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A U.S. Army Reserve soldier prepares for a training

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier prepares for a training

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier prepares for a training event, this training event is part of a 14 course to become a vehicle crew evaluator, Fort McCoy, Wis., March 15, 2018. Operation Cold Steel II is the U.S. Ar... More

An Iraqi army soldier walks to receive an achievement

An Iraqi army soldier walks to receive an achievement

An Iraqi army soldier walks to receive an achievement award during a graduation ceremony at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 24, 2017. A global Coalition of more than 70 nations and international organiz... More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Jones, Command

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Jones, Command

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Benjamin Jones, Command Sergeant Major of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve and the XVIII Airborne Corps, and Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Cornelison, Command Sergea... More

Iraqi security forces members carry a box of explosives

Iraqi security forces members carry a box of explosives

Iraqi security forces members carry a box of explosives during combat engineer course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - Ope... More

A Spanish army trainer deployed in support of Combined

A Spanish army trainer deployed in support of Combined

A Spanish army trainer deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, receives instruction from a Spanish army trainer during Sniper training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, ... More

Spanish Lt. Gen. Fernando Jose Lopez Del Pozo, Commander

Spanish Lt. Gen. Fernando Jose Lopez Del Pozo, Commander

Spanish Lt. Gen. Fernando Jose Lopez Del Pozo, Commander of Operations Command reviews Iraqi army training led by Portuguese army trainers at the Besmaya Range Complex July 2, 2017. This training is part of the... More

An Australian army trainer and an Iraqi army ranger

An Australian army trainer and an Iraqi army ranger

An Australian army trainer and an Iraqi army ranger wait as attack helicopters maneuver to simulate in direct fire in support of a ground force during close combat attack training led by Australian army trainer... More

A British army trainer deployed in support of Operation

A British army trainer deployed in support of Operation

A British army trainer deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve gives instruction during basic infantry training near Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 7, 2017. The breadth and diversity of Coalition partners demonstr... More

Coalition partner force members pulls security during

Coalition partner force members pulls security during

Coalition partner force members pulls security during basic infantry training led by German army trainers near Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 5, 2017. The breadth and diversity of Coalition partners demonstrates the global ... More

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive supplies from a national government agency in order to move into a make-shift camp at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Erbil, Iraq, Octobe... More

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to Iraqi army

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to Iraqi army

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to Iraqi army soldiers during reflexive fire training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 23, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task For... More

A Spanish army soldier holds a flag at attention during

A Spanish army soldier holds a flag at attention during

A Spanish army soldier holds a flag at attention during a ceremony held for Portugal Minister of National Defense José Alberto Azeredo Lopes during his visit to the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 26, 2017. L... More

Members of the Iraqi security forces prepare for a

Members of the Iraqi security forces prepare for a

Members of the Iraqi security forces prepare for a live fire exercise during a U.K. led combat engineer course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 26, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combin... More

British army Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney the deputy commanding

British army Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney the deputy commanding

British army Maj. Gen. Felix Gedney the deputy commanding general of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, strategy and support, speaks with a German officer during a battlefield circuit to re... More

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese army led indirect fire training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 5, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inh... More

An Iraqi army soldier pulls security  during reflexive

An Iraqi army soldier pulls security during reflexive

An Iraqi army soldier pulls security during reflexive fire training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 23, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Re... More

An Iraqi security forces member poses for a photo during

An Iraqi security forces member poses for a photo during

An Iraqi security forces member poses for a photo during 120mm mortar during training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 16, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - Op... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Infantry Division visits the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq... More

U.S. army soldiers deployed in support of Operation

U.S. army soldiers deployed in support of Operation

U.S. army soldiers deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve raise a U.S. flag at a ceremony with U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component ... More

Two young Iraqi boys walk their herd through a security

Two young Iraqi boys walk their herd through a security

Two young Iraqi boys walk their herd through a security point provided by Italian army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Alpine Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Wana, Iraq, Nov. 15, 2017.... More

A Spanish army trainer prepares a detonation charge

A Spanish army trainer prepares a detonation charge

A Spanish army trainer prepares a detonation charge in the blast area during proficiency breach training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, September 2, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined ... More

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese

Iraqi army soldiers fire 120mm mortars during Portuguese army led indirect fire training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 5, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inh... More

An Iraqi student carries a desk donated by the Italian

An Iraqi student carries a desk donated by the Italian

An Iraqi student carries a desk donated by the Italian army into a classroom at a primary school in the Village of Babinet, Iraq, Nov. 14, 2017. The breadth and diversity of Coalition partners demonstrates the ... More

U.K. Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones, Deputy Commander – Strategy

U.K. Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones, Deputy Commander – Strategy

U.K. Maj. Gen. Rupert Jones, Deputy Commander – Strategy and Support, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, speaks to a Spanish army trainer about Iraqi security forces training at the Besma... More

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, searches a vehicle thoroughly with his handler to detect up to seven different... More

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy commanding general of operations of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve, left, laughs while speaking with Spanish arm... More

A local Iraqi family walks home after being treated

A local Iraqi family walks home after being treated

A local Iraqi family walks home after being treated by Italian army doctors deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at the Mosul Dam Clinic, Mosul Dam Village, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2017. The breadth and di... More

A member of the Iraqi security forces drives a vehicle

A member of the Iraqi security forces drives a vehicle

A member of the Iraqi security forces drives a vehicle divested by the U.S. Army at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 3, 2017. A global Coalition of more than 70 nations and international organizations ha... More

A Spanish army trainer supervises  an Iraqi army soldier

A Spanish army trainer supervises an Iraqi army soldier

A Spanish army trainer supervises an Iraqi army soldier during react to contact training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 3, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation In... More

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to an Iraqi

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to an Iraqi

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction to an Iraqi army soldier during sniper training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 3, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inh... More

Two young Iraqi students pose for a photo at a primary

Two young Iraqi students pose for a photo at a primary

Two young Iraqi students pose for a photo at a primary school, Mosul Dam Village, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2017. The breadth and diversity of Coalition partners demonstrates the global and unified goal of defeating ISIS ... More

A German army trainer gives instruction during counter

A German army trainer gives instruction during counter

A German army trainer gives instruction during counter improvised explosive device training near Erbil, Iraq, Dec. 6, 2017. The breadth and diversity of Coalition partners demonstrates the global and unified go... More

A British army trainer cuts detonation cord during

A British army trainer cuts detonation cord during

A British army trainer cuts detonation cord during combat engineer course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inher... More

An Iraqi army soldier holds his nation’s colors during

An Iraqi army soldier holds his nation’s colors during

An Iraqi army soldier holds his nation’s colors during a graduation ceremony at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 24, 2017. A global Coalition of more than 70 nations and international organizations have ... More

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer gives a command to

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer gives a command to

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer gives a command to new members of the Iraqi security forces during urban warfare training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, May 15, 2017. This training is part of the overall C... More

An Iraqi security forces member prepares to detonate

An Iraqi security forces member prepares to detonate

An Iraqi security forces member prepares to detonate a charge during Mine Clearing Line Charge training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 10, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joi... More

An Iraqi army ranger follows his company commander

An Iraqi army ranger follows his company commander

An Iraqi army ranger follows his company commander in an advance of an urban area while conducting close combat attack training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 2, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is o... More

A Spanish army trainer relays target information to

A Spanish army trainer relays target information to

A Spanish army trainer relays target information to Iraqi security forces during call for fire training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 7, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Join... More

A Portuguese army trainer gives instruction to the

A Portuguese army trainer gives instruction to the

A Portuguese army trainer gives instruction to the Iraqi army at the Besmaya Range Complex July 2, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve building part... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Infantry Division talks to Spain, Portugal, U.K. and the ... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert White, commanding general

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert White, commanding general

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert White, commanding general of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve arrives in a UH-60 Black Hawk for his initial visit to the Besmaya Range Complex, ... More

Mosul Dam Primary School

Mosul Dam Primary School

Italian army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Alpine Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve visit with students at a primary school, Mosul Dam Village, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2017. The breadth and dive... More

A Spanish army trainer instructs the Iraqi army during

A Spanish army trainer instructs the Iraqi army during

A Spanish army trainer instructs the Iraqi army during urban warfare training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 3, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resol... More

A U.K. army trainer explains the parts of the Vallon

A U.K. army trainer explains the parts of the Vallon

A U.K. army trainer explains the parts of the Vallon metal detector during mine detection training at the Besmaya Range Complex Iraq, July 2, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force... More

Portugal Minister of National Defense José Alberto

Portugal Minister of National Defense José Alberto

Portugal Minister of National Defense José Alberto Azeredo Lopes speaks to Coalition soldiers during a ceremony held for his visit to the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 26, 2017. Lopes received an overview o... More

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy

British army Brig. Gen. Frazer M. Lawrence, deputy commanding general of operations of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve reads a Spanish book of honor during a visit ... More

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk receive supplies from a national government agency in order to move into a make-shift camp at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Erbil, Iraq, Octobe... More

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction during reflexive

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction during reflexive

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction during reflexive fire training for the Iraqi security forces at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 19, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task ... More

An Iraqi security forces member waits for a command

An Iraqi security forces member waits for a command

An Iraqi security forces member waits for a command to load a 120mm mortar during training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 16, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force... More

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, September 2, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve bu... More

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier looks through thermal optics

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier looks through thermal optics

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier looks through thermal optics during a live fire training event during Operation cold Steel II in snow at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 18, 2018. Operation Cold Steel II is the U.S. Army Re... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Infantry Division renders a salute during a U.S. flag rai... More

Spanish Guardia Civil, Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR),

Spanish Guardia Civil, Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR),

Spanish Guardia Civil, Grupo de Acción Rápida (GAR), commanders hug during a transfer of authority ceremony at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 18, 2017. The Spanish trainers, deployed in support of Combin... More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding general for operations of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve, signs a Spanish book of honor during a visit to t... More

Iraqi security forces receive instruction from a British

Iraqi security forces receive instruction from a British

Iraqi security forces receive instruction from a British army trainer during combat engineer course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Ta... More

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier laughs with a vehicle commander

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier laughs with a vehicle commander

A U.S. Army Reserve soldier laughs with a vehicle commander during a training event, this training event is part of a 14 course to become a vehicle crew evaluator, Fort McCoy, Wis., March 15, 2018. Operation Co... More

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces in demolition assault course training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - ... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Infantry Division shakes hands with Soldiers and members ... More

An Iraqi student and an Italian army soldier assigned

An Iraqi student and an Italian army soldier assigned

An Iraqi student and an Italian army soldier assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, unload a truck full of donated school furniture from Italy to a primary school in... More

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi

A Portuguese army trainer hands a magazine to an Iraqi army soldier during basic marksmanship training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, June 18, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task... More

Iraqi army soldiers search a Portuguese army trainer

Iraqi army soldiers search a Portuguese army trainer

Iraqi army soldiers search a Portuguese army trainer during urban warfare training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 2, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent... More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, left, talks to a U.S. Army soldier during a visit to the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 12, 2017. The B... More

An Iraqi army soldier provides cover for dismounted

An Iraqi army soldier provides cover for dismounted

An Iraqi army soldier provides cover for dismounted soldiers during urban warfare training led by Spanish army trainers at the Besmaya Range Complex July 3, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined J... More

The British army render a salute as they march past

The British army render a salute as they march past

The British army render a salute as they march past U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Martin the Commanding General of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and the 1st Infan... More

A young local Iraqi boy smiles at an Italian army doctor

A young local Iraqi boy smiles at an Italian army doctor

A young local Iraqi boy smiles at an Italian army doctor who is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve during a physical exam at the Mosul Dam Clinic, Mosul Dam Village, Iraq, Nov. 12, 2017. The brea... More

An Iraqi army officer moves an object in a sand table

An Iraqi army officer moves an object in a sand table

An Iraqi army officer moves an object in a sand table as he speaks to U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding general for operations, Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inh... More

An Iraqi security forces member prepares a Bangalore

An Iraqi security forces member prepares a Bangalore

An Iraqi security forces member prepares a Bangalore torpedo during combat engineer course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force ... More

Spanish army trainers conduct an initial brief prior

Spanish army trainers conduct an initial brief prior

Spanish army trainers conduct an initial brief prior to training new members of the Iraqi security forces at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, May 11, 2017. This training supports the overall Combined Joint Task... More

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog

Spanish army 1st. Cpl. Gabor, a military working dog deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, searches a vehicle thoroughly with his handler to detect up to seven different... More

Spanish army Brig. Gen. D. Luis Martín-Rabadán, Commander

Spanish army Brig. Gen. D. Luis Martín-Rabadán, Commander

Spanish army Brig. Gen. D. Luis Martín-Rabadán, Commander Task Force Besmayah, left, walks with Canadian Brig. Gen. Steve Whelan, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve, CJ7, center, and Australia... More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve shakes the hand of U.S. Army Lt. Ron Silva during a visit to the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 12, 2017... More

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment,

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment,

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, gives instruction during basic marksmanship training for coalition partner forces near Erbil, Iraq, De... More

British army trainers and Iraqi security forces members

British army trainers and Iraqi security forces members

British army trainers and Iraqi security forces members recover equipment after a Mine Clearing Line Charge is detonated at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 10, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of ... More

A Spanish army Joint Terminal Attack Controller  trainer

A Spanish army Joint Terminal Attack Controller trainer

A Spanish army Joint Terminal Attack Controller trainer talks on the radio during Close Combat Attack (CCA) training led by Australian army trainers at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 2, 2017. The Be... More

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after detonating a Banglore torpedo during a U.K. led combat engineer training course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Compl... More

A British army trainer assists an Iraqi security forces

A British army trainer assists an Iraqi security forces

A British army trainer assists an Iraqi security forces member during for Mine Clearing Line Charge training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 10, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combine... More

An Iraqi security forces member receives instruction

An Iraqi security forces member receives instruction

An Iraqi security forces member receives instruction from a Portuguese army trainer during mortar training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 15, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined ... More

Spanish army soldiers sing during a ceremony honoring

Spanish army soldiers sing during a ceremony honoring

Spanish army soldiers sing during a ceremony honoring Spanish Saint Santiago and Pvt. Aaron Vidal Lopez, 8th Cavalry Regiment of the Spanish army at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 25, 2017. Lopez was kil... More

A Portuguese army trainer briefs Iraqi officer about

A Portuguese army trainer briefs Iraqi officer about

A Portuguese army trainer briefs Iraqi officer about the indirect fire training with 120mm mortars at the Besmaya Range Complex July 5, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force – Ope... More

U.S. Army Spc. Tracy McKithern, Combat Camera Company

U.S. Army Spc. Tracy McKithern, Combat Camera Company

U.S. Army Spc. Tracy McKithern, Combat Camera Company (Airborne), East Point, Ga., wears a harness for safe documentation of an airborne operation in support of Operation Toy Drop, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 5, 201... More

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces

A Spanish army trainer leads Iraqi security forces in demolition assault course training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 8, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - ... More

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk move

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk move

Kurdish internally displaced persons from Kirkuk move into a make-shift camp at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Erbil, Iraq, October 19, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tracy McKithern)

An Iraqi army soldier looks down the sights of his

An Iraqi army soldier looks down the sights of his

An Iraqi army soldier looks down the sights of his M16 carbine during urban warfare training led by Portuguese army trainers at the Besmaya Range Complex July 2, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combi... More

A Bangalore torpedo is placed in concertina wire during

A Bangalore torpedo is placed in concertina wire during

A Bangalore torpedo is placed in concertina wire during a U.K. led combat engineer training course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 26, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Tas... More

An Iraqi army soldier operates a Vallon metal detector

An Iraqi army soldier operates a Vallon metal detector

An Iraqi army soldier operates a Vallon metal detector during mine detection training at the Besmaya Range Complex Iraq, July 2, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force - Operation... More

Iraqi security forces members face away and protect

Iraqi security forces members face away and protect

Iraqi security forces members face away and protect their ears from the blast of a 120mm mortar during training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 16, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Comb... More

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer demonstrates how to

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer demonstrates how to

A Spanish Guardia Civil trainer demonstrates how to safely approach a door with new members of the Iraqi security forces during urban warfare training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, May 15, 2017. This trai... More

A British army trainer opens a box in preparation for

A British army trainer opens a box in preparation for

A British army trainer opens a box in preparation for Mine Clearing Line Charge training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 10, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force -... More

An Iraqi army ranger determines a grid coordinate on

An Iraqi army ranger determines a grid coordinate on

An Iraqi army ranger determines a grid coordinate on a map during close combat attack training led by Australian army trainers at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 2, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is o... More

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined

U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, left, talks with Spanish Brig. Gen. D. Luis Martín-Rabadán, Task Force Besmayah,Task Force Commander durin... More

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Robert B. Sofge, deputy commanding general for operations of the Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve, greets a Spanish army officer during a visit to t... More

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction  on the use

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction on the use

A Spanish army trainer gives instruction on the use of a recoilless rifle during heavy weapons training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, August 15, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Jo... More

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment,

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment,

An Italian army trainer assigned to 3rd Alpine Regiment, deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, gives instruction during basic marksmanship training for coalition partner forces near Erbil, Iraq, De... More

Spanish Generals and the Spanish Ambassador to Iraq

Spanish Generals and the Spanish Ambassador to Iraq

Spanish Generals and the Spanish Ambassador to Iraq Juan Jose Escobar-Stemmann received briefings about British led Iraqi training at the Besmaya Range Complex July 3, 2017. They received an overview of the Spa... More

An Iraqi army soldier faces away and protects his ears

An Iraqi army soldier faces away and protects his ears

An Iraqi army soldier faces away and protects his ears from the blast as a 120mm mortar fires during indirect fire training led by the Portuguese army at the Besmaya Range Complex July 5, 2017. This training is... More

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after

Iraqi security forces members protect their ears after detonating an explosive charge during a U.K. led combat engineer training course at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, July 26, 2017. The Besmaya Range Comp... More

A Spanish army soldier plays a ceremonial bugle to

A Spanish army soldier plays a ceremonial bugle to

A Spanish army soldier plays a ceremonial bugle to announce the arrival of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert White, commanding general of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command-Operation Inherent Resolve, initia... More

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training

A Spanish army trainer leads proficiency breach training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, September 2, 2017. The Besmaya Range Complex is one of four Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve bu... More

A young Kurdish boy holds a flag in a make-shift internally

A young Kurdish boy holds a flag in a make-shift internally

A young Kurdish boy holds a flag in a make-shift internally displaced person camp at the Kurdistan Training Coordination Center near Erbil, Iraq, October 19, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tracy McKithern)

Spanish Guardia Civil trainers load magazines during

Spanish Guardia Civil trainers load magazines during

Spanish Guardia Civil trainers load magazines during an AK-47 short-range marksmanship training for members of the Iraqi security forces at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, May 23, 2017. This training is part o... More

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