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A Dutch sniper team fires at a  distant targets across

A Dutch sniper team fires at a distant targets across

A Dutch sniper team fires at a distant targets across a valley on July 10, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre Desert Sniper Course at Chinchilla Training Area, Spain. The two-week course is ... More

U.S. Air Force Logistics Readiness Airmen prep a fuel

U.S. Air Force Logistics Readiness Airmen prep a fuel

U.S. Air Force Logistics Readiness Airmen prep a fuel hose during a forward arming and refueling point mission with a MC-130J Commando II aircraft during Operation Rapid Forge, July 18, 2019, Amari Airfield, Es... More

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton (left) and Builder

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton (left) and Builder

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton (left) and Builder 2nd Class James Nelson, members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, review plans for a project supporting Combined Special Operations Task Force 1... More

A service member assigned to Special Operations Command

A service member assigned to Special Operations Command

A service member assigned to Special Operations Command Europe loads plates onto a squat bar as part of a scheduled workout program at the Patch Barracks gym, June 10, 2020. Physical fitness is a key element of... More

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces control their parachutes and descend toward the Mediterranean Sea while participating in a water jump training exercise as part of Juniper Falcon 17, on Mar... More

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment provide overwatch at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, February 23, 2018. Rangers spent 72 hours training at JMRC as the culm... More

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, calibrates a weight scale, May 5, 2020. Murphy's role during COVID-19 has been to help coordinate care for those with sy... More

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II conducts surface

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II conducts surface

A U.S. Air Force MC-130J Commando II conducts surface ship rendezvous with a Swedish Visby-class corvette and the USS Ross as the ships exercise anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare, November 15, 2020. The S... 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

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 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. special operations forces assigned to the 10th

U.S. special operations forces assigned to the 10th

U.S. special operations forces assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fast rope out of a UH-47 Chinook helicopter near Aalborg, Denmark, Sep. 02, 2018. Green Berets performed fast rope maneuvers d... More

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S.

Alicia Murphy, the Nurse Case Manager assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, tries on a pair of personal protective equipment gloves, May 5, 2020. Murphy's role during COVID-19 has been to help coo... More

SOCEUR TRAINING POSTER #3

SOCEUR TRAINING POSTER #3

SOCEUR TRAINING POSTER #3 Public domain photograph related to the history of Germany, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Two UH-72A Lakota Helicopter pilots Capt. James Keaton

Two UH-72A Lakota Helicopter pilots Capt. James Keaton

Two UH-72A Lakota Helicopter pilots Capt. James Keaton (Right) and CW4 Mike Maggio (Left) conduct checks before taking off Aug.16, 2019 as part of Exercise Combined Resolve XII. The Lakota Crew would serve as o... 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

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

Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater

Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater

Naval special operations forces from the Greek Underwater Demolition Team (DYK), Cypriot Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), and U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewmen (SWCC) conduct Visit Board Search... More

A CV-22B Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations

A CV-22B Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations

A CV-22B Osprey, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, arrives in Estonia to assist close air support training with Estonian, Swedish, and U.S. Special Operations Forces, November 13, 2020. Special Oper... 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

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

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

Special Tactics Operators assigned to the 352d Special

Special Tactics Operators assigned to the 352d Special

Special Tactics Operators assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing load an MRZR onto a Swedish C-130H for a mission with Swedish Special Forces during a bilateral exercise at Såtenäs Air Wing, Sweden, on N... More

Members of the Slovakian Forces use rocks to demonstrate

Members of the Slovakian Forces use rocks to demonstrate

Members of the Slovakian Forces use rocks to demonstrate vehicle maneuvering skills at Jackal Stone, Delnice, Croatia, Sept. 17, 2012. United States, Slovakian, and Croatian Forces joined together to compare d... More

Latvian service members host their flag early morning

Latvian service members host their flag early morning

Latvian service members host their flag early morning alongside other multi-national servicemembers at Swidwin, Poland, during Jackal Stone 10 Exercise. Jackal Stone 10, hosted by Poland and Lithuania this year... More

SOCEUR honors Adm. Stavridis through donation to Fisher House

SOCEUR honors Adm. Stavridis through donation to Fisher House

U.S. Special Operations Command Europe Deputy Commander, Navy Capt. Neil M. Guinan, along with senior servicemembers from SOCEUR present a donation check of $300 to Vivian L. Wilson, manager of the Landstuhl Fi... More

Hungarian and U.S. special operations forces parachute

Hungarian and U.S. special operations forces parachute

Hungarian and U.S. special operations forces parachute onto an airfield July 21 in Szolnok, Hungary during a combined airborne operation as part of exercise Black Swan. Special operations forces from the U.S., ... More

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during

U.S. and Serbian Special Operations Forces train during a Joint Combined Exchange Training at the SAJ headquarters complex, Serbia, Mar. 5, 2018. A JCET is a combined training event in which SOF units train wit... More

International Women's Day attendees, including a local

International Women's Day attendees, including a local

International Women's Day attendees, including a local Afghan woman and female members of the Logar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) greet one another as they arrive at the event held March 8, at Forward Op... More

HOHENFELS, Germany – Two Norwegian Long-Range Reconnaissance

HOHENFELS, Germany – Two Norwegian Long-Range Reconnaissance

HOHENFELS, Germany – Two Norwegian Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrolmen low crawl under simulated concertina wire during the International Special Training Centre’s Urban Sniper course Apr. 3, 2019. The ISTC’s U... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company participate in a field training exercise in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist ... More

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military Police Company demonstrate their capabilities in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialis... More

A U.S. Army Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

A U.S. Army Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

A U.S. Army Ranger assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment catches some sleep in a patrol base while fellow Rangers maintain security during at Joint Warfighter Assessment at the Joint Multinational Readiness Cent... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company participate in a field training exercise in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist ... More

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman and

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman and

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-Craft Crewman and Special Reconnaissance Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) operators assigned to Naval Special Warfare Command perform UUV launch and recovery training utiliz... More

U.S. soldiers inspect U.S. and Romanian parachutists

U.S. soldiers inspect U.S. and Romanian parachutists

U.S. soldiers inspect U.S. and Romanian parachutists before a jump from a Slovakian helicopter at a training base in Udbina, Croatia, Sept. 17, 2012, during exercise Jackal Stone 2012. Jackal Stone is an annual... More

U.S. special operations forces repel onto the deck

U.S. special operations forces repel onto the deck

U.S. special operations forces repel onto the deck of a ship during maritime ship boarding training in Portland, United Kingdom, August 9, 2018. Maritime training establishes operational capabilities while also... More

Italian snipers from the 4th Alpini Regiment engages

Italian snipers from the 4th Alpini Regiment engages

Italian snipers from the 4th Alpini Regiment engages targets uphill of their position on Sept. 11, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre High-Angle/Urban Course at the Hochfilzen Training Area, ... More

A U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator conducts tactical

A U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator conducts tactical

A U.S. Naval Special Warfare operator conducts tactical scenario training in Lithuania during Flaming Sword 17, May 10, 2017. Flaming Sword is an annual Lithuanian-led and hosted SOF exercise which taking place... More

U.S. special operations forces assigned to 10th Special

U.S. special operations forces assigned to 10th Special

U.S. special operations forces assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) clear a bunker while conducting mountain warfare training near Corvara, Italy, September 18, 2018. Mountain warfare training is de... More

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing fly a CV-22B Osprey aircraft over Hungary October 28, 2019. U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a bilateral exercise with Hungarian SOF to focus on ... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Special Operations Command Europe, board a U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft during a combined U.S. and German monthly airborne jump, at Stuttgart Army Airfield, March 11, 2020. M... More

U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group approach a building, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficie... More

After a full day of training, U.S. Soldiers assigned

After a full day of training, U.S. Soldiers assigned

After a full day of training, U.S. Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company gather for a group photo before winding down for the night. This was a typical evening during the 96-hour Field Training Exe... More

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Special Forces

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Special Forces

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct an airborne operation near the island of Mont Saint Michel, Avranches Commune, France, May 18, 2019. This event comes at the invit... More

U.S. Army Paratroopers guide themselves to a designated

U.S. Army Paratroopers guide themselves to a designated

U.S. Army Paratroopers guide themselves to a designated drop zone in Germany March 11, 2020. Monthly jumps at Special Operations Command Europe are designed to assess the readiness of paratroopers, maintain cur... More

Moldovan and a U.S. Army Special Forces discuss room

Moldovan and a U.S. Army Special Forces discuss room

Moldovan and a U.S. Army Special Forces discuss room clearing tactics during Saber Junction 20 at Hohenfels, Germany, August. 17, 2020. Saber Junction 20 is a force-on-force exercise with 3,500 multinational pa... More

Special Operations Forces from the Republic of Moldova

Special Operations Forces from the Republic of Moldova

Special Operations Forces from the Republic of Moldova practice room clearing at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany Sept. 12, 2018. During Saber Junction 18 multinational SOF conducted irregular warfare in enem... More

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster School training course which was conducted at the Stuttgart Airfield, Stuttgart, Germany, July 23, 2015. The three-week course trains personnel in the skill... 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

Instructors attempt to find camouflaged students during

Instructors attempt to find camouflaged students during

Instructors attempt to find camouflaged students during the Basic Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Centre at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, October... More

International Special Training Centre instructors set

International Special Training Centre instructors set

International Special Training Centre instructors set floating targets for unstable platform sniper training on the island of Crete, Greece, Mar. 14, 2018. The five-day course provided experienced snipers from... More

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military Police Company demonstrate their capabilities in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialis... More

An Italian Special Forces Sniper team traverse the

An Italian Special Forces Sniper team traverse the

An Italian Special Forces Sniper team traverse the side of a mountain while moving into a concealed firing position at the High Angle Sniper Course, in Hochfilzen training area, Austria, September 30th, 2020. T... More

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Special Operations

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Special Operations Command Europe along with German Soldiers guide themselves to a designated drop zone in Germany March 11, 2020. Monthly jumps at SOCEUR are designed to asse... More

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

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

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

The president of Hungary, János Áder [center], observes

The president of Hungary, János Áder [center], observes

The president of Hungary, János Áder [center], observes training July 12 during the distinguished visitor day for exercise Black Swan in Szolnok, Hungary. Black Swan was a Hungarian-led special operations force... More

A Hungarian special operations forces soldier parachutes

A Hungarian special operations forces soldier parachutes

A Hungarian special operations forces soldier parachutes onto an airfield July 21 in Szolnok, Hungary during a combined airborne operation as part of exercise Black Swan. Special operations forces from the U.S.... More

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 67th Special

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 67th Special

U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to the 67th Special Operations Squadron, 352d Special Operations Wing, based out of RAF Mildenhall, conduct a day to night, low-level, mountainous terrain flight while using night... More

Navy Utilitiesman 1st Class Teodor Medina, a member

Navy Utilitiesman 1st Class Teodor Medina, a member

Navy Utilitiesman 1st Class Teodor Medina, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, prepares duct work for a project supporting Combined Special Operations Task Force 10 on Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afg... More

A Croatian special operations forces Soldier searches

A Croatian special operations forces Soldier searches

A Croatian special operations forces Soldier searches an enemy combatant July 19 during exercise Black Swan in Hungary. Black Swan was a Hungarian-led special operations forces exercise from June 26 – July 22, ... More

A CV-22 Osprey begins to line up his aircraft to conduct

A CV-22 Osprey begins to line up his aircraft to conduct

A CV-22 Osprey begins to line up his aircraft to conduct Tilt-Rotor Air-to-Air Refueling September 14 in Sweden during the Swedish exercise Aurora 2017. Aurora 2017 was designed to increase the national and joi... More

U.S. Special Army Forces Soldiers assigned to 10th

U.S. Special Army Forces Soldiers assigned to 10th

U.S. Special Army Forces Soldiers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) check the deflection and elevation on an M224 Mortar during weapons training in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec., 13, 2017. During th... More

A Dutch sniper engages targets in a valley below on

A Dutch sniper engages targets in a valley below on

A Dutch sniper engages targets in a valley below on Sept. 12, 2018 during the International Special Training Centre High-Angle/Urban Course at the Hochfilzen Training Area, Austria. The high-angle portion of th... More

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass

A Danish soldier demonstrates shooting through glass while participating in the Urban Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), May 4 - 8, 2015 in Hammelburg, Germany. The stu... More

A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft arrives

A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft arrives

A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft arrives at the Stuttgart Army Airfield, Germany, March 2, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston/Released)

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief

A commissioning ceremony is held for U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Devin Lawson who was promoted to Limited Duty Officer. The ceremony was held on Patch Barracks, Germany, Aug. 14, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Vis... More

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment and Italian Army Rangers with the 4th Alpini Regiment conduct a raid at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, April 25, 2018. The... More

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military Police Company demonstrate their capabilities in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist... More

Italian Army paratroopers from the Folgore Airborne

Italian Army paratroopers from the Folgore Airborne

Italian Army paratroopers from the Folgore Airborne Brigade link-up with the Special Forces Soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Sept. 17, 2019 after the Italian paratroopers parac... More

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton, a member of

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton, a member of

Navy Steelworker 1st Class Jay Canton, a member of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, prepares duct work for a project supporting Combined Special Operations Task Force 10 on Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghani... More

U.S. Army Sergeant Gordon Scott, attached to 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Sergeant Gordon Scott, attached to 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Sergeant Gordon Scott, attached to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) demonstrates the capabilities of an all-terrain vehicle, ATV, for Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Comp... More

Romanian Special Operations Forces Soldiers stand in

Romanian Special Operations Forces Soldiers stand in

Romanian Special Operations Forces Soldiers stand in front of their vehicles and equipment during the culminating event of the ROUSOFEX. During the demonstration event, SOF Soldiers from Turkey, Georgia, Moldov... More

A U.S. special operations Soldier sweeps an objective

A U.S. special operations Soldier sweeps an objective

A U.S. special operations Soldier sweeps an objective for explosives during Jackal Stone 2016 in Tblisi, Georgia, Aug. 15, 2016. Jackal Stone 2016 is a bilateral Georgian, U.S. counter terrorism and crisis mana... More

U.S. Soldiers participate in a parachute jump training

U.S. Soldiers participate in a parachute jump training

U.S. Soldiers participate in a parachute jump training exercise in which they exit a Boeing CH-47 Chinook from 1,200 feet above the Malmsheim Drop Zone, Germany, Sept. 10, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Infor... More

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 554th Military Police Company demonstrate their capabilities in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialis... More

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces document their findings near the conclusion of a visit, board, search and seizure exercise on the Mediterranean Sea as part of Juniper Falcon 17, on March 2... More

A NATO soldier participating provides security in a

A NATO soldier participating provides security in a

A NATO soldier participating provides security in a hallway March 7, 2018, during the Close Quarters Battle training course held at the International Special Training Centre in Pfullendorf, Germany. The four-we... More

A Croatian flight engineer communicates with Croatian

A Croatian flight engineer communicates with Croatian

A Croatian flight engineer communicates with Croatian and Romanian soldiers before they fast-rope from a Croatian Mi-17 helicopter at a training base in Udbina, Croatia, Sept. 17, 2012, during exercise Jackal S... More

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries participate in the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, 2015 in Lizum, Austria.... More

The Commander of troops, for the first graduation ceremony

The Commander of troops, for the first graduation ceremony

The Commander of troops, for the first graduation ceremony of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) Qualification Course, greats General of the Army of Ukraine, Viktor Muzhenko on a parade filed in Khme... More

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

U.S. Soldiers participate in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster School training course which was conducted at the Stuttgart Airfield, Stuttgart, Germany, July 23, 2015. The three-week course trains personnel in the skill... More

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the

U.S. Marines unload vehicles and equipment from the U.S. Naval Ship SGT. William R. Button during a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) offload as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. More ... More

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces

Members of U.S. and Israeli Special Operations Forces prepare rigid-hulled inflatable boats prior to participating in a water jump training exercise in the Mediterranean Sea as part of Juniper Falcon 17, on Mar... More

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings

U.S. Special Operations Forces operator documents findings while conducting a raid Jun 11, 2017 in Bosnia and Herzegovina during Exercise Jackal Stone 17. Jackal Stone 17 is part of U.S. European Command’s Join... More

Naval Special Warfare Operators conduct a combined

Naval Special Warfare Operators conduct a combined

Naval Special Warfare Operators conduct a combined airborne insertion with Ukrainian Special Operation Forces at Ochakiv, Ukraine, July 9, 2017 during Sea Breeze 17. Sea Breeze is a U.S. and Ukraine co-hosted ... More

A Republic of Georgia special operations (left) soldier

A Republic of Georgia special operations (left) soldier

A Republic of Georgia special operations (left) soldier instructs Georgian infantrymen on room-clearing techniques Aug. 3, 2017, in Vaziani training area, Georgia during exercise Noble Partner. Noble Partner is... More

Moldovan Special Operations Forces provide security

Moldovan Special Operations Forces provide security

Moldovan Special Operations Forces provide security during an ambush Oct. 26 as part of a Joint Combined Exchange Training exercise with U.S. SOF near Budesti, Moldova. The JCET consisted of both countries part... More

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries

Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries trek through the Austrian Alps during the Advanced High Angle Sniper Course, conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), April 27-May 1, ... 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) participate in a ruck march in which they were required to carry a minimum of 40 pounds though an 18 mile course. The participants w... More

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conduct a mission

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conduct a mission

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces conduct a mission brief to a multinational audience during exercise Combined Resolve XI at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, December 9, 2018. D... More

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations

U.S. airmen assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing perform maintenance on a CV-22B Osprey aircraft in Szolnok, Hungary October 28, 2019. U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a bilateral exercise with ... More

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military

U.S. military working dogs assigned to 92nd Military Police Company demonstrate their capabilities in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, Dec. 2, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist... More

U.S. Army Special Forces assigned to 10th Special Forces

U.S. Army Special Forces assigned to 10th Special Forces

U.S. Army Special Forces assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and Italian soldiers of the 4th Alpini Paratroopers Regiment practice fixed rope installation techniques and vertical obstacle crossing ... More

HOHENFELS, Germany – A German Special Operations Soldier

HOHENFELS, Germany – A German Special Operations Soldier

HOHENFELS, Germany – A German Special Operations Soldier jumps over a wall during the International Special Training Centre’s Urban Sniper course Apr. 3, 2019. The ISTC’s Urban Sniper course is designed to prov... More

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade

Paratroopers from the U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade parachuteonto a drop zone during a joint forcible entryas part of exercise Saber Junction 19 in Hohenfels, Germany. Approximately 100 Special Operations ... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier assigned to 10th

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier assigned to 10th

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires an MK19 Grenade Launcher during weapons training in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Dec.,15, 2017. During the week of training, Sp... More

Multi-national service members salute their national

Multi-national service members salute their national

Multi-national service members salute their national flags at the Jackal Stone 10 Exercise. Jackal Stone 10, hosted by Poland and Lithuania this year, is an annual international special operations forces exerci... More

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. (select) Col. Norm L.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. (select) Col. Norm L.

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. (select) Col. Norm L. Cooling, deputy commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa welcomes guests during the 239th Marine Corps Birthday on Panzer Kaserne in Boeblingen, G... More

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