance and stability in the region by working hand in hand with local officials and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The goal of the PRT is to promote the Afghan government and their ability to resolve local issues and provide security to the people.

040917-A-0363C-011. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Soldiers assigned to Battery B "Bulldogs," 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment "On Time," 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team "Warrior," 25th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, escort members of the embedded provincial reconstruction team attached to 2nd SBCT in Sab al Bour, northwest of Baghdad, April 24, 2008. The Bulldogs were announced as the 2008 winners of the Henry A. Knox award, recognizing them as the best active duty artillery battery in the Army.

Members of the Provost Marshal's Office Special Response Team at Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB), Barstow, California, train at MCLB's rifle range. The Marines are firing German made Heckler and Koch 5.56 mm HK53 Short Assault Rifles. Base: Usmc Logistics Base, Barstow State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Walter Hix, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, fires a M134 GAU-17 minigun while conducting a close air support drill as part of exercise UNITAS LXIII at Santa Cruz Air Force Base, Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 8, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility. Hix is a native of Arab, Alabama.

030223-M-8539K-015. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob Stickler, a machine gunner with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, runs ammunition to the support-by-fire position during a live-fire training event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 3, 2022. The Marines conducted a squad attack at Range 410, which provides close proximity to targets, obstacles to breach, and a variety of weapon assets including mortars, rockets, and machine guns.

A Marine with Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) in his Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology (JSLIST), wearing an M40 Chemical-Biological Field Mask with a C2A1 filter canister aims at the designated target after assembling his M16A2 Assault Rifle during training at Camp Doha, Kuwait during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background are two Australian competitors in their MKIV No1 NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Suits with Avon FM12 Mask. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Doha Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brady Craddock, the combat arms non-commissioned officer in charge assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron, spots for a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Americal from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, shooting an M4 carbine during a Joint Force combat arms training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2022. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards, which they meet together at PSAB.

Corporal Carlos Perez and Lance Corporal Jason Malone attached to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), Camp Pendleton, California, fire 60mm Mortar onto distant targets during live fire training exercises in support of exercise Iron Magic 2000 in the United Arab Emirates. Subject Operation/Series: IRON MAGIC 2000 Country: United Arab Emerites (UAE)

U.S. Army Pfc. Leyland Tyrone, Pvt. Thomas J. Mclean and Sgt. Christopher M. Price, of the 4th Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colo., take cover and return small arms fire on anti-coalition positions in the area of Dora in southern Baghdad, Iraq, July 23, 2007.

050607-A-1566H-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Delta Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two soldiers, assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 32nd Battalion, 31st Brigade, wearing Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) protective gear run for cover after a simulated aerial chemical attack against their camp. The chemical attacks are executed, using Russian helicopters, by members of Optec Threat Support Activity based at Biggs Army Airfield, Texas as part of the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-M-2195C-024. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030409-M-2195C-045. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of Georgias Defense Force works with a U.S. Soldier and Joint Terminal Attack Controller while conducting a live fire demonstration during the Noble Partner 22 closing ceremonies at the 11th polygon of Vaziani, Georgia, Sept. 9, 2022. The Noble Partner 22 exercise consists of 2,400 military personnel from more than 21 countries and is designed to enhance Georgian, regional ally, partner, and U.S. forces' readiness.

DM-SC-87-12314. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030206-M-5150A-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A US Marine Corps (USMC) troop with the 1ST Battalion, 8th Marines, fires an MK-153 Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) round at an insurgent stronghold during Operation Al Fajr, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040310-F-0207D-013. Base: Indian Springs Auxiliary Field State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipped and armed standing in the desert.

DF-ST-87-07577. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PATROL BASE WISHTAN, Afghanistan - Lance Cpl. Edgar Lima (right), a sweeper with 2nd squad, 1st platoon, Lima Company, searches for improvised explosive devices with PFC. Christopher Birdt, a machine gunner, covering him, during an afternoon patrol in Wishtan, Feb. 22. Their patrol talked to as many local people as they could, gathering information about the area and building relationships with the people. Lima, a San Diego native, uses humor to interact and build connections with the children who sometimes surround the Marines.

Army personnel with the 101st Air Assault Division use a hand pump to get fuel at a US Marine fuel site on Khandahar International Airport, Khandahar, Afghanistan during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. The soldiers wear their flax vests as part of their desert uniform. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU (SOC)

DA-SC-85-06489. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Chipyong-Ni Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

041113-A-1067B-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

Member of Navy SEAL Team with weapons in action.

AL HAMRA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (June 18, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and the United Arab Emirate Presidential Guard conduct drills during exercise Iron Defender 22 at Al Hamra training camp, UAE, June 18. 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.

DM-ST-88-07831. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

A U.S. Marine Standing Watch in a Guard Tower at a Forward Operating Base in the Town of Marjah, Helmand Province of Afghanistan

A US Marine Corps (USMC) troop with the Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7) digs-in during offensive in support of Operation Al Fajr, which is in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

05/20/2002. Madrid 5-20-02 surveillance by Seprona of poaching in the Sierra Madrileña. Photo: Ángel de Antonio.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division fires an Anti-Tank-4, 88mm rocket launcher during a live fire exercise during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 16th, 2022..

030403-M-3692C-002. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

030411-M-5753Q-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Qa Dawi, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030411-M-9124R-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

DA-ST-85-04915. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040810-M-5753Q-001. Base: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030409-M-2195C-025. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier checking the pulse of an unconscious comrade lying on the floor after being shot in the stomach.

January 2, 2013 - U.S. Army Specialist, a security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, provides security overwatch at a key leader engagement at a Bala Boluk district building, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marines run through the desert through the military operation.

A Marine non-commissioned officer from the 1ST Marine Division kneels beside an M-19 60mm mortar that is part of a display of captured Iraqi weapons and equipment being shown to reporters following the cease-fire that ended Operation Desert Storm. An AKM rifle and an RPG-7 rocket launcher are at lower left. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030523-M-8683D-037. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Pong Nam Ran Country: Thailand (THA)

060102-A-7359K-032. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

A Dragon missile anti-tank weapon crew from 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, prepares for a confrontation with opposing forces on Puu Maile during their annual artillery training exercises. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040910-M-1947M-001. Base: Forward Operating Base Duke State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030408-M-2195C-015. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010715-M-3539V-O65. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 MEF

031202-F-1798W-026. Base: Al Hawijah State: Diyala Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030402-M-3138H-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051230-A-5745M-042. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Shakaria Village Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Luke Kim, a radio operator assigned to Weapons Company, Ground Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, establishes communication prior to a live-fire range during Exercise EFES 2022 (EFES22), near Izmir, Turkey, June 3, 2022. EFES22 is an international combined joint live-fire exercise focused on increasing force readiness, promoting stability and prosperity in the region, and interoperability between the U.S., Turkey, and allied nations.

030408-M-4419R-106. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dillyn Barbosa (right) and Lance Cpl. Tyler Warner, machine gunners with Lima Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M240B machine gun at Range 400 during their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 23, 2022. Range 400 employs realistic live fire training that produces combat-ready forces in preparation for Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22.2. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cedar Barnes)

New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers from the 253rd Transportation Company share a laugh while doing an engine warm up on an FMTV at the Cape May Armory, Cape May Court House, N.J., Sept. 7, 2017. The 253rd is preparing over 100 Soldiers and associated vehicles for a deployment to Florida to assist with Hurricane Irma.

A soldier assigned to Delta Company, 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducts a presence patrol around the U.S. Consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2014.

A Special Reaction team and a US Marine Corps Recruit Depot reconnaissance team from San Diego, California, advance through an opening made by a shape charge during assault training. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, stage gear for a ground assault during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 14, 2024. MDMX prepares Marines for future conflicts by conducting offensive and defensive live-fire and maneuver training scenarios within an austere training environment. Marine Corps

KHOST PROVINCE, Afghanistan - U.S. Army Paratroopers from 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, run off a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter during an air-assault mission to search the area of Khost province, Afghanistan during Operation Champion Sword, July 29. Operation Champion Sword is a joint operation involving Afghanistan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces focused on specific militant targets and safe havens within eastern Afghanistan.

Iraqi army Maj. Gen. Hassam, deputy commander of the Niniva Province Operation Center, and Brig. Gen. Taha, commander of 6th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Iraqi Army Division, and U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Iraqi Army Military Transition Team look over a bridge damaged by a vehicle borne improvised explosive device in Mosul, Iraq, March 22, 2008.

Approximately 80 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, along with counterparts from several states to include California, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin are training with the Royal Moroccan Army in the northern Sahara Desert as part of African Lion 22. Idahos battalion, from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and headquartered in Pocatello, left the United States June 18 for the two-week exercise overseas with the international partner. Idaho Soldiers spent the first week preparing for the combined arms live-fire multinational mission that is the primary focus of the second week and conducted annual crew certification on the M109A6 Howitzer. During the exercise, the battalion provided ground support with preparatory and destructive fires, as well as obscuration using white smoke fires. At the end of the two-week exercise, the Idaho National Guard and the four counterpart states will conduct the combined arms live-fire

Ghana Special Operations work together to safely cross a roadway while clearing the surrounding area of a town during close-quarters combat training in Tifnit, Morocco, during African Lion 22, June 23, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined 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.

A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, Raise hands in surrender to the allied soldiers, In the desert mountain terrain battlefield A Taliban soldier stands with a machine gun, Raise hands in surrender to the allied soldiers, In the desert mountain terrain battlefield ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538113 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brady Craddock, the combat arms non-commissioned officer in charge assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron, and Senior Airman Scott Prouty, a fireteam member assigned to the 378th ESFS, fire M17 handguns during a Joint Force combat arms training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2022. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards, which they meet together at PSAB.

061215-M-0931T-005. Base: Al Qaim State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Marco Talamantez, Air Education and Training Command, fires an M16A2 rifle down range during the combat rifle competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and a FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, take cover near a mud hut in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah while participating in Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, during an assault in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040817-A-8033W-008. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sadr City State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company, Europe, Spanish Marines assigned to Marine Infantry Brigade, Third Armada, First Landing Battalion, and Italian Marines assigned to Brigade San Marco, throw simulation grenades during a competition as part of exercise Lisa Azul in Sierra del Retin, Spain, Sept. 15, 2022. Lisa Azul is an annual bilateral training exercise that takes place aboard Naval Station Rota and Sierra del Retin and focuses on critical skills such as live-fire, helicopter rope suspension techniques, non-lethal combatives, and physical fitness to foster camaraderie and sustain interoperability amongst U.S. and partner forces and improve lethality in security and infantry operations.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, halt and provide security while patrolling during the non-live fire training for the Ground Reconnaissance Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 16, 2022. During the course, Marines were tasked with patrolling and observing live role players positions and movements undetected.

041207-M-2583M-035. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

051016-A-9297R-034. Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for a joint U.S./Honduran jump during a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. The task force, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of 3rd Section, A Battery, 1ST Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment (Airborne), Fort Bragg, plug their ears as the M119 105mm howitzer fires during a joint field training. The soldiers are wearing MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) equipment. (Duplicate image, see also DASD9803109 or search 980201A6522J506). Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army infantrymen assigned to Task Force Red Dragon as part of the East African Response Force (EARF) fire an AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon in Djibouti, Aug. 10, 2022, during a routine range training day. The EARF serves as part of U.S. Africa Command's crisis response capability, and is tasked with responding to emergency situations at U.S. embassies in the region or in countries around the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa area of interest.

CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew members from Alpha Company, 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment stand security after the extraction of U.S. Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment from the top of a mountain in the Andar province of Afghanistan after searching for Taliban members and weapons caches June 6, 2007.

A U.S. Reserve Army Soldier conducts a pre-assessment ruck march on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Jan. 8, 2023. Soldiers were required to complete a 12-mile ruck march in under three hours to be eligible for Air Assault School.

A soldier from Co. A, 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf. Regt., 101st Airborne Div., aims his M-16A2 rifle while taking part in an urban warfare training exercise in an abandoned town during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DA-ST-87-12948. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Minnesota Army National Guard, and the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard, assess a patient during an aeromedical evacuation rehearsal at Udairi Range Complex near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 11, 2018. The rehearsal was conducted to prepare for Operation Desert Observer II, a combined arms live-fire exercise with Task Force Spartan and the Kuwaiti Land Forces, to validate protocols and strengthen communications between the ground teams and aviation assets.

040910-F-2034C-012. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A US Marine M40 Scout Sniper Rifle Stands Ready From a Hideout in the Foothills of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountains

040909-A-2912C-015. Base: Forward Operating Base Tiger Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

030410-M-3300U-006. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040910-F-2034C-004. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii (July 18, 2022) Australian Army Soldiers receive a brief prior to conducting helo-cast training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, July 18. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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