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Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course

Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course

Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course prepare to clear a building during urban operation training at the Iraqi Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 30, 2015. The soldiers... More

Water engulfs a neighborhood in Minot, N.D., June 23.

Water engulfs a neighborhood in Minot, N.D., June 23.

Water engulfs a neighborhood in Minot, N.D., June 23. As many as 10,000 residents, about one-fourth of the city's population, have evacuated as the fast-rising Souris River inundates thousands of homes and busi... More

Doc, an improvised explosive device detection dog (IDD)

Doc, an improvised explosive device detection dog (IDD)

Doc, an improvised explosive device detection dog (IDD) with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, retrieves a bumper during a training session at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, March 19, 2013. IDD dog handlers, often ... More

New Zealand Army soldiers conduct patrol exercises

New Zealand Army soldiers conduct patrol exercises

New Zealand Army soldiers conduct patrol exercises at the Infantry Immersion Trainer as part of exercise Dawn Blitz 2013 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 15, 2013. Dawn Blitz 2013 enhances ... More

Thank you America for 237 years of support in keeping us Army Strong

Thank you America for 237 years of support in keeping us Army Strong

For 237 years, generations of American Soldiers have defended freedom and democracy around the world with honor, loyalty and bravery, both in peace and in war. And for 237 years, the people of our Nation have s... More

An Mi-8 transport helicopter with the United Nations

An Mi-8 transport helicopter with the United Nations

An Mi-8 transport helicopter with the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) transports aid and relief supplies for the World Food Programme from Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal to re... More

A GOES-13 infrared satellite image provided by the

A GOES-13 infrared satellite image provided by the

A GOES-13 infrared satellite image provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, Calif., showing the status of Hurricane Irene at approximately 6 a.m. EST, Aug. 24. Irene crossed over the Bahamas wi... More

U.S. Army Alaska and Indian army soldiers set up security

U.S. Army Alaska and Indian army soldiers set up security

U.S. Army Alaska and Indian army soldiers set up security around a simulated Black Hawk helicopter during a static loading rehearsal. The training was conducted at one of the airborne sustainment training areas... More

A U.S. flag waves above nearly 10 feet of water in

A U.S. flag waves above nearly 10 feet of water in

A U.S. flag waves above nearly 10 feet of water in Minot, N.D., June 26. The Souris River has inundated the city and reached a historic height. Minot Mayor Curt Zimbelman estimates 4,000 homes have been damaged... More

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry

Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Task Force Currahee, pull security from the top of a mountain in Paktika province during operat... More

The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron

The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron

The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron 'Thunderbirds' practice performing F-16 acrobatic maneuvers Oct. 26, 2015, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The Thunderbirds team members arrived in pr... More

An Afghan Local Police member tests his AK-47 weapons

An Afghan Local Police member tests his AK-47 weapons

An Afghan Local Police member tests his AK-47 weapons system during a Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah mission in Bala Baluk, Farah province, Afghanistan, May 29. Coalition members are in Bala Baluk to cond... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 180th Figher Wing

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 180th Figher Wing

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 180th Figher Wing sits on the flightline at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Sept. 18, before morning sorties. About 120 Airmen from the 180th FW traveled to Tyndall Air Force Base... More

Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks, assigned

Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks, assigned

Six UH-60L Black Hawks and two CH-47F Chinooks, assigned to Task Force Brawler, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, Task Force Falcon, simultaneously launch a daytime mission Jan. 18 from Multinational Base Tarin Kowt.

The 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Jamie K sits

The 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Jamie K sits

The 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Jamie K sits aground near Cape Blanco, Ore., July 21, 2015. Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Harrity, a rescue swimmer and member of the responding MH-65 Dolphin helicopter c... More

The Russian Navy ship Admiral Panteleyev transits the

The Russian Navy ship Admiral Panteleyev transits the

The Russian Navy ship Admiral Panteleyev transits the waters of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six submarines, more than 2... More

Lance Cpl. Brandon Dieckmann, infantryman with India

Lance Cpl. Brandon Dieckmann, infantryman with India

Lance Cpl. Brandon Dieckmann, infantryman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and native of Las Vegas, leads the Legged Squad Support System through a grassy area at Kahuku Training Area, Ju... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Romero from

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Romero from

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Romero from Falfurrias, Texas, Khost Provincial Reconstruction Team corpsman, provides security around a landing zone, July 25. The PRT flew to Spera District to attend ... More

Offloading supplies

Offloading supplies

Sailors and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, work with Japanese civilians and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to offload supplies from a landing craft utility during Operation T... More

A-10 at Angel Thunder

A-10 at Angel Thunder

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flown by the 107th Fighter Squadron from Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., preforms flight operations during the 2014 /Angel Thunder training mission at Davis-Monthan Air... More

Nisei World War II veterans from the  442nd Regimental

Nisei World War II veterans from the 442nd Regimental

Nisei World War II veterans from the 442nd Regimental Combat Team attend the WWII Nisei Veterans Program National Veterans Network tribute to the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Mili... More

An Afghan National Army commando platoon leader from

An Afghan National Army commando platoon leader from

An Afghan National Army commando platoon leader from the 3rd Commando Kandak points to an approaching CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a village clearing operation in Mya Neshin district, Kandahar province, Afgh... More

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from 2/285th Assault

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from 2/285th Assault

A UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter from 2/285th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 98th Aviation Troop Command, an Arizona National Guard unit out of Phoenix, Ariz., uses the Panama canal as land reference to fly "nap o... More

The MV Sirius Star is observed at anchor by the U.S.

The MV Sirius Star is observed at anchor by the U.S.

The MV Sirius Star is observed at anchor by the U.S. Navy Friday, Jan. 9, following an apparent payment via a parachuted container to pirates holding the Sirius Star. The U.S. 5th Fleet conducts maritime securi... More

The last remaining U.S. military forces drove across

The last remaining U.S. military forces drove across

The last remaining U.S. military forces drove across the Iraqi border per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31. Since 2003, more t... More

Soldiers with Afghan National Security Forces alongside

Soldiers with Afghan National Security Forces alongside

Soldiers with Afghan National Security Forces alongside U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, provide security during Operation Nightmare in Nowzad, Afghanis... More

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to

U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to the 1st Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, 36th Combat Aviation Brigade, line up for night air assault training with Soldiers assigned to 1st Brigade, 4th Inf... More

Col. Sam Williams, 8th Brigade commander at Joint Base

Col. Sam Williams, 8th Brigade commander at Joint Base

Col. Sam Williams, 8th Brigade commander at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, speaks with Anthony Munoz, an NFL hall of famer, at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk hotel on Jan. 1, 2015, during a welcome dinner. The d... More

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds,

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds,

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Thunderbirds, perform the Diamond Pass In Review during the Graf Ignatievo Air Base Air Show, Bulgaria, June 25. The Thunderbirds will perform in nine countries dur... More

A Stryker Combat Vehicle, belonging to Ghost Troop,

A Stryker Combat Vehicle, belonging to Ghost Troop,

A Stryker Combat Vehicle, belonging to Ghost Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, crosses into enemy territory after a perimeter breach while participating in a combined multinational squad training exerc... More

A Marine Special Operations Command member fires a

A Marine Special Operations Command member fires a

A Marine Special Operations Command member fires a Carl Gustav Recoilless rifle system on a range during training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 16, 2013. Coalition force members review ... More

Boiler check

Boiler check

Engineman 3rd Class Alexander Wendell inserts a torch into a boiler during a manual boiler check aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50). Carter Hall is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious... More

A U.S. Special Forces soldier assigned to Special Operations

A U.S. Special Forces soldier assigned to Special Operations

A U.S. Special Forces soldier assigned to Special Operations Task Force – South sets up his security position during a patrol Feb. 25 in Panjwai District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The SOTF-South Special ... More

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Corps Cpl. William "Kyle" Carpenter during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, June 19, 2014. Carpenter became the eighth living recip... More

Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hendrick(left), Asymmetric Warfare

Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hendrick(left), Asymmetric Warfare

Sgt. Maj. Raymond Hendrick(left), Asymmetric Warfare Group Adviser, explains specifics of the blast radius of the man-portable line charge system during a training exercise just outside of Forward Operating Bas... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Lisa Swan, left, psychological specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Lisa Swan, left, psychological specialist

U.S. Army Sgt. Lisa Swan, left, psychological specialist with 303rd psychological operations company (303rd POCO), and U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Szombathelyi, right, load master with Marine Aerial Refueler ... More

Special Forces Green Berets from each of the seven

Special Forces Green Berets from each of the seven

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

An Afghan Local Police recruit practices a firing position

An Afghan Local Police recruit practices a firing position

An Afghan Local Police recruit practices a firing position with his AK-47 rifle during a dry-fire range class in Nawbahar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 24. The class is part of a three-week cours... More

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ricky Medrano, an infantryman with

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ricky Medrano, an infantryman with

Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ricky Medrano, an infantryman with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), crosses an irrigation canal during a patrol, to clear an area near the Helmand R... More

Colorado Army National Guardsmen line up in front of

Colorado Army National Guardsmen line up in front of

Colorado Army National Guardsmen line up in front of steel remnants recovered from the World Trade Center site Aug. 8. The shipment stayed overnight at Buckley Air Force Base en route to downtown Denver. The pi... More

Spc. Michael Berna, a cavalry scout in Apache Troop,

Spc. Michael Berna, a cavalry scout in Apache Troop,

Spc. Michael Berna, a cavalry scout in Apache Troop, 1st Squadron, 75th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, counts personnel after a patrol through the village of Kali Na... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target

U.S. Marine Sgt. Sean Bernstein fires at his target with an M1911A pistol during a deck shoot aboard the USS Essex (LHD 2) in the South China Sea, June 12, 2015. Bernstein is a member of the 15th Marine Expedit... More

Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course

Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course

Iraqi soldiers attending a train-the-trainer course enter a room during urban operations training at the Iraqi Army Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2015. The Iraqi soldiers attendi... More

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled

Task Force White Eagle artillerymen from the Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade, held training on the 152 mm self-propelled howitzer, called “Dana,” Nov. 13. The 152 mm howitzer is ... More

Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Marcum, infantryman, Charlie

Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Marcum, infantryman, Charlie

Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Marcum, infantryman, Charlie Company, 1st Squadron, 38th Cavalry Regiment, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, shows an Afghan Customs Police officer from the Kandahar inland customs d... More

You're Cleared for Take-off

You're Cleared for Take-off

Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers give a C-130 Hercules take off clearance and provide air traffic control during a mission to establish and assess an airfield, March 15, at a forward depl... More

Spc. Emilio Rodriguez from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry

Spc. Emilio Rodriguez from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry

Spc. Emilio Rodriguez from 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, stands guard atop Mt. Sin Jar overlooking the Syrian border.

'America's Battalion' Keeps Pressure on Insurgents

'America's Battalion' Keeps Pressure on Insurgents

Cpl. Stephen P. McLaughlin, an infantryman from Brockton, Mass., searches through an area filled with scrap metal. 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment's Weapons Company and Iraqi soldiers conducted searched thro... More

Boats from Riverine Squadron 2, Detachment 3, conduct

Boats from Riverine Squadron 2, Detachment 3, conduct

Boats from Riverine Squadron 2, Detachment 3, conduct a security patrol on Lake Qadisiyah near Haditha Dam. RIVRON-2 regularly patrols the lake and the surrounding inland waterways, protecting their use for leg... More

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to the multi-national troops at Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. The secretary of state spoke briefly to the troops and praised the multi-national effort... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Aton clears a B-1B

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Aton clears a B-1B

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Aton clears a B-1B Lancer to drop six guided bomb unit-38 munitions onto an al-Qaida in Iraq torture house and prison in northern Zambraniyah, Iraq, March 10 ,2008. Aton is a... More

1st Lt. Donald Maloy, 1st Platoon leader, Co. D, 1st

1st Lt. Donald Maloy, 1st Platoon leader, Co. D, 1st

1st Lt. Donald Maloy, 1st Platoon leader, Co. D, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment from Fort Carson, Colo., perches on a rooftop and communicates with his platoon during a joint Iraqi Army and coalition forc... More

A USS Kitty Hawk Sailor directs a Super Hornet

A USS Kitty Hawk Sailor directs a Super Hornet

Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Hill directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the "Diamondbacks" of Strike Fighter Squadron 102 aboard the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk and em... More

Air Force Senior Airman Daniel L. Mortensen, a loadmaster

Air Force Senior Airman Daniel L. Mortensen, a loadmaster

Air Force Senior Airman Daniel L. Mortensen, a loadmaster with the 36th Air Lift Squadron in Yokota, Japan, secures a pallet of supplies to be flown to Burma from Utaphao international airport in Pattaya. The A... More

Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star

Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star

Sgt. 1st Class James Brasher is awarded a Silver Star by Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti on Oct. 9, 2008, at the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum on Fort Bragg. Brasher was given the award for his cou... More

El Salvadoran Battalion's 1st Platoon's soldiers distribute

El Salvadoran Battalion's 1st Platoon's soldiers distribute

El Salvadoran Battalion's 1st Platoon's soldiers distribute clothes and school kits to the village of Al Thuesat in Al Hayy, Iraq, on Nov. 5, 2008. The El Salvadoran army teamed up with the Iraqi army and U.S. ... More

An Iraqi army cadet adjusts the harness for his AK-47

An Iraqi army cadet adjusts the harness for his AK-47

An Iraqi army cadet adjusts the harness for his AK-47 before he is to perform a security patrol in Rustamiyah, Iraq, on Nov. 11, 2008. The cadets are performing a counterinsurgency exercise at the Iraqi Militar... More

Missile Launch

Missile Launch

A ground-based interceptor lifts off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch, designated FTG-05, was a test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System. The missile ... More

1st Lt. Tommy Ryan, a Seminole, Fla., native, discusses

1st Lt. Tommy Ryan, a Seminole, Fla., native, discusses

1st Lt. Tommy Ryan, a Seminole, Fla., native, discusses plans with an Iraqi National Police officer Dec. 22 in the Istaqlal Qada during Operation Gunslinger Bonzai XXVI. Ryan is an infantry platoon leader with ... More

Maj. William "Chip" Nicholas, 3rd BCT's chaplain, who

Maj. William "Chip" Nicholas, 3rd BCT's chaplain, who

Maj. William "Chip" Nicholas, 3rd BCT's chaplain, who hails from Orlando, Fla., the chaplain for 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, lights a Soldier's candle at a... More

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Wyttenbach places

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Wyttenbach places

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Wyttenbach places a form for a concrete lining underneath a fence, Jan. 20. Wyttenbach is a builder with Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 4 and has been deployed here sinc... More

Retirement Ceremony

Retirement Ceremony

Sailors and a Marine stand in ranks during the change of command ceremony for Fleet Air Forward and Patrol and Reconnaissance Force, U.S. 5th Fleet/U.S. 7th Fleet, at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. Rear Adm. Sean S... More

Seaman William Filinuk fires a M-240B machine gun during

Seaman William Filinuk fires a M-240B machine gun during

Seaman William Filinuk fires a M-240B machine gun during a weapons qualification aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, which is on... More

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security

Sailors assigned to Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 9 and U.S. Coast Guardsman assigned to Port Security Unit 308 carry an injured sailor to safety during a Navy Expeditionary Combat Command Integrated... More

Lance Cpl. Daniel Tribell, a student with the Infantry

Lance Cpl. Daniel Tribell, a student with the Infantry

Lance Cpl. Daniel Tribell, a student with the Infantry Squad Leader Course, School of Infantry West -Detachment Hawaii, and fellow students pause on a security patrol during the offensive tactics and techniques... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with

U.S. Army Sgt. Corey Marchegiani, a cavalry scout with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Regiment, shows an Afghan National Police officer how to use the laser sight on his rifle in Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan,... More

An Afghan instructor directs Basic Warrior Trainees

An Afghan instructor directs Basic Warrior Trainees

An Afghan instructor directs Basic Warrior Trainees during Military Operations in Urban Terrain at Kubal Military Training Center. The class is being monitored by members of the 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Reg... More

An Afghan soldier scans the ground for an improvised

An Afghan soldier scans the ground for an improvised

An Afghan soldier scans the ground for an improvised explosive device during IED search training. In the continuing effort to rid Afghanistan of IEDs, Afghan National Army soldiers recently completed the initi... More

An Afghan National Army soldier talks with elders during

An Afghan National Army soldier talks with elders during

An Afghan National Army soldier talks with elders during a shura, or meeting, in Deh Afghanan to discuss security and officially open the road from the city of Qalat to Arghandab, Zabul province, Nov. 21. Secur... More

Sgt. Chad D. Frokjer, a squad leader for 2nd Platoon,

Sgt. Chad D. Frokjer, a squad leader for 2nd Platoon,

Sgt. Chad D. Frokjer, a squad leader for 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, gives his Marines an alert, direction, description, range, target assignment, and fire control on rock hi... More

U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion

U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion

U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Regimental Combat Team 2, waves to local farmers during a security patrol near Turah Shah Ghundey, Helmand pr... More

About 3,000 Guard members respond to domestic weather-related disasters

About 3,000 Guard members respond to domestic weather-related disaster...

Kentucky National Guard members Army Pfc. David Barrow, Army Spc. Tommy Wyatt and Army Pvt. Cedric Bransford, 2113th Transportation Company, assist local residents in flood relief mission in Oscar, Ky., April 2... More

As the sun crests the horizon, 1st Lt. Erik Rekedal,

As the sun crests the horizon, 1st Lt. Erik Rekedal,

As the sun crests the horizon, 1st Lt. Erik Rekedal, a platoon leader with A Troop, 5th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-Center, and ... More

Soldiers from the 19th Engineer Battalion, react to

Soldiers from the 19th Engineer Battalion, react to

Soldiers from the 19th Engineer Battalion, react to a simulated rocket-propelled grenade attack at Zussman Urban Combat Training Center during their recent Platoon Certification Exercise. The exercise, which to... More

Cpl. Jesse Rivera, a native of Irvington, N.J., serves

Cpl. Jesse Rivera, a native of Irvington, N.J., serves

Cpl. Jesse Rivera, a native of Irvington, N.J., serves as an airframes mechanic with Marine Attack Squadron 513. Rivera and his squadron are currently deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Members of CTG 56.5 are on their way to open waters

Members of CTG 56.5 are on their way to open waters

Members of CTG 56.5 are on their way to open waters to conduct their Under Way Gun Shoot.

Afghan soldiers and Marines rescue bus survivors

Afghan soldiers and Marines rescue bus survivors

A Black Hawk helicopter lands to medically evacuate survivors from a bus that hit an improvised explosive device June 30th. Afghan soldiers from the 6th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, rescued civilians from ... More

A sailor inspects an MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the amphibious

A sailor inspects an MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the amphibious

A sailor inspects an MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland before a flight operation during Pacific Partnership 2011. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian assistanc... More

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

Lance Cpl. Don Picha, right, with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a picture with a child after letting him try on Marine Corps gear at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011's opening ceremony at the Rockha... More

Pacific Partnership 2011

Pacific Partnership 2011

Military and civilian personnel participating in Pacific Partnership 2011 exit the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland in Landing Craft Utility 1665 at sunrise. Pacific Partnership is ... More

Troubleshooters give the all-clear signal as an F/A-18

Troubleshooters give the all-clear signal as an F/A-18

Troubleshooters give the all-clear signal as an F/A-18 Super Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Troubleshooters give the aircraft a final inspection seconds before the aircraft is ... More

Sailors from Special Boat Team 12 conduct boat operations

Sailors from Special Boat Team 12 conduct boat operations

Sailors from Special Boat Team 12 conduct boat operations supporting a West Coast-based SEAL team during their maritime operation training cycle.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Gonzales, assigned to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Gonzales, assigned to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Joseph Gonzales, assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Petty Officer 2nd Class David Brandenberg, assigned to Fleet Combat Camera Group Pacific, raise the national ensign while... More

Col. David P. Anders (left), Regimental Commander,

Col. David P. Anders (left), Regimental Commander,

Col. David P. Anders (left), Regimental Commander, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus (right), commander, International Security Assistant Force and U.S. Forces Afghani... More

Cpl. Ryan J. Barger, from Orleans, Mich., who is a

Cpl. Ryan J. Barger, from Orleans, Mich., who is a

Cpl. Ryan J. Barger, from Orleans, Mich., who is a Military Policeman with the 303rd MP Company, from Jackson, Miss., prepares to start the push-up event during the Army Physical Fitness Test at the 2011 Depart... More

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle is illuminated

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle is illuminated

A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle is illuminated by a lightning storm near Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2011.

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Jose

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Jose

Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Jose Rodriguez directs an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the Tophatters of Strike Fighter Squadron 14 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. John... More

Seaman Jesse Witt, from Tampa, Fla., observes the rigging

Seaman Jesse Witt, from Tampa, Fla., observes the rigging

Seaman Jesse Witt, from Tampa, Fla., observes the rigging of equipment to be sent via sliding padeye to the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) during a replenishment at sea... More

Soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and service members

Soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and service members

Soldiers, airmen, Marines, sailors and service members from several coalition countries gather in the courtyard of the Joint Operations Center for a tribute to U.S. veterans Nov. 11.

The Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Rush prepares

The Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Rush prepares

The Honolulu-based Coast Guard Cutter Rush prepares to moor up at Coast Guard Base Kodiak to disembark a medevac patient, Dec. 5, 2011. The Rush crew conducted a medevac of a 52-year-old crewman reportedly suff... More

A member of the 8th Commando Kandak stands a security

A member of the 8th Commando Kandak stands a security

A member of the 8th Commando Kandak stands a security watch atop a hill during a security and clearance operation in the Faiz Abad Horn, Nawa district, Ghazni province, Afghanistan Dec. 13. The commandos partne... More

Sgt. Richard Andis teaches a weapons class here Dec.

Sgt. Richard Andis teaches a weapons class here Dec.

Sgt. Richard Andis teaches a weapons class here Dec. 13. Andis, 24, serves with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Camp Pendleton, Calif.,-based 11... More

Marines with the Communication's Section, Command Element,

Marines with the Communication's Section, Command Element,

Marines with the Communication's Section, Command Element, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit wait to be transported back to the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) on Onslow Beach, Dec. 19. Transportation to and from the beach i... More

Lightning strikes twice for 2nd MAW: Marine Corps welcomes first F-35B aircraft to its fleet

Lightning strikes twice for 2nd MAW: Marine Corps welcomes first F-35B...

The Marine Corps welcomed its first F-35B aircraft, the Marine Corps variant of the F-35 Lightning II, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Jan. 11.

Sgt. Justin Waitman, a tank commander with Delta Company,

Sgt. Justin Waitman, a tank commander with Delta Company,

Sgt. Justin Waitman, a tank commander with Delta Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, Regimental Landing Team 2, guides a tank onto a landing craft, air cushion Feb. 1 at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Leje... More

Marines with Company L fire at training targets aboard

Marines with Company L fire at training targets aboard

Marines with Company L fire at training targets aboard USS New Orleans here March 28. The company is one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Exp... More

The guided missile-destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transits

The guided missile-destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transits

The guided missile-destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) transits the Mediterranean Sea. Porter is deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group to support maritime security operations and theater security co... More

Emergency fire response training

Emergency fire response training

Senior Airman Jordan Lyndell and Staff Sgt. Joshua Blair, 97th CES firefighters, display to Col. Anthony Krawietz, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. Casey Eaton, 97th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, ... More

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) and the Indian navy replenishment oiler INS Shakti (A57) conduct a refueling at sea exercise. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are deployed pa... More

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate

The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Underwood (FFG 36) fires the MK-75 76 mm/62-caliber gun during a live-fire exercise. Underwood is underway for a composite training unit exercise before ... More

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