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Members of the Special Forces Association receive a heartfelt donation from the Tennessee Titans Community Relations staff. Bob Hyde, Titans vice president of community relations, and Jerry Blessing, Titans co More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRAVE SHIELD XVIII Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSG More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operat More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Bob More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '81 State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH SGT Bob Wickley Relea More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT Bob Wickley Release Status: Released to More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Gudrun Cook Release Status: More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gillem State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Claude Stallings, USA CIV. Release Status: Releas More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Maria L. Taylor, USAF Release Status: More

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), shoots at a spinning steel target during range practice on Fort Carson, Colo., May 15, 2019. Green Berets routinely train on various we More

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), move on foot toward their objective during an operation near Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 29, 2009. These operators worked alongside I More

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), along side Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces practice loading and unloading procedures from an MI17 Helicopter prior to conducti More

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), go over last minute mission details prior to conducting an operation in Iraq, Aug. 25, 2009. The mission was operated alongside Iraqi Counte More

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), use trekking poles for a supported firing position during cold weather training, Colorado, Mar. 15, 2010. Soldiers train in c More

Special Forces Qualification Course students communicate with team members during the Robin Sage training exercise Aug. 9. Robin Sage, which takes place throughout North Carolina, culminates more than a year of More

Two U.S. Army Special Forces members fold an American flag during an U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command member's re-enlistment ceremony at Camp Morehead, Afghanistan, Aug. 2, 2010. AFSOC service members More

Mir Abdel, a policeman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Afghan National Civil Order Police Brigade, conducts a morning security patrol with a flower attached to the end of his rifle Oct. 19, 2020, in Zhari District, Kan More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak pulls security in Talukan Village, Oct. 30, during a clearing operation in the Panjwa’i District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan.

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin More

Afghan National Army commandos, trained in Afghan Information Dissemination Operations, speak to shopkeepers on behalf of “Radio Heela” (“hope” in Pashtu), a local Afghan-run radio station for regional music an More

Spc. Nolan R. Barbone, rigger, Special Operations Task Force – South, prepares fuel drums for an aerial resupply Dec. 14 at Kandahar Air Field, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Barbone, who hails from Crown Poi More

Afghan national policemen Rasul Jan (left) and Daru Khan practice using a rocket-propelled grenade in Maruf District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5. The ANP in Maruf District are advised by members of More

A U.S Army Special Operations Task Force - soldier provides security during a foot patrol in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2011. SOTF-South soldiers conduct regular patrols alongsid More

Maj. Gen. Kurt Fuller, deputy commanding gneral for U.S. Army Special Operations Command, congratulates Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jason Myers, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) after presenting h More

U.S. Army Special Forces Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepare for hoist training during a dive requalification, Florida, March 1, 2011. Soldiers who are Special Forces Combat Dive More

U.S. Army Special Forces Combat Divers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), conduct a dive requalification March, 1, 2011, in Key West, Fl. The training is designed to strengthen combat dive skil More

A U.S. Army Special Forces communications sergeant adjusts a fellow Special Operations Task Force - South service member's equipment moments before beginning an operation to impede insurgent activity in norther More

A U.S. service member with Special Operations Task Force -­ South interacts with an Afghan boy during a routine patrol, March 27, Maiwand District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-­South team in the ar More

An Afghan farmer takes a break from working to speak with members of the Afghan National Army's Special Forces and Special Operations Task Force - South soldiers as they visit villagers in Kandahar province's M More

Staff Sgt. Melisha Kidd, of Compton, Calif., an information technology specialist with Group Support Company, Group Support Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), transmits the information for a medica More

A jumpmaster with Germany’s 31st Airborne Brigade sends U.S. Special Operations Forces paratroopers out the mock door May 19 during prejump training at Camp McKall, N.C. Hundreds of soldiers from U.S. Army Spe More

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Livesay of special operations competes in a sitting volleyball game against the Navy and Coast Guard May 21 during the 2011 Warrior Games at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Sp More

An Afghan Commando, with the Afghan National Army’s 3rd Commando Kandak, provides overwatch security via rooftop for fellow Commandos and U.S. Navy SEALs, with Special Operations Task Force – South, during a vi More

The 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) held a unit memorial, June 23, at the John F. Kennedy Chapel on Fort Bragg to honor recently fallen soldiers (from left to right): Capt. Joseph W. Schultz, Sgt. 1st Class More

The French Croix de la Valeur Militaire, roughly analagous to the Silver Star, awarded to five National Guard and one active duty special forces soldiers in a private ceremony at the French ambassador's residen More

Norwegian special operation forces operators move into a tactical formation after fast roping from a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during ex-filtration training as part of the Jackal Stone 2011 exercise i More

Sen. Don Gaetz, Florida Senate, and Michael Ferguson, civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army, hold the Military Community Covenant with Col. Antonio M. Fletcher, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) commande More

Green Berets from the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) walk alongside the newly dedicated De Oppresso Liber statue as it made its way down 5th Avenue as part of the New York City Veterans Day Parade. Members More

David Buttery, city manager, explains a memorial in Woodland Park, Colo., Nov. 12, during a dedication ceremony for Master Sgt. Richard Ferguson, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne). Ferguson died near Samarra More

A Special Forces soldier from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), of Fort Bragg, N.C., stands part of the honor guard at a wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of President John. F. Kennedy, Nov. 17, 2011, at A More

Special Forces Green Berets from each of the seven Special Forces Groups stand in a cordon and silently watch over the wreath-laying ceremony at the grave of President John F. Kennedy, Nov 17, 2011, at Arlingto More

3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) soldiers (right), render honors during the playing of taps at a wreath laying ceremony at the grave site of President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Va More

Sign outside of a building in Boonsboro, Va., welcoming the participants of the JFK 50-Mile Ultra marathon, Nov 19. The race was first held in the spring of 1963, and although open to the public, the JFK 50 Mil More

A patron at the memorial of Chaplain (Lt. Col.) David L. Spears looks over the late Chaplain's biography Jan. 12, 2012, at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Chapel at Fort Bragg, N.C. Spears spent the majority of hi More

The late Sgt. Maj. Kenneth McMullin was memorialized in a ceremony at Fort Bragg's John F. Kennedy Memorial Chapel Jan. 31, 2012. The service for the Son Tay Raider, who passed away on Dec. 25, 2011, was attend More

A 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Beret engages target with a M4 assault rifle on Eglin AFB, Fla., Feb 08, 2012. 7th SFG (A) Green Berets conducted breach training into simulated rooms during a field More

The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets move into position to fast rope out of a UH-60 helicopter on Eglin AFB, Fla., Feb. 15, 2012. 7th SFG (A) soldiers were participating Close Quarters battle tr More

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepare to load a snow mobile onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a cold weather training exercise near Telluride, Colo., Feb. 17, 2012. More

Lt. Gen. Stuart Beare, commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, points to the citation for the Canadian Commander-in-Chief Unit Commendation presented to 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group for its ro More

Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, Michael Sheehan, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, U.S. Army Special Forces Commanding General Brig. Gen. Christopher K. Haas, More

Tech. Sgt. Tyler Szymanski, or “Ski,” and Staff Sgt. Maria Szymanski, both 366th Surgical Operations Squadron medical technicians, visit a bazaar on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. The couple first deployed toge More

Three jumpers from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) make their descent to the ground after exiting a C23 Sherpa, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 24, 2013. 7SFG (A) soldiers participated in a airborne operat More

U.S. Army 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets exit a CH-47 Chinook helicopter into a bay during helocast training at Eglin Base Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 6, 2013. The Green Berets were inserted in More

Maj. Gen. Emmett R. Titshaw Jr., The adjutant general of Florida, affixes a campaign streamer to the unit guidon of the 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group for their actions in support of Operation Endurin More

A U.S. Army Soldier with Company C, 4th Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), low crawls under barbed wire during the Nasty Nick obstacle course at Camp Mackall, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. (U.S. Army photo More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter maneuvers into position to begin helocast training for the 7th Special Forces Group(Airborne) at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 28, 2013. Green Berets participated in a training More

Lara Logan with CBS's "60 Minutes", conducts a walking interview with U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chris Corbin, assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), at Eglin Base Air Force Base, Fla., March 18, 20 More

The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7 SFG (A)) Green Berets wait on their zodiacs for the arrival of U.S. Navy CH-53E Super Stallion from the Sea Combat Squadron 84 before conducting Helocasts, Hurlburt Fi More

A member of the Royal Air Force gives a brief outside a British C-130 to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7 SFG (A)) Green Berets, soldiers from the Canadian Special Operations Regiment and Para-Rescue airm More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from 1-228th Aviation Regiment moves into position to begin hoist operations with Green Berets from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) off the coast of Utila, Honduras., July 25, More

Col. Christopher M. Riga, commander of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) shakes hands with 7SFG(A) soldiers at Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras, July 27, 2013. Col. Riga assumed command of 7SFG(A) July 3, 2 More

Honduran sailors from the Honduran Navy assemble explosives during a demolitions class taught by Green Berets from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Trujillo, Honduras, Aug. 7, 2013. Honduran sailors started More

Honduran police officers from the Honduran National Police practice assessing patients during a first aid class taught by Green Berets from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) La Paz,Honduras., Aug. 27, 2013. H More

Honduran police officers with the Honduran National Police salute the commandant during an awards ceremony with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, in La Paz, Honduras, Aug. 30, 2013. Hondur More

Honduran police officers with the Honduran National Police clap after a speech given by the commandant during an awards ceremony with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group, in La Paz, Honduras, More

A soldier from the 15th Fuerzas Especiales Battalion checks his altimeter after being jump master pre-inspected before conducting a high altitude low opening parachute jump (HALO) jump with Green Berets from 7t More

Service members from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Naval Special Warfare Group 2 and Naval Special Warfare Group 4 attend the graduation ceremony of Belize's first Navy SEALS class Belize City, Belize., More

In a ceremony held at Heritage Auditorium in the United States Army Special Operations Command Headquarters, members of the United States Army John. F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School receive the FY12 More

Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard Special Naval Unit (SNU) members secure the area as members assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force members prepare to rappel on More

A Trinidad and Tobago service member rappels onto a landing zone via a U.S. military helicopter provided by a U.S. aviation element from 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) during a culminatio More

A Green Beret from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) practices exiting the side door of an AC130 during sustained airborne training before participating in a partner nation jump with Honduran Paratroopers fro More

President Juan Orlando Hernandez, President of the Republic of Honduras, speaks with a Green Beret from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 7. President Hernandez visited the More

A Green Beret from 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) gives a range safety brief to service members of the Honduran Air Force before conducting an M9 range on Soto Cano Air Base in Honduras, April 11. Green Be More

Junglas from the Colombian National Police demonstrate the proper way of conducting push-ups before the start of a diagnostic physical training test for TIGRES Commandos in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 6, 2014. T More

A TIGRES Commando conducts security for distinguished visitors to the TIGRES Commandos’ graduation June 19 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Green Berets from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Junglas from th More

Members of the Honduran National Police use a litter to carry a simulated casualty played by a soldier of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) during a stress test June 27, 2014. Soldiers of the 7th SFG (A) More

Soldiers and civilians assigned to the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School prepare to take part in a Motorcycle Mentorship and Safety Ride Sept. 29. Cloudy skies and slight mist More

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), leads small unit tactics training with Soldiers from 4th Infantry Division on Jan. 30, 2015, Fort Carson, Colo. Special Forc More

A Soldier with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Ohio Army National Guard, leads his chalk line out the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during static line parachute operations J More

A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) demonstrates how to safely climb a cargo net obstacle to Army Junior Officer Reserve Training Corps cadets Nov. 10. The Army JROTC cadets from B More

Members of the Colombian Compana Jungla Antinarcoticos conduct mortar familiarization training with Green Berets of the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Nov. 17 on an Eglin Air Force Base Range. The partner More

Members of 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne, and Indian Army Special Forces conduct a helo-casting exercise at Solo Point, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 21, 2016. The training prepared More

A U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Soldier, assigned to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Operational Detachment-A, fires at a silhouette target during Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Gr More

A jump master assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) looks for his mark from 8,000 feet above ground level on Gakdong Drop Zone during a high altitude low opening jump from a CH-47 Chino More