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Liberty Tactical Assembly Area, Kuwait. American soldiers from 5th Special Forces Group, 45 British commandos and Kuwaiti commandos participate in an airborne jump insertion exercise at a designated drop zone west of the tactical assembly area, Liberty Kuwait. The joint airborne soldiers jumped simultaneously out of four C-130s

Liberty Tactical Assembly Area, Kuwait. American soldiers from 5th Spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PFC. Tracey L. Leahy Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

Liberty Tactical Assembly Area, Kuwait. American soldiers from 5th Special Forces Group, 45 British commandos and Kuwaiti commandos participate in an airborne jump insertion exercise at a designated drop zone west of the tactical assembly area, Liberty Kuwait. The joint airborne soldiers jumped simultaneously out of four C-130s

Liberty Tactical Assembly Area, Kuwait. American soldiers from 5th Spe...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VIGILANT WARRIOR Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: PFC. Tracey L. Leahy Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

A "victim" of a mock disaster in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile is next to be treated by US Air Force Pararescue and Chilean Commandos during the mass casualty exercise CHILE TCA 2000, involving the California Air National Guard and medical personnel from Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, working with the Fuerza Aerea de Chile. The disaster response exercise was part of an exchange begun in 1995 between the California Air National Guard and the Fuerza Aerea de Chile

A "victim" of a mock disaster in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Atacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis W. Goff , USAF Release Status: ... More

A Chilean UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lifts off in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile with its cargo of victims from a simulated disaster. US Air Force Pararescuemen from the 129th Air Rescue Wing, Moffett Field, Mountain View, California, provided initial medical response along with Commandos of the Fuerza Aerea de Chile while the 146th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Channel Islands, CA, and ERSAM - the air evac unit of the Chilean Air Force - provided aeromedical evacuation. This mission is in direct support of Exercise CHILE TCA 2000

A Chilean UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lifts off in the Atacama Desert i...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Atacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL) Scene Camera Operator: SMSGT Dennis W. Goff, USAF Release Status: R... More

Volunteer US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 40th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), US Navy (USN) and British Royal Marine Commandos stop to drink water during a Search and Rescue Mission that ended with finding a missing 65-year-old contractor in a densely wooded area near Camp Justice, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Volunteer US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN from the 40th Air Expeditionary W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Janice H. Cannon, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined... More

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Jack C. Harlan JR. (standing), shouts instruction to Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos as they crawl through a barbed wire obstacle while conducting training outside Camp Hurricane Point near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. SSG Harlan is attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, and is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Jack C. Harlan JR. (standing), shou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless,... More

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles, practice building and room clearing techniques during training conducted near Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless,... More

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, carry their 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles, as they back crawl through a barbed wire obstacle course, while conducting training outside Camp Hurricane Point near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, carry their 7.62 mm Tabuk ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless,... More

At Camp Habbaniyah, Iraqi Security Force Commandos learn how to perform an effective vehicle checkpoint. Iraqi Security Forces perform security and stabilization operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar province of Iraq in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

At Camp Habbaniyah, Iraqi Security Force Commandos learn how to perfor...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Habbaniyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ISF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kenneth Lane, USMC Release Statu... More

On 30 January 2006 Iraqi soldiers from 1-2 Commandos'lead by Brigadier General Amar conducted operation River Harvest in Southern Arab Jabour, Baghdad. The purpose of the mission was to prevent AIF from gaining a feeling of tranquility and operating freely in the area. Commando's prepared to head out for the early mission.(Released)US Army photo by SSG Kevin L. Moses Sr

On 30 January 2006 Iraqi soldiers from 1-2 Commandos'lead by Brigadier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope... More

On February 6th, 2006 several Iraqi Army commandos take a break while helping A Company, 502nd Infantry Battalion, 1ST Brigade, 101st Airborne Division to search an area in the southern part of Mamadia, Iraq for dangerous materials and weapons caches during Operation Safe Passage. (US Army PHOTO by SPC Timothy W. Story) (Released)

On February 6th, 2006 several Iraqi Army commandos take a break while ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SAFE PASSAGE Base: Southern Mamadia Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: SPC Timothy W. Story, USA Release Status: Rel... More

Two Afghan commandos with the Afghan National Army's

Two Afghan commandos with the Afghan National Army's

Two Afghan commandos with the Afghan National Army's 5th Commando Kandak apply a tourniquet to a simulated injury while moving through a medical training lane in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balhk province, Afghanistan, Oct... More

Afghan National Army commandos from the 6th Special

Afghan National Army commandos from the 6th Special

Afghan National Army commandos from the 6th Special Operations Kandak advance towards an objective in Chak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Sept. 27. Commandos, partnered with coalition forces, are curr... More

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company,

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company,

U.S. Army Soldiers with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment stand with Afghan National Army soldiers after a soccer game on Forward Operating Base Boris, Paktika province, Afghan... More

An Afghan commando leader from 6th Special Operations

An Afghan commando leader from 6th Special Operations

An Afghan commando leader from 6th Special Operations Kandak observes an operation sand table brief given to the rest of the company near Kabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2014. The commandos planned and co... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators prepare for the medical evacuation of patients involved in a simulated mass casualty scenario Jan. 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Working as an integ... More

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Airmen receive feedback on aircraft launch and recovery during Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) training Jan. 25, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japa... More

U.S. Air Force 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward

U.S. Air Force 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward

U.S. Air Force 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron forward area refueling point (FARP) technicians and a U.S. Marine Corps 1st Marine Aviation Wing counterpart conduct a pre-mission inspection of equipment Feb. 1... More

A micro-hydropower plant provides approximately 200

A micro-hydropower plant provides approximately 200

A micro-hydropower plant provides approximately 200 families in Nangarhar province's Pekha Valley access to shared electricity and an efficient water supply essential to the economic recovery of the agrarian-ba... More

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest Special Operations unit, the 6th Cobra Strike Kandak, prepare for their final test, a live fire exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 28, 2018. The 6th CSK is... More

WERERK VILLAGE, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Afghan

WERERK VILLAGE, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Afghan

WERERK VILLAGE, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Afghan commandos from 8th Special Operations Kandak load on to a CH-47 helicopter before an operation to find Taliban leadership, Werserk Village, Sayyidabad Distri... More

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 2, 2018) -- An Afghan National

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 2, 2018) -- An Afghan National

KABUL, Afghanistan (August 2, 2018) -- An Afghan National Army Special Operations Command’s (ANASOC) School Of Excellence (SOE) weapons instructor talks Commando recruits through the principles of firing the Ro... More

Miniature warriors from Families across 2nd Brigade

Miniature warriors from Families across 2nd Brigade

Miniature warriors from Families across 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, assembled to face Soldiers of the 41st Engineer Battalion during the Commando brigade's second "Nerf Wars" match held ins... More

Jim Farney, a Fort Drum Motorcycle Safety Foundation

Jim Farney, a Fort Drum Motorcycle Safety Foundation

Jim Farney, a Fort Drum Motorcycle Safety Foundation Course instructor, initiated Motorcycle Safety Day during a refresher course for all 10th Mountain Division Soldiers who ride or operate motorcycles, May 6, ... More

An Afghan National Army commando pulls security while

An Afghan National Army commando pulls security while

An Afghan National Army commando pulls security while commandos and coalition special operations forces meet with key leaders in Dand Patan district, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 13. The partnered force ... More

Members of the 5th Afghan National Army Commando Kandak,

Members of the 5th Afghan National Army Commando Kandak,

Members of the 5th Afghan National Army Commando Kandak, advised by coalition Special Forces advisers, make their way up creek bank in Ghormach district, March 8. The commandos performed clearance operations in... More

U.S. Special Forces soldiers attached to Combined Joint

U.S. Special Forces soldiers attached to Combined Joint

U.S. Special Forces soldiers attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan demonstrate various weapon systems to the Washington Redskins cheerleaders near Kabul province, Afghanistan, Jan... More

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A member of the Spanish Special

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A member of the Spanish Special

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A member of the Spanish Special Operations Advisory Team (SOAT) carries a 60 lb. bag simulating a casualty to his next objective during a Slovak shooting competition to commemorate Slovaki... More

A 50 cc mini bike is secured aboard a KC-130J Super

A 50 cc mini bike is secured aboard a KC-130J Super

A 50 cc mini bike is secured aboard a KC-130J Super Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, during a flight prior to a static line jump infiltration at Hurlburt Field, Fla., during Emerald ... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators prepare for military free fall operations from a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II Feb. 14, 2018, at Chandy Range, Th... More

A vintage themed holiday postcard features infantry

A vintage themed holiday postcard features infantry

A vintage themed holiday postcard features infantry Soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division training in wintry conditions, November 20, 2019, at Fort D... More

The Afghanistan National Army's 9th Commando Kandaks

The Afghanistan National Army's 9th Commando Kandaks

The Afghanistan National Army's 9th Commando Kandaks fire their M-4 carbine assault rifles at their targets during their tactical maneuver training session at a firing range outside their compound in Herat, Afg... More

An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak

An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak

An Afghan National Army commando from the 6th Kandak plots route points on a map prior to a unit training operation March 8 at Camp Morehead, Afghanistan. The training operation is designed to test ANA Commando... More

A view from above a village in Sayadabad district,

A view from above a village in Sayadabad district,

A view from above a village in Sayadabad district, Wardak province. Afghan National Army commandos led a multi-day clearing operation in the village with support from coalition special operations forces soldiers.

A U.S. Navy SEAL team member, with Special Operations

A U.S. Navy SEAL team member, with Special Operations

A U.S. Navy SEAL team member, with Special Operations Task Force – South, reviews a map of the objective area during the early morning hours of a village clearing operation in Shah Wali Kot District, June 25, 2... More

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general

Gen. Shir Mohammad Karimi, Afghan National Army general staff chief of operations, explains the ANA commando training process to Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at Camp Morehead, Afg... More

Commandos from 3rd Special Operations Kandak assisted

Commandos from 3rd Special Operations Kandak assisted

Commandos from 3rd Special Operations Kandak assisted by U.S. Special Forces soldiers walk to a compound during the clearance of Denasaro Kelay village in Mizan district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 8, 2... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator places a patient involved in a simulated mass casualty scenario onto a litter Jan. 9, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The purpose of the training provid... More

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 22, 2018) -- A senior

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 22, 2018) -- A senior

KABUL, Afghanistan (June 22, 2018) -- A senior noncommissioned officer with the Romanian Army, Romanian Plutonier Ionut Amnar, a Tactical Combat Casualty Care instructor and evaluator engages with a Portuguese ... More

A coalition forces Tactical Air Controller marks the

A coalition forces Tactical Air Controller marks the

A coalition forces Tactical Air Controller marks the landing zone for a CH-47 Chinook in Chak district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, July 3. Afghan National Army commandos from the 6th Commando Kandak, partner... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator teaches Nepalese Mahabir Rangers how to tread water during exercise Teak Nail Oct. 23, 2017, in Pokhara, Nepal. The team conducted training on collapsed ... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Rene Leon, Air Force Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Col. Rene Leon, Air Force Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Col. Rene Leon, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) A4, engages with Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Group during a luncheon Dec. 11, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 353rd ... More

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II prepares to conduct a bilateral friendship jump with operators from U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron and Royal Thai Air Forc... More

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest

Commando's training to become Afghanistan's newest Special Operations unit, the 6th Cobra Strike Kandak, prepare for their final test, a live fire exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 28, 2018. The 6th CSK is... More

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 10, 2018) -- Female Tactical

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 10, 2018) -- Female Tactical

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 10, 2018) -- Female Tactical Platoon members prepare to search a compound during a capability exercise called a CAPEX, near Kabul, Afghanistan, July 10, 2018. The Female Tactical Platoo... More

Several hundred Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team,

Several hundred Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team,

Several hundred Soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division were reunited with their Families during two Welcome Home Ceremonies following a nine month deployment, July 23, 2019, at Fort Drum, N... More

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron and 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron personnel load onto a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II during a typh... More

More than eight Royal Netherlands Army soldiers participate

More than eight Royal Netherlands Army soldiers participate

More than eight Royal Netherlands Army soldiers participate in the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School’s Patrol Craft Advanced Training (PCAT) tactical course on John C. Stennis Space Ce... More

An Afghan National Army commando from 2nd Company,

An Afghan National Army commando from 2nd Company,

An Afghan National Army commando from 2nd Company, 3rd Special Operations Kandak, participates in a live-fire exercise in Dand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, July 6, 2013. The Afghan vommandos conduc... More

Afghan commando medics, assigned to 6th Special Operations

Afghan commando medics, assigned to 6th Special Operations

Afghan commando medics, assigned to 6th Special Operations Kandak, learn new techniques for loading a badly wounded patient onto a talon litter without causing further injury, during a training event in Kabul p... More

An U.S. explosives ordnance disposal soldier, attached

An U.S. explosives ordnance disposal soldier, attached

An U.S. explosives ordnance disposal soldier, attached to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, repels off a tower during training near Kabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2014. U.S. sold... More

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando participates in

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando participates in

A U.K. Royal Marine with 45 Commando participates in Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at Range 220 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 27, 2019. The purpose of ITX is... More

Afghan National Army commandos pull security during

Afghan National Army commandos pull security during

Afghan National Army commandos pull security during a clearing operation in Panjwa'i district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 20, 2011. The operation was conducted in order to disrupt insurgent activity ... More

Afghan Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 3rd

Afghan Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 3rd

Afghan Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 3rd Commando Kandak patrol the village of Payendi during a clearing operation in Zhari District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan on July 11. The Commandos were ad... More

Narang district Sub-governor, Dr. Waliullah, holds

Narang district Sub-governor, Dr. Waliullah, holds

Narang district Sub-governor, Dr. Waliullah, holds a shura in Kunar province, Afghanistan, March 27. Afghan National Police and district officials held a shura with village elders to discuss the Afghan Nationa... More

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron Air

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron Air

U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron Air Commandos pose for a group photo before and during their deployment to Afghanistan in 2016. This was the first deployment to Afghanistan for the 17th SOS’s ne... More

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Support Squadron Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element (DAGRE) Airman practices maneuvering a side-by-side during Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Tacti... More

An Afghan villager meets with a Afghan commando, from

An Afghan villager meets with a Afghan commando, from

An Afghan villager meets with a Afghan commando, from the Afghan National Army's 5th Commando Kandak, to discuss where security needs improvement in Qairsar district, Faryab province, Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 201... More

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Airman dons protective gear during Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) training Jan. 8, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 353rd SOMXS Airmen p... More

An Afghan National Army Special Forces candidate hammers

An Afghan National Army Special Forces candidate hammers

An Afghan National Army Special Forces candidate hammers the wood that will be used as siding of a newly constructed classroom during the combat engineer training course, April 14, at Camp Morehead. The trainin... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron Airmen

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron Airmen

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron Airmen practice maneuvering all-terrain vehicles during the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Tactical Vehicle (TACV) Chief Instructor (CI) Course Jan. 1... More

A commando with the 9th Commando Kandak walks away

A commando with the 9th Commando Kandak walks away

A commando with the 9th Commando Kandak walks away from his target after a rifle familiarization drill at a rifle range near their compound in Herat, Afghanistan, Nov. 6. The commandos, having just recited thei... More

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special Operations unit, the 6th Cobra Strike Kandak, take part in a live fire exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 30, 2018. The 6th CSK is the first of seve... More

Soldiers of the 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade

Soldiers of the 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade

Soldiers of the 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, spent an evening in Remington Park during the Mountain Sapper Luau, which featured live music, roasted pig and a dance p... More

Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 6th Commando Kandak

Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 6th Commando Kandak

Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 6th Commando Kandak prepare to conduct an after action review after patrolling Camp Morehead, Afghanistan Jan. 3.

Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations

Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations

Soldiers assigned to the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan and Afghan National Army Special Forces of the 6th Special Operations Kandak hand out hand crank radios to the local villagers t... More

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster instructs 36th Contingency Response Group (CRG) Airmen on forward air refueling point (FARP) procedures from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Talon II Sept. 8... More

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron loadmaster prepares a rigging alternate method Zodiac (RAMZ) package for water recovery operations from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II Feb. 20, 2018, a... More

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain

Soldiers of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division gathered in a Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield hangar during a ceremony to case the Commando brigade’s colors before an upcoming deployment to Afghanist... More

A soldier exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the

A soldier exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the

A soldier exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis province, Afghanistan Jan. 4. The soldier was part of a cadre of personnel accompanying the International Security Assistanc... More

Afghan National Army Commandos from the 8th Commando

Afghan National Army Commandos from the 8th Commando

Afghan National Army Commandos from the 8th Commando Kandak prepare to depart for a mission May 28. The operation, conducted in Zabul province, was aimed at disrupting terrorist activity in the area.

A coalition special operations forces team member pulls

A coalition special operations forces team member pulls

A coalition special operations forces team member pulls security as Afghan National Army commandos load onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a clearing operation in La'pur district, Nangahar province, Afghani... More

Afghan National Army commandos conduct a clearing operation

Afghan National Army commandos conduct a clearing operation

Afghan National Army commandos conduct a clearing operation in the Panjwa'i district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2011. The operation, advised and assisted by U.S. special operations forces, was ... More

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron, move a simulated casualty onto a sked for transport during a personnel recovery exercise at an undisclosed location in Afghanist... More

Members of the 4th SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Unit instruct Honduran Commandos in techinques for making bulk explosives from fertilizer during Exercise AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) III

Members of the 4th SEAL (Sea, Air, Land) Unit instruct Honduran Comman...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Cortes Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Aronld W. Kalmanson Release St... More

US Army (USA) Drill Instructors double time a group of Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Commandos, armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk assault rifles, around the compound as they practice drill movements outside Camp Hurricane Point near Ar Ramadi, Iraq. The US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division, is engaged in Training ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Drill Instructors double time a group of Iraqi Civil Def...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless,... More

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers and Commandos armed with 7.62 mm Tabuk assault riffles, attempt to control a crowd of Iraqi civilians, outside Camp Hurricane Point, located on the outskirts of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. US Army (USA) Soldiers attached to the US Marine Corps (USMC) 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), are engaged in Training Iraqi Police and ICDC Soldiers while conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC) Soldiers and Commandos armed with 7.6...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Camera Operator: PFC Brandon E. Loveless,... More

On Camp Defender, a pile of uniforms and gear from Iraqi Security Force Commandos voluntarily withdrawing from the Iraqi Security Forces following a mortar attack on Camp Junction City. The Iraqis will later be transferred to Baghdad and released. Iraqi Security Forces are conducting Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

On Camp Defender, a pile of uniforms and gear from Iraqi Security Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Camp Junction City State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ISF Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Kenneth Lane, USMC Release St... More

On 30 January 2006 Iraqi soldiers from 1-2 Commandos'lead by Brigadier General Amar conducted Operation River Harvest in Southern Arab Jabour, Baghdad. The purpose of the mission was to prevent AIF from gaining a feeling of tranquility and operating freely in the area. A canal shows the trail of CDO involved on this mission.(Released)US Army photo by SSG Kevin L. Moses Sr

On 30 January 2006 Iraqi soldiers from 1-2 Commandos'lead by Brigadier...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope... More

Iraqi army soldiers from 1ST Battalion, 2nd Commandos are lead by Brig. Gen. Amar to conducted an operation in Southern Arab Jabour, Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 30, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to prevent insurgents from gaining a feeling of tranquility and operating freely in the area. (U.S. Army photo by STAFF SGT. Kevin L. Moses Sr.) (Released)

Iraqi army soldiers from 1ST Battalion, 2nd Commandos are lead by Brig...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV Scene Camera Ope... More

The 1st Commando Brigade hosts a Shura with elders

The 1st Commando Brigade hosts a Shura with elders

The 1st Commando Brigade hosts a Shura with elders from nearby villages at Camp Morehead in Kabul province, Sept. 26. The Shura was an opportunity for the Commando Brigade to express their commitment to the peo... More

An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder

An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder

An Afghan National Army commando and a village elder discuss insurgent activity during a mission in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, April 12. The commandos and coalition special operations forces, the first to ... More

Members of Fort Drum's emergency services teams approach

Members of Fort Drum's emergency services teams approach

Members of Fort Drum's emergency services teams approach the 9/11 memorial at Clark Hall.

Special Mission Wing – Afghanistan’s special operations aviation unit

Special Mission Wing – Afghanistan’s special operations aviation unit

Afghan Special Mission Wing Avionics Technicians conduct PC-12 diagnostic tests prior to a flight mission in Kabul, Afghanistan, Mar. 17, 2018. The PC-12 provides long-range day and night intelligence, surveill... More

Soldiers of E Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd

Soldiers of E Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd

Soldiers of E Company, 41st Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, visited the Memorial Child Development Center during a static display for preschool children in honor of Month of... More

An Afghan commando of 1st Company, 6th Special Operations

An Afghan commando of 1st Company, 6th Special Operations

An Afghan commando of 1st Company, 6th Special Operations Kandak (SOK), provides security during an operation in Bati Kot district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2014. (U.S. Army photo by Spc Connor... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller assists a Nepalese Mahabir Ranger cut into a wall during collapsed structure training Oct. 16, 2017, in Kathmandu, Nepal. 320th STS operators te... More

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance

Airmen from the 353rd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron greet U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. William Holt, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) director of operations, during a visit Dec. 12, 2017, at ... More

Commandos from the 6th Special Operations Kandak demonstrate

Commandos from the 6th Special Operations Kandak demonstrate

Commandos from the 6th Special Operations Kandak demonstrate the enhanced firepower and mobility capabilities coming to the Afghan National Army Special Operations Command during training in Kabul, Afghanistan,... More

Afghan National Mission Brigade special operators conducted

Afghan National Mission Brigade special operators conducted

Afghan National Mission Brigade special operators conducted a series of nighttime offensive operations exercises in Balkh province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2018. The Afghan Special Security Forces continue to tar... More

Female operators assigned to the Afghan General Command

Female operators assigned to the Afghan General Command

Female operators assigned to the Afghan General Command of Police Special Units conduct pistol marksmanship training during the first Female Foundation Course in Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 4, 2018. Similar to the... More

An Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces soldier

An Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces soldier

An Afghan National Army Special Operations Forces soldier places a C4 charge to destroy unexploded ordnance found by SOF K9 unit during a dismounted patrol in Latif district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, March... More

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster monitors two U.S. Air Force 33rd Rescue Squadron HH-60 Pave Hawks during helicopter air to air refueling (HAAR) with a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Command... More

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron jumpmaster

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron jumpmaster

A U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron jumpmaster looks out the back of a U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II prior to military free fall operations Sept. 21, 2017, at K... More

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators prepare for military free fall operations from a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II Feb. 20, 2018, at Chandy Range, Th... More

An Afghan boy greets Afghan National Army commandos

An Afghan boy greets Afghan National Army commandos

An Afghan boy greets Afghan National Army commandos from the ANA's 7th Commando Kandak and members of Special Operations Task Force – South during a patrol of Khakrez district, Kandahar province, May 1.

A member of the Afghan National Army commandos searches

A member of the Afghan National Army commandos searches

A member of the Afghan National Army commandos searches a compound during an operation in Dand Patan district, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Oct. 13. Coalition special operations forces partnered with Afghan c... More

Afghan National Army commandos dismount a UH-60 Black

Afghan National Army commandos dismount a UH-60 Black

Afghan National Army commandos dismount a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mission in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25. The commando-led mission conducted reconnaissance for a future Village Stability P... More

Afghan Brig. Gen. Mohammad Jassim Anwari, director

Afghan Brig. Gen. Mohammad Jassim Anwari, director

Afghan Brig. Gen. Mohammad Jassim Anwari, director of the National Directorate of Security in Paktika, Afghanistan, provides closing comments after the first day of a seminar on evidenced based operations, rule... More

Afghan National Army special forces of the 6th Special

Afghan National Army special forces of the 6th Special

Afghan National Army special forces of the 6th Special Operations Kandak (SOK), set up a security perimeter after simulating getting off an aircraft while conducting training in Kabul province, Afghanistan, Dec... More

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