Category: The Pic of the Day

Command post exercises give unit headquarters staff the ability to practice warfighting in a simulated environment.

U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft partake in a capabilities demonstration, which included all the squadrons and aircraft types currently stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

Iraqi Special Forces fighters, Qwat al-Khasah, are shown here at Camp Taji, Iraq, in 2020 during a training drill to simulate how they would properly react to enemy contact.

An officer with 2nd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) advances on a stage during a 3-gun competition in Maxton, North Carolina. The event was hosted by Memorial 3-Gun Foundation to honor and remember fallen soldiers assigned to US Special Operations Command.

7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. 

JA23 is U.S. Africa Command’s largest exercise in East Africa. Led by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), this multinational exercise brings together more than 20 countries from four continents to increase partner readiness for peacekeeping missions, crisis response and humanitarian assistance. 

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94) remove chock and chains from an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 48.

The 5th BW is participating in BTF exercises focused on the training and development of U.S. and partnered forces across the European region. 

Soldiers from Task Force Wolfhound take a break from training to pose with their weapons in Djibouti, Africa.

US A-10 Thunderbolts, such as this one, travel the globe from airshow to airshow, showcasing the abilities of this rugged, powerful American aircraft.

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon assigned to Patrol Squadron 10, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., receives fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron over the Pacific Ocean.

Coalition Forces fire 120mm illumination rounds using an XM905 Advanced Mortar Protection System from a fire base in the al-Shadaddi region, Syria