Soldiers from the Texas National Guard fortify the
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard fortify the training village of Sangari with concertina wire. The Soldiers are portraying a simulated country’s army at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center... More
Sgt. Ryan Smith, from 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery,
Sgt. Ryan Smith, from 3rd Battalion, 133rd Field Artillery, Texas National Guard, hides a piece of equipment from American forces. The Texas National Guard Soldiers are portraying a simulated country’s army at ... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
An M1A2 main battle tank pulls security next to destroyed
An M1A2 main battle tank pulls security next to destroyed enemy vehicle in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realis... More
Civil Affairs Soldiers assist with a mock child birth
Civil Affairs Soldiers assist with a mock child birth during an assessment of a mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat Training Centers provide leaders a co... More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies to paratroopers
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies to paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept. 18. Combat Training Centers c... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, pulls security outside of the brigade headquarters during a training exercise at the Fort Polk, L... More
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking to different role players in a mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat training centers provide leade... More
A medical M113, from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment,
A medical M113, from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, moves into the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realistic sce... More
Crew members of an M1A2 main battle tank, from Delta
Crew members of an M1A2 main battle tank, from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, attached to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepare their vehicle for an upcoming training miss... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with Alpha Company, 156th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Texas National Guard, protects his food from a goat. Alston is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s ... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with Alpha Company, 156th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Texas National Guard, protects his food from a goat. Alston is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s ... More
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard plays the role
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard plays the role of opposing forces in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create real... More
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard looks around
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard looks around the market place in the training village of Sangari. The Soldier is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s army at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness... More
Spc. John Glossip, a medic with 2nd Platoon, Alpha
Spc. John Glossip, a medic with 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security as other members of the platoon talk ... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pulls security as a simulated wounded Soldier is placed in the back of a Bradley in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Tra... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment,
A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, prepares for a training mission as an insurgent role player at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 20. Combat Training Centers creat... More
Pfc. Kyle Meyer, a personal security detachment Humvee
Pfc. Kyle Meyer, a personal security detachment Humvee gunner for Col. Joseph Ryan, commander of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, prepares his safety harness before a mission at the Fort Pol... More
An M1A2 armor crew member from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,
An M1A2 armor crew member from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, who's attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division during their decisive action training exercise, waits on h... More
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment scans for enemy forces in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat... More
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialists
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialists prepare to investigate mock chemical weapons inside the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. C... More
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard, patrol Sangari,
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard, patrol Sangari, a training city at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center, guarding it from the soldiers of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, ... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
An Apache helicopter flies over a secured airfield
An Apache helicopter flies over a secured airfield at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 19. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and provide leaders a comprehensive approa... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division takes aim at opposing forces in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Traini... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general United States
Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general United States Army Forces Command (right), greets Col. Joseph Ryan, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, after arriving to the training area at t... More
A Soldier looks out a window after clearing a building
A Soldier looks out a window after clearing a building in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, searches a vehicle at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 20. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and pr... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A Bradley scans the streets of the training village
A Bradley scans the streets of the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and provide leaders a comprehe... More
A Soldier, from 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment,
A Soldier, from 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, plays the part of an Atropian soldier during a rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 18. Comba... More
A medic from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A medic from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division treats a simulated causality during training at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realist... More
An observer, coach and trainer (OC/T) discusses the
An observer, coach and trainer (OC/T) discusses the situation with a paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 20. Combat Tr... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Staff Sgt. Kimberly Evans (left), Spc. Stewart Scott
Staff Sgt. Kimberly Evans (left), Spc. Stewart Scott (center), and Spc. Darren Vardon (right), all from the 722nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal, 192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, prepare to investiga... More
Spc. Joshua Jones, with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion,
Spc. Joshua Jones, with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard, searches a vehicle in the village of Sangari. Jones is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s army a... More
A civil affairs Soldier talks with a humanitarian role
A civil affairs Soldier talks with a humanitarian role player, as a media role player records their conversation at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept. 22. Combat Training Centers create ... More
Helicopters carrying Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding
Helicopters carrying Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general United States Army Forces Command, and his staff leave after visiting the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at the Joint Readiness Tra... More
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies to paratroopers,
A U.S. Air Force C-130 drops supplies to paratroopers, from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, during a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept. 18. Combat Training Centers ... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pull security in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers crea... More
A Humvee serves as a road block during a training exercise
A Humvee serves as a road block during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 19. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and provide leaders a comprehensiv... More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 lands at a secured airfield to
A U.S. Air Force C-17 lands at a secured airfield to deliver supplies to paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 19. Comb... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Role players gather and listen to the leaders of the
Role players gather and listen to the leaders of the mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat training centers provide leaders a comprehensive approach to tra... More
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment,
Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard play the role of a simulated country’s army as part of a training mission at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept.... More
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard discuss what they found during a police officer’s vehicle search. The Soldiers are portraying a soldier in a simulated... More
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, watches a U.S. Air Force C-130 drop supplies to the units below at the Fo... More
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st
Pvt. Jonathon Fidler, an intelligence analyst for 1st Battalion, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, watches a U.S. Air Force C-130 drop supplies to the units below at the Fo... More
A role player voices her concerns about the newly-arrived
A role player voices her concerns about the newly-arrived paratroopers at the city of Dara Lam, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 18. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and ... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, searches a vehicle at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 20. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and pr... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division move into the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create reali... More
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment scans for enemy forces in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat... More
Role players in the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness
Role players in the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center, Dara Lam, watch as a Swedish air force plane delivers supplies to U.S. forces during a training exercise Sept. 22. Combat Training Centers cr... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division places a simulated wounded Soldier in the back of a Bradley in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Pol... More
Spc. Nathaniel Rivet (right), from Charlie Company,
Spc. Nathaniel Rivet (right), from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, interacts with Frances Fierst (left), a role-player portrayi... More
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking to different role players in a mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat training centers provide leade... More
A U.S. Air Force C-17 takes off at a secured airfield
A U.S. Air Force C-17 takes off at a secured airfield after delivering supplies to paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept... More
A Soldier pulls security at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness
A Soldier pulls security at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center as the local trespass horses create an obstacle and a distraction as they would in a deployed environment Sept. 20. Combat Training Cent... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division takes cover after receiving simulated small arms fire in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La.... More
Spc. Nathaniel Morgan, a communication specialist with
Spc. Nathaniel Morgan, a communication specialist with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, sits behind a .50-caliber machine gun helping pull security around his battery at ... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, installs concertina wire, while a U.S. Air Force C-130 delivers supplies to U.S. Forces at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center... More
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division carry a simulated wounded Soldier to safety in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29.... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard plays the opposing
A Soldier from the Texas National Guard plays the opposing force and prepares to attack Soldiers entering the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat... More
Engineer vehicles, from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd
Engineer vehicles, from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pass a guard post at the Fort Polk Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept. 22. Combat training centers create realistic scenarios and prov... More
Soldiers pull security as village role players address
Soldiers pull security as village role players address concerns about the newly-arrived American forces at the city of Dara Lam, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 18. Combat Training Center... More
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pull security next to a building during a visit to the city of Dara Lam, Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk La., Sept. 18. Combat Train... More
Carol Adams, also known as Soleyman Jasara while role
Carol Adams, also known as Soleyman Jasara while role playing as an Internet café manager, writes on the Joint Readiness Training Center’s rotational blog Sept. 18. The blog is a part of the Decisive Action Tra... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, interacts with role players, from 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort P... More
Sgt. Eric Herrera, an infantryman in Charlie Company,
Sgt. Eric Herrera, an infantryman in Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard, counts the money he found during a search of a police vehicle. Herrera is portraying a soldier... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Pfc. James Kester (left) improves his fighting position,
Pfc. James Kester (left) improves his fighting position, as Pfc. Angel Fuentes (right) pulls security, both paratroopers are with Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery, at the Joint Rea... More
An artillery piece belonging to Charlie Battery, 2nd
An artillery piece belonging to Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, sits in position ready for use during a training rotation at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training... More
Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general United States
Gen. Mark A. Milley, commanding general United States Army Forces Command (right), talks with Col. Brian Winski, deputy commanding general -operations (DCG-O) 82nd Airborne Division (left), after arriving to th... More
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking
Civil Affairs Soldiers conduct an assessment by talking to different role players in a mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat training centers provide leade... More
Spc. Taylor Markuson, a mobile gun system gunner for
Spc. Taylor Markuson, a mobile gun system gunner for Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment, relaxes on a Stryker vehicle at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 20. Combat T... More
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion,
An M1A2 main battle tank from Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment scans for enemy forces in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, interacts with role players, from 3rd Battalion, 144th Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard, at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort P... More
Spc. Melvin Fehr, an infantryman with Charlie, Company,
Spc. Melvin Fehr, an infantryman with Charlie, Company, 2nd Battalion, 142nd Infantry Regiment, Texas National Guard, pulls security inside Sangari. Fehr is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s army at... More
A Bradley commander from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor
A Bradley commander from 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment scans the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realistic scena... More
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division pulls security as Soldiers bring in a Soldier with simulated wounds in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, ... More
A Bradley enters the training village of Sangari before
A Bradley enters the training village of Sangari before sunlight at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers create realistic scenarios and provide leaders a compre... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More
Spc. Nathaniel Rivet (right), from Charlie Company,
Spc. Nathaniel Rivet (right), from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, speaks with Laura Johnson (left), a role player at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept.... More
Civil Affairs Soldiers assist with a mock child birth
Civil Affairs Soldiers assist with a mock child birth during an assessment of a mock refugee camp at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La., Sept. 15. Combat Training Centers provide leaders a co... More
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard play the role
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard play the role of a simulated country’s army as part of a training mission at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center, Sept. 25. Combat Training Centers create ... More
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with
Pvt. Marco Alston, a communications specialist with Alpha Company, 156th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Texas National Guard, protects his food from a goat. Alston is portraying a soldier in a simulated country’s ... More
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
Paratroopers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, pull security in the training village of Sangari at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Sept. 29. Combat Training Centers crea... More
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard, search a police
Soldiers from the Texas National Guard, search a police vehicle that entered the village of Sangari. The soldiers are portraying a simulated country’s army at the Fort Polk, La., Joint Readiness Training Center... More
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne
A paratrooper from 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participated in the Towle Megellas competition on Fort Bragg, May 8. The competition is named for John R. Towle, a Medal of Honor recipient, an... More