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US Army (USA) Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel prepare load their All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) and equipment onto an USA CH-47 Chinook helicopter on the flight line at Bagram Air Base (AB), Afghanistan, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Army (USA) Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel prepare load t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, ... More

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 700), accompanied by a Security patrol boat, departs Souda Harbor following a brief port visit. The DALLAS is homeported in Groton, Connecticut (CT), and is on a routine deployment. On the subs back sits a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) capable of deploying and recovering Special Operations Forces (SOF) teams while submerged

The US Navy (USN) Los Angeles Class Attack Submarine USS DALLAS (SSN 7...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Souda Harbor State: Crete Country: Greece (GRC) Scene Camera Operator: Paul Farley, CIV, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Militar... More

060518-N-3093M-004 (May 18, 2006)Two US Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) members navigate through murky waters during a combat swimmer training dive. The SEAL's are the elite Special Forces (SOF) of the USN; employed in unconventional warfare, counter-terrorism and special reconnaissance operations.U.S. Navy official photo by SENIOR CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Andrew McKaskle (RELEASED)

060518-N-3093M-004 (May 18, 2006)Two US Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Andrew Mckaskle, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

060518-N-3093M-005 (May 18, 2006)A US Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) members navigate through murky waters during a combat swimmer training dive. The SEAL's are the elite Special Forces (SOF) of the USN; employed in unconventional warfare, counter-terrorism and special reconnaissance operations.U.S. Navy official photo by SENIOR CHIEF Mass Communication SPECIALIST Andrew McKaskle (RELEASED)

060518-N-3093M-005 (May 18, 2006)A US Navy Sea, Air and Land (SEAL) me...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PHCS Andrew Mckaskle, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Special operations forces members attached to Special

Special operations forces members attached to Special

Special operations forces members attached to Special Operations Task Force Southeast observe an AT-4 rocket explode at the heavy weapons firing range in Tarin Kowt district, Aug. 22.

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. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the

A U.S. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the

A U.S. Air Force maintainer and loadmaster from the 27th Special Operations Wing ready a ramp on an MC-130J Commando II during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 6, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S... 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

A Marine Raider stands guard during a training operation,

A Marine Raider stands guard during a training operation,

A Marine Raider stands guard during a training operation, Oct. 29, 2017, at the Port of Gulfport, Miss. The training exercise is a part of Southern Strike 2018, a large-scale, joint multinational combat exercis... More

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically enter a building during a training event in Baghdad, March 31, 2018. Coalition Forces coordinate different objectives and provide realistic training for... More

A member of the Burkinabe Special Program Embassy

A member of the Burkinabe Special Program Embassy

A member of the Burkinabe Special Program Embassy Augmentation Response (SPEAR) unit searches a role player during a simulated terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Feb. 27, 2019 during Flintlock 2019. ... More

U.S. special operations service members conduct combat

U.S. special operations service members conduct combat

U.S. special operations service members conduct combat operations in support of Operation Resolute Support in Southeast Afghanistan, March 2019. RS is a NATO-led mission to train, advise, and assist the Afghan ... More

Air Commando travels the world, trains special missions aviators

Air Commando travels the world, trains special missions aviators

Staff Sgt. Amber Kaufman is a C-146A Wolfhound transport aircraft loadmaster instructor and evaluator at the Detachment 1, 19th Special Operations Squadron at Duke Field, Florida. The Wolfhound’s mission provid... More

Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct urban movement training on July 18, 2019, at Fort Bragg N.C. This training allowed the Green Berets to remain proficient in various technical... 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

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

Staff Sgt. Michael Dunning, the manager for the forward

Staff Sgt. Michael Dunning, the manager for the forward

Staff Sgt. Michael Dunning, the manager for the forward area refueling point program with the 1st Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, hauls a fuel hose from an MC-130H Combat Talon II aircraft as p... More

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 27th Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 27th Special Operations

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 27th Special Operations Wing check the weight of a vehicle for Airmen from the 24th SOW during a static load training during Exercise Emerald Warrior at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Feb.... More

A C-17 flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard drops

A C-17 flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard drops

A C-17 flown by the Hawaii Air National Guard drops a pallet of supplies during a training event as part of Southern Strike 18 at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, near Hattiesburg, Miss., on Oct. 25, 2... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational

A U.S. Army Special Forces soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha prepares climbing rope for a training exercise involving a tyrolean traverse, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgepor... More

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service prepares

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service prepares

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service prepares detonation cord to be used in setting a charge on an Improvised Explosive Device during training in Baghdad, July 29, 2018. The CTS has been conducting a... More

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Col. Thomas Vogel briefs Senior

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Col. Thomas Vogel briefs Senior

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Col. Thomas Vogel briefs Senior Executives from the Department of Defense during a direct action demonstration by the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) on September 18, 2018, at Fort Car... More

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian and military response. Civilian and military emergency responders from Kuwait and the U.S. conduct a joint chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear def... More

An Afghan National Police instructor leads Afghan Local

An Afghan National Police instructor leads Afghan Local

An Afghan National Police instructor leads Afghan Local Police recruits to receive their ALP Academy graduation certificates in Nawbahar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 31. The academy is a three-w... More

Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, XVIII Airborne Corps and

Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, XVIII Airborne Corps and

Lt. Gen. Daniel B. Allyn, XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg commanding general, speaks with Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal during a recent trip by Westphal to gain greater situational awarenes... 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

A competitor drags a simulated casualty during an assault

A competitor drags a simulated casualty during an assault

A competitor drags a simulated casualty during an assault team event May 4, 2016, as part of Fuerzas Comando 2016 in Ancon, Peru. Fuerzas Comando is a U.S. Southern Command sponsored multinational special oper... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group conduct urban warfare training during Emerald Warrior 17 at Hurlburt Field, Fla., March 7, 2017. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command exerc... More

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group and 27th

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group and 27th

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group and 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer J-Team Airmen fully assemble the Air Force Special Operations Command Air Rapid Response Kit (ARRK) Nov.1, 2017, at Kunsa... More

A 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster looks

A 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster looks

A 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster looks out the window of a U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II in preparation for static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and Armed Forces... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel McKenzie, a crewmaster

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel McKenzie, a crewmaster

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel McKenzie, a crewmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, stands on the flight line during Exercise Yuma Horizon 19 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Jan.... More

Malian special forces soldiers tactically clear rooms

Malian special forces soldiers tactically clear rooms

Malian special forces soldiers tactically clear rooms near base camp Loumbila, in Burkina Faso on Feb. 25, 2019. The close quarters battle training events are part of Flintlock 2019 exercise scenarios. (U.S Arm... 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 U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned

A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing communicates with his team via radio transmission during a reconnaissance training mission at Bornholm, Denmark in support ... More

An Afghan citizen walks through the village to take

An Afghan citizen walks through the village to take

An Afghan citizen walks through the village to take part in a shura during a humanitarian aid supply operation conducted by the 9th Commando Kandak and coalition special operation forces in Nizam-e Shahid distr... More

Albanian Land Forces, Special Operations Battalion

Albanian Land Forces, Special Operations Battalion

Albanian Land Forces, Special Operations Battalion soldiers discuss security concerns as their leaders met with the Afghan Uniform Police commander in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2013.... More

STUTTGART, Germany- A Marine Corps Special Operations

STUTTGART, Germany- A Marine Corps Special Operations

STUTTGART, Germany- A Marine Corps Special Operations Command operator landed at Malsheim drop zone during a freefall jump from a UH-60L black hawk from the Army National Guard Helicopter Task force from Colora... 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

A Marine Raider from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

A Marine Raider from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

A Marine Raider from Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, instructs military policemen from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit's law enforcement detachment during partnered urban training, Nov. 2, 2... More

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators establish a security

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators establish a security

U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators establish a security perimeter during a fast rope training exercise from a CV-22 Osprey at Mykolaiv, Ukraine, July 14, 2017 during exercise Sea Breeze 17. Sea Breeze is a U... More

Hungarian special operations forces search an enemy

Hungarian special operations forces search an enemy

Hungarian special operations forces search an enemy combatant July 17 during exercise Black Swan in Hungary. Black Swan was a Hungarian-led special operations forces exercise from June 26 – July 22, 2017 across... More

A Paraguayan soldier salutes his flag at Fuerzas Comando

A Paraguayan soldier salutes his flag at Fuerzas Comando

A Paraguayan soldier salutes his flag at Fuerzas Comando 2017's opening ceremony July 17 at The Institute of Army Education in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay. Exercise Fuerzas Comando is a U.S. Southern Command... More

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the Georgia Army

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the Georgia Army

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the Georgia Army National Guard’s Company H, 121st Infantry Regiment, (Airborne) parachutes onto Vaziani Training Area, Georgia during a combined airborne operation with Repu... More

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airmen

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airmen

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airmen run through various emergency response procedures during an Ability to Survive and Operate (ATSO) exercise Nov. 3, 2017, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The integ... 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

U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Barrett, a Versailles,

U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Barrett, a Versailles,

U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Barrett, a Versailles, Kentucky native, and a UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief with Bravo Company, 2/147th Assault Helicopter Battalion watches as a Blackhawk flies by in preparat... 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 member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service’s second

A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service’s second

A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service’s second school conducts weapons training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2018. The Iraqi CTS Academia course consists of three schools: Initial Ent... More

Nawbahar district's assistant chief of police speaks

Nawbahar district's assistant chief of police speaks

Nawbahar district's assistant chief of police speaks with villagers after distributing food and cold-weather clothing in Molla Owrang Village, Nawbahar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7. The items a... More

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

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

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) qualify with their M4A1 rifles at Panzer Range Complex in Boebligen, Germany, Jan. 23, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information ... 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

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kade Bollinger poses for

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kade Bollinger poses for

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kade Bollinger poses for a photo with his father following his award recognition Sept. 18, 2017, at the Air Force Association National Convention in Washington D.C. Bollinger was a mem... More

A Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group

A Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group

A Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) rappels from a second story window during the inaugural United States Army Special Operations Command International Urban Assault Challenge, Sept. 2... More

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian and military response. Civilian and military emergency responders from Kuwait and the U.S. conduct a joint chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear def... More

An explosion is detonated in an attempt to discharge

An explosion is detonated in an attempt to discharge

An explosion is detonated in an attempt to discharge any improvised explosive devices that might be placed on the far side of a canal near the village of Hyderabad, Gereshk District, Helmand province, Dec. 3. A... 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 U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the United States Special Operations Command waits patiently as his Jump Master does a final check on his gear during a Jump Master qualification course held at Stuttgart Army Airfiel... 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

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

A group of Anbar Operations Center Commandos standby

A group of Anbar Operations Center Commandos standby

A group of Anbar Operations Center Commandos standby during a training event at Al-Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq, June 22, 2018. AOC Commandos are a Coalition partner force responsible for conducting counter-terror... More

A U.S. Army soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha

A U.S. Army soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha

A U.S. Army soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha (ODA), 3rd Special Forces Group (3rd SFG) participates in a leaders recon in preparation for an air assault course during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX)... 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

Argentine competitors look over the Data Of Previous

Argentine competitors look over the Data Of Previous

Argentine competitors look over the Data Of Previous Exchange (DOPE) during the FBI shooting event of Fuerzas Comando July 19, 2017, in Vista Alegre in Villa Hayes, Paraguay. International competitions like Fue... More

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airman

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airman

A U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group Airman and his spouse practice positive communication skills during the Marriage Care retreat’s second classroom session March 17, 2018, at Ie Island, Okinawa, Ja... 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

Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos from 5th Commando

Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos from 5th Commando

Afghan National Army (ANA) commandos from 5th Commando Kandak stop to talk to local teens during a village clearing operation in Archi district, June 29. Commandos, advised by coalition forces, conducted cleari... More

African and U.S. Special Operation Forces (SOF) Leaders

African and U.S. Special Operation Forces (SOF) Leaders

African and U.S. Special Operation Forces (SOF) Leaders participate in Exercise Silent Warrior at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command’s, Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 20, 2014. Silent W... More

Members of Team Paraguay participate in Fuerzas Comando

Members of Team Paraguay participate in Fuerzas Comando

Members of Team Paraguay participate in Fuerzas Comando 2016 in Ancon, Peru, May 6. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Eric Roberts/Released)

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group flight

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group flight

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group flight surgeon and independent duty medical technicians (IDMTs) provide a Tactical Casualty Combat Care (TCCC) course to Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Fo... More

Villagers listen as coalition special operations forces

Villagers listen as coalition special operations forces

Villagers listen as coalition special operations forces members discuss the opening of a new school in Nawbahar district, Zabul province, Afghanistan, April 10. Afghanistan National Security Forces and coalitio... 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 U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J

A U.S. Air Force 17th Special Operations Squadron MC-130J Commando II loadmaster and an Australian Army 2 Commando Regiment jumpmaster discuss the timeline for high altitude, high opening (HAHO) jump operations... More

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

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

U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron combat controllers (CCTs) prepare to control the airfield from the ground in preparation for static line jump operations with U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group and... More

Special Operations Capabilities Specialists assigned

Special Operations Capabilities Specialists assigned

Special Operations Capabilities Specialists assigned to 3rd Marine Raider Support Battalion, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, conduct frontal assault training on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Jan 28,... 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

The entire fleet of U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations

The entire fleet of U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations

The entire fleet of U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group MC-130J Commando IIs and MC-130H Combat Talon IIs prepare to depart Kadena Air Base and relocate to Yokota Air Base during a typhoon evacuation ... More

A 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator maintains

A 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator maintains

A 320th Special Tactics Squadron operator maintains security while a U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II stages a forward area refueling point (FARP) site Feb. 20, 2018, at Ch... More

A soldier with 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)

A soldier with 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)

A soldier with 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne) waves to a Burkinabe child near during Exercise Flintlock 2019 near base camp Loumbila, Burkina Faso on Feb. 21, 2019. African and western nations took part... More

A terrorist looks at his potential victims during a

A terrorist looks at his potential victims during a

A terrorist looks at his potential victims during a simulated terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on Feb. 27, 2019. A large force of terrorists assaulted the players with AK-47 rifles during Exercise ... More

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

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

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II conducts in-flight refueling with a U.S. Army 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-60M Blackhawks Sept. 25, 2017, over waters in... More

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

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

A U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Squadron MC-130H Combat Talon II prepares to exfil personnel and equipment Feb. 20, 2018, at Chandy Range, Thailand. Throughout Cobra Gold 2018, the 1st SOS provided spec... More

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment,

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

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 Nepalese Mahabir Ranger trains on glacier rescue

A Nepalese Mahabir Ranger trains on glacier rescue

A Nepalese Mahabir Ranger trains on glacier rescue with U.S. Air Force 320th Special Tactics Squadron operators during exercise Teak Nail Nov. 2, 2017, in Kaisang, Nepal. The team conducted training on collapse... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa discuss points of improvement at the conclusion of a bilateral Military Operation on Urbanized Terrain exercise with ... More

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group personnel

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group personnel

U.S. Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group personnel share a group photo with their counterparts from the Philippine Air Force 220th Airlift Wing during a tactics, training and procedures exchange. Balikatan... More

Pfc. Kyle Meyer, a personal security detachment Humvee

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

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

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

A Dutch jumpmaster speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers

A Dutch jumpmaster speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers

A Dutch jumpmaster speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers during the 20th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, at MacKall Army Airfield, North Carolina, Dec. 7, 2017. This year, eight countries are partic... 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 U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier

A U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier

A U.S. Army 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier conducts snowmobile training in Rovaniemi, Finland on Mar. 15, 2018. Northern Griffin is a multinational training exercise hosted by Finnish Special Oper... More

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017  -  Civilian and

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017 - Civilian and

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017 - Civilian and military personnel from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. conduct counterterrorism drills, search and rescue operations and respond to a mock vehicle... 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

Members of the Philippine special forces team and a

Members of the Philippine special forces team and a

Members of the Philippine special forces team and a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Four (HSC 4) conduct fast rope insertion and extraction system training on Jun... More

International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt.

International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt.

International Security Assistance Force Command Sgt. Maj. Marvin L. Hill stands on machine gun casings and links at a coalition base in the village of Darrah-I-Bum, Badghis province, Afghanistan, Jan. 4. The co... More

Multinational Soldiers drag a simulated casualty victim

Multinational Soldiers drag a simulated casualty victim

Multinational Soldiers drag a simulated casualty victim to wait for medical evacuation during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care medical training exercise, hosted by the International Special Training Center, Pf... More

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