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GEN. James T. Lindsay, commander-in-chief, U.S. Special Operations Command, (USSOCOM) presents the command flag to William H. Taft IV, deputy secretary of defense, during the USSOCOM activation ceremony

GEN. James T. Lindsay, commander-in-chief, U.S. Special Operations Com...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kay Pellum Release Status: Released to... More

Army Special Forces personnel are prepared for combat as their Zodiac raft moves up a river during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

Army Special Forces personnel are prepared for combat as their Zodiac ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: EXERCISE JAGUAR BITE '89 State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT.... More

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), a family member and friends of Medal of Honor recipient USA Captain (CPT) Humbert Roque "Rocky" Versace, pose for a group photograph during an Award Ceremony, held at the Special Operations Memorial, MacDill Air Force Base (AFB), Florida (FL). CPT Versace, whose picture appears foreground center, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by Presidential declaration. Pictured left-to-right are, USA Lieutenant General (LGEN) Doug Brown, Deputy Commander, US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM); USA First Sergeant (1SG) Bob Longeran; Lieutenant Colonel John Cox (USA Retired); USA MASTER Sergeant (MSG) Jeff...

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the US Special Operations Command (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), a family member and friends of Medal of Honor re... More

U.S. Air Force personnel evacuated from the 16th Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla., due to Hurricane Ivan, stay in housing units at Camp Hinch, Fort Campbell, Ky., on Sept. 14, 2004.(U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN Ali E. Flisek) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force personnel evacuated from the 16th Special Operations Co...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AIRMAN Ali E. Flisek, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, addresses United States Central Command Coalition Officers at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on October 11, 2005. The Secretary is here to visit service members and staff from the Special Operations Command and Central Command. (DoD photo by MASTER SGT. James M. Bowman) (Released)

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, addresses...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT James M. Bowman, USAF Release Sta... More

Lt. Bill Stevens of the City of Duluth Police Department,

Lt. Bill Stevens of the City of Duluth Police Department,

Lt. Bill Stevens of the City of Duluth Police Department, Ga., invites Maj. Gen. Paul E. Lefebvre, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command commander, to ring a ceremonial bell three times signaling... More

Lieutenant Col. Eric D. Cloutier passes the colors

Lieutenant Col. Eric D. Cloutier passes the colors

Lieutenant Col. Eric D. Cloutier passes the colors to Lt. Col. Adam S. Conway during a change of command ceremony at Stone Bay aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 25. During the ceremony, Cloutie... More

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

MPC Handler awarded Bronze Star with Combat “V”

MPC Handler awarded Bronze Star with Combat “V”

Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command commander, awards the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” to Staff Sgt. Patrick H. Maloney, multi-purpose canine handler with 2D M... More

Marine Forces Special Operations Command hosted a change

Marine Forces Special Operations Command hosted a change

Marine Forces Special Operations Command hosted a change of command ceremony, June 26, 2020, as the Marine Raiders bid farewell to Maj. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo and welcomed Maj. Gen. James F. Glynn. Glynn returns to... More

A member of the Special Operations Team from the United

A member of the Special Operations Team from the United

A member of the Special Operations Team from the United States takes aim and fires his weapon during a rifle marksmanship competition July 24 as part of Fuerzas Comando 2014 in Fort Tolemaida, Colombia. The U.S... More

U.S service members parachute from the rear of a C-130

U.S service members parachute from the rear of a C-130

U.S service members parachute from the rear of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a bilateral jump with soldiers from the Royal Thai Army. The exercise, known as the “Friendship Jump,” is an annual tradition duri... More

A special operations forces sniper from Mexico takes

A special operations forces sniper from Mexico takes

A special operations forces sniper from Mexico takes aim at his target at the FBI "T" shoot event, June 7, 2012, at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. Fuerzas Comando, established in 2004... More

Members of the special operations forces familiarize

Members of the special operations forces familiarize

Members of the special operations forces familiarize themselves with the obstacle course during Fuerzas Comando 2012 at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, June 10, 2012. Fuerzas Comando, ... More

Sergeant Major John W. Scott salutes Maj. Gen. Joseph

Sergeant Major John W. Scott salutes Maj. Gen. Joseph

Sergeant Major John W. Scott salutes Maj. Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, (MARSOC), during his relief and appointment ceremony at Stone Bay, aboard Ma... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III, U.S. Central

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III, U.S. Central

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Ralph H. Groover III, U.S. Central Command director of Exercises and Training Directorate and Brig. Gen. Fahad Al-Damin, director of Joint Training for the Jordanian Armed Forces , speak wit... More

Major Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, commander, U.S. Marine

Major Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, commander, U.S. Marine

Major Gen. Joseph L. Osterman, commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, awards Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin D. Baskin, special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman, 3d Marine Special Opera... More

Lieutenant Col. Brian Rideout passes the U.S. Marine

Lieutenant Col. Brian Rideout passes the U.S. Marine

Lieutenant Col. Brian Rideout passes the U.S. Marine Corps flag to Maj. Edward Norris during the 3rd Marine Special Operations Support Battalion, Marine Special Operations Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Force... More

A Serbian Special Anti-Terrorist Unit officer runs

A Serbian Special Anti-Terrorist Unit officer runs

A Serbian Special Anti-Terrorist Unit officer runs to the first station of a stress-shoot during a Joint Combined Exchange Training with U.S. and Slovenian special operation forces at the SAJ headquarters compl... More

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 14, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Terry Triplett,

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 14, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Terry Triplett,

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 14, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Terry Triplett, assigned to the “Firehawks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 (HSC-85), starts the engines on a HH60-H helicopter during flight operations aboard Naval Air... More

A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion leads

A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion leads

A Marine with 1st Marine Raider Support Battalion leads a mule for a trail ride as a part of the Special Operations Forces Horsemanship Course aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, C... More

A U.S. Army UH-60 helicopter assigned to the California

A U.S. Army UH-60 helicopter assigned to the California

A U.S. Army UH-60 helicopter assigned to the California Army National Guard's Los Alamitos Army Aviation Support Facility flies over the Pacific Ocean after serving as the jump platform for the U.S. Special Ope... More

Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, Maj. Gen. Daniel D. Yoo, and the command’s sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Rafael Rodriguez, secure awarded streamers to the organizational battle colo... More

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 67th Special

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 67th Special

A U.S. Air Force loadmaster assigned to the 67th Special Operations Squadron, 352d Special Operations Wing, based out of RAF Mildenhall, U.K., inspects the flight ramp as it lowers during a low-level, mountaino... More

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals course participate in the Spear Ceremony which marks the beginning of their journey to become a Special Operations Capabilities Specialist at Camp Le... More

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus poses for a photo with

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus poses for a photo with

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus poses for a photo with Sgt. William B. Soutra of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command after awarding him the Navy Cross, ... More

Adm. William Harry McRaven, commander, Special Operations

Adm. William Harry McRaven, commander, Special Operations

Adm. William Harry McRaven, commander, Special Operations Command, and his wife Georgeann McRaven, listen to a hospital staff member from the Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital during a Thanksgiving day vis... More

A cycling and nutrition coach offers advice to cyclists

A cycling and nutrition coach offers advice to cyclists

A cycling and nutrition coach offers advice to cyclists from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Military Adaptive Sports Program (MASP) team at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 25. As part of the M... More

Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts and Sgt. Josh Brownlee, both

Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts and Sgt. Josh Brownlee, both

Staff Sgt. Paul Roberts and Sgt. Josh Brownlee, both print journalists with the Army Reserve's 314th Press Camp Headquarters are covering the archery event on June 17 at the 2106 DoD Warrior Games. The Games, r... More

A Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion climbs a

A Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion climbs a

A Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion climbs a ladder to the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during helocast training, Feb. 6, 2015, off the coast of Florida. The helocast training was part of a two-week... More

A Marine Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

A Marine Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

A Marine Raider with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, conducts a simulated night-raid on a warehouse in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 3, 2015. 1st Marine Raide... More

Specialist Ian Inman, 204th Military Intellegience

Specialist Ian Inman, 204th Military Intellegience

Specialist Ian Inman, 204th Military Intellegience sprints during the 4x25m shuttle run as part of the Upper Body Round Robin event of the Joshua Mills Competition, September 6, Fort Bliss, TX. Competitors wer... More

Marines in U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

Marines in U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations

Marines in U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command's new Assessment and Selection Preparation and Orientation Course conduct a 10-mile hike Sept. 29 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. ASPOC is designed to p... More

A special operations forces sniper from Guatemala

A special operations forces sniper from Guatemala

A special operations forces sniper from Guatemala participates in the sniper stress test portion of Fuerzas Comando 2012 at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida, June 12, 2012. Fuerzas Coman... More

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations

Army Gen. Joseph Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), meets with members of USSOCOM Military Adaptive Sports Program (MASP) team at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 28. Veteran and a... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ramesh Haytasingh competes during

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ramesh Haytasingh competes during

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ramesh Haytasingh competes during the volleyball game between USSOCOM and Army during the 2017 Warrior Games June 30, 2017 in Chicago, Ill.. USSOCOM beat Army. The Warrior Games were establi... 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

Spouses of service members with United States Marine

Spouses of service members with United States Marine

Spouses of service members with United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command shot the M1911 .45-caliber pistol during the third annual In Their Boots day hosted by Marine Special Operations Regi... More

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, disembark a training vessel using Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats, while conducting a simulated night-raid in L... More

Marine Raiders with Marine Special Operations Company

Marine Raiders with Marine Special Operations Company

Marine Raiders with Marine Special Operations Company Charlie, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, call in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance air suppo... More

Secretary of the Army John McHugh visits with members

Secretary of the Army John McHugh visits with members

Secretary of the Army John McHugh visits with members of the Army's Warrior Games basketball team in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1. Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from the Army, Marine ... More

Philippine Army Special Forces freefall jumpers with

Philippine Army Special Forces freefall jumpers with

Philippine Army Special Forces freefall jumpers with Special Operations Command, stationed at Fort Magsaysay prepare to jump from a KC-130J "Sumos", assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, Ma... More

Paraguay picks up their ammo before competing in the

Paraguay picks up their ammo before competing in the

Paraguay picks up their ammo before competing in the critical task event during Fuerzas Comnado 2014, July 25. Paraguay is one of 17 nations taking part in the competition.

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 NATO EC-725 Super Cougar receives fuel from a U.S.

A NATO EC-725 Super Cougar receives fuel from a U.S.

A NATO EC-725 Super Cougar receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II during a night mission over northwest Florida as part of Emerald Warrior March 5, 2018.. At Emerald Warrior, the largest jo... More

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals

Marines attending the Special Operations Forces Fundamentals course, Marine Raider Training Center, perform shooting drills with the M4 carbine and Glock 19 during rifle and pistol qualification at Marine Corps... More

Team SOCOM faced Team Air Force in the Sitting Volleyball

Team SOCOM faced Team Air Force in the Sitting Volleyball

Team SOCOM faced Team Air Force in the Sitting Volleyball championship at the 2016 DoD Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 20. Air Force ultimately prevailed two games to none... More

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event patrol in a

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event patrol in a

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event patrol in a tactical formation on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 19, 2013. The event was organized by Marine Special Operations Regiment, allowing wives of MARSOC personnel to ... More

Army Veteran Staff Surgeon competes in the seated shot

Army Veteran Staff Surgeon competes in the seated shot

Army Veteran Staff Surgeon competes in the seated shot put at the 2016 DoD Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 16. The Games, running from June 15-21, are a Paralympic-type ev... More

Military Working Dog Jenga latches onto a trainer's

Military Working Dog Jenga latches onto a trainer's

Military Working Dog Jenga latches onto a trainer's arm during an exhibition at the Air Show Space and Tech Fest at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 27, 2018. The air show displayed dozens of aircrafts' air and... More

MC-130J Commando II aircrew members, assigned to the

MC-130J Commando II aircrew members, assigned to the

MC-130J Commando II aircrew members, assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron, conduct pre-flight checks start before taxi during Emerald Warrior 18 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Mar 5, 2018. At Emeral... More

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

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

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

SGT. Ronald L. Panhorst, a photo system sensor specialist, checks for leaks in the refrigerator section of the AAQ-10 forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR) system of an aircraft during Jaguar Bite '89, a joint Army-Air Force exercise conducted by the U.S. Special Operations Command

SGT. Ronald L. Panhorst, a photo system sensor specialist, checks for ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: JAGUAR BITE '89 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Op... More

TECH. SGT. Kevin Cummings, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, makes a mock parachute jump during a training exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

TECH. SGT. Kevin Cummings, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, makes a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. Hans H. Deffner Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

Members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group

Members of Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, jump from a C-130 Hercu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TECH. SGT. David Mcleod Release Status: Released to Public Co... More

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

Mr. Bruce Pelka, Industrial Hygienist with the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine (CHPM) in Europe takes a sample of floor tile from a military dormitory located in Viasani, Georgia. CHPM is performing an environmental health assessment on various sites around Tbilisi, Georgia that will be utilized by members of the US Army (USA) 10th Special Forces Group (SFG) under the Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP). GTEP conducted by US Special Operations Command (SOC) Europe is designed to enhance the capability of selected Georgian military units to provide security and stability to the citizens of Georgia and the region

Mr. Bruce Pelka, Industrial Hygienist with the Center for Health Promo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Viasani Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Justin D. Pyle Release Status: Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brian Brownsberger, Videographer, 786th Communications Squadron (CS) used a video camera to document US Army (USA) Captain (CPT) Trina Powell, a Health Physicist with the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine (CHPM) in Europe, as she uses a Radiation Monitor to obtain gamma radiation reading from a trench complex near Viasani, Georgia. CHPM is performing an environmental health assessment on various sites around Tbilisi, Georgia that will be utilized by members of the US Army (USA) 10th Special Forces Group (SFG) under the Georgia Train and Equip Program (GTEP). GTEP conducted by US Special Operations Command (SOC) Europe is...

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brian Brownsberger, Videogr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Brian Brownsberger, Videographer, 786th Communications Squadron (CS) used a video cam... More

A US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Parachute team member descend onto Legends Field in Tampa, Florida (FL), on the opening day of Spring Training for the New York Yankees, who are about to play the Philadelphia Phillies

A US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Parachute team member descen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tampa State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jason P. Robertson, USAF Release Status: Released t... 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

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere

U.S. Army Soldiers parachute over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-Day. More than 380 U.S. service members from E... 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 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

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion

Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion practice breaching on board ship at night. Marines train for Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) at the highest level. This type of interdiction involves a... More

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S.

Marine Raiders with 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, conduct a simulated night-raid on a warehouse in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 3, 2015. 1st Marine Raider ... More

A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, 67th Special Operations

A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, 67th Special Operations

A U.S. Air Force Senior Airman, 67th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, prepares the MC-130J Commando for flight to France for the D-Day 75 Commemorative Airborne Operation, RAF Mildenhall, England, June 7... 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

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 Critical Skills Operator with Bravo Company, 1st

A Critical Skills Operator with Bravo Company, 1st

A Critical Skills Operator with Bravo Company, 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, searches and clears a target vessel during Visit, Board, Search and S... 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

Participants of the MARSOC Mud, Sweat and Tears run

Participants of the MARSOC Mud, Sweat and Tears run

Participants of the MARSOC Mud, Sweat and Tears run wade through a trench filled with mud, April 25, 2015, at Stone Bay, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steven Fox/Released)

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 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

Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces,

Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces,

Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, decontaminate a simulated chemical contact victim, Dec. 6, 2017, during a training event aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C... 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

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command

U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command personnel with 2nd Marine Special Operations Battalion, conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training Oct. 25, 2014, here. The training took place during ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro looks on

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro looks on

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro looks on during the volleyball game between USSOCOM and Army during the 2017 Warrior Games June 30, 2017 in Chicago, Ill.. USSOCOM beat Army. The Warrior Games were es... More

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command communicates with a Navy MH-60S helicopter during landing as part of Carrier Airwing Training conducted by the Naval ... 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

Mississippi Air National Guard Senior Airman Anthony

Mississippi Air National Guard Senior Airman Anthony

Mississippi Air National Guard Senior Airman Anthony McKinney, a patrolman with the 186th Security Forces Squadron, gives a mission update for a simulated hijacking scenario during Exercise Southern Strike 16 a... More

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fred Lewis takes part

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fred Lewis takes part

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Fred Lewis takes part in the shot put competition during the 2017 Warrior Games in Chicago Ill., July 5, 2017. The Warrior Games were established in 2010 as a way to enhance the... 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

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

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event run through

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event run through

Participants of a Jane Wayne Day event run through an obstacle course on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 19, 2013. The event was organized by Marine Special Operations Regiment, allowing wives of MARSOC personnel to ... More

An instructor with the Marine Corps's Airborne Mobile

An instructor with the Marine Corps's Airborne Mobile

An instructor with the Marine Corps's Airborne Mobile Training Team, Training and Education Command, conducts a High Altitude, High Opening jump as part of a Double-Bag Static-Line parachute course in Wendover,... More

The motor transport unit, Marine Raider Support Group,

The motor transport unit, Marine Raider Support Group,

The motor transport unit, Marine Raider Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operation Command, discuss the characteristics and traits of each color from the Peer 2 Peer exercise with their coworker... More

Thousands of spectators gather to commemorate the 75th

Thousands of spectators gather to commemorate the 75th

Thousands of spectators gather to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 9, 2019. Seventy-five years later, the bravery and heroism by all allies during World War II cont... More

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command looks out the window of a Navy MH-60S helicopter during Carrier Airwing Training conducted by the Naval Strike and Ai... 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

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

Wounded Warriors participate in the cycling event during

Wounded Warriors participate in the cycling event during

Wounded Warriors participate in the cycling event during the third annual Warrior Games, May 1, 2012, in Colorado Springs, Colo. Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from the Army, Marine Corp... More

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command checks his grid coordinates during Carrier Airwing Training conducted by the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center aboa... 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

Mr. Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of defense,

Mr. Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of defense,

Mr. Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of defense, and his wife Mrs. Stephanie Carter, speak to hospital staff members from the Heathe N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital during a Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram... More

Team Army faced Team Marines in the Wheelchair Basketball

Team Army faced Team Marines in the Wheelchair Basketball

Team Army faced Team Marines in the Wheelchair Basketball championship at the 2016 DoD Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. on June 20. The Marines dropped a heart-breaker 62-23. The G... 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

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

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