Members of the 51st Security Forces Squadron respond to a ground attack during Operational Readiness Exercise Beverly Midnight 13-03 -- a simulated wartime contingency exercise -- on Aug. 8 at Osan Air Base, South Korea.
Staff Sgt. Emerson Nuñez/Released/U.S. Air Force
A U.S. gun crew fires illumination rounds at Forward Operating Base Hadrian on Jan. 4. The 1st Section Bravo Battery 1-9 Field Artillery from Fort Stewart, GA, has been conducting intensive training and fire missions to support operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan.
U.S. Army
A Marine Special Operations Team member fires a M240B machine gun during night fire sustainment training in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on March 28.
Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/U.S. Marine Corps
Airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jump out the back of a MH-47 Chinook Helicopter on April 9 at Wynnehaven Beach, FL.
Airman 1st Class Christopher Callaway/Released/U.S. Air Force
Sgt. William Wickett, 2nd Radio Battalion, performs a rescue drill during a Water Survival Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Johnson, NC, on March 5.
Staff Sgt. Mark Fayloga/U.S. Marine Corps
The Corps of Cadets gets fired up for the 114th Army-Navy football game on Dec. 16.
U.S. Army
The M119A2 crew of the Archangel Battery, 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team "Currahee," 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), just after the gunner sends the round down range during a night training fire mission at Forward Operating Base Lightning, Afghanistan, on Nov. 11.
Staff Sgt. Todd A. Christopherson/U.S. Army
Paratroopers from the 1st Batallion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, prepare for takeoff in the back of a C-130 Hercules on Dec. 11 at Aviano Air Base, Italy.
Airman Ryan Conroy/Released/U.S. Air Force
The Basic Reconnaissance Course class familiarizes themselves with Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction rigging southeast of Las Flores, CA, in an open field in the 41-area on Oct. 22.
Lance Cpl. Orrin Farmer/U.S. Marine Corps
Lance Cpl. Joseph Nunez and Viky, an improvised explosive device detection dog, search a compound for hidden threats during Operation Grizzly in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on July 18. Grizzly was a counterinsurgency operation to deter enemy activity, establish a presence, and gather human intelligence.
Cpl. Alejandro Pena/Released/U.S. Marine Corps
Smoke lingers in the dense air during a training scenario on Oct. 18. in Lagos, Nigeria. U.S. Marines with Africa Partnership Station 13 participated in a training exercise focusing on riot control, riverine operations, ambush reaction drills, and more.
Sgt. Marco Mancha/Released/U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron jump from a U.S. Air Force HC-130 near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, on Nov. 19.
Staff Sgt. Staci Miller/Released/U.S. Official Air Force
A C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flightline at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Dec. 29. The aircrew landed in a snowstorm and aerial port airmen downloaded and uploaded vehicles and cargo during the storm.
Capt. Brian Wagner/Released/U.S. Air Force Photo
Firefighters from the 366th Civil Engineer Squadron extinguish a fire during a fire training exercise on March 4 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse/U.S. Air Force
An Afghan National Army commando of the 2nd Company, 3rd Special Operations Kandak talks with an Afghan villager (as seen through Night Vision Goggles) in Mandozai village, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, on Dec. 27.
Staff Sgt. Bertha A. Flores/Released/U.S. Army
An infantry instructor scans a field for enemies after firing a green star cluster flare during patrol week of Infantry Training Battalion near Camp Geiger, NC on Oct. 31. Patrol week is a five-day training event that teaches infantry students basic offensive, defensive, and patrolling techniques.
Sgt. Tyler L. Main/Released/U.S. Marine Corps
