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CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, practice engaging an enemy in close quarters during the tactics phase of a close-quarter tactics course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 18, 2014. Marines with Bravo Co., 1st Recon Bn. are enhancing their skills before compositing with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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