The Pic of the Day: F-16 loading competition

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. David Torres, 35th Aircraft Maintenance Unit load crew team chief, loads an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft during the 8th Maintenance Group’s fourth-quarter Weapons Load Crew Competition at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 3, 2020. The three-person crews were evaluated on safety, reliability, technical proficiency and time.

The Pic of the Day: Airmen plot their way to Ranger School

Squad leaders discuss strategy during an Air Force Ranger Assessment Course at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Nov. 15, 2019. The course teaches students critical tasks such as land navigation and troop movements. During the 19-day training course, students are evaluated to determine if they possess the knowledge, willpower and skills to attend Army Ranger […]

The Pic of the Day: Them coveted foreign jump wings

Soldiers with the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and the Indian Army’s 3rd Paramilitary Special Forces Battalion exchange jump wings during the Vajra Prahar closing ceremonies, at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, Wash. Vajra Prahar is a bilateral joint combined exchange training exercise that improves the ability of the forces involved […]

The Pic of the Day: SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient reflects

Retired Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski, Medal of Honor Recipient, speaks with Command Master Chief David Twiford, command master chief of Recruit Training Command (RTC), about his career during an RTC Sailor 360 training. More than 35,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp. Chief Slabinski was a member of SEAL […]

The Pic of the Day: SOCOM’s Demonstration Team

Members of the SOCOM demonstration team prepare to jump during the 2019 Fort Wayne Air Show at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base, Indiana on June 9, 2019. The 122nd Fighter Wing hosted a free public airshow June 8-9, 2019 featuring an aerial show by the Thunderbirds, the 122FW’s own A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft […]

The Pic of the Day: It doesn’t get more ‘Merica than this

The 122nd Fighter Wing hosted a free public airshow June 8-9, 2019, at the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard Base in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Fort Wayne Air Show featured an aerial show by the Thunderbirds, the United States Air Force precision-flying demonstration team. The Shockwave Jet Truck “is a custom-built race truck […]

The Pic of the Day: Mortars away the Special Forces way

U.S. Army Special Operation Soldiers with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) fire M224 handheld 60mm mortar system at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 16, 2019. The Green Berets used the MCAGCC training areas to refine detachment tactics and prepare for combat operations

The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs in the bushes

Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group TWO conduct military land warfare operations in the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize skills needed to conduct missions from sea, air and land.

Video of the Week: Watch as Marines prepare to reinforce besieged US embassy in Baghdad

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAFTF-CR-CC) 19.2, prepare to deploy from Kuwait in support of a crisis response mission on December 31, 2019. Approximately 100 Marines were deployed to protect the U. S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq after protesters stormed the embassy gates trying to get inside of […]

The Pic of the Day: MARSOC hopefuls playing in the dark

Marine Special Operation Command (MARSOC) students conduct a helicopter raid at Outlying Field Atlantic, North Carolina, Oct. 31, 2019. MARSOC’s mission is to recruit, train, sustain, and deploy scalable, expeditionary forces worldwide to accomplish special operations missions assigned by U.S. Special Operations Command.

The Pic of the Day: Special Forces operators getting ready

A U.S. Army Special Operation Soldier with 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires an M4A1 rifle at pop up targets at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 18, 2019. The Green Berets used the MCAGCC training areas to refine detachment tactics and prepare for combat operations.