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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A close-up view of an M60 7.62 mm ammunition belt on the back of a Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team member

A close-up view of an M60 7.62 mm ammunition belt on the back of a Sea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members check their shooting scores on targets posted in a meadow during a field training exercise

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members check their shooting scores on target...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members unhook after using the special patrol insertion/extraction (SPIE) method to assault the beach during an amphibious demonstration for the 14th Annual Inter-American Naval Conference

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members unhook after using the special patrol...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Loshaw, USN Rele... More

Two Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members, one equipped with an AN-PAQ-1 laser target designator, right, the other armed with an M-14 rifle, assume a defensive position after assaulting the beach during an amphibious demonstration for the 14th Annual Inter-American Naval Conference

Two Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members, one equipped with an AN-PAQ-1 la...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Jeffrey Loshaw Release S... More

Members of SEAL Team, one are shown standing by in Zodiac boats, in the fog, at the rendevous point where they are to meet the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) off the coast of southern California as part of Operation Varsity Swimmer '93

Members of SEAL Team, one are shown standing by in Zodiac boats, in th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: VARSITY SWIMMER '93 Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Charles W. Alley, USN Release Status: Released to... More

Exterior, MLS, MG Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General 1ST Marine Division and 12 Regimental Commanders, in dress blues and holding hats, line up on two sides of a large replica of the 1ST Marine Division Patch and Seal. In background behind the staff is a sign, "HEADQUARTERS 1ST MARINE DIVISION (REIN) FLEET MARINE FORCE". Behind the staff is a large plaque showing the 1ST marine Division's Decorations and a ship's bell. The bell is from the USS WHARTON (AP-7) a WW II Troop Transport. The ship was named for the third Commandant of the Marine Corps, LTC Frank Wharton

Exterior, MLS, MG Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General 1ST Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rodriguez Release Status:... More

Actor Bruce Willis accompanied by CHIEF Warrant Officers Johnston and Reiltmacher, USMC, (right) fires the M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at the Individual Simulated Marksmanship Training (ISMT) facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, for his upcoming movie about Navy SEALS

Actor Bruce Willis accompanied by CHIEF Warrant Officers Johnston and ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcbh State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Gilbert, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Navy (USN) Honor Guard members prepare to fire a 21-gun salute during a funeral service in honor of SENIOR CHIEF Information Systems Technician (ITC) (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. ITC Healy was one of 16 US troops killed when their US Army (USA) MH-47D Chinook helicopter was shot down while trying to reinforce a US reconnaissance team in Afghanistan

US Navy (USN) Honor Guard members prepare to fire a 21-gun salute duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Patricia R. Totemeier, Usn Release Status: R... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Mitzi Kocurek, assigned to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Mitzi Kocurek, assigned to

Petty Officer 2nd Class Mitzi Kocurek, assigned to Seal Team 17, a unit comprised of both active and reserve component members based in Coronado, Calif., fires a .50-caliber weapon during expeditionary training... More

Offutt Fallen Warrior Memorial

Offutt Fallen Warrior Memorial

From left to right: Col. Kevin Dixon, 55th Wing vice commander, Chief Master Sgt. Suzan Sangster, 55th WG command chief, Master Sgt. Charles Puffer, 55th Security Forces first sergeant, Morgan McGary, a contrac... More

A Navy SEAL communicates with teammates during immediate

A Navy SEAL communicates with teammates during immediate

A Navy SEAL communicates with teammates during immediate action drills at the John C. Stennis Space Center. The drills are a part of the SEALs pre-deployment training. Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U... More

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2019) A member assigned to

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2019) A member assigned to

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 29, 2019) A member assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conducts military dive operations of the East Coast of the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle t... More

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Devin Lawson who was promoted to Limited Duty Officer. The ceremony was held on Patch Barracks, Germany, Aug. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Vis... More

The Navy Leap Frogs parachute during the Sound of Speed

The Navy Leap Frogs parachute during the Sound of Speed

The Navy Leap Frogs parachute during the Sound of Speed Air Show and Open House above Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, Mo., August 27, 2016. The air show was hosted by the 139th Airlift Wing, Missouri Ai... More

Spc. Marissa Pilgrim, a native of Oxnard, Calif., assigned

Spc. Marissa Pilgrim, a native of Oxnard, Calif., assigned

Spc. Marissa Pilgrim, a native of Oxnard, Calif., assigned to MEDDAC, reacts as she leaves a gas chamber during Nuclear Biological Chemical training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Thursday, 2014. T... More

The Khakrez District Chief of Police, Mullah Gul, conducts

The Khakrez District Chief of Police, Mullah Gul, conducts

The Khakrez District Chief of Police, Mullah Gul, conducts a shura with villagers following a clearing operation, May 6, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Meetings such as these give locals the opportunity to ... More

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military special operations forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council,  and the U.S. conducted a simulated rapid response to the hijacking of the motor tanker, or oil ta... More

161214-N-AV746-293 CORONADO, Calif. (Dec. 14, 2016)

161214-N-AV746-293 CORONADO, Calif. (Dec. 14, 2016)

161214-N-AV746-293 CORONADO, Calif. (Dec. 14, 2016) A Sailor, assigned to Naval Special Warfare, listens to Dr. Edwin Welch, president of the University of Charleston speak during a graduation ceremony at Naval... More

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

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

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

Members of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, arrive at auxiliary field 6 during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82

Members of the 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator:... More

A trainee fires an M-9 9mm pistol on the pistol range during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training

A trainee fires an M-9 9mm pistol on the pistol range during Basic Und...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members gather in a wooded area to discuss tactics during a field training exercise

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members gather in a wooded area to discuss ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Wearing diving gear and armed with M-4 carbines, members of a U.S. Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team advance through the surf during a public demonstration

Wearing diving gear and armed with M-4 carbines, members of a U.S. Nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Charles Stover Release... More

Naval Amphibious Base. A member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5, sights in on a target with his M-4 carbine during a press demonstration. The rifle is equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

Naval Amphibious Base. A member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5, si...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mike Poche Release Status: Released to Public... More

Parachutists landing in the drop zone at the Army Airborne School including prospective Navy SEALs fresh out of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUS/S) training

Parachutists landing in the drop zone at the Army Airborne School incl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Connor Release Status: Released to Publi... More

Third phase Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) student Quartermaster First Class (QM1) Joel Kay's parachute gear is inspected by an instructor at the Army Airborne School prior to boarding the aircraft. Each student undergoes five inspections before they are allowed to jump to ensure maximum safety

Third phase Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) student Quarterma...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Benning State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jim Conner Release Status: Released to Publi... More

During gas mask training for the 261st Signal Brigade, Delaware National Guard a soldier checks the seal on his buddy M40A1 Chemical-Biological mask as part of the gas training

During gas mask training for the 261st Signal Brigade, Delaware Nation...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Riley Hansom Jr, CIV Release Status: Released to ... More

A US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Member armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle secures the entrance to a building during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Combat Search And Rescue (CSAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Member armed with a 5.56mm M16A2 rifle secur...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea Air And Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Team 2 (SDVT-2) prepares to launch one of the team's SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) Mk VIII from the back of the Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS PHILADELPHIA (SSN 690) on a training exercise. The SDVs are used to carry Navy SEALs from a submerged submarine to enemy targets while staying underwater and undetected. SDVT-2 is stationed at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Virginia (VA), and conducts operations throughout the Atlantic and Southern, and European command geographic areas of responsibility

A US Navy (USN) member of Sea Air And Land (SEAL) Delivery Vehicle Tea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Andrew Mckaskle, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combi... More

U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea Air and Land) participate in a proficiency free fall parachute training exercise over U.S. Army Fort Story, Va., on April 5, 2007, in preparation for future deployments anywhere in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 2nd Class Joan E. Kretschmer) (Released)

U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea Air and Land) participate in a proficiency free f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Story State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC2 Joan E. Kretschmer, USN Release Status: Relea... More

SEAL students train, US Navy Photogrpah

SEAL students train, US Navy Photogrpah

SEAL qualification training students engage targets during close quarters combat training. This 15-week instructional block teaches students the skills they will need to know to properly clear a house from poss... More

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings while conducting a raid Jun 11, 2017 in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Exercise Jackal Stone 17. Jackal Stone 17 is part of U.S. European Command’s Join... More

200604-N-HD510-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (June 4, 2020)

200604-N-HD510-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (June 4, 2020)

200604-N-HD510-0013 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (June 4, 2020) East coast based Navy SEALs form a defensive perimeter around an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Nightdippers of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5... More

161108-N-AV746-202 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016)

161108-N-AV746-202 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016)

161108-N-AV746-202 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016) Senior officers and enlisted assigned to Naval Special Warfare commands paddle into the surf at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado during Surf Passage. Surf Passag... More

Recruits of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion,

Recruits of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion,

Recruits of Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, exit the gas chamber during chemical warfare defense training June 3, 2014, on Parris Island, S.C. Recruits are exposed to tear gas, a nonlethal agen... More

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's 3rd Commando Kandak, scans the horizon while providing security during an operation to hinder insurgent activity in northern Panjwa'i District, March 29, 2011,... More

A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipman

A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipman

A Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Midshipman breaks the seal to his M50 joint service general purpose mask in a gas chamber during the Career Orientation Training for Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) Marine Week on... More

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F,

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F,

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F, rappel during Professional Training for Midshipmen Marine Week aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 1, 2014. The PROTRAMID program allows mids... More

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military field operations during exercise TRIDENT 18-4 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, 11 July, 2018. Exercise TRIDENT is a Joint Staff J7 Joint National Training C... More

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military freefall jump operations during exercise TRIDENT 17 on Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 11, 2017. TRIDENT 17 is Naval Special Warfare's premiere joint trai... More

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's

An Afghan Commando with the Afghan National Army's 3rd Commando Kandak provides security overwatch via rooftop during a clearing operation in Panjwa'i District, April 25, 2011, in Kandahar province. The Command... More

Greek special forces and U.S. Navy Seals discuss house

Greek special forces and U.S. Navy Seals discuss house

Greek special forces and U.S. Navy Seals discuss house clearing tactics during Sarisa 16, an annual Greek exercise, near Athens, Greece, Sept. 16, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus Fichtl)

Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities.

Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities.

Navy SEALs demonstrate winter warfare capabilities.

KUWAITI - Elite military special operations forces

KUWAITI - Elite military special operations forces

KUWAITI - Elite military special operations forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council,  and the U.S. conducted a simulated rapid response to the hijacking of the motor tanker, or oil tanker, the Hadiyah, April 3... More

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members take cover behind a tree during a field training exercise. One SEAL is armed with an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members take cover behind a tree during a fie...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Jenkins Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members cross a wooded hillside during a field training exercise

Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) team members cross a wooded hillside during a fiel...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team Two pull a wounded comrade from the line of fire during a live fire drill and a simulated casualty extraction

Members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team Two pull a wounded comrade from th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Smoke rises in the background as a member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5, armed with an M-4 carbine, patrols a field during a press demonstration

Smoke rises in the background as a member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mike Poche Release Sta... More

After fast roping onto the Merchant Marine Vessel PFC Obergon, US Navy SEALs provide cover for each other during a search and seizure exercise. The SEAL team is training with US Air Force Special Operations MH-53 Pave Low helicopters. (Exact date shot unknown)

After fast roping onto the Merchant Marine Vessel PFC Obergon, US Navy...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Adriatic Sea Scene Camera Operator: SSGT. John E. Lasky Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy SEALS, from SEAL Team 8, shoots a Colt 5.56mm M-4 Carbine rifle on a firing range in Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia buildup. Some of the M4s have a M203 Grenade Launcher attached

A US Navy SEALS, from SEAL Team 8, shoots a Colt 5.56mm M-4 Carbine ri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Charles Neff, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy SEALs shoot and sight in their Colt 5.56mm M-4 Carbine rifles on a firing range in Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia buildup

US Navy SEALs shoot and sight in their Colt 5.56mm M-4 Carbine rifles ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Charles Neff, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy SEAL (Squatting), from SEAL Team 8, uses the scope on his Colt 5.56mm M-4 Carbine rifle, with M203 Grenade Luncher attached, to help other SEALS sight in their weapons on a firing range in Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia buildup

A US Navy SEAL (Squatting), from SEAL Team 8, uses the scope on his Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Charles Neff, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen of the Virginia Air National Guard (ANG) 203rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (RED HORSE) Unit, practice getting a seal on their MCU-2P Gas Masks in under nine seconds. The unit held the mass chemical refresher course in preparation for deployment to an undisclosed location with the units activation

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen of the Virginia Air National Guard (ANG) 20...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sandston State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC Scene Camera Operator: SRA Michele G. Misia... More

A US Navy (USN) Sailor is hug by his kids as friends and family members say goodbye to the crew of the USN Los Angeles Clas Submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN 701) before the boat departs from its homeport at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for a six-month deployment. LA JOLLA is one of three specially configured attack submarines, equipped with a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), that allows special operations forces including US Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) to deploy from submarines

A US Navy (USN) Sailor is hug by his kids as friends and family member...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JOC David Rush, USN Release Status: Released to P... More

Jeffrey Skladzien is the first out of the water portion during the 28th Annual Naval Special Warfare Superfrog Triathlon at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, San Diego, Calif., on Sept. 16, 2006. The event, designed by the Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) in 1978, is the first and longest running half Ironman distance triathlon. The course incorporates a 1.2-mile open-ocean swim, a 54-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Michael Moriatis ) (Released)

Jeffrey Skladzien is the first out of the water portion during the 28t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Michael Moriatis, USN Release Status: Rel... 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, provide perimeter security during a clearing operation in Arghandab District, May 16, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The Commandos, assist... More

161108-N-AV746-152 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016)

161108-N-AV746-152 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016)

161108-N-AV746-152 CORONADO, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2016) Senior officers and enlisted assigned to Naval Special Warfare commands climb the cargo net at the Naval Special Warfare Center’s obstacle course on Naval Amph... More

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during a Joint Combined Exchange Training at the SAJ headquarters complex, Serbia, Mar. 5, 2018. A JCET is a combined training event in which SOF units train wit... More

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs,

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs,

Members of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team, the Leap Frogs, conduct a demonstration jump into Naval Air Station North Island in support of the 245th Navy Birthday on October 13, 2020. The Navy Parachute Team began... More

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F,

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F,

Midshipmen with 1st Platoon, 2nd Block, Company F, check each other’s gas masks before entering the gas chamber during Professional Training for Midshipmen Marine Week aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, C... More

190606-N-PJ969-0003 CORONADO,  Calif. (June 6, 2019)

190606-N-PJ969-0003 CORONADO, Calif. (June 6, 2019)

190606-N-PJ969-0003 CORONADO, Calif. (June 6, 2019) -- SEAL candidates at Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training test their grit while paying homage to the service members who took part in the D-Day... More

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army Drill Sergeant School are fitted and issued their hats just days before graduating from the prestigious course. The olive drab headgear worn by male drill ser... More

200707-N-HD510-0027 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 7, 2020)

200707-N-HD510-0027 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 7, 2020)

200707-N-HD510-0027 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 7, 2020) An East coast-based Navy SEAL conducts a military freefall jump from a C-2 Greyhound from the Rawhides of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 during traini... More

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

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

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

Paratroopers descend during the training exercise Dragon Team, the largest non-Joint Chiefs of STAFF airdrop exercise in history

Paratroopers descend during the training exercise Dragon Team, the lar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON TEAM Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SS... More

One of combat control team members, armed with a GAU-5 assault rifles, maneuvers down a river by a boat during training. The team members are from the 1ST Special Operations Wing

One of combat control team members, armed with a GAU-5 assault rifles,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ernest H. Sealing Release Status: Release... More

Combat control team members are being airlifted by a hovering Army UH-1H Iroquois helicopter during training. The team members are from the 1ST Special Operations Wing

Combat control team members are being airlifted by a hovering Army UH-...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ernest H. Sealing Release Status: Release... More

Crew members wearing gas masks, carry a rotor blade for an HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, to the helicopter for replacement during a reserve rescue exercise

Crew members wearing gas masks, carry a rotor blade for an HH-3E Jolly...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Phelps Collins Ang Base State: Michigan (MI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Ernest H. Sealing Release Statu... More

Military personnel stand in formation during the dedication ceremony for the new U.S. Central Command building

Military personnel stand in formation during the dedication ceremony f...

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

Navy sea-air-land (SEAL) team members, wearing desert camouflage gear, prepare to use an AN/PAQ-1 laser target designator to assist A-7 Corsair II aircraft pilots as they drop laser guided bombs. The laser projector will help to distinguish the various targets for an accurate hit/kill ratio. The SEAL team members are participants of Exercise QUICK FORCE 84-3. The team member in the foreground holds an M16A1 rifle

Navy sea-air-land (SEAL) team members, wearing desert camouflage gear,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: QUICK FORCE 84-3 Base: Gila Bend Range State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

Members of the 25th Infantry Division unload from an aircraft during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

Members of the 25th Infantry Division unload from an aircraft during E...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Kimhae Air Base Country: Korea Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Ernest Sealing Release Status: Released to ... More

Members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team Two pull a wounded comrade from the line of fire during a live fire drill and a simulated casualty extraction

Members of Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team Two pull a wounded comrade from th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Chuck Mussi Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Members of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 take a break during a demonstration. The SEALSs are armed with M-4 carbines and the rifle in the foreground is equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher

Members of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5 take a break during a demon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Mike Poche Release Sta... More

Exterior, MLS, MG Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General 1ST Marine Division and 18 members of his principal staff, in dress blues and holding hats, line up on two sides of a large replica of the 1ST Marine Division Patch and Seal. In background behind the staff is a sign, "HEADQUARTERS 1ST MARINE DIVISION (REIN) FLEET MARINE FORCE". Behind the staff is a large plaque showing the 1ST marine Division's Decorations and a ship's bell. The bell is from the USS WHARTON (AP-7) a WW II Troop Transport. The ship was named for the third Commandant of the Marine Corps, LTC Frank Wharton

Exterior, MLS, MG Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, Commanding General 1ST Mar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Rodriguez Release Status:... More

A US Navy Lieutenant, a SEAL from SEAL Team 8, runs down a firing range holding a Colt 5.56mm M4 Carbine Rifle. He's in Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia buildup

A US Navy Lieutenant, a SEAL from SEAL Team 8, runs down a firing rang...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Charles Neff, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy SEAL, from SEAL Team 8, manuevers with a M-60 machine gun on a firing range in Kuwait as part of the Southwest Asia buildup

A US Navy SEAL, from SEAL Team 8, manuevers with a M-60 machine gun on...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Charles Neff, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A US Navy SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter, loaded with U.S. Navy SEALS, takes off to conduct Maritime Interdiction Operations. The training was conducted in Kuwait in support of the Southwest Asia build-up

A US Navy SH-60B Sea Hawk helicopter, loaded with U.S. Navy SEALS, tak...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Craig P. Strawser, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Marines from India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Twenty-Nine Palms, California, dawn their Mission- Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4) gear and insure other Marines are properly fitted and hava a good air seal during Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) training operations at a camp near the base of Mount Fuji

Marines from India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Twenty-Nine P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mount Fuji Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan Ledoux Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Sea Air Land (SEAL) Team Two (Echo Platoon) members take up guard positions as others fast rope out of a SH-60 Seahawk, from Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron One Five (HS 15) on to the flight deck of the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

Sea Air Land (SEAL) Team Two (Echo Platoon) members take up guard posi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 2000 Base: Uss George Washington (CVN 73) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Shane Mccoy, USN Release Status: Released... More

US Navy Seals participate in the Non Combatant Evacuation exercise as friendly forces as well as enemy forces in participation with DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

US Navy Seals participate in the Non Combatant Evacuation exercise as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

US Navy Seals participate in the Non Combatant Evacuation exercise as friendly forces and evacuate several participating military members from Combat Town onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopter in participation with DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue IX is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada

US Navy Seals participate in the Non Combatant Evacuation exercise as ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members prepare to board a HH-60F Seahawk helicopter at an extraction point during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members prepare to board a HH-60F Seahawk heli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract personnel as a US Navy (USN) SEAL Team Members armed with a 5.56mm M4 carbines equipped with the Knights Armament Company (KAC) Modular Weapon System (MWS) and blank firing devices, calls in more air support during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) training exercise conducted during DESERT RESCUE XI. The exercise is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving all branches of the US Military and is conducted at the ranges at Fallon Naval Air Station (NAS), Nevada (NV)

A US Air Force (USAF) HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter lands to extract per...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE XI Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Ope... More

The tugboat TIGER 2 gently guides the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN 701) away from its pier as it heads out for a scheduled Western Pacific deployment. The submarine is equipped with the Special Operations capable Dry Deck Shelter (DDS), which can allow special operation forces including Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) to deploy, undetected, from submerged submarines

The tugboat TIGER 2 gently guides the US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pearl Harbor State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO3 Corwin Colbert, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

U.S. Navy participants race down the beach during the 28th Annual Naval Special Warfare Superfrog Triathlon at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, San Diego, Calif.,on Sept. 16, 2006. The event, designed by the Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) in 1978, is the first and longest running half Ironman distance triathlon. The course incorporates a 1.2-mile open-ocean swim, a 54-mile bike ride and a 13.1-mile run. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST 1ST Class Michael Moriatis ) (Released)

U.S. Navy participants race down the beach during the 28th Annual Nava...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Nas Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MC1 Michael Moriatis, USN Release Status: Rel... More

A U.S. Navy SEAL lands safely during a military free

A U.S. Navy SEAL lands safely during a military free

A U.S. Navy SEAL lands safely during a military free fall training event as part of the Jackal Stone 11 multi-national special operations forces exercise on Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, Sept 15. The p... More

U.S. Navy SEALs jump from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter

U.S. Navy SEALs jump from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter

U.S. Navy SEALs jump from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter during training near Fort Pickett.

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security

U.S. Special Forces and Afghan commandos provide security from a rooftop while residents of Siya Boghal village walk to a shura in northern Khas Uruzgan at Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, March 16, 2013. (U.S. A... More

A member of Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation

A member of Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation

A member of Special Operations Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve in the middle of completing the thruster portion of the “Chuck Heavy” Workout of the Day on Sunday, May 3, 2020, at Camp Arifjan, Kuw... 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, await medical evacuation for a wounded Commando during a village clearing operation in Zhari District, July 6, Kandahar province, Afghanist... More

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army

Drill sergeant candidates at the United States Army Drill Sergeant School are fitted and issued their hats just days before graduating from the prestigious course. The olive drab headgear worn by male drill ser... More

The Navy Leap Frogs wave at the crowd after a jump,

The Navy Leap Frogs wave at the crowd after a jump,

The Navy Leap Frogs wave at the crowd after a jump, during the Sound of Speed Air Show and Open House at Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, Mo., August 27, 2016. The air show was hosted by the 139th Airlif... More

U.S. Navy divers with the U.S. Navy SEAL, Delivery

U.S. Navy divers with the U.S. Navy SEAL, Delivery

U.S. Navy divers with the U.S. Navy SEAL, Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Naval Special Warfare Group 3, prepare to be lifted using the Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction (SPIE) rope attached to an Army UH-60 Bla... More

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land Team Members conduct military freefall jump operations during exercise TRIDENT 17 on Hurlburt Field, Florida, May 11, 2017. TRIDENT 17 is Naval Special Warfare's premiere joint trai... More

United States Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft

United States Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft

United States Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman from Naval Special Warfare conduct a patrol June 20, 2019 on the Black Sea in coordination with Trojan Footprint 2019. Trojan Footprint is an annual U.... More

KUWAIT - A U.S. Navy special warfare combatant craft

KUWAIT - A U.S. Navy special warfare combatant craft

KUWAIT - A U.S. Navy special warfare combatant craft crew returns from a simulated mission to recover a hijacked tanker Apr 3, in Kuwait territorial waters as part of exercise Eagle Resolve 2017. (U.S. Army Pho... More

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