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ST. ARNAUD, NEW ZEALAND U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Noah Ryan, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, provides security while participating in an extraction mission during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 26, 2017. The U.S. Marines and some New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) members […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, UNITED STATES An East-Coast based U.S. Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land) cuts a hole in a steel door using a exothermic torch during breacher training on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, July 16. Navy SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct missions from […]
JOHNSTON, IA, UNITED STATES Billed as “50 teams, 50 hours, 50 miles,” the U.S. Army’s 11th annual Best Sapper Competition tests combat engineers in a variety of technical and physical challenges April 25-27 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Here competitors, including Team 35 from the Iowa Army National Guard, prepare to carry a 350-pound Zodiac […]
CZECH REPUBLIC A Sky Soldier from C Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade assembles his gear and stows his parachute during a joint airborne operation and airfield seizure with the Czech Republic Army during a joint field exercise as a part of Exercise Saber Junction 17 in Mimon, Czech Republic April 17, […]
What do you think of when you think of war music? Maybe you think of the civil war style snare drum with an accompanying trumpet, maybe you think of an orchestra of brass and strings that could be put to a war movie about brave soldiers in harrowing circumstances — there’s a good chance you think of […]
FORT BRAGG, NC, UNITED STATES Staff Sgt. Scott LaForest, standing, reviews using a thermal scope with soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, during squad designated marksmanship training at Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 15. The 2/504th PIR, preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, received training from members of the Army […]
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, KANEOHE BAY, HI, UNITED STATES U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Michael Garziano, an infantryman with Detachment 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, touches the bottom of the pool as part of a water treading exercise during a training event, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 22, 2018. The event consisted of various exercises, including a […]
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HI, UNITED STATES A U.S. Reconnaissance Marine with 4th Force Reconnaissance Battalion preps his scuba gear during dive operations in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Dec. 9, 2016. The mission of Marine Corps Base Hawaii is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families in order to […]
AFGHANISTAN U.S. Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) discover a cache of munitions and weapons while conducting a Sensitive Site Exploitation (SSE) mission in the Jaji mountains, Feb. 12, 2002. Navy Special Operations Forces are conducting missions in Afghanistan in support Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tim Turner) Courtesy of […]
If there was ever a story from the endless war in Afghanistan that needed to be told, the story of the Horse Soldiers from the 5th Special Forces Group was it. Just weeks after the terrifying events of 9/11 played out, the Army inserted a Special Forces A-Team, ODA-595 into Afghanistan to link up with […]
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