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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

Special operators of the Afghan National Mission Brigade

Special operators of the Afghan National Mission Brigade

Special operators of the Afghan National Mission Brigade conduct day and night platoon live fires during a training exercise at the Kabul Military Training Complex, Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2018. The Afghan... More

NIAMEY, Niger - Special Operations Command Africa foreign

NIAMEY, Niger - Special Operations Command Africa foreign

NIAMEY, Niger - Special Operations Command Africa foreign policy advisor Randall Kaailau, speaks with representatives from Nigeria before the start of the Flintlock 2018 Senior Leadership Seminar in Niamey Nige... 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

A U.S. Army National Guard Paratrooper, assigned to

A U.S. Army National Guard Paratrooper, assigned to

A U.S. Army National Guard Paratrooper, assigned to the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), jumps out of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, from the 211th aviation regiment, during an airborne operation on Grant S... 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

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 led to the arrest of a Taliban leader in Kandahar district, Kandahar province, Jan. 27, 2013. The detained Taliban leader... 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

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier with 7th Special

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier with 7th Special

A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier with 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., turns a dial on his sniper rifle in the field shoot event July 19, 2017 during the 11-day Fuerzas Comando... 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

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Col. Niedringhaus,

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Col. Niedringhaus,

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 24, 2018) -- Col. Niedringhaus, Afghan National Army Special Operations Command-Special Operation Advisory Group (ANASOC-SOAG) Commander and his Senior Enlisted Advisor, Sgt. Maj. Berk p... 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

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), right, observes the performance of Honduran TIGRES during Close Quarters Battle Training inside a shoot-house Feb. 25 on Eglin Air Force Base. The TIG... 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

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the cycling finals at the 2016 Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 9, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports compe... 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

The Commander of Special Operations Task Force -

The Commander of Special Operations Task Force -

The Commander of Special Operations Task Force - Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Joshua Thiel, speaks with international and Afghan media at an outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Jul. 7, 2018. Thiel commands all Special For... 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

Command Sgt. Maj. William Thetford, U.S. Special Operations

Command Sgt. Maj. William Thetford, U.S. Special Operations

Command Sgt. Maj. William Thetford, U.S. Special Operations Command senior enlisted adviser, and an aircrew member assigned to the 20th Special Operations Squadron sit on the ramp of a CV-22 Osprey Jan. 7, 2016... 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

190726-N-ZM469-015 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

190726-N-ZM469-015 STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. --

190726-N-ZM469-015 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

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

A simulated casualty is stabilized during the International

A simulated casualty is stabilized during the International

A simulated casualty is stabilized during the International Special Training Center Advanced Medical First Responder Course, conducted by the ISTC Medical Branch, Feb. 17-19, 2015 in Pfullendorf, Germany. The s... 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 U.S. Special Operations Command D-Day competition

A U.S. Special Operations Command D-Day competition

A U.S. Special Operations Command D-Day competition participant crawls under simulated barbed wire June 6, 2019 on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., during an event honoring the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasi... 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

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

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.

Fuerzas Comando judges evaluate a Team Jamaica competitor

Fuerzas Comando judges evaluate a Team Jamaica competitor

Fuerzas Comando judges evaluate a Team Jamaica competitor during a critical evaluation exercise May 4, 2016, as part of Fuerzas Comando 2016 in Ancon, Peru. Judges play an important role in the competition. Th... More

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the

A wounded warrior with Team US competes during the cycling finals at the 2016 Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 9, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports compe... More

A Paraguayan competitor listens to instructions as

A Paraguayan competitor listens to instructions as

A Paraguayan competitor listens to instructions as he prepares for the field shoot event July 19, 2017 during Fuerzas Comando at Paraguari, Paraguay. The snipers attempt to shoot 10 targets 600-900 meters away ... More

An Afghan Female Tactical Platoon member fires during

An Afghan Female Tactical Platoon member fires during

An Afghan Female Tactical Platoon member fires during a qualification range near Kabul, Afghanistan, Mar. 13, 2018. FTP training focuses on marksmanship, language and combat-related skills, allowing them to ser... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism student

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism student

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism student uses bottle caps to mark a doorway rigged with explosives in the mock village of Medina, Baghdad, April 30, 2018. The training in Medina Village was setup by... More

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

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism instructor

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism instructor

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism instructor watches students clear a building in the mock village of Medina, Baghdad, April 30, 2018. The training in Medina Village was setup by Coalition Forces to ... 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 Special Mission Wing MD-530 "Baby Bird" overflies

A Special Mission Wing MD-530 "Baby Bird" overflies

A Special Mission Wing MD-530 "Baby Bird" overflies a Mi-17 during a live fire exercise near Kabul, Afghanistan, Apr. 30, 2018. The live fire exercise was the final test for Afghanistan's newest weapon, the 6th... 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

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The objects in this collection are from The U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service. The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) was established in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. NARA keeps those Federal records that are judged to have continuing value—about 2 to 5 percent of those generated in any given year. There are approximately 10 billion pages of textual records; 12 million maps, charts, and architectural and engineering drawings; 25 million still photographs and graphics; 24 million aerial photographs; 300,000 reels of motion picture film; 400,000 video and sound recordings; and 133 terabytes of electronic data. The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service provides a connection between world media and the American military personnel serving at home and abroad. All of these materials are preserved because they are important to the workings of Government, have long-term research worth, or provide information of value to citizens.

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