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The Pic of the Day: Motorcycle safety course

Soldiers assigned to the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command conduct a Motorcycle safety training briefing near Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany on July 1, 2020.

The Pic of the Day: Clearing the battlefield

30th Armored Brigade Combat Team Soldier’s conduct training with Mine Clearing Line Charge in Kuwait on June 17, 2020. The Mine Clearing Line Charge is a line of explosives used to detonate mines in the ground.

The Pic of the Day: Another deployment, another farewell

Tech. Sgt. Brian Ynclan, a 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, spends a few moments with his family before leaving for a deployment June 28, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Ynclan was one of several Reserve Citizen Airmen firefighters deploying to Southwest Asia.

The Pic of the Day: That’s a lot of brass

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, fire M240B medium machine guns at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 24, 2020. Marines with 5th ANGLICO and Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marines, conducted firing drills with the M240B medium machine gun […]

The Video of the Week: A Special Forces amputee still rocking it

The U.S. Army recently did a three-part piece on Warrant Officer Nick Lavery, a Special Forces operator with the 5th Special Forces Group and an amputee who has managed to stay operational despite his injuries. His story is an inspirational tale full of grit and perseverance.

The Pic of the Day: Rocking the M320 grenade launcher

A soldier assigned to Task Force Guardian Site Security Platoon, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), runs through a training scenario at a firing range in Djibouti, June 24, 2020. Task Force Guardian infantrymen and junior snipers utilize their rotation’s final range day to hone their skills across three weapons systems to further enhance […]

The Pic of the Day: How to sink a ship

A decomissioned ship breaks apart and sinks following a torpedo attack from the Type 214HN submarine PIPINOS (S121) off Karpathos island, Greece, during a SINKEX on June 24, 2020. The decomissioned vessel had been previously struck by a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-ship missile, an AGM-114 Hellfire missile, and two AGM-65 Maverick missiles.  Here is video […]

The Pic of the Day: Army snipers sneaking through the woods

At Fort Benning June 19, a Soldier enrolled in the U.S. Army Sniper Course at Fort Benning and already camouflaged in a ghillie suit, adds to his camouflage by affixing natural vegetation to himself and his rifle, during training in how to stalk targets. Most students sent for training with the Sniper Course are Soldiers […]

The Pic of the Day: A destroyer’s magical mystery tour

The guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) transits the Arabian Gulf May 24, 2020. Paul Hamilton is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three strategic […]

The Pic of the Day: Crisis Response Marines

A U.S. Marine assigned to the Special Purpose Marine-Air Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, coaches shooters during combat marksmanship sustainment training in Kuwait, June 20, 2020. The combat marksmanship program is designed to improve the Marines accuracy and lethality with their service weapons. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a crisis response force, […]

The Pic of the Day: Man overboard!

Seaman Alvaro Schneider throws a man overboard training dummy off of the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) May 11, 2020. Paul Hamilton is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the […]