EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL, UNITED STATES Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Harvey, 96th Security Forces Squadron, tightens his M50 gas mask during a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive training exercise at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 1. The Airmen were taught the proper procedures during the week-long event before executing the tactics by […]
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Loadout Room photo of the day: Dawn Blitz 2017
UNITED STATES A Japanese soldier with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force lifts up a Mock anti-tank weapon during Dawn Blitz 2017 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. Oct 27, 2017. Dawn Blitz is an opportunity for U.S. forces to increase interoperability with partner nations to be prepared for real-world crisis situations. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Battalions of 170th IBCT work as one team
CAMP GRIFFIN, AFGHANISTAN Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jose Cruz, a Bonce, Puerto Rico native, now the armament technician for 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team with B Company, 24th Brigade Support Battalion, 170th IBCT replaces the compensator on an M4 carbine with a flash suppressor for Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 84th Artillery Regiment, 170th […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: MARSOC Marine wins Harley Davidson
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES Sgt. Edmund Hatch sits on the brand new Harley Davidson Fat Boy motorcycle, July 7, in front of the New River Harley Davidson. Hatch, a combat videographer with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, won the motorcycle by taking first place in the Hesco Bastion Ltd. photo competition. […]
Watch: The Things Marines Do When Deployed
I remember back in the 90’s I spent a month in South Korea training with the Korean ROK Marines at their Mountain Warfare School. We didn’t have much with us in the way of comfort items, so when we had downtime we improvised ways of having fun. When we were not out in the field […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Urban Sniper Course
HAMMELBURG, BY, GERMANY Multinational Soldiers from seven different countries participate in the Urban Sniper Course conducted by the International Special Training Center (ISTC), May 4 – 8, 2015 in Hammelburg, Germany. The students from the U.S. and European allies received the training to enhance their sniper skills to support NATO Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen by […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC, UNITED STATES Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M249 squad automatic weapon during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s initial Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Special Operations Task Force in Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN U.S. Special Forces Soldiers, attached to Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan, alongside Afghan agents from the National Interdiction Unit, NIU, prepare to load onto CH-47 Chinook Helicopters prior to an operation in the Ghorak district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2016. The operation was conducted to disrupt and destroy drug labs owned by the Taliban […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: Pararescue dive training
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, NV, UNITED STATES U.S. Air Force pararescueman gives a ready sign to the shore before beginning his mission during a diving training course, June 20, 2012, at Lake Meade, Nev. To become a pararesuceman means out-lasting nearly 90 percent of your starting class, which is the highest dropout rate of any […]
Loadout Room photo of the day: New York Air National Guard pararescue jumpers hone emergency medical skills
WESTHAMPTON BEACH, NY, UNITED STATES New York Air National Guard Pararescue Jumpers and Combat Rescue Officers with the 106th Rescue Wing’s 103rd Rescue Squadron conduct medical refresher training at FS Gabreski ANG on February 27th, 2014. The training involved PJ’s and CRO’s rotating through various lanes where injuries replicated the types of wounds often seen […]