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A Reconnaissance Marine provides security while other

A Reconnaissance Marine provides security while other

A Reconnaissance Marine provides security while other Marines pack their parachutes during parachute jumps, August 13, 2018, at a drop zone in Parker, Arizona during Exercise Desert Canopy. U.S. Marines practic... More

An American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and a crew

An American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and a crew

An American M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank and a crew of Soldiers in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and Iraqi army crewmen of a T-72 tank perform checks in preparation for a live fire demonstr... More

Seaman Jennifer Kirkman, construction mechanic

Seaman Jennifer Kirkman, construction mechanic

Seaman Jennifer Kirkman, construction mechanic constructionman, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3, provides front security for security patrol training during a command post exercise. NMCB-3 is ... More

1-68th trains 40th Iraqi Army Brigade on M16

1-68th trains 40th Iraqi Army Brigade on M16

An Iraqi army soldier fires his new rifle during a train-the-trainer M-16 range at Camp Ur, Iraq. The course was a six-day block of instruction on marksmanship, technical details, and range procedures, June 5. ... More

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sides, non-commissioned

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sides, non-commissioned

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sides, non-commissioned officer-in-charge for the Warrior Tasks portion of the U.S. Army Reserves Best Warrior Competition, gives a quick brief to the competitiors about their tasks for t... More

Prescott Valley, Ariz., native, Spc. Travis Selinsky,

Prescott Valley, Ariz., native, Spc. Travis Selinsky,

Prescott Valley, Ariz., native, Spc. Travis Selinsky, a gunner assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, prepares rounds for the M240 machine gun... More

Sgt. Laura Townley, 26, small-arms repair technician,

Sgt. Laura Townley, 26, small-arms repair technician,

Sgt. Laura Townley, 26, small-arms repair technician, Support Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), repairs an M32 A1 grenade launcher aboard Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, Jan.... More

U.S. Army soldiers negotiate obstacles during the Cultural

U.S. Army soldiers negotiate obstacles during the Cultural

U.S. Army soldiers negotiate obstacles during the Cultural Support Assessment and Selection program. The U.S. Army Special Operations Command's cultural support program prepares all-female soldier teams to serv... More

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Christopher Fitzwater, a contracting

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Christopher Fitzwater, a contracting

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Christopher Fitzwater, a contracting officer for Space Missile Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base discusses ideas concerning personal weapon sales with Tina Lovitt (left), West Coast A... More

An Afghan National Police recruit waits in line to

An Afghan National Police recruit waits in line to

An Afghan National Police recruit waits in line to fire his weapon during a night fire exercise at the Kabul Military Training Center. NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is a coalition of 37 troop-contributing n... More

SWAT team members with the Garden Grove Police Department

SWAT team members with the Garden Grove Police Department

SWAT team members with the Garden Grove Police Department practice room-clearing during a collaborated training exercise with the Provost Marshal's Office Special Reaction Team at Range 111 aboard the Combat Ce... More

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to

An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier, assigned to Afghanistan's 215th Corps, assembles an M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun aboard Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 12, 2014. As Internation... More

California Army National Guard Soldiers fire their

California Army National Guard Soldiers fire their

California Army National Guard Soldiers fire their M9 service pistols in a scored pistol qualification event during the 2014 Best Warrior Competition at Camp San Luis Obispo on Oct. 22. BWC is designed to test ... More

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance

U.S. Marine Sgt. Ioan Cardos, left, shows Col. Vance L. Cryer how they operate the M777A2 Lightweight Howtizer during MEU Exercise 14 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 20, 2014. Carlos is a gun chief with Ind... More

Osprey offers new experience for Philippine and U.S. Marines during fast-rope insertions

Osprey offers new experience for Philippine and U.S. Marines during fa...

Philippine U.S. Marines wait for to extract during a fast-rope exercise Jan. 22 at Basa Air Field. Fast-roping is just one of the multiple training events conducted during Aviation Assault Support Exercise 15.1... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, engage a simulated enemy target during a combined live-fire exercise with the Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Mechanized Infantry Ba... More

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall lead police Sgt. Roger

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall lead police Sgt. Roger

Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall lead police Sgt. Roger Mitchell uses a weapons control technique as officer Daymar Reeder struggles to grab Mitchell’s 9mm training pistol at Smith Gym, Oct. 28 on the Henderson ... More

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from military police and drill sergeant units receive their morning brief from the Army Reserve Marksmanship Team before firing rifles at a known-distance range during a multi-day tra... More

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson

An F-15 Strike Eagle aircraft from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., drops munitions over the Utah Test and Training Range, May 2, 2016. The 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, a Hill tenant unit, is conducting ... More

Cpl. Tate J. Sherman, a mortarman, aims down range

Cpl. Tate J. Sherman, a mortarman, aims down range

Cpl. Tate J. Sherman, a mortarman, aims down range with a French Armed Forces Famas G2 during Exercise AmeriCal 16 at Riviére des Pirogues Shooting Range, New Caledonia, August 11, 2016. AmeriCal is a bilateral... More

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics

Capt. James Hall, 14th Airlift Squadron (AS) tactics flight commander, left, Capt. Matt Eggert, 16th AS pilot, center, Capt. Jeff Harnly, 16th Airlift Squadron evaluator, right, stand on the flightline here, Ja... More

A 2000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition awaits loading

A 2000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition awaits loading

A 2000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition awaits loading onto a Conventional Rotary Launcher at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Feb. 1, 2017. The CRL is a new weapons system for the B-52 Stratofortress, giving t... More

Spc. Charles Cherry, U.S. Army Reserve paralegal Soldier

Spc. Charles Cherry, U.S. Army Reserve paralegal Soldier

Spc. Charles Cherry, U.S. Army Reserve paralegal Soldier with the 79th Sustainment Support Command, of Long Beach, California, participates in a promotional photo shoot for Army Reserve recruiting at Joint Base... More

U.S. Navy HN William Guzmanlanzot, 23, from Manhattan,

U.S. Navy HN William Guzmanlanzot, 23, from Manhattan,

U.S. Navy HN William Guzmanlanzot, 23, from Manhattan, New York, cleans the lower receiver of his M16-A2 service rifle at the 22 area armory as part of monthly weapon maintenance on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Apri... More

CRS 8 Sunset Transit Back to Base

CRS 8 Sunset Transit Back to Base

GULF OF TADJOURA, Djibouti - Forward deployed U.S. Sailors assigned to Task Group 68.6 (TG-68.6) return to base after completing an Anti-Terrorism Force Protection escort mission in the Port of Djibouti, Nov. 2... More

127th LRS members assist deploying units

127th LRS members assist deploying units

SELFRIDGE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Mich.-- A member of the 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron assists in directing the delivery of a cargo loader called a "K Loader," to a Boeing 747 on the flight line here on ... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jakob Bromaghim,  a vehicle

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jakob Bromaghim, a vehicle

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jakob Bromaghim, a vehicle operator, with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division (2d MarDiv), displays different componets of an Assault Breacher Vehicle to a member with the... More

190530-N-WH681-7070 ARABIAN SEA (May 30, 2019) U.S.

190530-N-WH681-7070 ARABIAN SEA (May 30, 2019) U.S.

190530-N-WH681-7070 ARABIAN SEA (May 30, 2019) U.S. Navy Master-at-Arms 1st Class Billy Boyd, left, instructs Aviation Structural Mechanic 2nd Class Leobardo Luna, center, and Electronics Technician 3rd Class D... More

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets

Outlaw Drones are positioned to launch as moving targets during a Short Range Air Defense Exercise as part of Tobruq Legacy in Utska, Poland, June 17, 2019. Tobruq Legacy is a 21-day exercise that focuses on mu... More

Senior Airman Brandon Martin, a water fuels journeyman

Senior Airman Brandon Martin, a water fuels journeyman

Senior Airman Brandon Martin, a water fuels journeyman assigned to the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base Missouri, performs a function check on a rifle on Nov. 13, 2019. Martin and other ... More

A U.S. Marine with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground

A U.S. Marine with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, explains the capabilities of an M224 60mm mortar during a Tactical Small Unit Le... More

200514-N-RP442-1019
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2020) Wasp-class

200514-N-RP442-1019 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2020) Wasp-class

200514-N-RP442-1019 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2020) Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) transits the Pacific Ocean. Essex is underway in the eastern Pacific Ocean conducting routine maritime opera... More

12th CAB Apaches clear Santa's route with battalion screen

12th CAB Apaches clear Santa's route with battalion screen

AH-64 Apaches of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wings of Victory, taxi in for 'hot refueling' during a special battalion screen mission on Dec. 15. at Katterbach Army Airfield. (U.S Army photo by Maj. Robert... More

Competitors compete in a series events including a

Competitors compete in a series events including a

Competitors compete in a series events including a four-mile ruck during the 16th CAB Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter Competition at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Sept. 24, 2020. 16th CAB ... More

Two Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division follow

Two Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division follow

Two Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division follow a goat path while patrolling a small valley during an air assault in eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008.

U.S. Army Sgt. Diamond I. Salsedo of Honolulu, and

U.S. Army Sgt. Diamond I. Salsedo of Honolulu, and

U.S. Army Sgt. Diamond I. Salsedo of Honolulu, and U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya of Corozal, Puerto Rico, both squad leaders with 4th Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Bull... More

Polish soldiers search a vehicle during a security

Polish soldiers search a vehicle during a security

Polish soldiers search a vehicle during a security patrol mission on KO road, Ghazni, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2011. (U.S.Army photo by Spc. David Zlotin)

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects

An Afghan National Army special forces recruit inspects the chamber of an M249 machine gun, Kabul province, June 27. The recruits practiced their weapons skills with the M249 machine gun, M4 rifle, 9 mm handgun... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Boettger, assigned

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Boettger, assigned

Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Boettger, assigned to the submarine tender USS Frank Cable, fires a Mark 38 25 mm machine gun during a training exercise. Frank Cable conducts maintenance and support of submarin... More

Sailors fire M9 pistols during a small-arms qualifications

Sailors fire M9 pistols during a small-arms qualifications

Sailors fire M9 pistols during a small-arms qualifications aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan is conducting operations supporting maritime security operations and theater security coop... More

U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Black Knight, A Company,

U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Black Knight, A Company,

U.S. Army soldiers of Task Force Black Knight, A Company, 3-66th Armor Reg., 172nd Inf. Bde., move to their Observation Point after being dropped off in the Gul Raddin Pass, Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2011.

An F/A-18C Hornet from the Warhawks of Strike Fighter

An F/A-18C Hornet from the Warhawks of Strike Fighter

An F/A-18C Hornet from the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron 97 catches the arresting wire on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. ... More

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter

Ordnance technicians with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) prepare to load an advanced medium range air-to-air missile onto an AV-8B Harrier aboard USS Makin Island here Dec. 8. The squadron s... More

A 633rd Security Forces Squadron Airman fires rounds

A 633rd Security Forces Squadron Airman fires rounds

A 633rd Security Forces Squadron Airman fires rounds into a stationary target at Fort Eustis, Va., June 21, 2012. Along with basic marksmanship, participants practiced weapon transitioning techniques and communication.

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) enjoy a cookout on the flight deck of the ship, eating food, playing games, and relaxing in the sun... More

Spc. Christopher Derryberry, Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Spc. Christopher Derryberry, Bradley Fighting Vehicle

Spc. Christopher Derryberry, Bradley Fighting Vehicle driver with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas dons standard issue protecti... More

West Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st

West Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st

West Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 150th Armored Reconnaissance Squadron, watch as their teammates fire M4 rifles at 50-meter targets as the sun sets over McGregor Range, N.M., dur... More

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an infantry automatic rifle during a squad-attack exercis... More

U.S. Marine Corp Lance Cpl. Manuel Mendezrey, a mortarman

U.S. Marine Corp Lance Cpl. Manuel Mendezrey, a mortarman

U.S. Marine Corp Lance Cpl. Manuel Mendezrey, a mortarman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, demonstrates how to load a M2 machine gun as part of a live fire training exercise during Career Orientation fo... More

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division demonstrate the rigging of combat equipment for distinguished visitors prior to a joint forcible entry operation at Fort Irwin, Calif., as part of Operation D... More

KUWAIT (Aug. 23, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Lima Company,

KUWAIT (Aug. 23, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Lima Company,

KUWAIT (Aug. 23, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to launch an RQ-11 Raven during a training exercise. T... More

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 30, 2015)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 30, 2015)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 30, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Aaron Brown throws a smoke grenade during a military operations in urban terrain exercise. Brown is a rifleman with India Company, Ba... More

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (JULY 19, 2016) Canadian Armed Forces members practice close quarter combat skills at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than ... More

Pfc. Nykeria Williams, of Talahassee, Florida, U.S.

Pfc. Nykeria Williams, of Talahassee, Florida, U.S.

Pfc. Nykeria Williams, of Talahassee, Florida, U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and supply specialist for the 160th Military Police Battalion, prepares paperwork to conduct detainee enrollment training at Fort Hunter... More

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt.

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt.

From the left, Senior Airman Steven Woods, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Munis and Senior Airman Zane Sitzes, all active-duty Airmen from the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, buil... More

Staff Sgt. Ethan Kruger, assigned to Camp Parks

Staff Sgt. Ethan Kruger, assigned to Camp Parks

Staff Sgt. Ethan Kruger, assigned to Camp Parks Noncommissioned Officer Academy, 83rd U.S. Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, 100th Training Division, demonstrates weapons knowledge as part of the 80th Tra... More

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance

Airmen from the Tiger and Reaper Aircraft Maintenance Units with the 432nd Aircraft Maintenane Squadron compete in an MQ-9 Reaper weapons load compeition at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 18, 2019. The tw... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Kopecky, the operations

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Kopecky, the operations

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark D. Kopecky, the operations and logistics NCO at the 7th Army Training Command NCO Academy, talks about the German-American partnership within Operation Backbone Feb. 6, 2019. German Bu... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Johnson, 19th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Johnson, 19th Logistics

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Landon Johnson, 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment journeyman, assists a ROCKI 20-01 participant clearing his weapon at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ar... More

WATERS, Mich.-- An MK-82 bomb makes impact during an

WATERS, Mich.-- An MK-82 bomb makes impact during an

WATERS, Mich.-- An MK-82 bomb makes impact during an A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air support training mission at the Michigan National Guard's Grayling Air Gunnery Range August 11, 2020. Pilots of the 107th Fight... More

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Katrina Stuhl, 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons load crew chief, prepares an inert munition to be loaded onto an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the Annual Load Crew Competition Jan. 24, 2020, at ... More

Airman 1st Class Fabian, 432nd Security Forces Squadron

Airman 1st Class Fabian, 432nd Security Forces Squadron

Airman 1st Class Fabian, 432nd Security Forces Squadron Airman, stands in front of a patrol truck at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 10, 2020. Security forces Airmen patrol the base watching for possible t... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing walk towards an MV-22B Osprey at the flight line during exercise Forest Light Eastern Army at Camp Soumagahara, Gunma Prefe... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Beckford, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Beckford, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Travis Beckford, left, Lance Cpl. Kyle Nance and Cpl. Ryan Burke from Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, 4th Platoon, advance through buildings during a bilateral urban assault tra... More

Lance Cpl. Casey Smith, an infantryman with India Company,

Lance Cpl. Casey Smith, an infantryman with India Company,

Lance Cpl. Casey Smith, an infantryman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, provides security from a rooftop during an operation, Nov. 15. Smith, a 24-year-old native of Arlington, Texas, and... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Clint Kear, a logistics

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Clint Kear, a logistics

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Clint Kear, a logistics specialist for Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah (13-16), and U.S. Army Spc. Vancil Casebolt, a civil affairs specialist for PRT Farah, attach night ... More

Coalition security force members prepare for a mission

Coalition security force members prepare for a mission

Coalition security force members prepare for a mission that arrested a Taliban facilitator in Khost district, Khost province, Jan 26. 2013. The detained Taliban facilitator was responsible for the acquisition a... More

A SWAT team member with the Garden Grove Police Department

A SWAT team member with the Garden Grove Police Department

A SWAT team member with the Garden Grove Police Department practices room-clearing during a collaborated training exercise with the Provost Marshal's Office Special Reaction Team at Range 111 aboard the Combat ... More

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a communication point during Certification Exercise (CERTEX) at Camp Pendleton, California, J... More

About 50 Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion,

About 50 Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion,

About 50 Marines from Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, participated in a live fire FGM-148 Javelin exercise July 9th at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Marines participating were... More

Corporal Jan Criadorojas helps Asher Yellen into a

Corporal Jan Criadorojas helps Asher Yellen into a

Corporal Jan Criadorojas helps Asher Yellen into a Marine Corps issued Modular Tactical Vest on a tour of the USS San Antonio during Fleet Week New York May 23, 2015, in New York City. Criadorojas, a Hollywood,... More

ARTA BEACH, DJIBOUTI (July 21, 2015) U.S. Marines off-load

ARTA BEACH, DJIBOUTI (July 21, 2015) U.S. Marines off-load

ARTA BEACH, DJIBOUTI (July 21, 2015) U.S. Marines off-load mortars from a landing craft, air cushion on Arta Beach. Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit came ashore in Djibouti to conduct sustainment ... More

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine

ARTA BEACH, Djibouti (July 22, 2015) A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit throws a practice grenade during a grenade accuracy exercise. E... More

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General

UH-60 Black Hawk crews, assigned to the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a two gun raid exercises with M119A3 howitzers from 1st Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Arti... More

Service members, participating in Fleet Combat Camera

Service members, participating in Fleet Combat Camera

Service members, participating in Fleet Combat Camera Pacific’s (FCCP) Summer Quick Shot 2016, May 15, 2016, Azusa, Calif., clean their weapons. Quick shot is a biannual FCCP exercise that provides live-fire an... More

Cpl. Matthew Waltzer, a rifleman with Charlie Company,

Cpl. Matthew Waltzer, a rifleman with Charlie Company,

Cpl. Matthew Waltzer, a rifleman with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires at his target during a combat marksmanship range near Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, May 16, 2016. Part of ... More

A French Armed Forces soldier holds a U.S. Marine Corps

A French Armed Forces soldier holds a U.S. Marine Corps

A French Armed Forces soldier holds a U.S. Marine Corps M4 service rifle during Exercise AmeriCal 16 at Riviére des Pirogues Shooting Range, New Caledonia, August 11, 2016. AmeriCal is a bilateral training exer... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Kohler, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron load crew team chief, inspects an AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile during a quarterly load crew competition at Shaw A... More

Spc. Newman Kazery, of the Joint Force Headquarters

Spc. Newman Kazery, of the Joint Force Headquarters

Spc. Newman Kazery, of the Joint Force Headquarters - Mississippi, drops a 50-meter target during individual weapon qualifications in the Mississippi National Guard 2018 Best Warrior Competition at the Camp McC... More

Technical Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, 31st Aircraft Maintenance

Technical Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, 31st Aircraft Maintenance

Technical Sgt. Timothy Gaulden, 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load team chief, and his team assist Chief Master Sgt. Edwin Ludwigsen, 31st Fighter Wing command chief, to load an inert munition duri... More

An Honor Guard Airman prepares to bring in the colors

An Honor Guard Airman prepares to bring in the colors

An Honor Guard Airman prepares to bring in the colors at the beginning of the Celebration of Life ceremony for Capt. Tranay Tanner Aug. 21 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Tanner, Air Force Operational Test and E... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Qian Wen, a food service

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Qian Wen, a food service

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Qian Wen, a food service specialist with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, unseals a container during Integrated Training Exercise 5-19 at Marine Corps Air G... More

Steel worker Petty Officer 3rd Class Dalton Kotz, assigned

Steel worker Petty Officer 3rd Class Dalton Kotz, assigned

Steel worker Petty Officer 3rd Class Dalton Kotz, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5, watches the perimeter from his perch next to a .50-caliber Browning machine gun during the battalion's field ... More

A Marine assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

A Marine assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure

A Marine assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security from the landing pad of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy G... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Lubus, serving with Able Company,

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Lubus, serving with Able Company,

U.S. Army Sgt. Eric Lubus, serving with Able Company, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade, holds an AK-47 assault rifle as an Afghan National Army soldier explains how to assemble the rif... More

Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Becker, an administrative

Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Becker, an administrative

Airman 1st Class Joseph A. Becker, an administrative personnel specialist, with the 633rd Force Support Squadron, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., fires his M4 Carbine for weapons qualification at Joint Bas... More

Sergeant Joshua Ott, left, team leader, scout sniper

Sergeant Joshua Ott, left, team leader, scout sniper

Sergeant Joshua Ott, left, team leader, scout sniper team, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, Regimental Combat Team 6, and Lance Cpl. Grant Ciffone, his slackman, prepare a sniper rifle for marksmans... More

Staff Sgt. James Thornton, a combat engineer from

Staff Sgt. James Thornton, a combat engineer from

Staff Sgt. James Thornton, a combat engineer from Spartanburg, S.C., with the 323rd Engineer Company gets ready to fire his M16 rifle on a zero range during the 2014 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Joi... More

U.S. Marine Corps color guard, II Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marine Corps color guard, II Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marine Corps color guard, II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), stands at the ready before the beginning of the sergeant major relief and appointment ceremony in front of the II MEF headquarters building on... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 17, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 17, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

SOUTHWEST ASIA (Sept. 17, 2015) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jonathan Ripoyla moves to his next firing position during a bi-lateral training exercise. Ripoyla is a rifleman with India Company, Battalion Landing Team ... More

Numbers mark features that identify an Iranian “Qiam”

Numbers mark features that identify an Iranian “Qiam”

Numbers mark features that identify an Iranian “Qiam” ballistic missile section on display at Joint Base Anacostia-Boling in Washington, D.C. Jan. 24, 2018. The missile section was recovered from a missile fire... More

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons

Airmen from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons flight receive instructions on how to safely arm a weapons system on an F-15E Strike Eagle as part of an operational safety review, May 18, 2018, at Sey... More

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation

LTC Jacob W. Miller, the commander of 3-25 Aviation Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion completed his final flight on Wheeler Army Airfield, May 8, 2019. The flight went from Oahu to Maui and back. (U.S... More

The moulage begins as wax is secured to an arm prior

The moulage begins as wax is secured to an arm prior

The moulage begins as wax is secured to an arm prior to an active assailant exercise June 19 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Moulage team, made of medical Airmen, create injuries, burns and gore on simulated... More

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin inspect and clean M16-A4 and M4 carbines on Robertson Barracks, Darwin, NT, Australia, June 30, 2020. As a force postured and ready, the cleanliness and functi... More

Gen. James T. Conway and Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent

Gen. James T. Conway and Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent

Gen. James T. Conway and Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent answer questions and speak to Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Afghanistan Dec. 23 on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. Conway and Kent... More

Lance Cpl. Kent Smith and Cpl. Calvin Headley with

Lance Cpl. Kent Smith and Cpl. Calvin Headley with

Lance Cpl. Kent Smith and Cpl. Calvin Headley with F Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a British Commando, Royal Artillery, talk about the differences in services during t... More

U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers render a salute

U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers render a salute

U.S. Marines, sailors and soldiers render a salute during the playing of the British National Anthem at a decommissioning ceremony for the Camp Dwyer Memorial here, July 30, 2012. Lance Bombardier James Dwyer, ... More

Staff Sgt. Javier Acosta, a platoon sergeant with Charlie

Staff Sgt. Javier Acosta, a platoon sergeant with Charlie

Staff Sgt. Javier Acosta, a platoon sergeant with Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, was on his usual commute home to Hemet, Calif., when he jumped into action and used his combat life saving ski... More

Members of the Somali Police Force, train with the

Members of the Somali Police Force, train with the

Members of the Somali Police Force, train with the Carabinieri at the Djibouti Police Academy in Djibouti, Djibouti, Nov. 10, 2016. The Carabinieri is in charge of training mission MAIDIT Somalia 6, which is th... More

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