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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

Straight on, medium close-up shot of US Army GEN Peter Shoomaker, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Commander-in-CHIEF as he speaks at the dedication ceremony of the Special Operations Memorial. The ceremony, sponsored by the Special Operations Memorial Foundation, took place on May 24th, 1999, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida

Straight on, medium close-up shot of US Army GEN Peter Shoomaker, Unit...

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: SSGT Douglas Lingefelt Release Status:... 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. Army SGT. 1ST Class Archie Sanders (parachutist in sky), United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Parachute Team, comprising members from the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and U.S. Government civilians, and carrying the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) flag, glides into Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Fla., on Saturday,  Oct. 16, 2004, during the opening ceremonies of the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) at West Point Army Black Knights versus the University of Southern Florida (USF) Bulls football game. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Carlye D. LaPointe) (RELEASED)

U.S. Army SGT. 1ST Class Archie Sanders (parachutist in sky), United S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tampa State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Carlye D. La Pointe, USAF Release Status: Released ... More

An aerial view of the Special Operations Memorial located

An aerial view of the Special Operations Memorial located

An aerial view of the Special Operations Memorial located at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The memorial was dedicated in 1997 and remodeled in 2007. The memorial is the only joint Special Operations Memorial in ... More

A German World War II-era tank is illuminated using

A German World War II-era tank is illuminated using

A German World War II-era tank is illuminated using a technique in which steel wool is burned to create the flying-sparks effect. The tank currently sits on display at Staufer Kaserne, Pfullendorf, Germany. (U.... More

Invictus Games 2016: Track and Field Finals

Invictus Games 2016: Track and Field Finals

Kelly Elmlinger of team US competes in the 100 meter women's track and field final during the 2016 Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 10, 2016. The Invictus Games are an... More

Peruvian support staff drive Can-am Commanders while

Peruvian support staff drive Can-am Commanders while

Peruvian support staff drive Can-am Commanders while patroling a landing zone for the Fuerzas Comando 2016 friendship jump May 11, 2016 in Ancon, Peru. Competitors, support personnel, and judges took part in th... More

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Training in the Mountains, Winter War, Soviet - Finnish conflict

Training in the Mountains, Winter War, Soviet - Finnish conflict

U.S. Army paratroopers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), climb a slope during extreme cold weather training March 8, 2016, near Taylor Park, Colo. The training is designed to strengthen the Sol... More

A Senegalese Soldier practices Close Quarters Combat

A Senegalese Soldier practices Close Quarters Combat

A Senegalese Soldier practices Close Quarters Combat techniques as part of Flintlock 2018 in Tahoua, Niger, April 13, 2018. Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise ... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service stands guard as a helicopter lands during fast-rope training in Baghdad, April 25, 2018. Fast-rope is a technique that involves descending from a... More

Multinational special operations forces assault a simulated

Multinational special operations forces assault a simulated

Multinational special operations forces assault a simulated enemy vessel from air and sea during a capabilities demonstration as part of the 2018 International Special Operations Forces week in downtown Tampa, ... More

190726-N-ZM469-033 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

190726-N-ZM469-033 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

190726-N-ZM469-033 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- International students attending Patrol Craft Officer Riverine and Coastal courses at the Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School conduct proper c... More

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, U.S. Special Operations

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, U.S. Special Operations

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, U.S. Special Operations Command commanding general, and an accompanying visiting party from USSOCOM exit a CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Sep... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ironhorse gather for a group photo outside the U.S. Naval Ship Sgt. William R. Button as they prepare for NATO led Exercise Trident Juncture 2015. The exercise is NATO’s larg... More

A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A Green Beret assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), center observes members of the Colombian Compañía Jungla Antinarcóticos move through a hallway while inside an Eglin Air Force Base shoot house... More

Randi Gavell, United States, competes in the 100 Meter

Randi Gavell, United States, competes in the 100 Meter

Randi Gavell, United States, competes in the 100 Meter Freestyle swim event during the 2016 Invictus Games, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 11, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive spo... More

Australian Ambassador to Afghanistan Nicola Gordon-Smith

Australian Ambassador to Afghanistan Nicola Gordon-Smith

Australian Ambassador to Afghanistan Nicola Gordon-Smith addresses the first females to graduate from the General Commando of Special Police Units’ Female Foundation Course at the Special Police Training Center... More

New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Mazur poses

New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Mazur poses

New York Times Bestselling Author Robert Mazur poses for a portrait after the Illicit Finance Meeting hosted by SOFWERX in Tampa, Fla., Oct. 3, 2018. The meeting provided an opportunity for government employees... More

Family members of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall,

Family members of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall,

Family members of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, were presented with challenge coins from U.S. Air Force Lt... More

Michelle Popke, U.S. Special Operations Command deputy

Michelle Popke, U.S. Special Operations Command deputy

Michelle Popke, U.S. Special Operations Command deputy command data officer, briefs U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, left, at the USSOCOM Data Engineering Lab in Tampa, Fla., Nov. 7, 2019. The congressman visited USSO... More

Special Tactics Airmen conduct military free-fall jumps

Special Tactics Airmen conduct military free-fall jumps

Special Tactics Airmen conduct military free-fall jumps during a 3-week course, Dec. 2, 2020. Military free-fall is an advanced infiltration technique that assists in personal recovery, global access and precis... More

Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander, U.S. Special Operations

Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander, U.S. Special Operations

Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, presents Lt. Col. Larry Wyatt, USSOCOM clinic director, with a Soldier’s Medal at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 22, 2020. He was awarded ... More

A Military Working Dog, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A Military Working Dog, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A Military Working Dog, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) is paid with a tennis ball after correctly following commands given by his handler during range practice on Fort Carson, Colo., May 15, 2... More

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field,

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field,

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field, Fla., to document the CV-22 Osprey aircraft as part of a documentary series on various exceptional aircraft June 25, 2013. The Osprey is a tiltrotor aircraft... More

Multinational service members carry out an elaborate

Multinational service members carry out an elaborate

Multinational service members carry out an elaborate amphibious capabilities demonstration for Distinguished Visitors (DV) Day in Troia, Portugal, as part of NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2015. Trident Junctur... More

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Olin Smith, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron aircraft armament expeditor, expresses his surprise after learning he has been promoted through the Stripes for Exceptional Per... More

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint field medical treatment facility after an IED attack in Sharana district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. ... More

A Senegalese soldier applies a tournequet to Staff

A Senegalese soldier applies a tournequet to Staff

A Senegalese soldier applies a tournequet to Staff Sgt. Spencer a U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment – Alpha medical sergeant in 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) April 11, 2018 in Tahoua, Niger.... More

Nigerien Armed Forces provide overwatch security with

Nigerien Armed Forces provide overwatch security with

Nigerien Armed Forces provide overwatch security with a heavy machine gun with 20th Special Forces Group during Flintlock 2018 in Niger, Africa April 16, 2018. Flintlock 2018, hosted by Niger, with key outstat... 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. Army Special Forces Military Working Dog handler,

A U.S. Army Special Forces Military Working Dog handler,

A U.S. Army Special Forces Military Working Dog handler, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), practices maneuvering with his K9 while shooting targets during range practice on Fort Carson, Colo., M... More

A soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group

A soldier assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)’s Group Support Battalion sprinkles shredded cheese onto green bean casseroles Nov. 23 in the group’s dining facility. Culinary specialists from the... More

A Green Beret from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

A Green Beret from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne)

A Green Beret from the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) observes Honduran TIGRES as they conduct an after-action review of their operation on Eglin Air Force Base Feb. 27. The TIGRES, a counter-narcotic and... More

United States Special Operations Command athletes meet

United States Special Operations Command athletes meet

United States Special Operations Command athletes meet together as a team for the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 11, 2016. The DOD W... More

An Iraqi volunteer shows the peace sign with one ink-stained

An Iraqi volunteer shows the peace sign with one ink-stained

An Iraqi volunteer shows the peace sign with one ink-stained finger indicating that he participated in the elections in Mosul, Iraq, May 14, 2018. Residents in Mosul are volunteering to help with non-government... More

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS)

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS)

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) takes cover behind a wall during close-quarters combat training in Besmaya, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2018. Since Jan. 2015 Coalition staff have overseen the training... More

PALAWAN, Philippines (April 2, 2019) - U.S. Naval Special

PALAWAN, Philippines (April 2, 2019) - U.S. Naval Special

PALAWAN, Philippines (April 2, 2019) - U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators and Australian Defense Force conduct medical training with their Armed Forces of the Philippines counterparts during Exercise Balikat... More

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School trains by day and by night during the Unmanned Aerial Systems Operations and Planning course. Partner nation students from Romania, Czech Republic, an... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron engage opposing forces, or OPFOR, during a full mission profile at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, March 11, 2020. OPFOR ... More

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation

Coalition soldiers check communications during an operation in Khash Rod district, Nimroz province, Feb. 8, 2013. The operation led to the arrest of a Taliban facilitator that ran the logistics involved in coor... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force provides security outside prior to entering a senior Taliban leader's home in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 28, 2013. The senior ... More

U.S. Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group navigate

U.S. Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group navigate

U.S. Soldiers with the 7th Special Forces Group navigate to their infiltration point during a helocast and infiltration exercise at Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 2, 2014, during Emerald Warrior 14. Emerald Warrior ... More

A Dominican Republic special operations competitor

A Dominican Republic special operations competitor

A Dominican Republic special operations competitor aims his sniper rifle during a field shoot event as part of Fuerzas Comando on May 3, 2016 in Ancon, Peru. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay/Released)

A powerlifter competes in the 2016 Invictus Games,

A powerlifter competes in the 2016 Invictus Games,

A powerlifter competes in the 2016 Invictus Games, HP Field House, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 9.2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports competition which was created by Prince... More

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

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

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepare to load an MH-47 Chinook helicopter during pre deployment training on Fort Carson, CO., June 22, 2017. Soldiers from 10th SFG (A) r... More

Nigerien Armed Forces conduct assault training with

Nigerien Armed Forces conduct assault training with

Nigerien Armed Forces conduct assault training with 20th Special Forces Group during Flintlock 2018 in Niger, Africa April 16, 2018. Flintlock 2018, hosted by Niger, with key outstations at Burkina Faso and Se... 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

A Brazilian comando rushes across a range during a

A Brazilian comando rushes across a range during a

A Brazilian comando rushes across a range during a timed shooting event of Fuerzas Comando on July 20, 2017 in Vista Alegre, Paraguay. By training with our partner nations in a multinational competition like th... More

Dominican competitors clear a room in a live-fire shoot

Dominican competitors clear a room in a live-fire shoot

Dominican competitors clear a room in a live-fire shoot house July 22, 2017 during a combined assault event at Fuerzas Comando in Cerrito, Paraguay. Competitors in this event attempt to clear a building and res... More

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint

An Afghan police officer receives treatment at a joint field medical treatment facility after an IED attack in Sharana district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. ... More

Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Hudgins has her score calculated

Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Hudgins has her score calculated

Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Hudgins has her score calculated in the archery competition during the 2018 Warrior Games held at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs June 7, 2018. Created in 2010, the DoD Warrior Ga... More

A Team SOCOM athlete competes in swimming during the

A Team SOCOM athlete competes in swimming during the

A Team SOCOM athlete competes in swimming during the 2019 DoD Warrior Games hosted in Tampa, Fla., June 29, 2019. The Warrior Games were established in 2010 as a way to enhance the recovery and rehabilitation o... More

A U.S. Soldier participates in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

A U.S. Soldier participates in the U.S. Army Jumpmaster

A U.S. Soldier participates 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 ski... More

Recovering service members participate in training

Recovering service members participate in training

Recovering service members participate in training for the 2016 Invictus Games in May, 2016, at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The Invictus Games will be held 8-12 May in Orlando, Florida.

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments

Hurlburt Field Honor Guard members make final adjustments before 21 Airmen are presented Distinguished Flying Crosses May 11, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. During the ceremony, 21 Air Commandos from four Spooky... More

Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Brown competes in the

Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Brown competes in the

Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Brown competes in the indoor rowing competition during the 2018 Warrior Games held at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs June 9, 2018. Created in 2010, the DoD Warrior Game... More

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service attaches

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service attaches

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service attaches a hook and rope to trip wire in order to detonate an Improvised Explosive Device from a safe distance during training in Baghdad, July 29, 2018. The CTS ... More

A Belizean competitor lines up his rifle with the target

A Belizean competitor lines up his rifle with the target

A Belizean competitor lines up his rifle with the target while a judge observes in the stress shoot event July 21, 2017 during Fuerzas Comando in Vista Alegre, Paraguay. The event focuses on sharpening competit... More

Peruvian competitiors climb ropes during the grueling

Peruvian competitiors climb ropes during the grueling

Peruvian competitiors climb ropes during the grueling obstacle course event of Fuerzas Comando on July 24, 2017, at Vista Alegre, Presidente Hayes, Paraguay. Fuerzas Comando is a foreign military competition de... More

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party member

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party member

A U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party member observes as an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft flies overhead during a close air support mission while participating in Emerald Warrior 14 at Hurlburt Field, Fla.... More

170303-N-QP351-062 TAMPA, FLA. (March 03, 2017) An

170303-N-QP351-062 TAMPA, FLA. (March 03, 2017) An

170303-N-QP351-062 TAMPA, FLA. (March 03, 2017) An athlete from U.S. Special Operations Command’s military adaptive sports program crosses the finish line on his recumbent bike during a race held at Fort De Sot... More

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), shoots targets from a designated shooting position during the stress shoot portion of advanced skills training on Fort Carson, Colorado... More

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force

A member of an Afghan and coalition security force communicates during a night operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. The operation resulted in the arrest of a Taliban leader ... More

Team Costa Rica stirs up the waters around Ancon, Peru

Team Costa Rica stirs up the waters around Ancon, Peru

Team Costa Rica stirs up the waters around Ancon, Peru during the water event May 4, 2016. This event was apart of Fuerzas Comando 2016, a multinational special operations competition that helps build joint par... More

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces

A U.S. Army Green Beret, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), prepares to camouflage his sniper rifle prior to executing advanced skills sniper training on Fort Carson, Colorado, Dec. 12, 2018. Th... 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

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

170301-N-QP351-066 TAMPA, FLA. (March 01, 2017) Athletes

170301-N-QP351-066 TAMPA, FLA. (March 01, 2017) Athletes

170301-N-QP351-066 TAMPA, FLA. (March 01, 2017) Athletes from U.S. Special Operations Command’s military adaptive sports program practice passing the basketball before a seated basketball game during USSOCOM’s ... More

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command

Soldiers assigned to U.S. Special Operations Command and Special Operations Command-Central assemble cloth face coverings on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 16, 2020. The MacDill-based riggers recently repu... 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 participate in a combat lifesaver course in the Boeblingen Local Training Area, Germany, March 11, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information... More

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command,

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command,

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Vice Adm. Sean A. Pybus, speaks with a guest during the sunset parade reception at the Women in Military Service for America War Memorial, Arlington, Va., Ju... More

United States Special Operations Command partner nation

United States Special Operations Command partner nation

United States Special Operations Command partner nation rrepresentatives tour Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 19, 2017. Approximately 10 partner nation representatives partici... More

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the

Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets assigned to the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” perform an aerial demonstration during the Aviation Nation 2019 air show at Nellis Air Force Base, ... More

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide security during a mission that arrested a Taliban leader in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 27, 2013. The detained Taliban leader was respons... More

A member from Team Belize stops to catch his breath

A member from Team Belize stops to catch his breath

A member from Team Belize stops to catch his breath during the water event in Ancon, Peru, May 4, 2016. This event was apart of Fuerzas Comando 2016, a multinational special operations competition that helps bu... More

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special

Commandos training to become Afghanistan's newest Special Operations unit, the 6th Cobra Strike Kandak, take part in a live fire exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 30, 2018. The 6th CSK is the first of 7 CS... More

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

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

U.S. Army Sgt. Gordon Scott, attached to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) instructs Soldiers assigned to 554th Military Police Company during an all-terrain vehicle safety course which is par... More

Special Forces soldiers assigned to the 7th Special

Special Forces soldiers assigned to the 7th Special

Special Forces soldiers assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) practice emergency breathing procedures at the bottom of Eglin Air Force Base’s East Gate Pool Jan. 20 while participating in a scuba ... More

A U.S. Army Green Beret sniper and spotter, both assigned

A U.S. Army Green Beret sniper and spotter, both assigned

A U.S. Army Green Beret sniper and spotter, both assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), acquire their target during a timed shooting event during advanced skills sniper training on Fort Carson, Color... More

A U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha

A U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha

A U.S. Army Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha weapons sergeant in 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) demonstrates how to clear a room in a glass house as part of Flintlock 2018 in Tahoua, Niger, Apri... 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. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Force Special Operations Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Smith, command chief of AFSOC, show Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson a picture of Mas... More

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command,

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command,

Deputy Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, Vice Adm. Sean A. Pybus, speaks with guests during the sunset parade reception at the Women in Military Service for America War Memorial, Arlington, Va., Jul... More

Danielle Bradberry, an American country music artist,

Danielle Bradberry, an American country music artist,

Danielle Bradberry, an American country music artist, performs during Freedom Fest, June 22, 2018, at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Freedom Fest is an annual event designed to build resilience at Hurlburt Field, the mos... 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

U.S. Sailors with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC)

U.S. Sailors with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC)

U.S. Sailors with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 84 conduct preflight checks on an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter May 6, 2014, at Hurlburt Field, Fla., during exercise Emerald Warrior 2014. Emerald Warrior is ... 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

USSOCOM Visits Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

USSOCOM Visits Naval Amphibious Base Coronado

NAVAL AMPHIBIOUS BASE CORONADO (Sep. 10, 2020) U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), speaks with students attending the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Junior Offic... More

Katie Kuiper of team US runs during 1500 meter women's

Katie Kuiper of team US runs during 1500 meter women's

Katie Kuiper of team US runs during 1500 meter women's track at the 2016 Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 10, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports competiti... More

Elizabeth Marks, United States, competes in the 50

Elizabeth Marks, United States, competes in the 50

Elizabeth Marks, United States, competes in the 50 Meter Backstroke event during the 2016 Invictus Games, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 11, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sport... More

Special Forces Train in Small Unit Tactics

Special Forces Train in Small Unit Tactics

Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) move a mock casualty to a rally point during small unit tactic training on Jan. 18, 2017 at Fort Carson, Colorado. Small unit tactics helps build tr... More

Afghan soldiers conduct a foot march during the 22nd

Afghan soldiers conduct a foot march during the 22nd

Afghan soldiers conduct a foot march during the 22nd Commando Qualification Course at the ANA Special Operations Command School of Excellence, Camp Commando, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2017. Class 22 is part ... More

Provincial Special Unit captures local Taliban commander in Bagram

Provincial Special Unit captures local Taliban commander in Bagram

Provincial Special Unit officers search a Taliban compound during a night raid in Qaleh-Ye- Nasro village, Bagram district, Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2018. The PSU arrested a Taliban commander and ... More

Members of Provincial Special Unit Kapisa prepare for

Members of Provincial Special Unit Kapisa prepare for

Members of Provincial Special Unit Kapisa prepare for upcoming missions by conducting shooting and building clearing drills at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Feb. 5, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Douglas Ellis)

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

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

BALKH, Afghanistan (July 7, 2018) -- An Afghan Special

BALKH, Afghanistan (July 7, 2018) -- An Afghan Special

BALKH, Afghanistan (July 7, 2018) -- An Afghan Special Security Forces member pulls security watch during offensive operations against Taliban irreconcilables in Chimtal district, Balkh province, Afghanistan, J... More

“Now this is your second home” Commando Force 333 celebrates opening of Female Facilities

“Now this is your second home” Commando Force 333 celebrates opening o...

LOGAR, Afghanistan -- General Command of Police Special Unit’s Gender Advisor, Lt. Col. Nafisa, delivers remarks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the rededication of a women’s facility for Commando Force 33... More

(From left to right) Air Force Col. Billy "Rusty" Napier,

(From left to right) Air Force Col. Billy "Rusty" Napier,

(From left to right) Air Force Col. Billy "Rusty" Napier, Marine Corps Master Sgt. John Mosser, and Marine Corps Col. Robert Coates, and Army Maj. Caesar Civitella, stand next to the Commando Hall of Honor disp... More

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