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A bullet shell flies as a member of the Special Operations

A bullet shell flies as a member of the Special Operations

A bullet shell flies as a member of the Special Operations Team from the United States fires his weapon during a rifle marksmanship competition July 24 as part of Fuerzas Comando 2014 in Fort Tolemaida, Colombi... More

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard, hovers above the trees prior inserting a Tactical Air Control Party from the 227th Air Support Operat... More

Virginia Carter, a senior financial analyst for U.S.

Virginia Carter, a senior financial analyst for U.S.

Virginia Carter, a senior financial analyst for U.S. Special Operations Command, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, poses for a photo, Oct. 21 at USSOCOM headquarters, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. Carter le... More

A U.S. Army soldier from the United States Army Special

A U.S. Army soldier from the United States Army Special

A U.S. Army soldier from the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) briefs paratroops prior to an airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 4, 2016. Paratroopers from USASOC and The Army Speci... More

Airborne Runs In The Family. Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Airborne Runs In The Family. Fort Bragg, North Carolina

U.S. Army Paratroopers Chief Warrant Officer 5 Travis and his son, Pvt. Travis, turn away from a UH-60 Blackhawk as it lands prior to boarding the aircraft for an airborne operation on Fort Bragg, N.C., May 5, ... More

170613-N-TI567-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

170613-N-TI567-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

170613-N-TI567-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- International students participating in the Patrol Craft Officer - Coastal Course at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School complete a ... More

Athletes compete in archery at the 2017 Department

Athletes compete in archery at the 2017 Department

Athletes compete in archery at the 2017 Department of Defense Warrior Games July 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The Warrior Games are an annual Paralympic-stle event designed to showcase the resilient spirit of ... More

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick McCauley, senior enlisted

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick McCauley, senior enlisted

Army Command Sgt. Maj. Patrick McCauley, senior enlisted leader of U.S. Special Operations Command, speaks to personnel assigned to USSOCOM during an enlisted all-call at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., ... More

Comedian and actor Jon Stewart gives opening remarks

Comedian and actor Jon Stewart gives opening remarks

Comedian and actor Jon Stewart gives opening remarks as master of ceremonies of the closing ceremony of the DoD Warrior Games, June 9, 2018. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, at the U.S. Air Force Acade... More

Fireball shoot out as Green Berets with the 5th Special

Fireball shoot out as Green Berets with the 5th Special

Fireball shoot out as Green Berets with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), complete their first lap of the Mint 400, March 06, 2020, in Primm, Nevada. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Moeller, 5th SF... More

Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commander, U.S. Marine

Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commander, U.S. Marine

Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, addresses the audience during a ceremony June 21, 2017 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marine Special Operations Schoo... More

U.S. Army soldiers  Lt. Col Jeffrey Martin, Maj. Patrick

U.S. Army soldiers Lt. Col Jeffrey Martin, Maj. Patrick

U.S. Army soldiers Lt. Col Jeffrey Martin, Maj. Patrick Nelson, and Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez II attached to the Army Special Operations Command, pose for a photo after being awarded the Schutzenschnur Gold Mark... 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 surrounding area for enemy activity during a clearing operation in Maiwand District, May 1, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The c... More

A Brazilian paratrooper prepares to land at the friendship

A Brazilian paratrooper prepares to land at the friendship

A Brazilian paratrooper prepares to land at the friendship airborne operation, June 13, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. Fuerzas Comando, established in 2004, is a U.S. Souther... More

U.S. Special Operations Command donate 30 flat panel

U.S. Special Operations Command donate 30 flat panel

U.S. Special Operations Command donate 30 flat panel computer monitors through a program called Computers for Learning to Tinker Elementary School, here July 19. The Computers for Learning program is a way that... More

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Victor Sassoon of the U.S.

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Victor Sassoon of the U.S.

Retired Army Staff Sgt. Victor Sassoon of the U.S. Special Operations Command poses for a photo to show off his flag at the 2014 Warrior Games Sept 28, 2014, at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colo... More

A member of the British Armed Forces throws the shot

A member of the British Armed Forces throws the shot

A member of the British Armed Forces throws the shot put during field competition for the 2015 DOD Warrior Games, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 23, 2015. The Warrior Games, founded in 2010, is a Paralym... More

A judge goes over the scoring with a Surinamese soldier

A judge goes over the scoring with a Surinamese soldier

A judge goes over the scoring with a Surinamese soldier after a live fire-rifle event July 16, 2015, during Fuerzas Comando, an international special operations competition in Poptun, Guatemala. (U.S. Army phot... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Fletcher, Commander

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Fletcher, Commander

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Fletcher, Commander for Special Operations Command South, entrusts responsibility to Command Sgt. Maj. Jody J. Hall as the SOCSOUTH Command Senior Enlisted Leader during a virtual... More

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos greets Colombian

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos greets Colombian

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos greets Colombian soldiers during a visit to the Fuerzas Comando competition at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, June 10, 2012. Fuerzas Comando, es... More

A Panamanian competitor crosses the finish line during

A Panamanian competitor crosses the finish line during

A Panamanian competitor crosses the finish line during the physical fitness test portion of the Fuerzas Comando international special forces competition July 15, 2015, in Poptun, Guatemala. The annual competiti... More

Members of Team MacDill perform a hanging exercise

Members of Team MacDill perform a hanging exercise

Members of Team MacDill perform a hanging exercise during an Alpha Warrior Celebrity Workout at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 19, 2017. The Air Force Alpha Warrior program incorporates the four domains of... More

Warrior Games athletes compete in the track competition

Warrior Games athletes compete in the track competition

Warrior Games athletes compete in the track competition at the University of South Florida track and field stadium in Tampa, Florida, June 22, 2019 during the 2019 DoD Warrior Games. The Warrior Games were esta... More

Team SOCOM Army Staff Sgt. Travis Dunn completes a

Team SOCOM Army Staff Sgt. Travis Dunn completes a

Team SOCOM Army Staff Sgt. Travis Dunn completes a track race during the 2019 DoD Warrior Games hosted in Tampa, Fla., June 22, 2019. The Warrior Games were established in 2010 as a way to enhance the recovery ... More

A member of the Chilean team competes in the physical

A member of the Chilean team competes in the physical

A member of the Chilean team competes in the physical fitness event for Fuerzas Comando at the Colombian National Training Center, June 6, 2012. Fuerzas Comando, established in 2004, is a U.S. Southern Command-... More

160831-N-JK586-004 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --Students

160831-N-JK586-004 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --Students

160831-N-JK586-004 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --Students attending the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's International Tactical Communications Course participate in a practical exer... More

A U-28A assigned to the 318th Special Operations Squadron

A U-28A assigned to the 318th Special Operations Squadron

A U-28A assigned to the 318th Special Operations Squadron prepares to land during a Full Mission Profile exercise at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Oct. 12, 2016. The FMP was utilized to integrate Special Op... More

Microsoft Corp. cyber security specialists attend the

Microsoft Corp. cyber security specialists attend the

Microsoft Corp. cyber security specialists attend the Cyber Capability Expo at the newest SOFWERX facility in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 19, 2017. The expo sought to identify novel, new and provocative cyber technologie... More

180719-N-BQ308-1090 WAHIAWA, Hawaii (July 19, 2018)

180719-N-BQ308-1090 WAHIAWA, Hawaii (July 19, 2018)

180719-N-BQ308-1090 WAHIAWA, Hawaii (July 19, 2018) - Multinational special operations forces participate in static line airborne insertion training during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 19. Twe... More

Navy Chief Petty Officer Phillip Fong, a U.S. Special

Navy Chief Petty Officer Phillip Fong, a U.S. Special

Navy Chief Petty Officer Phillip Fong, a U.S. Special Operations Command Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition) athlete, shakes hands with Mike Edwards, Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety, at the Bucs training facility... More

A member of the Jamaica special operations sniper team

A member of the Jamaica special operations sniper team

A member of the Jamaica special operations sniper team watches for pop-up targets at the snaps and movers event during the Fuerzas Comando 2014 competition at Fort Tolemaida, Colombia, July 25. The event is aim... More

Syrian Democratic Forces watch as a Coalition airstrike

Syrian Democratic Forces watch as a Coalition airstrike

Syrian Democratic Forces watch as a Coalition airstrike hits its target on a known ISIS location near the Iraqi-Syrian border, May 13, 2018. These SDF forces provided security for a Coalition mortar team and we... More

180709-N-BQ308-0153 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 9, 2018) –

180709-N-BQ308-0153 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 9, 2018) –

180709-N-BQ308-0153 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 9, 2018) – A Peruvian Navy operator holds a Peruvian flag as multinational Special Operations Forces (SOF) participate in a submarine insertion exercise with the fast-att... More

A student attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special

A student attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special

A student attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School's Special Operations Combat Medic course tests blood samples during blood-type training at theJoint Special Operations Medical... More

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member conducts

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member conducts

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member conducts a military free fall jump with U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators during Eager Lion 2019 at King Abdullah II Air Base, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, ... More

U.S. Marines assigned to the United States Marine Corps

U.S. Marines assigned to the United States Marine Corps

U.S. Marines assigned to the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon perform during the closing ceremony of the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 28, 2015. ... More

Fuerzas Comando 15 competitors swim toward a pond opening

Fuerzas Comando 15 competitors swim toward a pond opening

Fuerzas Comando 15 competitors swim toward a pond opening July 19, 2015, during a water event in this year's international special operations competition held in Poptun, Guatemala. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt... More

A medical director with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special

A medical director with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special

A medical director with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, talks to Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, about the capabilities of the clinic which supports 1st... More

Team Air Force member Master Sgt. Kenneth Guinn walks

Team Air Force member Master Sgt. Kenneth Guinn walks

Team Air Force member Master Sgt. Kenneth Guinn walks toward the bench press area to compete in the powerlifting competition at the DoD Warrior Games, June 5, 2018. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, at ... More

Gunnery Sgt. Michael W. Mackay, a critical skills operator

Gunnery Sgt. Michael W. Mackay, a critical skills operator

Gunnery Sgt. Michael W. Mackay, a critical skills operator with 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, wears his newly-awarded Bronze Star Medal at an awa... More

El Salvador’s special operations forces team sprints

El Salvador’s special operations forces team sprints

El Salvador’s special operations forces team sprints to the shoot house during the Fuerzas Comando combined assault event, June 10, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. Fuerzas Com... More

Costa Rican team members swim down a creek during Fuerzas

Costa Rican team members swim down a creek during Fuerzas

Costa Rican team members swim down a creek during Fuerzas Comando, an international special forces competition in Poptun, Guatemala, July 19, 2015. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Andrew Kuhn/Released)

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

NIAMEY, Niger – Moutari Kalla, Nigerien Minister of

NIAMEY, Niger – Moutari Kalla, Nigerien Minister of

NIAMEY, Niger – Moutari Kalla, Nigerien Minister of Defense, and Amb. Eric Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Niger, observe the opening ceremony of Flintlock 2018 in Niamey, Niger, April 11, 2018. Flintlock is an an... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jose Panez, of Team Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jose Panez, of Team Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jose Panez, of Team Marine Corps, pause during a practice round of shooting, May 31, 2018, before the start of the DoD Warrior Games. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, 2018,... More

TACP airmen complete a Field Training Exercise (FTX)

TACP airmen complete a Field Training Exercise (FTX)

TACP airmen complete a Field Training Exercise (FTX) at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas Jul. 11, 2019. The FTX included training on leadership, weapons systems, individual combat skills, land navigati... More

Brig. Gen. Sean Mulholland and Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez

Brig. Gen. Sean Mulholland and Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez

Brig. Gen. Sean Mulholland and Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command North Headquarters, pose with a Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle named for Gonzalez’s fighting s... More

Hera, a U.S. military working dog assigned to 554th

Hera, a U.S. military working dog assigned to 554th

Hera, a U.S. military working dog assigned to 554th Military Police Company, poses for an official portrait in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information S... More

Multinational Special Operations Forces conduct an

Multinational Special Operations Forces conduct an

Multinational Special Operations Forces conduct an amphibious assault from a Special Operations Craft – Riverine boat during a capabilities demonstration as part of the 2018 International Special Operations For... More

A Syrian Democratic Forces soldier pretends to be an

A Syrian Democratic Forces soldier pretends to be an

A Syrian Democratic Forces soldier pretends to be an unconscious casualty as a comrade administers a chest seal during a medical training event near Shaddadi, Syria, May 27, 2018. Coalition advisors designed th... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alexander Bustard of Team

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alexander Bustard of Team

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Alexander Bustard of Team Air Force adjusts his rifle settings during a DoD Warrior Games shooting practice, May 30, 2018, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.... More

Team Army member Spc. Anthony Farve, #31, watches Team

Team Army member Spc. Anthony Farve, #31, watches Team

Team Army member Spc. Anthony Farve, #31, watches Team Air Force veteran Russell Logan, attempt a shot in the gold medal game of wheelchair basketball between their two teams, inside Clune Arena during the DoD ... More

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member lands

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member lands

A Cypriot National Guard Special Forces member lands after conducting a military free fall jump with U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators during Eager Lion 2019 at King Abdullah II Air Base, Hashemite Kingd... More

U.S. Air Force special tactics operators assigned to

U.S. Air Force special tactics operators assigned to

U.S. Air Force special tactics operators assigned to 321st Special Tactics Squadron, 352d Special Operations Wing execute a military free-fall out of an MC-130J Commando II over the North Sea, April 9, 2020. Th... More

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations

Air Commandos assigned to the 24th Special Operations Wing load coolers of water and supplies onto trucks for the Special Tactics Memorial March Feb. 24, 2014, near Houston, Texas. The memorial ruck march honor... 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 surrounding area for enemy activity during a clearing operation in Maiwand District, May 1, Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The c... More

Afghan National Army Special Forces soldiers and Afghan

Afghan National Army Special Forces soldiers and Afghan

Afghan National Army Special Forces soldiers and Afghan Local Police conduct a joint presence patrol inNahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province April 2. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations ... More

Team Air Force veteran Russell Logan serves the ball

Team Air Force veteran Russell Logan serves the ball

Team Air Force veteran Russell Logan serves the ball in the gold medal game in sitting volleyball between Team Air Force and Team Navy at the DoD Warrior Games, June 8, 2018, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Co... More

U.S. Soldiers test the capabilities of the MRZR4 LT-All

U.S. Soldiers test the capabilities of the MRZR4 LT-All

U.S. Soldiers test the capabilities of the MRZR4 LT-All Terrain Vehicle in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Boeblingen, Germany, April 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnst... More

U.S. Army veteran Staff Sgt. Randi Gavell, Oklahoma

U.S. Army veteran Staff Sgt. Randi Gavell, Oklahoma

U.S. Army veteran Staff Sgt. Randi Gavell, Oklahoma City, and other members of the British Armed Forces and U.S. military compete in the 100 meter sprint during the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games on J... More

A boy poses for a photo during the Cannon Air Force

A boy poses for a photo during the Cannon Air Force

A boy poses for a photo during the Cannon Air Force Base Air, Space, and Tech Fest at Cannon AFB, N.M., May 25, 2018. Over 16,000 people attended the Air Show.

Veteran James Howard, a Team SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations

Veteran James Howard, a Team SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations

Veteran James Howard, a Team SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command) athlete who is a quadriplegic, poses in front of his team's flag held up by fellow SOCOM member John Stanz, to pose for photographs after com... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Gilman, a swimming athlete

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Gilman, a swimming athlete

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Thomas Gilman, a swimming athlete for the DoD Warrior Games, takes off his goggles after a practice, June 1, 2018. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, 2018, at the U.S. Air Force Ac... More

A member of the special operations forces from Honduras

A member of the special operations forces from Honduras

A member of the special operations forces from Honduras competes in the rifle qualification event for Fuerzas Comando, June 7, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center. Fuerzas Comando, established in 20... More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford,

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., attends the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Quantico, Va., June 26, 2015. The games promote the resiliency and warrior spirit of about 250... More

A Costa Rican competitor uses a rope to leap over a

A Costa Rican competitor uses a rope to leap over a

A Costa Rican competitor uses a rope to leap over a hurdle during an obstacle course, July 20, 2015, at Fuerzas Commando 15, a multinational special forces competition, in Poptun, Guatemala. (U.S. Army photo by... More

A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special

A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special

A Marine with Individual Training Course, Marine Special Operations School, Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, patrols through a forest during a fire and maneuver exercise Sept. 24, 2010 aboard Ca... More

A Paraguayan sniper scans for his target during a shooting

A Paraguayan sniper scans for his target during a shooting

A Paraguayan sniper scans for his target during a shooting competition July 17, 2015, as part of Fuerzas Comando, an international special operations competition under way in Poptun, Guatemala. (U.S. Army photo... 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

Soldiers from various nations participate in the Advanced

Soldiers from various nations participate in the Advanced

Soldiers from various nations participate in the Advanced Casualty Sustainment Care Medical Training Course which was hosted by the International Special Training Centre, July 20, 2016, Pfullendorf, Germany. Th... More

Team Army member Spc. Brent Garlic, attempts a shot

Team Army member Spc. Brent Garlic, attempts a shot

Team Army member Spc. Brent Garlic, attempts a shot over Team Air Force member Master Sgt. Brian Williams, #24, in the gold medal game of wheelchair basketball inside Clune Arena, during the DoD Warrior Games, ... More

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance

U.S. Marines with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participate in a 300 mile convoy from Rota, Spain, to Almeria, Spain, as part of NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The route included eight ch... More

A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

A Marine with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command patrols through poppy fields in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province April 3. Marines with MARSOC's 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion ... More

DoD Warrior Games competitors of Team United Kingdom

DoD Warrior Games competitors of Team United Kingdom

DoD Warrior Games competitors of Team United Kingdom listen to a welcome brief at the Falcon Athletic Center, May 29, 2018. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, 2018, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Color... More

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Trask, vice commander

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Trask, vice commander

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Trask, vice commander of Headquarters U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), signs a guest book after an evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, Washington, D.C., June ... More

A Marine with Marine Special Operations Support Group,

A Marine with Marine Special Operations Support Group,

A Marine with Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command looks out from a Humvee turret during convoy training as part of the Special Operations Training Cours... More

A U.S. Army Paratrooper jumps from a UH-60 Blackhawk

A U.S. Army Paratrooper jumps from a UH-60 Blackhawk

A U.S. Army Paratrooper jumps from a UH-60 Blackhawk over the St. Mere-Eglise Drop Zone during an airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., May 5, 2016. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and The A... More

A U.S. Army Special Operation Soldier with 3rd Battalion,

A U.S. Army Special Operation Soldier with 3rd Battalion,

A U.S. Army Special Operation Soldier with 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires a M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System during Integrated Training Exercise 3-19 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat... More

160811-N-JK586-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- An

160811-N-JK586-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- An

160811-N-JK586-002 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- An international student attending the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School's Technical Welding and Applied Repairs course practices arc ... More

160909-N-TI567-003 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

160909-N-TI567-003 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

160909-N-TI567-003 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- International students at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School participate in an eight-week course designed to provide knowledge and ... More

Major General Reed Ernst, Deputy Commander Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Reserve Mobility and past commander of the 193rd Special Operations Wing signs the EC-130E Hercules number 63-7783 after a decommissioning ceremony as Colonel (ret) Nickolas Bereschak past commander of the 193rd Tactical Electronics Warfare Group watches. The aircraft is the first to be decommissioned as part of the units conversion to C-130J's

Major General Reed Ernst, Deputy Commander Special Operations Command ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Harrisburg International Airport State: Pennsylvania (PA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG Scene Camera Op... More

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) checks conditions before his fellow Soldiers jump out of the C-130 Hercules aircraft over a drop zone in Germany, March 17, 2015. (... More

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM)

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM)

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM) Para-Commandos prepare for their jump during the 2015 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., April 11, 2015. T... More

Members of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Members of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)

Members of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Military Adaptive Sports Program (MASP) team participate in a weeklong training event Feb. 28 to March 4. Veteran and active duty Special Operations Forc... More

A Care Coalition athlete pulls an arrow out of a target

A Care Coalition athlete pulls an arrow out of a target

A Care Coalition athlete pulls an arrow out of a target during archery training on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Apr. 10, 2018. U.S. Special Operations Command Warrior Care Program (Care Coalition) hosted a wee... More

U.S. military personnel interact with children at Saint

U.S. military personnel interact with children at Saint

U.S. military personnel interact with children at Saint Vincent Orphanage of Niamey during Flintlock 2018 in Niamey, Niger, April 18, 2018. Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enfor... More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein marches

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein marches

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein marches alongside Special Tactics Airmen with the 24th Special Operations Wing during the Special Tactics Memorial March at Hurlburt Field, Florida, March 4, 2018... More

Marine Corps Veteran Pfc. Isaac Blunt competes in the

Marine Corps Veteran Pfc. Isaac Blunt competes in the

Marine Corps Veteran Pfc. Isaac Blunt competes in the 50 meter backstroke using his unique adaptive swim technique during the 2019 DoD Warrior Games. Warrior Games is a Paralympic style sporting event with 300... More

190916-N-UJ417-1029, US Navy Photo

190916-N-UJ417-1029, US Navy Photo

190916-N-UJ417-1029 - ATLANTIC OCEAN (September 16, 2019) A member assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conducts military dive operations off the East Coast of the United States. Naval Special Warfare (NSW... More

10th SFG(A) Airborne Operations

10th SFG(A) Airborne Operations

A U.S. SOF Soldier parachutes onto Malmsheim drop zone after jumping from a CH-47 Chinook during an airborne operation in Stuttgart, Germany September 10, 2020. The Soldiers conducted airborne operations to mai... More

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares

An Afghan Commando from 4th Commando Kandak prepares to board an MH-47 Chinook helicopter enroute to the Arghistan District Nov. 7, on an operation to rid insurgents from the area and disrupt Taliban supply lin... More

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion,

Marines with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command secure the deck of a mock cargo ship after rappelling from a CH-47 helicopter during Visit, Board, ... More

Army Master Sgt. Michael Lacy, from Cocoa Beach, Fla.,

Army Master Sgt. Michael Lacy, from Cocoa Beach, Fla.,

Army Master Sgt. Michael Lacy, from Cocoa Beach, Fla., competes in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke, Sept. 30, during the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lacy, a member of the U.S. Special Operatio... More

Chilean team members assist each other out of a creek

Chilean team members assist each other out of a creek

Chilean team members assist each other out of a creek during a water event for Fuerzas Comando, an international special forces competition in Poptun, Guatemala, July 19, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew K... More

A U.S. Navy SH-60 Sea Hawk takes off from the deck

A U.S. Navy SH-60 Sea Hawk takes off from the deck

A U.S. Navy SH-60 Sea Hawk takes off from the deck of the USS Arlington (LPD 24) with U.S. Marines and sailors with Force Reconnaissance Detachment, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), in... More

Maintainers with the 919th Special Operations Maintenance

Maintainers with the 919th Special Operations Maintenance

Maintainers with the 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group pull the generator cable and chocks as the aircrew of a C-145A Skytruck prepares for a mission at Duke Field, Fla. The 919th MXG is responsible f... More

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Infantry Weapons Systems

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Infantry Weapons Systems

Marine Corps Systems Command’s Infantry Weapons Systems conducted a market research caliber study July 13, at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., to inform Marine Corps acquisition leaders about future Marine sniper weapon sy... More

Col. Spencer Cocanour, vice commander of the 24th Special

Col. Spencer Cocanour, vice commander of the 24th Special

Col. Spencer Cocanour, vice commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing, briefs Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson on the 24th Special Operations Wing mission at the Special Tactics Training Squadron, ... More

Team Marine Corps member Lance Cpl. Kira Lavine waves

Team Marine Corps member Lance Cpl. Kira Lavine waves

Team Marine Corps member Lance Cpl. Kira Lavine waves to the crowd before her 50-meter freestyle swim competition at the DoD Warrior Games, June 8, 2018. The Warrior Games, taking place June 1-9, at the U.S. Ai... More

Service members from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.,

Service members from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.,

Service members from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., complete a two-man flag fold during a 9/11 memorial ceremony Sept. 11, 2018. The remembrance ceremony was held at the U.S. Special Operations Command Memorial ... More

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