Warfighter

Navy "Malaria and epidemic control unit" in Saipan, 1940s. Photo Courtesy of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Historian, Andre Sobocinski.

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Mr. Raymond Barnard Release Status: Released to P More

Former University of Hawaii (UH) head football coach June Jones (right) talks with U.S. Air Force Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) commander (left) and Timothy Cashdollar (center), PAC More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WARFIGHTER 99-03 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unkno More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: WARFIGHTER 99-03 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unkno More

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - A piece of history left Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center Sept. 25. This seven-inch boring mill was installed March 1, 1943. It was initially used to bo More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Oliver, Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Michael Lemke, Dac Release Status: More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Gordon State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Marlene Thompson, CIV Release Status: Released to More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Puget Sound State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC David Fliesen, Usn Release Status: Release More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: SOU More

Lt. Jamie L. Bartlett, a physiologist, demonstrates the boat course scenario using the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment System at the Naval Health Research Center. The CAREN System is used to resear More

Family members attach new shoulder boards to Rear Adm. John W. Smith Jr., from Brooklyn, N.Y., during a frocking ceremony at Navy Cyber Forces.

Navy Cyber Forces Chief of Staff, Rear Adm. John W. Smith Jr. speaks to sailors and civilians about diversity in the workplace during an Appreciating Differences Workshop. Participants learned about the importa More

Marines assigned to Special Operations Task Force-West in Herat province, Afghanistan, review images taken by the team during an area assessment. Warfighters will benefit from the Distributed Common Ground/Surf More

Competitors in the Army Warfighter Challenge are given three minutes to do as many push-ups as they can before sprinting to the pull-up bars. The 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., brin More

Cpl. Vazquez, Spc. Bartholomew and Spc. Tarp of Fort Myers, Va., are the first team to cross the finish line in the final event, the 13-mile road march. The 14th Annual Warfighter Challenge at Fort Leonard Wood More

Lt. Gen. William G. Webster (right), commanding general of Third Army, leads the Honorable Joseph W. Westphal (left), who serves as the under secretary of the United States Army, on a tour of Camp Arifjan, Kuwa More

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., left, receives a unit shirt from Col. Richard W. Dean, and becomes an honorary member of the 579th Engineer Detachment.

Capt. Christopher Ericson, operations officer with the 579th Engineer Detachment, leads a resiliency training class to his fellow teammates to better prepare for redeployment back to Vicksburg, Miss.

Rick Ferguson, left, watches as Sgt. 1st Class Candido Aguilar removes debris from a water grate on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Col. Richard W. Dean, left, commander of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M), and Sgt. 1st Class Candido Aguilar, right, FEST-M first sergeant, case their detachment colors as Sgt. 1st Class Alfonso Gonzalez More

Command Sgt. Maj. Karl J. Groninger. Command Sergeant Major of the 579th Engineer Detachment (FEST-M).

Cpl. Jacob Klann, left, and Master Gunnery Sgt. Anthony McWilliams shake hands after returning from an Afghanistan deployment at Southwest Georgia Regional Airport in Albany, Friday. This was McWilliams' sevent More

Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hold a security perimeter during a simulated airfield seizure at Farmville Municipal Airpor More

Maj. Foster Carlile, the officer in charge of the CH-53E detachment for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, points at the engine of a CH-53E Super Stallion to More

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Combat Logistics Battalion 24 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron VMM-261 (Reinforced) watch as a CH-53E Super Stallion takes off from Blackstone Army Airfield More

Marines with Combat Logistics battalion 24, attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, offload food and other cargo from Landing Craft Utility boats at Landing Zone Bluebird, Camp Lejeune, N.C., during off More

Capt. Kathryn A. Donovan, Commodore of Task Force Stethem and the 22nd Naval Construction Regiment, presents Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark D. Paystrup, from Levan, Utah and assigned to Naval Mobile Construction More

Director of Science and Technology for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Col. David Thompson, ensured Marines had the right equipment when they went into the field to battle insurgents, and do their jobs More

Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans Col. Norman Cooling, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), said his job kept him busy, but also put him in a position where he was privileged to watch the Af More

Comptroller for II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Col. Michael Cordero, helped Afghans create a better future through financial instruction. He and his team traveled to areas throughout Helmand province More

Children from the Fort Greely Child Development Center listen as Sgt. Aric Wilkins, Communications Operator, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, goes through a missile defense exercise scenario during a recent visi More

Aircrew Survival Equipmentman 3rd Class Anett Castillo, from Irving, Texas, tests a panel mount regulator in the oxygen shop aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). October is #Wa More

Pfc. Lazaro Galvez, Infantryman, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conducts preventive maintenance checks and services on his vehicle, Oct. 10, during a vehicle More

A birthday cake for the Marines and sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sits on a table during a U.S. Marine Corps birthday aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1), Nov. 10, 2012. The 26th MEU and More

Heidi Byers, a member of the Defense Logistics Agency Corporate Events Outreach Program team, and Linda Kimberlin, customer account manager of international sales in DLA Logistics Operations, speak to an attend More

Staff Sgt. Donald W. Tubbs, a morale, welfare, recreation specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, unloads supplies for a Warfighter Express Services Team aboard Camp Lejeune, N More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's personnel office participate in a planning exercise at Fort Drum, N.Y., Feb. 9, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Jeffrey Rivard/Released)

Airman 1st Class Bradley Kessinger, 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance specialist, changes the oil on a multi-stop truck April 4 at the 99th LRS maintenance hangar. Kessinger and fellow vehic More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col Benjamin Bishop, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, conducts pre-flight checks inside an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 2, 2013, at Nellis Air More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Benjamin Bishop, 422nd Test and Evaluation director of operations, inspects the exhaust of an F-35A Lightning II before a training mission April 4, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. T More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Daniel J. Barlow II with Easy Company, Black Sea Rotaional Force 13, holds Cpl. Wesley W. Lanier in a head lock during a black belt test for the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP), at Mi More

Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 rapidly don their chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) gear during a simulated attack. NMCB 3 is conducting their final graded field training exercise ( More

Construction Mechanic 3rd Class Paul Tersteege watches Forward Operation Base (FOB) Wolfe's entry control point from fighting positions on the northern defensive line. NMCB 3 is conducting their final graded fi More

Command Sgt. Maj. Ernest Bowen, senior enlisted adviser for Division West's 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, shows off the T-shirt he received for donating blood at the brigade's blood drive at Fort Bliss, Texas, More

Steelworker 1st Class Cedric Brooks, an evaluator from Naval Construction Training Center in Port Hueneme, Calif., drops a smoke grenade just inside Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's defensive lines to si More

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Jacob Tester from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 describes injuries on an injury location sheet used on patients for medical evacuation during a mass casualty drill at More

Kimberly Tazagouzit, a staff mental health professional with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3, speaks with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Cale Vandertuin after a mass casualty drill at Forward Operatin More

Utilitiesman 3rd Class Eric Seay, right, and Builder 3rd Class Zachary Minniear from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 go over the construction plans for a Southwest Asia Hut (SWAHUT). NMCB 3 is cond More

Sgt. James Smith, a team leader with D Company, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 513th MI Brigade, hugs his wife Ashley at Gym six following the unit's welcome home ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st More

Steelworker 2nd Class Sheldon Smith from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 checks wounded civilians for responsiveness following a simulated rocket attack on a village near Forward Operating Base (FO More

From the left, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 begin stacking up in a defensive position to engage mock enemy attackers as evaluators from Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 drop smoke g More

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Naval Construction Group 1 operate an excavator, two dump trucks, and a bull dozer during a study to determine if a new hydraulic fluid could help reduce emi More

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet Master Chief Marco Ramirez, discusses important topics relating to Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 before thanking them for their service during a base t More

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's outgoing commanding officer, Cmdr. Scott P. Raymond, passes the battalion's command pennant to new Commanding Officer Cmdr. Gordon Meek III during an official change of c More

From left, Commander, Naval Construction Group (NCG) 1 Capt. Dean Tufts shakes hands with Commander, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 3 Cmdr. Gordon Meek before beginning his tour of the "Better Than More

More than 220 Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 homeported at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, departed for a six-month deployment to the Pacific Region. The Seabee battalion provides c More

Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3's operations officer, Lt. Cmdr. Weurielus Johnson, addresses Seabees from NMCB 3 and NMCB 5 during a turnover meeting at Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa, Aug. 7. The tu More

Industry representatives talk with panel members including Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck Jr. (foreground), deputy commandant for Combat, Development and Integration, before the Report to Industry Sept. 26 at the Mode More

Sgt. Maj. James M. Lambert, 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s senior enlisted adviser talks with soldiers from the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, during a change of command ceremony Sept. 9 at Bagram Air Fi More

Sgt. Joshua W. Floch, 864th Engineer Battalion, CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element and native of Tulsa, Okla., was awarded the Combat Action Badge, Oct. 7, at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, from Brig. Gen. Duan More

Lt. Col. John Henderson battalion commander, 864th Engineer Battalion, foreground, CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element, discusses the unit’s accomplishments with Brig Gen. Duane Gamble, 1st Theater Sustainment More

Soldiers and civilian contractors review paperwork and prepare to conduct an ammo abatement inspection on several, Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle’s. Oct. 12, 2013, Camp John Pratt, Redistribution Prope More

Pfc. Cal S. Mobley, of the 348th Quartermaster Company (QM), Camp Humphreys, performs pushups for the Army Physical Fitness Test during the Logistic Warfighter Competition held on Oct. 23, on Camp Carroll. (U.S More

U.S. Navy Capt. Randy Peck, right, commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), awards Seaman Dang Vongkamchan, from Redding, California, the Warfighter of the Week during a ceremony More

More than 160 members of the Arizona National Guard’s 158th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, also known as the Bushmasters, participated in a Warfighter Exercise recently conducted at Fort Bragg, N.C., by the 82nd More

Airmen from the 682nd Air Support Operations Squadron maintain and operate the mobile Air Support Operations Center Gateway vehicle during Warfighter 14-04 exercise, April 9, Fort Bragg, N.C. The Warfighter is More

Construction continues on pedestals in preparation for two back-to-back Warfighter Exercises at the Mission Training Complex, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April, 17, 2014. The two pedestals in construction are ahead More

On April 17, 2014, Soldiers connect two pieces of a standard integrated command post system before Warfighter Exercises begin at the Mission Training Complex at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., this summer. Two dome-li More

On April 17, 2014, Soldiers assemble a tent system to allow units to conduct operations during Warfighter Exercises at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. For the next three months, Mission Training Complex, Fort Leavenw More

Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard’s 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assemble a command post system, Thursday, May 8, 2014, at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The command post system will be utilized by the S More

Spc. Kyle Haas, a cable systems installer-maintainer, from Newburgh, N.Y., assigned to Detachment 1, Signal Company, 42nd Infantry Division trains on the procedures for operating a satellite transportable termi More

First Army Deputy Commanding General for Support, Maj. Gen. Michael Smith, awarded a First Army coin to 2nd Lt. Mitchell Woodrum, for his service to First Army and his contributions to the Army's largest Warfig More

Staff Sgt. Amy Brown patches Ethernet cables to provide the 34th Infantry Division their requested communications layout before they arrive at the Mission Training Complex Leavenworth, for the Army’s largest Wa More

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Jeffrey Harris, from Lawton, Okla., left, provides the course of fire during a live-fire exercise aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) More

On June 11, 2014, Soldiers review bus schedules created by the Mission Training Complex Leavenworth at the Kansas City Expo Center, Kansas City, Mo. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Tyler Mitchell/Released)

During a Warfighter exercise at Mission Training Complex Leavenworth, coffee mugs hang inside of a command post operations tent for the Soldiers of the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Comb More

Division Chief of Staff, Army Col. Eric Kerska of Rochester, Minn., the Secretary of the General Staff, Maj. Darrin Janisch, and the Soldiers of the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division lead the fight in the U.S. Ar More

Sgt. Janeffer Oneal, a resource management specialist, shakes hands with U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins, Monday June 16, 2014, at Mission Training Complex Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. (U.S. Army Nation More

U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins visits Soldiers working in the aid station during their Warfighter exercise at Mission Training Complex Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 16, 2014. (U.S. Army National G More

Master Sgt. Ivy Alexander, back row fourth from left, served as chief paralegal NCOIC for the 34th Infantry Division Staff Judge Advocate during the Division Warfighter Exercise, June 2014, at Fort Leavenworth, More

Scott Tystad, left and Jim Mutz, center, assist Soldiers from the Wyoming Army National Guard with over-the-shoulder support on a command and control system during a Warfighter exercise, June 19, 2014 at Fort L More

A Soldier washes his hands at Mission Training Complex Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., June 20, 2014. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Tyler Mitchell/Released)

Acting Director of the Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Judd H. Lyons visits with Spc. Shelby L. Moen, center, and Sgt. 1st Class Sy Hansana, right, from the 141st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, North Dakota Nation More

The Training Analysis Feedback Team located at the Mission Training Complex Leavenworth released the Chaplain Corps Handbook for National Guard unit ministry teams. The last publication for chaplains was in 200 More

An instructor from the Mission Command Training Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas helps Sgt. Etop Ekanem, a member of the administrative shop (S1) for the 372nd MP CO navigate a map. Soldiers from 372nd Milita More

Spc. Roosevelt Biddles, Birmingham, Ala., native, 10th Sustainment Brigade retrograde manager, places a tracking label on a twenty-foot container before it is shipped back to an Army depot in the U.S. The briga More

Staff Sgt. Kwon, Minzy, infantryman with the ROK's 21st Division practices weapons qualification during the 2nd Infantry Division's Expert Infantryman Badge testing and training on Camp Casey, South Korea, Oct. More

The turret of a simulated Paladin stands ready to fire at the Call For Fire Trainer facility at Fort Stewart, Ga. Inside the Paladin, Soldiers from 2-306th Field Artillery Regiment, 188th Infantry Brigade, prep More

Henry Mare works on an electronics test station Nov. 24, 2014, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Hydropower Branch's Electronics Service Section located at Old Hickory Dam in Hendersonville More

A healthcare specialist from the 1st Cavalry Division stands in a field as he waits for paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division to jump into DZ Antelope on Fort Hood, Texas, Dec. 5.

The sun rises over the 38th Infantry Division's headquarters during Warfighter Exercise 15.3 at Camp Atterbury, Ind., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. More than 3,500 service members from the United States and Canada part More

Attendees at the 2015 Global Positioning Systems Directorate Partnership Council listen to joint services testimonials at the Warfighter Panel and Discussion held at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, Ca More

The 184th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) conduct a rehearsal of concept drill during the Warfighter exercise at Camp Atterbury, Ind., June 2, 2015. The Warfighter is a training tool that allows soldiers to More