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Elite special operations forces from Kuwait, Qatar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the U.S. conducted a simulated raid on a defended objective, practiced room clearing, responded to an explos More

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian and military response. Civilian and military emergency responders from Kuwait and the U.S. conduct a joint chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear def More

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian and military response. Civilian and military emergency responders from Kuwait and the U.S. conduct a joint chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear def More

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military special operations forces from the Gulf Cooperation Council,  and the U.S. conducted a simulated rapid response to the hijacking of the motor tanker, or oil ta More

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017 - Civilian and military personnel from Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. conduct counterterrorism drills, search and rescue operations and respond to a mock vehicle More

President George H.W. Bush addresses a crowd at the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, Jan. 26, 2001, during a memorial ceremony in honor of American service members who died in the Gulf War. The ceremony commemorated the More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manila Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Edward G. Martens, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Manila Country: Philippines (PHL) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Edward G. Martens, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service More

Ambassador Crocker and Col. Munam Hasim Fahd meet at Asmak Baghdad Fish Market, Abu Nawas Street.

Indianapolis Scouts help pack donated popcorn to benefit Iraqi Scouts. The 2.5 tons of popcorn was donated by Trail's End and is being delivered free-of-charge by DHL to the Green Zone Council at the U.S. Embas More

Ambassador W. Stuart Symington congratulates Army Spc. Markus N. Manabat after taking the Oath of Allegiance during a Military Naturalization Ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti, March 13. Symington is the More

U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, Deborah K. Jones and Brig. Gens. William Frink and James Walton, commander, 311th Sustainment and 335th Signal Commands, lead over 500 participants during the Freedom Walk held at the More

Lt. Cdr. Steve Kummeth, right, assigned to the 354th Civil Affairs Brigade Special Functions Team, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, presents local health officers a group photo taken during a previous More

A boy waits with his mother for his malaria lab results at a dispensary in Tanga, Tanzania, during a medical civic action project conducted by U.S. Soldiers and Sailors assigned to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Captain Andy Blomme, commander of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, presents a coin to Fiqiri Kupe, Albania's administrative director of the inter-agency maritime operations center, Friday, More

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Petty Officer First Class Rudy Radakovich helps navigate for Capt. Artur Mecollari, deputy chief of naval operations for Albania members of Albania's Export Control and Border Security Ass More

Dr. Ashton Carter, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, toured the U.S. coral and talked with various of media outlets at the 2010 Farnborough International Air Show July 19. A More

The recently opened Maysan Center for Training and Development hosts several classrooms for vocational training, including two fully functional computer rooms. The center, a gift to the people of Maysan from th More

Staff Sgt. Luis R. Sandoval, center, C Company 3rd Platoon, Platoon sergeant, congratulates Pfc. Jose Manuel Valdez who recieved U.S. citizenship July 7, during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosov More

Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Sams, a musician assigned to the U.S. 7th Fleet band, Orient Express, sings "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson during a performance at the SM City Mall. The band is visiting Bag More

Ban Shakir Alimarah, former president of the Iraqi Women’s Alliance, speaks at a conference held for Iraqi women working in the security and defense fields at the U.S. Embassy July 26.

Maj. Gen. Jeffery Buchanan prepares in the U.S. Embassy broadcast studio for C-SPAN's call-in program 'Washington Journal,' Sept 5.

Several kettlebells sit to the side of the event tent just before the U.S. Embassy's Mission Afghanistan Games in Kabul Oct. 21. The U.S. Embassy held the event to promote both CrossFit and personal fitness for More

Air Forces Central Band Afterburner sets up band equipment to perform the first-ever rock concert at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi Feb. 16, 2012. The performance was coordinated as part of the continuing diplom More

U.S. Ambassador, Michael Corbin welcomes government officials and guess before the Air Forces Central band Afterburner entertains during a dinner at the Emirates Palace, Feb. 15, 2012. The U.S. Embassy hosted a More

From left to right: Guyana Prime Minister Sam Hinds and U.S. Ambassador to Guyana D. Brent Hardt field questions from the local press corps during the Fused Response 2012 press conference Feb. 28 in Geogretown, More

The U.S. 7th Fleet Band's, Orient Express, performs at the SM City Mall in Iloilo. The band is visiting Iloilo as part of the U.S. Embassy's program "America in 3D." The program is designed to share U.S. cultur More

The U.S. 7th Fleet Band's Orient Express performs at the SM City Mall in Iloilo. The band is visiting Iloilo as part of the U.S. Embassy's program "America In 3D," the program highlights American culture, value More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Christopher J. Sill, center, Defense, Naval and Marine Attache' for the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, addresses sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) and mem More

Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter greets Marines assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, Oct. 17, 2012. Carter is on a seven day trip to the Middle East meeting with leadership and counterparts in th More

Konik One, a refugee camp located right outside the capital city of Podgorica, Montenegro, houses over two thousand men, women and children who were displaced during the civil wars in Kosovo during the late 199 More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Rachel Cabigting, 67th Military Police Company (right), briefs members of the U.S. Embassy during a engagement at the Afghan National Detention Facility-Parwan, Aug. 20, 2013. U.S. Embassy mem More

Doctor Ahmed Attieg, the U.S. Agency for International Development health and education adviser in Kandahar, presents Abdul Tawab Balakarzai, the vice chancellor for academic affairs at Kandahar University, a c More

Soldiers serving in Afghanistan declare their oath of allegiance to the United States during a naturalization ceremony at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on Veterans Day. From left to right: Staff Sergeant Diso More

Sgt. 1st Class Edith Vaughn, Regional Command (South) a female engagement team member in Regional Command (South), acts as a safety for a female Afghan National Police recruit during AK-47 weapons qualification More

Residents of Sankal, Djibouti, clap for a guest speaker during the opening remarks of the Sankal Health Clinic opening Feb. 13, 2014. Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa leadership, U.S. Embassy-Djibouti a More

The 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, left, speaks with the United States Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, center, during a visit to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, Japan, More

U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador Mari Carmen Aponte and Colonel's Larry Dotson (right) and Robert Wagner await arrival of the SOUTHCOM Situational Assessment Team from Joint Task Force-Bravo, Honduras on the Emba More

MV-22B Osprey aircraft from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response prepare to leave Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, to escort approximately 150 personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Tripo More

James Wither, professor of National Security Studies and director of the Program in Security Sector Capacity Building at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, gives a presentation on coun More

Capt. Nicolas Salimbene (center) and 1st Sgt. David Dzwik (right) from Company B, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, show Maj. Michael Wise, the Defense Attache to Denmark, the grou More

Romanian intelligence service personnel with the Brigada Antiterorista demonstrate room clearing techniques to U.S. Marines from Alpha Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), Naval Station More

Capt. Austin Brown, a Pacific Air Forces’ F-16 Demonstration Team pilot, salutes the members of his crew on the flightline at Langkawi International Airport, Malaysia, March 17, 2015, after returning from a fli More

Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., left, and Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, the commanding general for Marine Forces Pacific, right, meet with U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Salvatore A. Angelella, More

Sgt. Thomas DiOttaviano, a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band Brass Quartet trumpeter, performs at the Ambassador's Residence, June 4, 2015. The Brass Quartet performed for U.S. Embassy staff and Indonesian More

A five-member assessment team from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., and the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron from Travis Air Force Base, Cali., tour the aircraf More

POHNPEI, Federated States of Micronesia (June 18, 2015) U.S. Ambassador Doria Rosen speaks at the U.S. Embassy during the Future Soldiers of Enlistment Ceremony. Twenty-four men and women from Pohnpei State enl More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roberto Vasquez, superintendent of 12th AF (AFSOUTH) Plans, Requirements, and Programs section, plays with a young girl at Casa de Corderitos orphanage in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June More

A Polish air force ceremonial guardsman salutes with a saber as Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, participates in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, Poland, More

U.S. Marines present the colors during a Fourth of July celebration at the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina July 1, 2015. Multiple nations were represented, symbolizing the diversity that exists More

Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan James, of Crestview, Fla., a platoon sergeant with Destined Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, plays a game of cornhole during the Fourt More

U.S. Army Col. Scott Miller, U.S. Embassy senior defense official to Bosnia and Herzegovina, pins a Ranger tab on Armed Forces Bosnia and Herzegovina Pvt. Slobodan Vuković during a recognition ceremony July 30, More

150916-A-ZA034-011 PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (Sept. 16, 2015) Chargé De Affairs of the U.S. Embassy in Haiti Brian Shukan speaks with members of the U.S. Fleet Forces Band, Uncharted Waters, assigned to Military Se More

U.S. Army Reserve Col. Vincent Valinotti, commander of the 345th Combat Support Hospital out of Jacksonville, Fla., and currently assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, speaks to Kosovo Force medical prof More

Ian C, Kelly, the U.S. Ambassador of Georgia visits Krtsanisi National Training Center, Georgia, for the 240th Marine Corps Birthday, Nov. 10. Two teams make up the Georgia Deployment Program – Resolute Support More

U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Ian C. Kelly joins U.S. Marines and their Georgian counterparts for a celebration of the 240th Marine Corps Birthday in Krtsanisi Training Area, Georgia, Nov. 10. The Georgia Deployme More

Regional consular officers from across Japan listen to an orientation brief Dec. 3 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The brief was to help them understand the mission and organization of MCAS More

Members of the Maayouf Traditional Band participate in the United Through Music cultural event at Al-Shaheed Park, Kuwait City, Jan. 8. The event was organized by the U.S. embassy – Kuwait as part of 25th anniv More

Nearly 100 Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa established an evacuation control center for an exercise in Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. The exerci More

Two F-22 Raptors, from the F-22 Demonstration Team at Langley AFB, Va., fly into Santiago, Chile, to participate in 2016 International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE), on March 27, 2016. Airmen from around the U.S. More

Chief Master Sgt. Jose Barraza, 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) command chief, shows a young boy the aircraft on display at the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show in Santiago, Chile, April 1, 2016. Airmen More

A Uruguayan military member traisn with his military working dog during a nine day training event facilitated by 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) and the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 3, 2016. ( More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Austin Gilkey, a Marine Security Guard (MSG) watchstander, patrols the U.S. Embassy, Bamako, Mali, Aug. 29, 2016. The MSG program, run by the Marine Corps Embassy Security Group, has 175 More

A child of a U.S. Embassy official enjoys a static display given by U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 prior to emergency response training exercises at U.S. Embassy, Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 6, More

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 16.2 and Romanian Jandarms, prepare to conduct riot control training using Romanian Jandarm gear at the Jandarmeria Training Center in Bucharest, Romania, Sept. 8, 2 More

Staff Sgt. James Thomson, explosive ordnance disposal technician from the 717th Ordnance Company, a subordinate unit from the 184th Ordnance Battalion (EOD) out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, uses carved-wooden tr More

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Anthony Vega, a Marine Security Guard Detachment Commander, prepares for an interview the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain on September 13, 2016. This year marks the 70th anniversary for t More

U.S. Embassy representatives speak with U.S. Air Force Col. R. Scott Jobe, the 35th Fighter Wing commander, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 13, 2017. The representatives examined an F-16 Fighting Falcon and a J More

Cpl. Miguel GomezHernandez, a communications Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, conducts a brief during an evacuation control center training exercise in t More

U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council military personnel kick off the start of Exercise Eagle Resolve 17 in an opening ceremony Mar. 19, at the Kuwaiti Armed Forces Staff College in Kuwait. The exercise is designed More

U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council military personnel kick off the start of Exercise Eagle Resolve 17 in an opening ceremony Mar. 19. ER 17  is designed to strengthen the U.S. and Gulf Cooperation Council milita More

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

U.S. Marine Col. Michael V. Samarov, center left, the commander of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, visits the U.S. Embassy in Belmopan, Belize, June 20, 2017. Pictured with Sama More

U.S. Marine Col. Michael V. Samarov, the commander of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, U.S. Marine Sgt. Maj. Glenn D. Bragg, the SPMAGTF-SC sergeant major, and U.S. Marine Capt. More

U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. David G. Bellon, the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, speaks to U.S. Marine Sgt. Patrick J. Kennedy, a data noncommissioned officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task More

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert B. Neller, left, speaks with Cpl. Janneth Najera, Marine security guard, at the U.S. Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal, Oct. 3, 2017. Neller visited the embassy to meet with M More

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (Oct. 21, 2017) – Participants in the Discover America 5k Run/Walk, hosted by the U.S. Embassy of Kuwait, rush through the starting gate. Discover America is a 10-day event which focuses on More

Maj. Gen. Tim Orr, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, visits with General Xhavit Gashi, consul general for Kosovo in Des Moines, and Lt. Gen. Rrahman Rama, commander of the Kosovo Security Force, befo More

Maj. Gen. Tim Orr, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, attends a solemn session of the Kosovo Parliament in Pristina, Kosovo, on Feb. 18. The solemn session was held in honor of Kosovo’s 10th anniversa More

Canadian Brig. Gen. Brian McPherson, right, Chief of the Defence Staff Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS), greets U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, CJCS, upon arrival in Ottaw More

U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Joseph Donovan Jr., places a patch on a member of the Indonesian air force during the exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) opening ceremony at Sam Ratulangi International A More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan prepare to takeoff during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) from Sam R More

An Indonesian air force F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares to takeoff during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) from Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, March 12, 2018. CW18 is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, More

Members from the U.S. Air Force, Indonesian military and representatives from the U.S. Embassy kickoff exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, March 12, 2018. CW18 is a P More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan prepare to takeoff during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) from Sam R More

Members from the U.S. Air Force and Indonesian military participate in the exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) opening ceremony at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, March 12, 2018. CW18 is a Pacific Air More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan, prepares to takeoff during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) from Sa More

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan play soccer with members of the Indonesian air force during sports day as part of exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) in Mana More

U.S. Air Force and Indonesian air force Airmen host and open house for the community during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) at Sam Ratulangi International Airport, Indonesia, March 17, 2018. On display to the publ More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Connor Lovan, crew chief assigned to the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan, conducts a post flight inspection on a F-16C Fight More

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan along with an Indonesian air force F-16 taxi after landing durin More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan prepare to takeoff during exercise Cope West 18 (CW18) at Sam Rat More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Vincent Greaves, crew chief assigned to the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan, prepares a F-16C Fighting Falcon for flight during More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Phil McCoy, pilot assigned to the 13th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan, prepares to takeoff in an F-16C Fighting Falcon during exercise Cope West 201 More

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Wing based out of Misawa Air Base, Japan prepare to takeoff for the final sortie of exercise Cope West 18 More

180330-M-QL632-1025 KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (March 30, 2018) U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team, Central Command (FASTCENT), and the marine security guard detachment assigned to the U.S. Em More

Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Glenn M. Walters visits Marines with Marine Security Guard Detachment at U.S. Embassy Oslo, Oslo, Norway, April 23, 2018. Walters spoke to Marines about the current More

A Chadian military official addresses attendees during the MEDRETE 18-2 closing ceremony April 27, 2018, at Hospital Militaire D'Instruction, N'Djamena, Chad. This year marks the fifth year conducting MEDRETE w More

U.S. Army Spc. Tiyana James, of the Texas Army National Guard, decorates the grave of Pilot Officer Lawrence Maguire, during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Djibouti New European Cemetery, Djibouti, May 28, 2018 More

Margot Carrington, left, Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Tokyo, congratulates U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sarah Lopez, right, the 35th Medical Operations Squadron emergency services flight chi More