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Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company B, 297th Infantry, Eskimo Scouts, move out on a reconnaissance mission using snowmobiles during Exercise JACK FROST '79

Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '79 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. A Fulton recovery balloon breaks away from an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft during an interception

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Major Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

A search party made up of Turkish commandos. Air Force volunteers and Army Special Forces prepare to search for USAF Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Michael R. Couillard and his son Matthew both survived after being lost for nine days in the Mountains of Turkey. From AIRMAN Magazine's August 1995 issue article "Miracle of the Mountains"

A search party made up of Turkish commandos. Air Force volunteers and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Bolu Country: Turkey (TUR) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Rose Reynolds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photogr... More

SPC William Michael runs a phone cord across the top of a barracks building at the Rebuplic of Korea, K-2 Air Base, Taegu, on Oct. 16, 1998. The compound is set aside for a group of Army Special Forces who will be arriving within the next week in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

SPC William Michael runs a phone cord across the top of a barracks bui...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOALEAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: K-2, Taegu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joel C. Miller Release St... More

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army attend a training class on raid techniques during Operation FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the U.S. Army Special Forces to the Senegal army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army attend a training ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operation FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scen... More

A US Army Special Forces (USASF) Sergeant (SGT) gives a Self-Aid and Buddy care training class to a group of Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) students at an undisclosed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army Special Forces (USASF) Sergeant (SGT) gives a Self-Aid and B...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

The American flag and the 5th Special Forces Group

The American flag and the 5th Special Forces Group

The American flag and the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) colors wave in the wind during the 5th SFG(A) flash changeover ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 23, 2016. During the ceremony, 5th SFG(A) ... More

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces personnel from 3rd Special Forces Group pull security during tactical movement while assaulting an objective during operations at Naval Stat... More

Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company B, 297th Infantry, Eskimo Scouts, move out on a reconnaissance mission during Exercise JACK FROST '79

Members of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, and Company ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '79 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army reload ammunition for their M-16A1 Assault Rifles while conducting troop movement training during Operation FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army reload ammunition ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scene Camera O... More

A member of the Polish Army special forces standing next to a Hummvee on guard in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq during Operation Night Wolf on Nov. 11, 2005. His job was to pull perimeter of the vehicle as it was stopped to survey the area for a possible threat. (U.S.Army photo by PFC. Timothy J. Villareal) (Released)

A member of the Polish Army special forces standing next to a Hummvee ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NIGHT WOLF Base: Camp Echo State: Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: POLISH ARMY SPECIAL FORCES Scen... More

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass while participating in the Urban Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), May 4 - 8, 2015 in Hammelburg, Germany. The stu... More

SPECIALIST Fourth Class Lester Pope of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army Special Forces, departs on a reconnaissance mission wearing snowshoes during Exercise JACK FROST '79

SPECIALIST Fourth Class Lester Pope of Company A, 2nd Battalion, Army ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JACK FROST '79 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs for unconventional warfare operations. Front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft of the 7th SOS during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ. Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An air-to-air front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft of the 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) during a Fulton recovery mission. The 7th SOS conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members for unconventional warfare operations

An air-to-air front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: Major Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined M... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. Airmen retrieve a practice sandbag into an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs for unconventional warfare operations. A controller coordinates with an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft by radio as the aircraft approaches a Fulton recovery balloon

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ. Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and navy SEALs for unconventional warfare operations. Close-up left front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft of the 7th SOS during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ. Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise Pegasus '87. The aircraft, nicknamed "The First Lady," is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and U.S. Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS '87 Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

A soldier of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army charges an objective point with his M-16 Assault Rifle as part of a training exercise during Operation FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

A soldier of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army charges an object...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operation FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scen... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier provides security

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier provides security

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier provides security during a joint-training exercise in Louisiana, March 8, 2014. Special Forces work in Groups, organized in teams of 12 men, each specially trained and cross-t... More

U.S. service members secure the perimeter at an undisclosed

U.S. service members secure the perimeter at an undisclosed

U.S. service members secure the perimeter at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan in support of Resolute Support, March 17, 2020. ORS is a NATO-led train, advise, and assist mission seeking reconciliation and... More

U.S. Army soldiers from the 197th Special Troops Company

U.S. Army soldiers from the 197th Special Troops Company

U.S. Army soldiers from the 197th Special Troops Company (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, prepare for landing and perform proper parachute landing fall procedures by bringing their feet and knees together,... More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to embark on an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft after successfully completing an aerial delivery at Ie Shima Training Facil... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise Pegasus '87. The aircraft, nicknamed "The First Lady," is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and U.S. Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS '87 Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

SPECIALIST Rickey Thomas signals to his counterpart while he runs a phone cord across the top of a barracks building at the Republic of Korea, K-2 Air Base, Taegu. The compound is set aside for a group of Army Special Forces who will be arriving within the next week in support of FOAL EAGLE '98. FOAL EAGLE is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

SPECIALIST Rickey Thomas signals to his counterpart while he runs a ph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98 Base: K-2, Taegu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SPC... More

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a Self-Aid and Buddy Care training session given by US Army Special Forces (USASF) troops at an undisclosed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

A member of the Polish Army special forces at the high ready position in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq during Operation Night Wolf on Nov. 11, 2005. He was using the night vision scope to see if there were any threats approaching. (U.S.Army photo by PFC. Timothy J. Villareal) (Released)

A member of the Polish Army special forces at the high ready position ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: NIGHT WOLF Base: Camp Echo State: Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: POLISH ARMY SPECIAL FORCES Scen... More

A U.S. Air Force special tactics officer controls aircraft

A U.S. Air Force special tactics officer controls aircraft

A U.S. Air Force special tactics officer controls aircraft during Operation Resolute Support at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan, Nov. 18, 2019. Operation Resolute Support is a NATO-led train, advise, and... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to embark on an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft after successfully completing an aerial delivery at Ie Shima Training Facilit... More

A member of the US Army Special Forces demonstrates the correct technique for a helicopter-assisted patrol extraction to Colombian paratroopers during the joint US and Columbian counterinsurgency Exercise FUERZAS UNITAS '85

A member of the US Army Special Forces demonstrates the correct techni...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNITAS '85 Base: Cartagena Country: Colombia (COL) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Kenrick R. Thomas Release Status: Rel... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) Soldier (left) shows The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), the various foreign made weapons that the SF are trained to use during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2001. The SECDEF is visiting Pope AFB and Fort Bragg to attend briefings and demonstrations on the capabilities of the U.S. Special Forces, consisting of U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces Soldiers, U.S. Navy Seals and U.S. Air Force Combat Control Teams. (DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel) (Released)

A U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) Soldier (left) shows The Honorable Don...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel, CIV Release Status: Rele... More

Private (PVT) Georgi Krumov, with the Bulgaria (BG) Army Special Forces restrains a simulated rebel soldier captured in a combined rescue exercise by French, British and Bulgaria (BG) Forces while participating in exercise Cooperative Key 2003.  Cooperative Key 03, is designed to promote an operational dialogue between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and partner nations

Private (PVT) Georgi Krumov, with the Bulgaria (BG) Army Special Force...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Koren Range Country: Bulgaria (BGR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt John M. Foster, USAF Release Status: Released t... More

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries participate in the Urban Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), May 4 - 8, 2015 in Hammelburg, Germany. The students f... More

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 17-19, 2015, in Lizum, Austria. The students from the United ... More

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria. The students from the U.S. ... More

U.S. Army Special Forces team members egress a UH-60

U.S. Army Special Forces team members egress a UH-60

U.S. Army Special Forces team members egress a UH-60 Black Hawk flown by the U.S. Army during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16, May 3, 2016, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior 16 is a U.S. Special Operation Com... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. A crewman retrieves an upper lift line through an overhead escape hatch of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft during a Fulton recovery

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. High angle left front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft of the 7th SOS during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

SPC Rickey Thomas leans over the side of a barracks building while running a phone cord across the top of the building at the Rebuplic of Korea, K-2 Air Base, Taegu, on Oct. 16, 1998. The compound is set aside for a group of Army Special Forces who will be arriving within the next week in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

SPC Rickey Thomas leans over the side of a barracks building while run...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: K-2, Taegu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joel C. Miller Release S... More

US Army Special Forces (USASF) troops ride horse-back alongside Afghan Northern Alliance horse cavalry, during a patrol in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army Special Forces (USASF) troops ride horse-back alongside Afghan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Troops in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class gather to receive training from US Army Special Forces (USASF) at an undisclosed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Troops in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class gather to receive t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, adjusts his radio antenna in aid of an aerial delivery during Certification Exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, A... More

U.S. Army Special Forces team members fly on UH-60

U.S. Army Special Forces team members fly on UH-60

U.S. Army Special Forces team members fly on UH-60 Black Hawks flown by the U.S. Army during Exercise Emerald Warrior 16, May 3, 2016, over a training range at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Emerald Warrior 16 is a U.S. ... More

U.S. Sailors with the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron(HSC)

U.S. Sailors with the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron(HSC)

U.S. Sailors with the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron(HSC) 84, move a HH-60H Seahawk into position to be washed during Emerald Warrior, May 7, 2014, along the Gulf Coast of Florida. Emerald Warrior is an annual... More

Barbed wire surrounds the perimeter of a barracks compound on the Rebuplic of Korea, K-2 Air Base, Taegu, on Oct. 16, 1998. The wire is to keep a group of Army Special Forces in the compound to ensure 100 percent mission focus. The Special Forces group will be arriving within the next week in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

Barbed wire surrounds the perimeter of a barracks compound on the Rebu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: K-2, Taegu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joel C. Miller Release S... More

Personnel from the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) gather in formation at an undisclosed location to receive training from US Army Special Forces (USASF) before going into combat, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Personnel from the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) gather in formation at an u...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

A Norwegian Soldier sets up targets on a shooting range

A Norwegian Soldier sets up targets on a shooting range

A Norwegian Soldier sets up targets on a shooting range during the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27 - May 1, 2015, in Lizum, Austria. Th... More

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational

U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers with Operational Detachment Alpha conduct a mountainous-terrain medical evacuation exercise aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 24, 2... More

Two German soldiers walk along a wall during the obstacle

Two German soldiers walk along a wall during the obstacle

Two German soldiers walk along a wall during the obstacle course portion of Urban Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), May 4-8, 2015 in Hammelburg, Germany. The students... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALs for unconventional warfare operations. Combat controllers prepare to jump from an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

An air-to-air close-up view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air close-up view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army practice troop movement techniques during Operation FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army practice troop mov...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scene Camera O... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO), 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (3/6), along with US Army Special Forces (USASF) carry wounded USASF Sergeant (SGT) David Colucci, Engineer, for a medical evacuation onboard a US Army (USA) UH-60 Blackhawk (Black Hawk) medical helicopter. USMC Marines are providing cover with a Browning M2 HB 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun, atop an Up-Armored High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The event happened after receiving enemy contact south of Camp Blessing during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines with 1ST Platoon (PLT), K Company (K CO...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nagolan State: Kunar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Justin M. Mason, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced

An international Soldier participates in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria. The students from the U.S. ... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha looks over an 80-foot gorge his team will be conducting a tyrolean traverse, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group participate in a ruck march during the annual Best ODA Competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 9, 2020. The 7th Special Forces Group’s mission is... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. A navigator, aboard an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft, cuts the pigtail on a lift line during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

U.S. Army Special Forces from the 3rd Special Forces Group, 1ST Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., off load supplies and equipment from an 86th Air Wing, Ramstein AB, Germany C-130E Hercules at Robert's International Airport, located outside Monrovia, Liberia. The Special Forces Group will be providing security for U.S. military aircraft participating in Operation Assured Lift, a 17 day United States airlift and support mission assisting West African states deploying more than 1100 troops to Liberia as part of the region's ongoing peacekeeping force

U.S. Army Special Forces from the 3rd Special Forces Group, 1ST Battal...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED LIFT Country: Liberia (LBR) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. Paul R. Caron Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mi... More

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Army members with M-16A1s and an M-60 Machine Gun, execute troop movement formations during OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Army members with M-16...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scen... More

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Zaki Mazid, USAF, (left) and Major Mark Ratliff, USA, with the Army Special Forces, were among the US troops in Argentina who attended a memorial service at Camp General Belgrano, in Salta, for the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States. "My heart reaches out to all the people who lost families in the attacks and our comrades who perished in the Pentagon," said SSGT Mazid, an information manager with US Special Operations Command South. The command's base is at Naval Air Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. He's one of several hundred US troops still in Salta, a city 800 miles north of Buenos Aires. Like the others, he was here to take part in the ...

STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Zaki Mazid, USAF, (left) and Major Mark Ratliff,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Staff Sergeant (SSGT) Zaki Mazid, USAF, (left) and Major Mark Ratliff, USA, with the Army Special Forces, were among the US tro... More

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries participate in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria.... More

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries trek through the Austrian Alps during the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, ... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group participate in a ruck march during the annual Best ODA Competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 9, 2020. The 7th Special Forces Group’s mission is... More

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers participate in 5th SFG(A)'s flash changeover ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 23, 2016. During the ceremony, 5th SFG(A) reinstated the Vietnam-... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. AN aircrew flies an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. Airmen set up a Fulton recovery apparatus for launch

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

Straight on Close-up shot of US Army MAJ (Retired) Bob Salzman, US Army Special Forces and President of the Chapter 21 Special Operations Association. He stands in front of the Warrior Statue that was dedicated during a ceremony for the Special Operations Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the Special Operations Memorial Foundation and took place on May 24th, 1999, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Straight on Close-up shot of US Army MAJ (Retired) Bob Salzman, US Arm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Douglas Lingefelt Release Status:... More

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a Self-Aid and Buddy Care training session given by US Army Special Forces (USASF) troops at an undisclosed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

A Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier

A Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier

A Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier hands a new beret flash to a current 5th SFG(A) Soldier during the unit's flash changeover ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 23, 2016. During t... More

An international Soldier treks through the Austrian

An international Soldier treks through the Austrian

An international Soldier treks through the Austrian Alps during the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria. The ... More

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers

Vietnam-era 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers participate in 5th SFG(A)'s flash changeover ceremony at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, March 23, 2016. During the ceremony, 5th SFG(A) reinstated the Vietnam-... More

A Norweigan Instructor goes over the results from their

A Norweigan Instructor goes over the results from their

A Norweigan Instructor goes over the results from their Urban Stress Test Competition with multi-national soldiers during the Urban Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), M... More

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces personnel from 3rd Special Forces Group wait to drive to an assault point to perform room clearing and close quarters battle operations at N... More

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for special air operations and related activities. The unit also trains with Army Special Forces and Navy SEALS for unconventional warfare operations. A front view of an MC-130E Hercules Combat Talon aircraft of the 7th SOS during a Fulton recovery mission

The 7th Special Operations Squadron (SOS) conducts training for specia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Camera Operator: MAJ Dennis Guyitt Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 Hercules gunship flying over the northeast coast of Honduras during Exercise PEGASUS'87.  The aircraft, nicknamed"The First Lady,"is flying day and night combat air support for Honduran and US Army Special Forces

An air-to-air front view of a 919th Special Operations Group AC-130 He...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PEGASUS Country: Central America Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lou Hernandez Release Status: Released to Public Combined Milita... More

Barbed wire surrounds the perimeter of a barracks compound on the Rebuplic of Korea, K-2 Air Base, Taegu, on Oct. 16, 1998. The wire is to keep a group of Army Special Forces in the compound to ensure 100 percent mission focus. The Special Forces group will be arriving within the next week in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea

Barbed wire surrounds the perimeter of a barracks compound on the Rebu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98 Base: K-2, Taegu Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Joel C. Miller Release Status: R... More

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army siege an objective point as part of a training exercise during Operation FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the US Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone. Senegal Army members are seen with the M-16 Assault Rifle

Soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army siege an objective...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: Operation FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Infantry Battalion, Senegal Scen... More

A US Army Special Forces (USASF) Sergeant (SGT), right, gives a Self-Aid and Buddy care training class to a group of Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) students at an undisclosed location in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

A US Army Special Forces (USASF) Sergeant (SGT), right, gives a Self-A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

Polish Minister of Defense Radosklaw Sikorski presents an award to MAJ. GEN. Donovan, chief of staff of Multi-National Force - Iraq for GEN. Casey, at the Polish Independence Day ceremony at Camp Echo in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, Nov. 11, 2005. This was one of the many awards presented by the Polish Minister of Defense. (U.S. Army photo by PFC. Timothy J. Villareal) (Released)

Polish Minister of Defense Radosklaw Sikorski presents an award to MAJ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo State: Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: POLISH ARMY SPECIAL FORCES S... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group participate in a ruck march during the annual Best ODA Competition at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 9, 2020. The 7th Special Forces Group’s mission is... More

A German Soldier secures safety ropes during the Advanced

A German Soldier secures safety ropes during the Advanced

A German Soldier secures safety ropes during the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria. The students from the U.... More

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion repels

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion repels

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion repels out of an MV-22 Osprey during helicopter rope suspension technique training at the parade deck on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan on Aug. 13, 2019. Marines wit... More

A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group(left)

A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group(left)

A Soldier with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group(left) and a Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit(right), observe an aerial delivery during Certification Exercise at I... More

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces personnel from 3rd Special Forces Group conduct room clearing and close quarters battle operations at Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss., durin... More

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces personnel from 3rd Special Forces Group interrogate a suspect during room clearing and close quarters battle operations at Naval Station Pas... More

A soldier of the 1ST Battalion 3rd Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, teaches basic platoon movement formations to soldiers of the 1ST Infantry Battalion Senegal Army during OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II (OFR II) in Thies, Senegal. OFR II is an operation provided by the U.S. Army Special Forces to the Senegal Army for training on new equipment and fighting tactics to bring up their proficiency level for peace enforcement in Sierra Leone

A soldier of the 1ST Battalion 3rd Special Forces Group, Ft. Bragg, No...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: OPERATION FOCUS RELIEF II Base: Thies Country: Senegal (SEN) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT David Underwood, Jr., USAF Release ... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) Soldier (left) briefs The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), on a laser designation device during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 21, 2001. The SECDEF is visiting Pope AFB and Fort Bragg to attend briefings and demonstrations on the capabilities of the U.S. Special Forces, consisting of U.S. Army Rangers and Special Forces Soldiers, U.S. Navy Seals and U.S. Air Force Combat Control Teams. (DoD photo by Helene C. Stikkel) (Released)

A U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) Soldier (left) briefs The Honorable Do...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Helene C. Stikkel, CIV Release Status: Rele... More

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a Self-Aid and Buddy Care training session given by US Army Special Forces (USASF) troops at an undisclosed location, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Personnel in a Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) training class, sit through a S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Free Iraqi Forces Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Quinton T. Burris, US... More

A Norwegian Soldier prepares to participate in the

A Norwegian Soldier prepares to participate in the

A Norwegian Soldier prepares to participate in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27- May 1, 2015, in Lizum, Austria. The students from t... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, and 1st Marine

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, and 1st Marine

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, and 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion, receive airdrop training from Operational Detachment-Alpha, an Army Special Forces unit, during the integration of Training Read... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha explains the course of action for a casualty evacuation exercise in mountainous terrain, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center... More

A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police

A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police

A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police hands out fruit and nut tree saplings to area youth Feb. 25, 2011, in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He hands out these saplings as part of ... More

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special

U.S. Army Special Forces and U.S. Air Force Special Operations Forces personnel from 3rd Special Forces Group perform room clearing and close quarters battle operations at Naval Station Pascagoula, Miss., durin... More

Prior to building a hardened observation post on the

Prior to building a hardened observation post on the

Prior to building a hardened observation post on the mountainside at Forward Operating Base Thunder, security teams used tents. The new OP was inaugurated Jan. 26. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Derek Nelson, 17th Pu... More

Air crewmen with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Air crewmen with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Air crewmen with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit look out the back of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during an aerial delivery during Certification Exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan... More

An Afghan villager from the Panjwai District, Kandahar

An Afghan villager from the Panjwai District, Kandahar

An Afghan villager from the Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, walks his fruit and nut tree saplings back to his home Feb. 25, 2011. These saplings were distributed as part of humanitarian assist... More

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special

Soldiers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Ohio Army National Guard, conduct static line parachute operations from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter June 6, 2015, at Mills Drop Zone on... More

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