A visitor from Fayetteville, N.C., is looking through the sights of the Army M2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted on a military vehicle with the assistance of a Paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team More
Anthony Clayton, professor at the University of the West Indies, delivers a lecture on the security challenges facing the Caribbean region prior to a roundtable discussion during the Tradewinds 2012 distinguish More
The 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, participated in Molly Pitcher Day on Sicily Drop Zone July 6. Hundreds of paratroopers, families, fri More
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John M. Paxton Jr., commander for Marine Forces Europe, emerges from a rooftop exit during a Kosovo Forces simulated riot control training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Cent More
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Roberto A. Salcedo, an administrative specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and a Los Angeles native, stands as a sideboy during a tending the side ceremony Sep. 30, 2013 abo More
Rear Adm. Michael White, commander of Strike Group 11, explains flight deck control aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) to distinguished visitors. Nimitz is deployed supporting maritime security ope More
Phoenix, Ariz. native, Col. Mark D. Collins (right), commander, 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element provides a little background about his mission to the Honorable Alan F. Es More
Engineers from the Little Rock, Ark.-based 489th Engineer Battalion give a briefing to Jon T. Rymer, Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense, during a tour of a deconstruction site Jan. 11 at Kanda More
U.S. Air Force Col. Kenneth Lozano, TEC commander, as well as staff and faculty, welcomed the Vice Commander of the Air National Guard Readiness Center, Col. Barbra Buls, as well as Public Affairs Deputy Direct More
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Krystofer Smith, from Fargo, N.D., directs a C-2A Greyhound from the Providers of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30 onto a catapult before launching from t More
Maj. Gen. Michael Bills, commanding general of 1st Cavalry Division spent time seeing where Soldiers work and train during a visit to the Adazi Training Area, Latvia, Nov. 1, 2014. Units from 2nd Battalion, 8t More
Soldiers with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, join NATO allies from Canada, Romania and the United Kingdom during the live fire exercise as part of the Sarmis 15 Distinguished Visitors Day, Cincu Training A More
Mircea Dusa, the Minister of National Defense for Romania since December 2012, is given a tour of the site during the Sarmis 15 Distinguished Visitors Day, Cincu Training Area, May 26. The DV day demonstrated More
Staff Sgt. Kenneth Stokley, 191st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, gives a tour of a KC-135 Stratotanker to Latvian Air Forces military policemen during the Michigan-Latvia Partnership Day June 10, 201 More
The president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite visits troops at a military demonstration before the closing ceremony of exercise Saber Strike near Rukla, Lithuania, June 18, 2015. Saber Strike is a longstanding More
U.S. Army Soldiers of 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade’s tactical operations center, give a brief to visitors from various nations attending the 7th Army Joint Mult More
Sgt. 1st Class Tricia Cabrero, air traffic controller, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, lands four UH-60 aircraft during Network Integration Evaluation 16.2 on Fort Bliss, Texas, May 5, 20 More
U.S. Army Maj. Hazel Kreider (center), Joint Visitors Bureau officer-in-charge, and Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Marckres (right), Joint Visitors Bureau non-commissioned officer-in-charge, both assigned to Headquarte More
161018-N-MW990-088 CHANGI NAVAL BASE (October 18, 2016) Navy and Marine Corps officers from amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) observe over-the-horizon harpoon block 1-C missiles during a tour More
A U.S. Marine and Moldovan soldiers prepare to assault an objective during the culminating exercise of Platinum Lion 17.1 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Dec. 20, 2016. The Black Sea Rotational Force led More
U.S. Marines completed Exercise Platinum Lion 17.1, conducting multiple training operations alongside eight partner nations from the Black Sea and Caucasus regions in Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, 12 Dec. More
Lt. Col. Greig T. Gehman, commanding officer of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa’s Aviation Combat Element, holds a unit patch from a Portuguese pilot during exercise Real More
190307-N-NT747-1009 NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (March 7, 2019) Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency, is greeted by Lt. Billy Aguirre as he arrives for a tour of the Captain James A. Lovell Fe More
171008-N-NJ416-009 EILAT, Israel (Oct. 8, 2017) Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Justin Steward, from Marietta, Georgia, gives a tour of the hangar bay to local Israeli students aboard the America-class amphib More
U.S. Marines welcome distinguished visitors to the observation deck aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 22, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between More
Marine Corps Band New Orleans performs the opening ceremony for service members and distinguished visitors in celebration of the New Orleans Tricentennial ceremony in the French Quarter, New Orleans, April 21, More
U.S. Army Europe's Deputy Commanding Officer, Maj. Gen. Timothy McGuire (left), and the Polish Army's 12th Mechanized Division Commanding Officer, Maj. Gen. Raymund T. Andrzeyczak, enjoy a good conversation on More
Colonel John J. Carroll, the deputy commander of Marine Forces Europe and Africa, presents Maj. Gen. Petri Hulkko, the commander of the Finnish Army, with a gift as part of a distinguished visitor tour for Exer More
ARABIAN GULF (June 22, 2018) U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command, salutes Sailors as he is welcomed aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), June 22, 2018. V More
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Capt. Charles J. DeGilio, commanding officer of Camp Lemonnier, meets with Capt. Josuke Nakamura, commanding officer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Akebono (DD 10 More
180711-N-OW019-1034 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Cmdr. G. J. Alota, the commanding officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), greets distinguished visitors on the ship’s boat deck More
180718-N-OW019-1083 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2018) A Royal Netherlands Navy Sailor explains a static display to Commodore Tony Millar, the maritime component commander at Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand (m More
180720-N-GX781-0266 CARIBBEAN SEA (July 20, 2018) Distinguished visitors receive a presentation of the Textron Systems Aerosonde MK 4.7 G during a tour of the Whidbey Island-Class Dock Landing Ship USS Gunston More
180720-N-OW019-1010 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 20, 2018) Vice-Admiral (VAdm) M. F. R. Lloyd, Commander, Royal Canadian Navy, is piped aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), while underway More
181102-A-AY405-1003 PAITA, Peru (Nov. 2, 2018) – Karla Schaefer, a representative of Piura, Peru, is given a tour aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Comfort is on an 11-week medical support missio More
U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Christopher A. McPhillips, commanding general, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and other distinguished visitors arrive in a UH-60 Blackhawk for the combined arms live fire exercise (CAL More
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Jacqueline Moore stands in formation in preparation for a promotion at Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2019, during Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico. IRT Puerto Rico is also called More
A U.S. Army Soldier provides optometry care to a patient at Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2019, during Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico. The purpose of the IRT Puerto Rico is to provide dental, optomet More
190501-N-HP188-0181 RICHMOND, Va. - Melissa Swanson, a conservator at the Conservation Branch, explains the process of preserving a sword used in the Barbary Wars to distinguished guests during a grand opening More
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marquee Chambers, a dental technician with the Air Force Reserve, plays a game with a child at Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 2, 2019, during Innovative Readiness Training Puerto Rico. IRT Pu More
Col. Neamu of the Romanian Air Force explains to the civilian media the schedule of Distinguished Visitors Day as part of Exercise Saber Guardian 19 at Capul Midia, Romania on June 20, 2019. Saber Guardian 2019 More
LtGen. Carl Mundy, Commander, Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, visits with Marines deployed to the Baghdad Embassy Compound (BEC) in Iraq, Aug. 31, 2019. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – More
Senior leaders from joint and international forces spent the day with U.S. Air Force Gen. Maryanne Miller, commander of Air Mobility Command, touring Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019 at Fairchild Air Force Base, More
191104-N-HP195-1099 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Nov. 4, 2019) Hideki Ito, Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Bahrain, greets Vice Adm. James Malloy, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, U.S. 5th More
Rear Adm. William W. Wheeler III, U.S. Strategic Command Chief of Staff, lands on the tarmac Dec. 14, 2020, at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota. Wheeler visited Team Minot to present the Omaha Trophy to both More
A visitor from Fayetteville, N.C., looks through the sights of the Army BGM-71 TOW missile sights with the assistance of a paratrooper assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, June 4. Th More
A sniper assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment “White Falcons,” demonstrates the proper wear of a ghillie suit to distinguished visitors p More
Exercise Tradewinds distinguished visitors receive a brief from the Barbados Department of Emergency Management. More than 40 diplomats, ministers of national security, chiefs of defense, ministers of defense, More
Members of the Component Commanders Conference (above) observe the Slovenian 20th Motorized Infantry Battalion in a riot control demonstration during a Kosovo Forces training exercise at the Joint Multinational More
Troy, Ala. native, Maj. Christopher Amos (right), executive officer, 1103rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, gives a brief about retrosort operations to the Honorable Alan F. Estevez, principal deputy unde More
Jon T. Rymer (second from right), the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Defense greets senior leaders for the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery El More
Maj. Gen. Michael Bills, commanding general of 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, met with Col. Martins Liberts, commander, Latvian National Armed Forces, Land Forces, Infantry Brigade during a visit to the Adazi More
Soldiers with 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, join NATO allies from Canada, Romania, and the United Kingdom during the live fire exercise as part of the Sarmis 15 Distinguished Visitors Day, Cincu Training More
Mircea Dusa, the Minister of National Defense for Romania since December 2012, and Brig. Gen. Tudorica Petrache, Commander of 2nd Mountain Brigade, Romanian Army, and a native of Tangoviste, Romania, discuss t More
Airmen from the Pennsylvania and Michigan Air National Guard watch a KC-135 Stratotanker carrying the Latvian president elect and distinguished visitors departs for a sortie June 10, 2015, at Riga International More
An A-10C Thunderbolt II jet aircraft flies over to simulate a bombing run as part of a military demonstration for distinguished visitors during exercise Saber Strike near Rukla, Lithuania, June 18, 2015. Saber More
151105-N-PG340-093 SOUTH CHINA SEA(Nov. 5, 2015) – Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (right), Malaysian minister of defense and United Malays National Organization (UMNO) Vice President, speaks with Sailors a More
A U.S. Soldier of 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment acting as a Opposing Forces (OPFOR), reacts to contact during an assault in an urban environment at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Dis More
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Vernon M. Edmonds (left), with operations in the Joint Visitors Bureau, and Maj. Hazel Kreider (right), the Joint Visitors Bureau officer-in-charge, both assigned to the 124th Regional More
161018-N-MW990-164 CHANGI NAVAL BASE (October 18, 2016) Sailors stationed with Surface Warfare Detachment 2 deployed with littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4) practice self-defense tactics for visit board More
Lt. Col. Greig T. Gehman, commanding officer of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa’s Aviation Combat Element, left, receives a unit patch from a Portuguese pilot during exercise More
From left, Carol Foster, military legislative assistant to Sen. Ron Johnson; Rachel Huff, Senate Armed Service Committee member; and U.S. Navy Lt. Don Archer, Senate liaison officer, pose for a photo aboard the More
180711-N-OW019-1081 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 11, 2018) Cmdr. H.D. Sollfrank, the executive officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), talks to distinguished visitors on the ship’s boat d More
180720-N-OW019-1021 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 20, 2018) Cmdr. G. J. Alota, the commanding officer of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), welcomes Vice Adm. M. F. R. Lloyd, Commander, Royal Ca More
Marine Corps Band New Orleans, plays the national Anthem, accompanied by Marine Corps color guard, presenting colors, at the beginning of the New Orleans Tricentennial celebration in New Orleans, April 21, 2018 More
U.S. Army Europe's Deputy Commanding Officer, Maj. Gen. Timothy McGuire (left), and the Polish Army's 12th Mechanized Division Commanding Officer, Maj. Gen. Raymund T. Andrzeyczak (center), are briefed by Col. More
ARABIAN GULF (June 22, 2018) U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander, U.S. Central Command, greets Capt. Joseph O’Brien, Commanding Officer of the USS Iwo Jima, aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS More
CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - Capt. Charles J. DeGilio (middle), commanding officer of Camp Lemonnier, meets with Capt. Josuke Nakamura (left), commanding officer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship J More
180718-N-OW019-1150 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 18, 2018) Lt. Ethan Copping, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 11 demonstrates the trailering system of a rigid-hull inflatable boat to Commodor More
190307-N-NT747-1021 NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. (March 7, 2019) James Byrne, the acting Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is welcomed aboard by the sideboys for a tour of Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care More
U.S. Army Col. Leo Wyszynski, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, welcomes U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Christopher A. McPhillips, commanding general, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Bri More
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Adjetey, a hospital corpsman with 4th Dental Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, puts on a face mask at Yauco, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2019, du More
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Michael R. Berry, the adjutant general of Delaware National Guard, visits participants of Innovative Readiness Training at Ponce, Puerto Rico, April 30, 2019. IRT Puerto Rico is also called More
190501-N-JT705-0074 RICHMOND, Va. - Melissa Swanson, a conservator at the Conservation Branch explains the process of preserving artifacts based on chemical content to distinguished guests during a grand openin More
U.S. Navy Capt. Larry Goldstein, the executive officer for 4th Dental Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to service members at Ponce, Puerto Rico, May 2, 2019, during Innovativ More
Romanian Air Force forms up at the beginning of the Distinguished Visitors Day of Exercise Saber Guardian 19 at Capul Midia, Romania on June 20, 2019. Saber Guardian 2019 is an exercise co-led by Romanian Land More
LtGen. Carl Mundy, Commander, Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, visits with Marines deployed to the Baghdad Embassy Compound (BEC) in Iraq Aug. 31, 2019. The Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – C More
191104-N-HP195-1401 ARABIAN GULF (Nov. 4, 2019) U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel Gavigan, right, lead planner for International Maritime Exercise 2019 (IMX 19), shakes hands with a crew member aboard the flight deck of J More
Distinguished visitors stand with their “airborne buddies” for a photo opportunity after donning military parachutes. Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, were partnered More
Spc. Christian Mercado, right, helps John Elliott, a financier for First Citizens Bank in Fayetteville, N.C., don a parachute prior to a Joint Operational Access Demonstration, June 4. Distinguished visitors fr More
The 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in Molly Pitcher Day on Sicily Drop Zone July 6. Hundreds of paratroopers, family, friend More
Distinguished visitors watch a demonstration by the Marines and multi-national forces participating inExercise Western Accord 2012. Distinguished visitors included: Gen. Carter F. Ham, the commander of U.S. Afr More
During a Dec. 15 tour, Los Angeles native, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Pedro Alvarado (right), retrosort yard accountability officer, attached to the 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery More
Vice Adm. Mark D. Harnitchek, director, Defense Logistics Agency, meets with Phoenix, Ariz. native, Col. Mark D. Collins, commander, 82nd Sustainment Brigade-U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element durin More
Dean Thompson, the Embassy Charge de affaires for Romania since December 2012, and Command Sgt. Maj. Johnson, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, discuss the live fire exercise during the Sarmis 15 Distinguish More
Mircea Dusa, the Minister of National Defense for Romania since December 2012, the Charge d'Affairs Dean Thompson, and Lt. Gen. Nicolae Ciuca are greeted by Brig. Gen. Tudorica Petrache, Commander of 2nd Mount More
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Michigan Air National Guard takes off for a sortie during saber strike June 10, 2015, at Riga International Airport, Latvia. U.S. National Guardsmen hosted the Latvian president e More
U.S. Army Capt. Austin F. Barber, collapsed structure venue site officer-in-charge, Vermont National Guard, gives the distinguished visitors a tour of the site dduring Vigilant Guard 2016 at Camp Johnson, Colch More
161018-N-MW990-172 CHANGI NAVAL BASE (October 18, 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Lin and Lt. Keaton Kovatch stationed with Surface Warfare Detachment 2 deployed with littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4 More