A 943d Security Forces Squadron Airman is hoisted into an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during an exercise on Feb. 4 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The 943d SFS partnered with the 305th RQS to complete a four-day training exercise to incorporate security forces Airmen into combat search and rescue operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airmen Nicole Koreen)
U.S. Marines with command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, program a radio for communications during a bilateral tactical air control party exercise at W-174, Okinawa, Japan on Mar. 7, 2023. The exercise was conducted to practice finding and tracking notional enemy vessels by using maritime surveillance data in coordinate with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Iron Fist 23. Iron [Read More …]
Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade qualify on the M17 pistol on Fort Bragg, NC, March 9, 2023. Providers qualified on their weapons to ensure readiness and lethality. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Vincent Levelev)
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Austin TenElshof, Michigan National Guard, competes in a Spartan Race as a member of the All Guard Marathon Team in Jacksonville, Florida, Feb. 25-26, 2023. The Spartan Race is a series of obstacle races of varying distance and difficulty ranging from three miles to marathon distances. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Gauret Stearns)
An F-22 Raptor pilot from the 154th Wing goes through a pre-flight checklist March 9, 2023, at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii. Total-Force weapons specialists from 154th and 15th Wings achieved a significant milestone in enhancing F-22 Raptors’ agile combat employment capabilities by successfully rearming them at the PMRF. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. [Read More …]
Specialist Seth Arroyo, a sniper from the Washington Army National Guard’s 3-161 Infantry Regiment, utilizes his rifle as part of an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise, or EDRE. An EDRE is done to test the ability of a unit to receive an emergency alert and mobilize to respond to any kind of domestic emergency throughout the area. (U.S. Army National Guard [Read More …]
A U.S. Army locomotive used as part of rail operations is shown Feb. 24, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. For the many decades of Fort McCoy’s existence, the capability to transport cargo and equipment to and from the installation by rail has always been there. During World War II, for example, the railroad at Fort McCoy was one of the [Read More …]
U.S. Air Force Capt. Samuel “RaZZ” Larson, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot, flies an F-22 Raptor during a practice flight at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2023. Larson has more than 750 hours experience flying the F-22 Raptor and was selected as a part of the F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team for his outstanding performance, capabilities and skills [Read More …]
Task Force Viper, 2-309th Training Support Battalion, 5th Armored Brigade, hosted a Norwegian Foot March to give members of the U.S. Army Fort Bliss community an opportunity to earn the prestigious badge March 7. The Norwegian Foot March was first held in 1915 as a test of marching endurance for Norwegian soldiers. Participants were required to ruck 18.6 miles while [Read More …]
Soldiers assigned to Headquarters Battery, 45th Field Artillery Brigade, prepare for their pre-mobilization training, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, November 16, 2022. The Citizen-Soldiers are deploying to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and will be serving as a headquarters for regionally aligned forces.
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