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The Commander of Combined Joint Task Force 4, and members of the US Armys Corp of Engineers, Civil Affairs and 3ID Engineers tour a power plant in Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. They are here to persuade the board members and technicians to return to work and restore power to the people of Baghdad

The Commander of Combined Joint Task Force 4, and members of the US Ar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

US Army (USA) Brigadier General (BGEN) Steven R. Hawkins (second from right), Commander, Combined Joint Task Force-4, talks to the chief engineer of the rehabilitation department at a power plant near Baghdad during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. BGEN Hawkins and members of the US Armys Corp of Engineers, Civil Affairs and 3rd ID Engineers traveled to several power plants in Baghdad to persuade the board members and technicians to return to work and restore power to the people of Baghdad

US Army (USA) Brigadier General (BGEN) Steven R. Hawkins (second from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Cherie A. Thurlby, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

An Iraqi youth poses for a photograph at the Al Moter Secondary School, located in the town of Al Hillah, Iraq, where local Officials and US Army (USA) Soldiers and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Civil Affairs are paying the salary wages for Teachers as well as giving 20 dollars gifts to help support school activities and boost morale, while deployed in Iraq, supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

An Iraqi youth poses for a photograph at the Al Moter Secondary School...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher Graham, USMC Release Status: Relea... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to Civil Affairs arrive at the Al Moter Secondary School, located in the town of Al Hillah, Iraq. Marines and Soldiers of Civil Affairs pay salary wages for Iraqi Teachers as well as give 20 dollars gifts to help support school activities and boost morale, while deployed in Iraq, supporting Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Soldiers and US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Hillah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Christopher Graham, USMC Release Status: Relea... More

US Army (USA) Captain (CAPT) Curtis White (right), 304th Civil Affairs (CA), attached to 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines (3rd BN 7th MAR), talks to Traffic Police Officers about the renovation of their current building in Karbala, Iraq

US Army (USA) Captain (CAPT) Curtis White (right), 304th Civil Affairs...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Karbala Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd BN 7th MAR Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Nathan... More

Young boys, in school uniforms, raise the Iraqi national flag on a temporary pole, at the grand opening of Mazinee Elementary School in Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Young boys, in school uniforms, raise the Iraqi national flag on a tem...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 414th Civil Affairs, 1ST Armored Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stacy P... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Brandon Kovach, Civil Affairs (CA) Section, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), pushes an Iraqi girl on a swing set at a primary school in Hit, Iraq. The swing set is part of a playground built with funds collected by USMC Marines, 2/7 Marines, 1ST MAR DIV, who are in Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Brandon Kovach, Civil Affairs (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hit State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul L. Anstine II, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) Rick Smith, Civil Affairs (CA), 2nd Battalion (BN), 7th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MAR DIV), greets local Iraqi leaders as they arrive for a Security Conference held in Al Asad, Iraq, during a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ) Rick Smith, Civil Affairs (CA), 2nd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul L. Anstine II, USMC Release Status: Released to Public Combined Mil... More

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately

In the small farming town of Mandra, approximately 108 kilometers north of Constanta, kindergartners watch Gunnery Sgt. Giannina Pinedo, civil affairs chief, Black Sea Rotational Force 11, while Roxanna Taranu,... More

Multinational service members pose in front of a newly

Multinational service members pose in front of a newly

Multinational service members pose in front of a newly built school during a dedication ceremony Feb. 19 at the Ban Sa la Kai Fub School as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 in Sukhothai, Kingdom of Thailand. D... More

The Purple Heart is presented to Sgt. 1st Class Peter

The Purple Heart is presented to Sgt. 1st Class Peter

The Purple Heart is presented to Sgt. 1st Class Peter I. Roth, an instructor at Camp Mckall with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne), United States Army John F. Kennedy and School, by L... More

A Chebelley Village soccer player readies a kick as

A Chebelley Village soccer player readies a kick as

A Chebelley Village soccer player readies a kick as a defender for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa team rushes him during the Chebelley Village Game Night soccer match at Chebelley Village, Djibout... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Giovanni Rivera, right, a civil

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Giovanni Rivera, right, a civil

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Giovanni Rivera, right, a civil affairs specialist assigned to 4th Civil Affairs Group, speaks with a Colombian Marine assigned to the Infanteria de Marina de Colombia during Operation Co... More

Gunnery Sgt. Jason Burke (far left) and Capt. Brendan

Gunnery Sgt. Jason Burke (far left) and Capt. Brendan

Gunnery Sgt. Jason Burke (far left) and Capt. Brendan McGovern (far right), civil affairs team members from 4th Civil Affairs Group, meet with members of the Dominican Youth Development Division to arrange an i... More

Laying a Foundation - Two military men shaking hands in front of flags

Laying a Foundation - Two military men shaking hands in front of flags

Army Capt. Wyatt Hughes (right), civil affairs planner, Army Reserve Engagement Team-Japan, shakes hands with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) Maj. Noriyoshi Matsuguma (left), a planning officer assigned... More

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 409th Engineer Company

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 409th Engineer Company

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 409th Engineer Company based out of Windsor, Colorado, check the correct leveling before pouring cement while building a wheelchair and emergency ramp in Ladyville, Belize, May 23, 2... More

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii –Team members from the U.S.

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii –Team members from the U.S.

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii –Team members from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Demonstration Team, the Black Daggers, look down at their drop-zone from a Ch-47 Chinook July 4, 2017, prior to t... More

Specialist Pedro Benavides, from 407th Civil Affairs

Specialist Pedro Benavides, from 407th Civil Affairs

Specialist Pedro Benavides, from 407th Civil Affairs Battalion, wears his gas mask during the 353rd Civil Affairs Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, November 3, 2017. (U.S. Army Reserve ... More

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) along with U.S. Army paratrooper Spc. Darius Davis of the 982nd Combat Camera (Ai... More

Major Tim Krause, the civil military operations center

Major Tim Krause, the civil military operations center

Major Tim Krause, the civil military operations center officer in charge, Charlie Company, 432nd Civil Affairs Battalion, 308th Civil Affairs Brigade, reviews information about a fictional region during a cumul... More

Iraqi workers deliver 25,000 backpacks to Civil Affairs

Iraqi workers deliver 25,000 backpacks to Civil Affairs

Iraqi workers deliver 25,000 backpacks to Civil Affairs Team 631 Oct. 8, in Ramadi, Iraq, for distribution to schools throughout Iraq. Members of the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Arabian Peninsu... More

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations

A U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) HHC soldier participates in water survival training during battle assembly at Archer pool in Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 9, 2011.

Paratroopers help each other put on their parachutes

Paratroopers help each other put on their parachutes

Paratroopers help each other put on their parachutes for the 14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. Hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Operation To... More

Lt. Col. Joshua J. Potter (left) and Command Sgt. Major

Lt. Col. Joshua J. Potter (left) and Command Sgt. Major

Lt. Col. Joshua J. Potter (left) and Command Sgt. Major Ronald T. Barker, command team of the 81st Civil Affairs Battalion, 85th Civil Affairs Brigade, case the battalion’s colors during a deployment ceremony h... More

Col. Jose M. Madera, a deputy commanding officer with

Col. Jose M. Madera, a deputy commanding officer with

Col. Jose M. Madera, a deputy commanding officer with the 353rd Civil Affairs Command, proposes a toast to guests during the unit’s 60th anniversary celebration Sept. 21, 2013, in Staten Island, N.Y. The 353rd ... More

Soldiers from the 319th Psychological Operations Company

Soldiers from the 319th Psychological Operations Company

Soldiers from the 319th Psychological Operations Company out of Arden Hills, Minn., participated in military information support operations, to include military drivers training during a field training event Ju... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) lay out signal panel markers prior to an airborne jump at Scorpion Drop Zone on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., June 12. (U.S... More

A child waits in line at a medical site in Port-au-Prince,

A child waits in line at a medical site in Port-au-Prince,

A child waits in line at a medical site in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, during Continuing Promise 15, Sept. 12, 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S... More

Spc. Tonya Brixey holds the 152nd Theatre Information

Spc. Tonya Brixey holds the 152nd Theatre Information

Spc. Tonya Brixey holds the 152nd Theatre Information Operations Group colors during the Change of Responsibility Ceremony for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), held a... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Dutch soldiers, Slovenian soldiers and Romanian soldiers prepare to convoy to conduct a Wet Gap Crossing, in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania, July 16, 2017. Various N... More

Members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team

Members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team

Members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team prepare to land during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U. S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airbo... More

A U.S. Army soldier from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion

A U.S. Army soldier from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion

A U.S. Army soldier from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion provides guidance during a practical exercise in ground reconnaissance for Tanzanian Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) patrol game wardens during a ... More

Fall Festival brought together the U.S. Army John F.

Fall Festival brought together the U.S. Army John F.

Fall Festival brought together the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) communities in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Oct. 24, 2019. The annual eve... More

Members of the Jordanian, American and Canadian Armed

Members of the Jordanian, American and Canadian Armed

Members of the Jordanian, American and Canadian Armed Forces attended the Women, Peace and Security workshop, hosted by the Civil Liaison Team-Levant, Civil Affairs Support Detachment, U.S. Army Central at the ... More

A U.S. Army soldier provides cover during a live-fire

A U.S. Army soldier provides cover during a live-fire

A U.S. Army soldier provides cover during a live-fire exercise Feb. 15 at Ban Dan Lan Hoi, Kingdom of Thailand, as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. The exercise, in its 33rd iteration, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponso... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Patrick Murphy, a civil affairs

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Patrick Murphy, a civil affairs

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Patrick Murphy, a civil affairs officer assigned to 4th Civil Affairs Group, sets up for a donation event at a school in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic during Operation Continuing Pro... More

Buses wait on Luzon Drop Zone for U.S. Soldiers to

Buses wait on Luzon Drop Zone for U.S. Soldiers to

Buses wait on Luzon Drop Zone for U.S. Soldiers to be loaded during an airborne operation for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations... More

2nd Cavlary Regiment hosts a static display of strykers

2nd Cavlary Regiment hosts a static display of strykers

2nd Cavlary Regiment hosts a static display of strykers in Ploiești, Romania as part of Dragoon Guardian with Romanian military vehicles, July 12, 2017. Dragoon Guardian is part of Saber Guardian, the largest o... More

Staff Sgt. Douglas Hayes of the Task Force Darby Civil

Staff Sgt. Douglas Hayes of the Task Force Darby Civil

Staff Sgt. Douglas Hayes of the Task Force Darby Civil Affairs Team and 353rd Civil Affairs Command shows local village leaders how to build mosquito traps to combat malaria in the Garoua, Cameroon area in orde... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Trotter, left, holds the NCO

Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Trotter, left, holds the NCO

Command Sgt. Maj. Peter Trotter, left, holds the NCO sword after receiving it from Maj. Gen. Darrell Guthrie during Trotter’s assumption of responsibility ceremony Dec. 15, 2018 at the United States Army Civil ... More

People traveling through one of Rwanda’s border posts

People traveling through one of Rwanda’s border posts

People traveling through one of Rwanda’s border posts have their temperatures taken in Gisenyi, Rwanda, Feb. 19, 2020. Members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa’s 411th Civil Affairs Battalion (CA), s... More

Randolph Runs-After, a Cheyenne River Lakota Native

Randolph Runs-After, a Cheyenne River Lakota Native

Randolph Runs-After, a Cheyenne River Lakota Native American and resident of Eagle Butte, S.D., resident, places one of his two domestic cats into a pet carrier after having it vaccinated at the Cheyenne River ... More

A soldier from the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)

A soldier from the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)

A soldier from the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) leaps into a shallow pool Dec. 18 at Camp Samoud, Kuwait. The pool was one of more than a dozen challenges two teams from the 143d ESC and six teams f... More

A Colombian child kicks a soccer ball during Operation

A Colombian child kicks a soccer ball during Operation

A Colombian child kicks a soccer ball during Operation Continuing Promise in Juanchaco, Colombia, July 13, 2015. Operation Continuing Promise is a mission to countries in Central and South America and the Carib... More

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers signals

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers signals

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers signals six minutes until the jump begins during an airborne operation as part of Operation Toy Drop, Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., Dec. 9, 2015.Operation Toy Drop i... More

U.S. Army Maj. William Jones, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion

U.S. Army Maj. William Jones, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion

U.S. Army Maj. William Jones, 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion team chief, clarifies a phrase for Djiboutian students during an English discussion group at the Diplomatic Institute in Djibouti, Jan. 12, 2016. The ... More

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1

U.S. Marines with the Black Sea Rotational Force 17.1 stand with a Romanian baseball team before the Jackie Robinson Day baseball game in Constanta, Romania, April 15, 2017. The Marines and the Romanian players... More

Villagers wait in line to be seen by a Public Health

Villagers wait in line to be seen by a Public Health

Villagers wait in line to be seen by a Public Health Officials as part of the Village Medical Outreach Program conducted in Khorma Leq, Farah Province, Afghanistan, July 19. Approximately 200-300 residents of t... More

Paratroopers are inspected by jumpmasters to ensure

Paratroopers are inspected by jumpmasters to ensure

Paratroopers are inspected by jumpmasters to ensure their safety during the 14th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, Dec. 10. Hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command ... More

Col. Steven J. Ford and Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Aaron Miller

Col. Steven J. Ford and Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Aaron Miller

Col. Steven J. Ford and Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Aaron Miller unfurl the 440th Civil Affairs Bn. colors at Fort Carson, Colo., Sept. 15, 2012.

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Mays, Bravo Company, 407th

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Mays, Bravo Company, 407th

U.S. Army Sgt. Jonathan Mays, Bravo Company, 407th Civil Affairs Battalion Team 1 medic and U.S. Army Cpl. Matthew Sheirmann, 2/16th Infantry Battalion medic, watch as Arta Interservice Military Academy cadets ... More

U.S Army paratroopers wait for Jumpmaster's commands

U.S Army paratroopers wait for Jumpmaster's commands

U.S Army paratroopers wait for Jumpmaster's commands during airborne operations rehersals at Pope Field, N.C., Dec. 3, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operation and allows Sold... More

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts

Dutch Jumpmaster Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts sustained airborne training during Operation Toy Drop, Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., Dec. 7 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborn... More

Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Joe Hillier, a jumpmaster,

Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Joe Hillier, a jumpmaster,

Canadian Armed Forces Sgt. Joe Hillier, a jumpmaster, conducts an airborne operation during Operation Toy Drop at Camp Mackall, N.C., Dec 10, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne op... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua W. Ramos, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua W. Ramos, a squad leader

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua W. Ramos, a squad leader with Combined Arms Company, Black Sea Rotational Force, receives his certificate of participation upon conclusion of the historical festival aboard Sliven,... More

U.S. Army soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion

U.S. Army soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion

U.S. Army soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion provide guidance for Tanzanian Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) patrol game wardens during a Counter Illicit Trafficking course, in Ngwala, Tanzania... More

A woman runs with a stroller for the annual Operation

A woman runs with a stroller for the annual Operation

A woman runs with a stroller for the annual Operation Toy Trot 5K race Dec. 1, 2015, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Toys donated to Operation Toy Trot were given to support the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation To... More

A German paratrooper participates in jumpmaster aircraft

A German paratrooper participates in jumpmaster aircraft

A German paratrooper participates in jumpmaster aircraft familiarization aboard a UH-160 Black Hawk in support of Operation Toy Drop at Simmons Army Air Field, Cumberland County, N.C., Dec. 1, 2015. Operation T... More

Latvian paratroopers participate in jumpmaster aircraft

Latvian paratroopers participate in jumpmaster aircraft

Latvian paratroopers participate in jumpmaster aircraft familiarization in support of Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 2, 2015. Operation Toy Drop combines U.S. Army Reserve personnel, Army paratroope... More

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton,

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton,

Canadian paratrooper, Cpl. Jason Bent, from Trenton, Ontario, prepares to land on the Nijmegen Landing Zone for the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psycho... More

Sgt. Adrian Haughton, with the 478th Civil Affairs

Sgt. Adrian Haughton, with the 478th Civil Affairs

Sgt. Adrian Haughton, with the 478th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne), smiles after he successfully completed a jump at Drop Zone Nijmegen on Dec. 3, 2015. Haughton earned his Dutch jump wings during this operation.

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, the deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, the deputy commanding general

Brig. Gen. Richard Sele, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) from Fort Bragg, N.C., meets with Maj. Gen. William Hickman, U.S. Army Central dep... More

190529-M-YD783-1320 ESTONIA (May 29, 2019) U.S. Marines

190529-M-YD783-1320 ESTONIA (May 29, 2019) U.S. Marines

190529-M-YD783-1320 ESTONIA (May 29, 2019) U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit post security outside of a building while participating in an Airsoft competition during Jakob Westholm High Schoo... More

Local children sit in front of the construction site

Local children sit in front of the construction site

Local children sit in front of the construction site of an all girls school in Farib village in the Shib Koh District in Farah province, Afghanistan, July 10. The girls school which is currently under developme... More

Students provide simulated care to U.S. Army Maj. B.J.

Students provide simulated care to U.S. Army Maj. B.J.

Students provide simulated care to U.S. Army Maj. B.J. Patterson during an Emergency Medical Technician class at the Killeen Independent School District's new career center in Killeen, Texas, Feb. 7, 2013. Patt... More

U.S. Army Sgt. John Jones and Pfc. Kwamel Hargett,

U.S. Army Sgt. John Jones and Pfc. Kwamel Hargett,

U.S. Army Sgt. John Jones and Pfc. Kwamel Hargett, with the 982nd Combat Camera Company, interview U.S. Army Capt. Jennifer Foster, with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, United States Army Civil Affairs a... More

Zach Oler wears a commemorative jersey that belonged

Zach Oler wears a commemorative jersey that belonged

Zach Oler wears a commemorative jersey that belonged to his father, Randy, on Sicily Drop Zone during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Op... More

DJIBOUTI CITY (October 30, 2019) Members of the Djiboutian

DJIBOUTI CITY (October 30, 2019) Members of the Djiboutian

DJIBOUTI CITY (October 30, 2019) Members of the Djiboutian Navy and Djiboutian Coast Guard clear out a room in a Force Protection Ship Simulator (FPSS), commonly referred to as a “Ship in a Box” during Interna... More

Afghan construction workers apply sealant to the ceiling

Afghan construction workers apply sealant to the ceiling

Afghan construction workers apply sealant to the ceiling of a school project in Marjah, March 17, 2012. The school is one of the projects contracted to a local construction company by the civil affairs team. Ca... More

U.S. paratroopers shake parachutes while others wait

U.S. paratroopers shake parachutes while others wait

U.S. paratroopers shake parachutes while others wait eagerly for their opportunity jump during the 17th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop. The airborne operation is hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs... More

Dutch Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts sustained

Dutch Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts sustained

Dutch Sgt. 1st Class Björn Oehlers conducts sustained airborne training during Operation Toy Drop, Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., Dec. 7, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest combined airborne operatio... More

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team

U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team "Black Daggers", U.S. Army Parachute team "The Golden Knights" and Dutch jumpmasters exit a C-27 aircraft at 12,500 feet to execute freefall jump onto Luzon D... More

Spc. Wilfredo Colon, 942nd Transportation Company,

Spc. Wilfredo Colon, 942nd Transportation Company,

Spc. Wilfredo Colon, 942nd Transportation Company, serves breakfast, Sgt. Curtis Chambers, 459th Transportation Company, fuels a generator, during an airborne operation, for the XIX Annual Randy Oler Memorial O... More

Capt. Andrew Orr, a U.S. Army Reserve command historian

Capt. Andrew Orr, a U.S. Army Reserve command historian

Capt. Andrew Orr, a U.S. Army Reserve command historian for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), dons his parachute for a jump at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, July 17, 2020.... More

U.S. Army Cultural Support Team soldiers, with Special

U.S. Army Cultural Support Team soldiers, with Special

U.S. Army Cultural Support Team soldiers, with Special Operations Task Force – South, speak with a young Afghan girl in Darvishan Village, Khakrez District, Afghanistan, June 10, 2011. The CST serve as enablers... More

U.S. Army soldiers return from Sicily Drop Zone after

U.S. Army soldiers return from Sicily Drop Zone after

U.S. Army soldiers return from Sicily Drop Zone after completing a jump in support of the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Comma... More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Special Operations Command

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Special Operations Command

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Special Operations Command South prepare for a jump Jan. 12, 2016, in Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite/Released)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Clayton Safford,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Clayton Safford,

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Clayton Safford, PRT Uruzgan project purchasing officer, delivers a first aid kit to an Afghan National Police officer from the Spin Kechah checkpoint on Oct. 8, 2011, Lower Sa... More

U.S. Army paratroopers wait on a C-17 to participate

U.S. Army paratroopers wait on a C-17 to participate

U.S. Army paratroopers wait on a C-17 to participate in an airborne operation and earn their Dutch jump wings during Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 2015. Operation Toy Drop is the world’s largest... More

U.S. Army jump masters assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army jump masters assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army jump masters assigned to Special Operations Command South inspect parachutists' equipment Jan. 12, 2016, in Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite/Released)

Soldiers from 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN)

Soldiers from 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN)

Soldiers from 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion (CA BN) Civil Liaison Team, Civil Affairs Team 8332, and Romanian Civil Military Cooperation Team meet with the newly appointed prefect of Constanța County, Ioan Albu... More

A camel roams near a range where U.S. service members

A camel roams near a range where U.S. service members

A camel roams near a range where U.S. service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) use the terrain in Arta, Djibouti, Dec. 28, 2018 for weapon and tactics training. The sold... More

A German jumpmaster ensures paratroopers exited safely

A German jumpmaster ensures paratroopers exited safely

A German jumpmaster ensures paratroopers exited safely out of a C-160, Dec. 11, 2013. The number of toys for the 16th Annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop continues to grow as special operations forces donate t... More

Maj. Andre A. Battiste talks with a Soldier at 'the

Maj. Andre A. Battiste talks with a Soldier at 'the

Maj. Andre A. Battiste talks with a Soldier at 'the lottery' where paratroopers can donate toys in hopes of receiving a winning lottery ticket for the opportunity to earn partner nation jump wings at the 18th A... More

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the

Paratroopers fill the sky at Sicily Drop Zone for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), Dec. 2, 2017 at Fort Br... More

An old, broken swing sits on the tailgate of an Afghan

An old, broken swing sits on the tailgate of an Afghan

An old, broken swing sits on the tailgate of an Afghan Uniformed Police truck at the Delaram Boy’s High School as a policeman installs a new swing, May 17, 2012. About a dozen policemen from the district center... More

Thai dental technicians work on a patient during a

Thai dental technicians work on a patient during a

Thai dental technicians work on a patient during a cooperative health engagement Feb. 18 at the Wattatakian School as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 in Phitsanulok, Kingdom of Thailand. Along with the CHE, f... More

A competitor climbs a sunny hill during the daytime

A competitor climbs a sunny hill during the daytime

A competitor climbs a sunny hill during the daytime urban orienteering portion of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) Best Warrior Competition in Fort Hunter Liggett, Cali.... More

U.S. Army Soldiers evacuate a simulated casualty during

U.S. Army Soldiers evacuate a simulated casualty during

U.S. Army Soldiers evacuate a simulated casualty during a village clearance operation at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 17, 2016. NTC provides soldiers with tough, realistic, train... More

U.S. Army and partner nation paratroopers conduct Sustained

U.S. Army and partner nation paratroopers conduct Sustained

U.S. Army and partner nation paratroopers conduct Sustained Airborne Training (SAT) during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop at Fort Bragg, N.C., Nov. 30, 2017. This year, eight countries a... More

The outgoing USDA, Agricultural Advisor Christopher

The outgoing USDA, Agricultural Advisor Christopher

The outgoing USDA, Agricultural Advisor Christopher Greco, left, introduces his replacement Robert Eaton, right, with local farmers during a quality assurance, quality control inspection patrol at River Village... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion (Airborne) and Tactical Air Control Party Airmen from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 227th Air Support Operations Squadron jump from a CH-4... More

U.S. Airmen Civil Engineers, assigned to the Florida

U.S. Airmen Civil Engineers, assigned to the Florida

U.S. Airmen Civil Engineers, assigned to the Florida National Guard ‘RED HORSE’ Squadron, buff a wall at a school for handicapped children in Riga, Latvia on Aug. 11, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Javon Spence/released)

U.S. Army Capt. Charles McDonald, of the XVIII Airborne

U.S. Army Capt. Charles McDonald, of the XVIII Airborne

U.S. Army Capt. Charles McDonald, of the XVIII Airborne Corp, reads the manifest list for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop., Nov. 30, 2017 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This year, eight c... More

Senator John Kerry participates a remembrance ceremony

Senator John Kerry participates a remembrance ceremony

Senator John Kerry participates a remembrance ceremony at Utah Beach, June 6, 2011. Kerry joined paratroopers from the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), U.K, Germany, and Fr... More

Paratroopers board a German C-160, Dec. 11, 2013, during

Paratroopers board a German C-160, Dec. 11, 2013, during

Paratroopers board a German C-160, Dec. 11, 2013, during Operation Toy Drop. The number of toys for the 16th Annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop continues to grow as special operations forces donate throughout... More

Djiboutian students listen as U.S. Soldiers from Charlie

Djiboutian students listen as U.S. Soldiers from Charlie

Djiboutian students listen as U.S. Soldiers from Charlie Company, 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), teach English lessons March 7, 2018 in Tadjoura, ... More

Task Force Alpine Soliders, and actors portraying Atropian

Task Force Alpine Soliders, and actors portraying Atropian

Task Force Alpine Soliders, and actors portraying Atropian military opertives, jointly deliver humanitarian aid in the fictional town of Sangari, Atropia. The scenario is part of the 86th Infantry Brigade Comba... More

U.S Army paratroopers returns after completing their

U.S Army paratroopers returns after completing their

U.S Army paratroopers returns after completing their jump in participation for the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, hosted by U. S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airb... More

Soldiers wait for their lottery numbers to be called

Soldiers wait for their lottery numbers to be called

Soldiers wait for their lottery numbers to be called during the 16th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at Green Ramp, Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 6, 2013. The first phase of toy drop... More

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