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A U.S. Marine waves to local farmers during a security patrol near Turah Shah Ghundey, Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Feb. 4, 2011. The Marine is assigned to Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Mari More

KABUL, Afghanistan –Col. Shafiqa Quarashi (right) embraces her sister on March 19, 2010 upon her return from the United States where she received a 2010 International Woman of Courage award from Secretary of St More

During NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015, 18 ships from six different task groups are participating in a maneuvering exercise while two shipborne helicopters are covering the scene. While the ships are sailin More

Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Steele (left) of U.S. Army Africa and Sgt. 1st Class Dominador Rubang of U.S. Army NATO Brigade move through “urban terrain” during the 2016 European Best Warrior Competition held at the 7th More

Abdul Sattar Murad Minister of Economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan met Major General Paul W.Brier, NATO Deputy Commander for Civil Outreach, on Saturday, August 13, 2015, Sapidar Palace, Kabul, Afghanistan.

From left to right Mr. Lange, Gaetano Martino and Lester B. Pearson, dubbed the "Three Wise Men", constituting the "Committee of Three".

Mediterranean Sea (March 24, 2012) (Left to right) Guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69), aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS De Ruyter (F 804), German Navy fr More

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a NATO Welcome Ceremony and Family Photo in Bucharest, Romania. November 29, 2022. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

New York National Guard Soldiers, from the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deployed to Ukraine, spent the day visiting a Ukrainian orphanage in Krakovets on Dec. 27, 2017. During the visit, Soldiers brought More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade lead a formation of Ukrainian National Guard soldiers on a two-mile walk, as part of Fearless Guardian, during Global Security Contingency Fund, in Yavoriv, More

Soldiers with the Ukrainian national guard prepare to throw a grenade into a bunker during squad live-fire training Aug. 22, 2015, as part of Fearless Guardian in Yavoriv, Ukraine. The Soldiers practiced severa More

U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan meets with Ukrainian Minister of Defense Stepan Poltorak, at the defense ministerial meeting at NATO headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 14, 2019. (U.S. M More

Capt. Tyler McBride, 421st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron chief of safety, deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, prepares for his first combat sortie as Staff Sgt. Devon Sheffey, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft More

Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Netherlands Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot during the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 28, 2023. (Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy)

A Greek air force F-16 fighter jet flies off the wing of an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during a training mission Feb. 26, 2014, over the Mediterranean Sea. Greek and U.S. air forces are participating in a tw More

Airmen with the 31st Maintenance Squadron transient alert shop escort an incoming rotator to a parking location May 20, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Transient alert Airmen also provide inflight emergency, a More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, conduct aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall Air Bas More

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment and a Turkish Land Force soldier participate in Cooperative Resolve 2012 at the Joint Multinational Simulation Center in Grafenwoehr, Germany, J More

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), takes off from Forward Operating Base Jackson, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2012. VMM-161 moved troops and cargo to More

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to 101st Combat Aviation Brigade prepare to land at Tactical Base Gamberi during a visit from senior Afghan National Army and Resolute Support More

A Dutch soldier with the Royal Netherlands Army provides security in a simulated attack while conducting an air assault mission during exercise Swift Response 17 at the U.S. Army’s 7th Army Training Center in G More

Afghan Local Police (ALP) trainees perform abdominal exercises during police academy training at the Musa Qala District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2012. ALP trainees began their second day More

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) sits at Camp Dwyer in Helmand provi More

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team exits the Joint Multinational Training Command training tower during basic airborne refresher training More

Airman 1st Class Cole Kasten, a 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron pavement and heavy equipment operator, mixes cement for a ramp at Public School No. 4 in Gori, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2015. Kasten and a team of Airmen bu More

Capt. Bob J. Sise, left, from Wrightsville Beach, N.C. and assigned to Georgian Liaison Team-9 conducts a dismounted patrol with Georgian Army soldiers assigned to the 33rd Light Infantry Battalion during Opera More

Marines with 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), Regimental Combat Team 7, work out on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012. The Mari More

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Matthew Pukey, center, a corpsman with 1st Platoon, India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, and an Afghan interpreter talk to an Afghan boy at a vehicle checkp More

Lithuanian air force firefighters prepare for a simulated aircraft fire during a NATO Firefighter Fundamentals course May 20, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Instructors from the 435th Construction and Tra More

U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment talk after a routine inspection of a Patriot missile battery at a Turkish military base in Gaziantep, Turkey, Feb. 26, 2013. U.S. and NAT More

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jose Carrero, right, with Regimental Combat Team 5 (RCT-5) delivers a safety brief to Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps before a mortar shoot outsi More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 362, 3rd Marine Air Wing (Forward) departs Camp Dwyer carrying U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Charles M. Gurganus, commandin More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 362 conducts a general support mission over Musa Qala district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 27, 2012 More

Sgt. Sebastian Chenault, a 27-year-old anti-tank missileman with Jump Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a native of Lacon, Ill., walks among Afghan students just released from classes at an outdo More

Marines with Engineer Company, Combat Logistics Battalion 2 (Reinforced), Combat Logistics Regiment 15, overlook a work site on Patrol Base Eredvi, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2012. CLB-2 engineers More

Paratroopers from 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct an airborne operation with from a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, More

A Spanish paratrooper taking part in Exercise Lone Paratrooper jumps out of a KC-130J from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa at Leόn Air Base, Spain, May 18, 2015. The multinat More

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, prepares for an early morning mission aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 27. HMH-362 operated the D-models More

An F-22 Raptor from the 95th Fighter Squadron based at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., flies over Tallinn, Estonia, Sept. 4, 2015. The Air Force deployed four F-22s, a C-17 Globemaster III and approximately 60 Ai More

A German soldier stands guard during a simulated noncombatant evacuation operation on the Hohenfels Training Area (Germany) during exercise Swift Response 15, Aug. 30, 2015. Swift Response 15 is the U.S. Army's More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 480th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany participate in a training sortie with F-22 Raptors Sept. 9, 2015, over the United Kingdom. The U.S Air Force More

Lance Cpl. Travis K. Newton with Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5, looks through his rifle combat optic during a satellite patrol al More

U.S. Marines assigned to Georgian Liaison Team-9 and Georgian Army soldiers assigned to the 33rd Light Infantry Battalion make their way to the extraction point during Operation Northern Lion II in Helmand prov More

“Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long asit's the Marine breed.” — Lt. Gen. “Chesty” Puller The uniforms may change, the battlegrounds may change, but Marineswill always be America’ More

“Old breed? New breed? There's not a damn bit of difference so long as it's the Marine breed.” — Lt. Gen. “Chesty” Puller The uniforms may change, the battlegrounds may change, but Marineswill always be America More

U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Regiment rifle party fire their weapons in a three-volley salute following a memorial run here, June 1, 2012, to honor 116 men from 3rd Marines who died during combat operations More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Stephen W. White, an AV-8B Harrier aircraft pilot with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), relocates a Harrier to Camp Bastion More

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Wing Support Group 37, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), observe a tractor, rubber-tired, articulated steering, multi-purpose (TRAM) at Camp Basti More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon lands June 30, 2014, on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The aircraft returned from integrated training with NATO allies in Poland as part of the persistent presence mission in Eastern Eur More

U.S. Marines with Romeo Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, receive their ammunition at a live fire range on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2013. The Marin More

Cpl. Zachary Cline gets a haircut from Lance Cpl. Jerhson Hernandez on Forward Operating Base Sabit Qadam, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Nov. 21, 2012. Cline and Hernandez, both riflemen assigned to Headquarte More

A Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (2/7), inspects his vehicle on Forward Operating Base Now Zad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2012. The Marines of 2/7 are currently deploy More

You voted and this week's Corps Top Shot comes from Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chester Sherman, a motorman from Petersburg, Va., and assigned to Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (Echo 2/7), reties his boots after changing out of his wet utility More

Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 5 conduct a vehicle checkpoint during a patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2012. 3/8 Marine More

Capt. Doug Mayo, a 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, goes through a preflight inspection with Staff Sgt. William Harris, a 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew c More

Staff Sgt. Guillermo Cruz Rodriguez, assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects the intake of an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a postflight inspection at Bagram Airfield, Afghanis More

Three F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft fly over Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 28, 2015 as part of the inaugural F-22 training deployment to Europe. Four F-22s from the 95th Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air For More

U.S. Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 make preparations in support of Operation Dynamic Partnership on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 9, 2013. Operation Dynamic Partnership wa More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin J. Howell with Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT), Weapons Company, 2D Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 5 patrols through a poppy field during a satellite patrol in Marj More

Marines assigned to Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7, ground guide their vehicles on the way to provide security for an improvised explosive device (IED) post blast anal More

Cpl. Gary Martz, Regimental Combat Team 7 (RCT-7), rests in a transient tent on Manas Air Base, Chuy province, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 13, 2012. RCT-7 staged a few days on Manas Air Base before continuing on to their More

A U.S. Army Humvee is maneuvered through the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Jan. 21, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Markus Rauchenberger)

A M1A1 Abrams Tank fires its main gun as it takes part in a live-fire exercise in Rena, Norway, Feb. 18, 2016. The Marines are preparing themselves for Exercise Cold Response 16, which will bring together 12 NA More

A CC-130 Hercules from the Royal Canadian Air Force refuels an Italian Tornado during Trident Juncture 15. (Photo: OR-9 Klaus Sattler)

U.S. and Polish C-130s fly in formation prior to participating in a friendly airlift competition during Aviation Detachment 16-1, Oct. 29, 2015, at Powidz Air Base, Poland. A total of seven aircraft few togethe More

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, fly in formation, Oct. 22, 2015, over Spain. The aircraft received fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from RAF Mildenhall, England, as part More

151021-N-TC720-877 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Oct. 21, 2015) A rigid hull inflatable boat from USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) heads towards Israeli navy Sa'ar 5-class corvette INS Hanit (503) during a small boat passenger tr More

Two Airmen, assigned to the 71st Rescue Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., look out the windows of a C-130J Hercules during rescue and refueling training near Beja Air Base, Portugal, Oct. 23, 2015. The tra More

A Portuguese Air Force member looks out the back of a Canadian C-130 before conducting High Altitude Low Opening parachute jumping training in support of Trident Juncture 2015 near Beja Air Base, Portugal, Oct. More

Corporal Charles Roy III, an optics technician assigned to The Combined Arms Company out of Bulgaria, uses small burners to melt snow into water as his unit sets up camp for the night. This unique company is co More

Medical equipment sits on a litter aboard a C-130 Hercules during a medevac flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan en route to Al Udied Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with moving inju More

Ukraine-NATO Relations

A U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, takes off from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan on Feb 13. The C-130H is a versatile air frame used for troop, medi More

100603-F-1020B-002.jpg Kandahar - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, commander NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, is met by Afghan Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, commander of the Kandahar Afghan National Police Regiona More

100603-F-1020B-051.jpg Kandahar - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, commander NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, and Afghan Gen. Nasrullah Zarifi, commander of the Kandahar Regional Training Center look at Afg More

100603-F-1020B-023 Kandahar - Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, commander NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan, discusses future development projects with Army Brig. Gen. Frederick Hodges, director of operations More

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) wait for a flight next to a UH-1Y Venom helicopter in Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, More

NATO and Polish flag

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Heidi A. Dean (right), with the female engagement team attached to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, gives a basic hygiene class during a health in More