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Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader

Corporal Keegan Snell, an assaultman section leader with Animal Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Sierra Vista, Ariz., buries a training mine before a raid training exercise here, Oct... More

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at Charlie runway on Tinian’s North Field during Exercise Forager Fury II to execute a forward arming and refueling point training. The series of exercises, which... More

Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute

Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute

Paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division dismount a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission at Freedom Village on Fo... More

Maj. Paula Rodriguez, 36th Infantry Division, Texas

Maj. Paula Rodriguez, 36th Infantry Division, Texas

Maj. Paula Rodriguez, 36th Infantry Division, Texas Army National Guard, volunteers as a Texas Sexual Assault Response Coordinator at a domestic violence awareness conference in Dallas, 2008. Rodriguez also vol... More

The Iraqi army assault course is equipped with obstacles

The Iraqi army assault course is equipped with obstacles

The Iraqi army assault course is equipped with obstacles at the Division Training Center, Camp Mejid, Al Asad, Iraq, Nov. 20, 2008. Coalition forces and IA meet together for the ribbon cutting/dedication ceremo... More

During a Unit Victim Advocate Symposium at Camp Liberty,

During a Unit Victim Advocate Symposium at Camp Liberty,

During a Unit Victim Advocate Symposium at Camp Liberty, Lt. Col. Sabrina Baker, United States Division – Center UVA program manager, explains current Army-wide trends in sexual assault. According to Baker’s pr... More

Water sprays as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter above the

Water sprays as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter above the

Water sprays as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter above the Arkansas River drops a bridge section to the Army Reserve engineers waiting in the water below. Engineers from the 416th and 412th Theater Engineer Commands ... More

Master Sgt. Karen Erickson, of the 119th Wing, right,

Master Sgt. Karen Erickson, of the 119th Wing, right,

Master Sgt. Karen Erickson, of the 119th Wing, right, creates a t-shirt voicing her feelings against sexual assault, July 29, on the Veteran's Administration Hospital grounds in Fargo, N.D. Erickson is being a... More

Artillery rounds fired by the 14th Iraqi Army Division

Artillery rounds fired by the 14th Iraqi Army Division

Artillery rounds fired by the 14th Iraqi Army Division destroy an enemy stronghold at Tea Leaf Island in Basra, Iraq, during Operation Torrential Flood, a combined arms live fire exercise, Oct. 25. More than 40... More

Lance Cpl. Keith Peterson, a squad leader with Company

Lance Cpl. Keith Peterson, a squad leader with Company

Lance Cpl. Keith Peterson, a squad leader with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during a simulated vertical assault in Djibouti, Africa, Oct. 28. Elements... More

'Diablos' conduct room clearing drill with 49th IA

'Diablos' conduct room clearing drill with 49th IA

Iraqi army soldiers of the 49th Brigade, 12th Iraqi Army Division, stack outside a wall of an abandoned building during room clearing training at Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Nov. 25. Supervised by nonco... More

US COAST GUARD MSRT breacher, CHESAPEAKE BAY, VIRGINIA

US COAST GUARD MSRT breacher, CHESAPEAKE BAY, VIRGINIA

CHESEAPEAKE, Va. - A Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT) member cuts through a steel hatch during breaching training, Feb. 16, 2011. The mission of the MSRT is to provide a short-notice, threat-tailored, mar... More

Kuwaiti army Capt. Adel Khubert, lower left, was just

Kuwaiti army Capt. Adel Khubert, lower left, was just

Kuwaiti army Capt. Adel Khubert, lower left, was just a 10-year-old boy when Saddam Hussein's Republic Guard invaded Kuwait. Today, he and his fellow soldiers are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their count... More

Marines from Force Reconnaissance Platoon assault a

Marines from Force Reconnaissance Platoon assault a

Marines from Force Reconnaissance Platoon assault a building May 10 during the Dynamic Assault Course at Camp Hansen’s Range 16. The five-week course includes marksmanship training in a close-quarters environment.

A landing craft air cushion from Assault Unit 5 lands

A landing craft air cushion from Assault Unit 5 lands

A landing craft air cushion from Assault Unit 5 lands on Freshwater Beach in Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of a rehearsal amphibious assault during Talisman Sabre 2011. TS11 is an exercise designed to tr... More

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New

Amphibious assault vehicles maneuver aboard USS New Orleans off the coast of Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 10, during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s first sea-based exercise since becoming a complete Marin... More

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with

Team leader Cpl. Stephen P. Greene communicates with team members Aug. 15 during a live-fire exercise here with Company L, one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element f... More

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position

Company L Marines rehearse capturing an enemy position Aug. 16 during live-fire training here. The rifle company is one of three in Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expe... More

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows

Petty Officer 3rd Class Gerardo G. Medina, right, shows radio operator Cpl. Shawn R. Pavlik how to intravenously administer fluid to a patient during a field exercise here Aug. 18 with Company L, one of three r... More

Spc. Caesar Gurierrez and Spc. Kenneth Galante, range

Spc. Caesar Gurierrez and Spc. Kenneth Galante, range

Spc. Caesar Gurierrez and Spc. Kenneth Galante, range controllers and observers, remotely control multiple targets while escorting Soldiers from the California National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 160th Infantry Reg... More

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south

A column of amphibious assault vehicles moves south along Red Beach here Aug. 21 after disembarking USS New Orleans. The vehicles drove Company L Marines from ship to shore. The rifle company is one of three in... More

An amphibious assault vehicle disembarked from USS

An amphibious assault vehicle disembarked from USS

An amphibious assault vehicle disembarked from USS New Orleans and transporting Marines and sailors of Company L lands on this island, Sept. 12. The company is one of three rifle companies in Battalion Landing ... More

Combat Assault Company tears through targets

Combat Assault Company tears through targets

Pfc. Ronald R. Miller, Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, shoots at targets downrange while qualifying with the M240G machine gun Sept. 16 at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility. Sgt. Stuart W. La... More

Fireman Ian Castil and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher

Fireman Ian Castil and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher

Fireman Ian Castil and Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Widmar man a 7-meter rigid-hull, inflatable boat (RHIB) from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce (LPD 15) during amphibious training operation... More

Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Patrick Lloyd,

Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Patrick Lloyd,

Operations Specialist Seaman Recruit Patrick Lloyd, right, uses a sound-powered phone to make a report from the bridge of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Ponce while Quartermaster 2nd Class Charlie Bald... More

Two U.S. Army Black Hawks and a King Air 300, Task

Two U.S. Army Black Hawks and a King Air 300, Task

Two U.S. Army Black Hawks and a King Air 300, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize-Afghanistan, wait on a C-130 Hercules to land before their departure on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. (U.S. Ar... More

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Babers directs

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Babers directs

Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Michael Babers directs an AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Air-Ground Task Force, II Marine Expeditionary Forces, as it lifts off from the ... More

A King Air 300 from Bravo Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation

A King Air 300 from Bravo Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation

A King Air 300 from Bravo Company, 306th Aerial Exploitation Battalion, Task Force Observe, Detect, Identify, and Neutralize - Afghanistan, sits on the Delta East Ramp during sunset on Bagram Air Base, Afghanis... More

Leaders discuss sexual assault prevention

Leaders discuss sexual assault prevention

Col. Kevin King discusses the resources available to sexual assault victims during a commander’s summit on sexual assault prevention at the Butler Officers’ Club on Camp Foster Jan. 19. Sexual assault victims c... More

A Landing Craft Air Cushion comes ashore during a

A Landing Craft Air Cushion comes ashore during a

A Landing Craft Air Cushion comes ashore during a familiarization exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 24. The event was part of Exercise Iron Fist 2012, a bilateral amphibious training exercise between... More

A Task Force Corsair UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sits

A Task Force Corsair UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sits

A Task Force Corsair UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter sits on a pad at Forward Operating Base Shank. Corsair is one of 6 multiple-function aviation task forces deployed under the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade throug... More

A Marine from Company A, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine

A Marine from Company A, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine

A Marine from Company A, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division, dives into a pool during a helocast preparation exercise aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2012. The event was part of Exercise Iron Fist... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Griffin of Orlando, Fla.,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Griffin of Orlando, Fla.,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kenneth Griffin of Orlando, Fla., a flight medic with Task Force Wolfpack, observes a simulated patient being loaded onto a Black Hawk.

Task Force Atlas's "Red Ball Express" is one of a few

Task Force Atlas's "Red Ball Express" is one of a few

Task Force Atlas's "Red Ball Express" is one of a few small commuter planes shuttling troops and parts across RC-East for the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. By using the plane instead of combat helicopters to sh... More

Eighteen armored assault vehicles wait to cross an

Eighteen armored assault vehicles wait to cross an

Eighteen armored assault vehicles wait to cross an improved ribbon bridge Feb. 6, 2012, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C. Marines with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group set up t... More

A landing support Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion

A landing support Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion

A landing support Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group watches as a French armored vehicle makes landfall, Feb. 6, 2012, during exercise Bold Allig... More

Spc. Gabriele Harper, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade

Spc. Gabriele Harper, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade

Spc. Gabriele Harper, an 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade food service specialist from Memphis, Tenn., removes fresh pizza from the oven just prior to the Super Bowl. "Pizzas 4 Patriots," a nonprofit organization i... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion takes off from Fort Pickett,

A CH-53E Super Stallion takes off from Fort Pickett,

A CH-53E Super Stallion takes off from Fort Pickett, Va., to return to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), during an amphibious assault exercise as part of Bold Alligator 2012. Exercise Bold Allig... More

A CH-46 Sea Knight flies over San Clemente Island,

A CH-46 Sea Knight flies over San Clemente Island,

A CH-46 Sea Knight flies over San Clemente Island, Feb. 12, during phase three of Exercise Iron Fist 2012, a bilateral training event between members of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Japanese Groun... More

Task Force Saber Command Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods of

Task Force Saber Command Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods of

Task Force Saber Command Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods of Hampton, S.C., conducts his rounds on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Feb. 23. Woods has been a sergeant major for 13 years, and is one of seven task force serg... More

Task Force Saber Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods, of Hampton,

Task Force Saber Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods, of Hampton,

Task Force Saber Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Frankie Woods, of Hampton, S.C., stops to chat as Spc. Matrix Morton, of West Valley City, Utah, works on a generator Feb. 22 on Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Maj. Brad Bertinot, of Bayou Blue, La., Task

U.S. Army Maj. Brad Bertinot, of Bayou Blue, La., Task

U.S. Army Maj. Brad Bertinot, of Bayou Blue, La., Task Force Talon executive officer, and U.S. Army Spc. Yeonju Henderson, of Daejon, South Korea, a supply specialist with Task Force Talon, plan a joint operati... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Stover, of Yuma, Ariz., and Spc.

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Stover, of Yuma, Ariz., and Spc.

U.S. Army Sgt. Justin Stover, of Yuma, Ariz., and Spc. Zach Eddy, of Ramsey, Ill., Black Hawk crew chiefs with Task Force Talon, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, carry M-240 machine guns, M-16 rifles and M-4 rifle... More

A CH-47F Chinook is waiting for takeoff at Forward

A CH-47F Chinook is waiting for takeoff at Forward

A CH-47F Chinook is waiting for takeoff at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan, March 1. The Chinook pilots and crew members with 2nd Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, have flo... More

Capt. Michael Stackhouse of Lima, Ohio, and 1st Sgt.

Capt. Michael Stackhouse of Lima, Ohio, and 1st Sgt.

Capt. Michael Stackhouse of Lima, Ohio, and 1st Sgt. Christopher Roche, of Alexandria, Va., 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Saber, place gold combat spurs on the feet of Saber Troopers March 2, 2012. G... More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade OH-58D Kiowa Warrior patrols the skies near Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

Spartan soldiers complete RC-East mission

Spartan soldiers complete RC-East mission

Soldiers with Bravo Company, 7-158th, form up one last time to receive their end of tour awards March 6. During their 10 month deployment, the Spartans, a U.S. Army reserve unit out of Olathe, Kan., were respon... More

U.S. Army medical evacuation soldiers with the 82nd

U.S. Army medical evacuation soldiers with the 82nd

U.S. Army medical evacuation soldiers with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Poseidon, stand at attention in front of coalition forces, March 13. Six U.S. soldiers were awarded the French Cross of th... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Derick Bouman, an avionics mechanic

U.S. Army Sgt. Derick Bouman, an avionics mechanic

U.S. Army Sgt. Derick Bouman, an avionics mechanic with the Ohio National Guard, gives a quick class to U.S. Army Spc. Michael Johnson on the UH-60 Black Hawk generator during scheduled maintenance, March 19. (... More

Four AH-64D Apache Longbows with Task Force Wolfpack

Four AH-64D Apache Longbows with Task Force Wolfpack

Four AH-64D Apache Longbows with Task Force Wolfpack depart from Forward Operating Base Salerno in support of combat operations in Ghazni province March 21. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Erin Dierschow, Task Force P... More

Two young Afghan girls wait as their family receives

Two young Afghan girls wait as their family receives

Two young Afghan girls wait as their family receives food donations near Bamyan, Afghanistan. Bamyan, the site of giant Buddhas carved in the 5th century and later destroyed by the Taliban, is one of the poores... More

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton

The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Chaplain (Maj.) Stanton Trotter of LaPalma, Calif., presides over Easter sunrise service on Bagram Air Field April 8, just prior to the "Run for Jesus." Trotter, an avid runner,... More

Paratroopers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute

Paratroopers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute

Paratroopers of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division jump from a C-130 over Normandy Drop Zone as they begin a two-week field training exe... More

Col. Kevin Dawkins, Idaho National Guard Human Resource

Col. Kevin Dawkins, Idaho National Guard Human Resource

Col. Kevin Dawkins, Idaho National Guard Human Resource Officer, signs up for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event April 20 at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. The event was held in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness month.

Four soldiers receive 'Order of Saint Michael' award

Four soldiers receive 'Order of Saint Michael' award

Four 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade soldiers were inducted into the Order of Saint Michael on Bagram Air Field, April 21. The award recognizes individuals who have contributed significantly to the promotion of Ar... More

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Shober of Fayetteville,

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Shober of Fayetteville,

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert Shober of Fayetteville, N.C., receives an Army Commendation medal from 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade commander Col. T.J. Jamison and Command Sgt. Maj. Larry Farmer April 21. Shober... More

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47

A Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook hovers as ground crews hook a large generator to the heavy-lift aircraft on Forward Operating Base Joyce, Afghanistan. Late-night Chinook airlifts ... More

The Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion. The Sergeant Audie

The Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion. The Sergeant Audie

The Sergeant Audie Murphy medallion. The Sergeant Audie Murphy club is a private U.S. Army organization for non-commissioned officers only. According to regulation, members must "exemplify leadership characteri... More

The Army Commendation medal with "V" device. The "V"

The Army Commendation medal with "V" device. The "V"

The Army Commendation medal with "V" device. The "V" device signifies valorous actions in direct contact with an enemy force. Task Force Saber, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, awarded three ARCOMs with "V" device... More

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) participated in a command-wide pier walk in support of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The "Nimitz Walk to Shatter the Silence of Violence" took pl... More

The Air Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded

The Air Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded

The Air Medal is a U.S. military decoration awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight. The award was established in 1942. The Army and Air Force both award air medals with "V" dev... More

Toby Keith performs for more than 1,000 service members

Toby Keith performs for more than 1,000 service members

Toby Keith performs for more than 1,000 service members on Bagram Air Field, April 29. Keith is on his 10th USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour. "I've met so many great, brave service men and women over the yea... More

Afghan National Army Pvt. Azetullah, a soldier with

Afghan National Army Pvt. Azetullah, a soldier with

Afghan National Army Pvt. Azetullah, a soldier with 1st Tolai, 1st Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215 Corps, fires his M-16 assault rifle during an Afghan led range April 29, 2012. The range is part of the kandak’s 30-da... More

Lance Cpl. Meng Thao, machine gunner, Company K, Battalion

Lance Cpl. Meng Thao, machine gunner, Company K, Battalion

Lance Cpl. Meng Thao, machine gunner, Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks with a visitor at a static display in Laguna Hills, Calif., July 4. With help from Laguna Hill... More

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Jordan, a medevac crew chief from

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Jordan, a medevac crew chief from

U.S. Army Spc. Mark Jordan, a medevac crew chief from New Albany, Miss., prepares his UH-60 Black Hawk for flight on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, May 9.

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills,

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills,

U.S. Army Capt. Augustine Castronovo, of Woodland Hills, Calif., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deane Bostick stand watch while 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Troops salute a memorial dedicated to U.S. Army Staff Serge... More

An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded

An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded

An All-American Dustoff crew unloads a patient wounded in the insurgent attack on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, June 1. The 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade medevac crews were airborne just minutes ... More

1st ABCT pilot program focuses on bystander intervention in war against sexual assault

1st ABCT pilot program focuses on bystander intervention in war agains...

Trust among service members is crucial when operating in combat situations and back in the states. Unfortunately, sexual assault is a real and present problem in the military and directly impacts that valuable ... More

First. Lt. Mathew Fazzari, 25, of College Place, Wash.,

First. Lt. Mathew Fazzari, 25, of College Place, Wash.,

First. Lt. Mathew Fazzari, 25, of College Place, Wash., originally of Walla Walla, Wash., died in when his OH-58D Kiowa helicopter was engaged by enemy forces over eastern Afghanistan June 6. The Gonzaga Univer... More

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Wentworth, of Hesperia, Calif.,

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Wentworth, of Hesperia, Calif.,

U.S. Army Spc. Jessie Wentworth, of Hesperia, Calif., works on a disassembling a CH-47 Chinook engine aided by Afghan counterparts. Wentworth's unit, the 122nd Aviation Support Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation B... More

This is the charge to newly-promoted non-commissioned

This is the charge to newly-promoted non-commissioned

This is the charge to newly-promoted non-commissioned officers. Becoming a non-commissioned officer is the most important career-progression step for a young enlisted soldier. Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat A... More

Sgt. Koku Adzoble, an automated logistical specialist

Sgt. Koku Adzoble, an automated logistical specialist

Sgt. Koku Adzoble, an automated logistical specialist with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, is deployed to Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan. Adzoble emigrated to the United States... More

Petroleum supply specialists in the 82nd Combat Aviation

Petroleum supply specialists in the 82nd Combat Aviation

Petroleum supply specialists in the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade customize their helmets with paintings of their hobbies, favorite sports teams, or scenes from their hometowns. Staff Sgt. John Tune, a petroleum... More

Spc. Alfred Kollie escaped civil war in Liberia and

Spc. Alfred Kollie escaped civil war in Liberia and

Spc. Alfred Kollie escaped civil war in Liberia and more than eight years in a refugee camp to become a U.S. soldier with Task Force Wolfpack, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Af... More

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, 51, joined

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, 51, joined

U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Terry Mills, 51, joined the National Guard four years ago, along with his wife, Carol. Both were 47. The retired firefighter wasn't done giving back to his community, and now serve... More

The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left

The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left

The July 4 Valkyrie medevac rescue crew. (From left to right) U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Lee Jones, of Roxboro, N.C.; U.S. Army Capt. Joshua Aronson, of Austin, Texas; U.S. Army Spc. Terry Mills, of Bran... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers of Galveston, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers of Galveston, Texas,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Rogers of Galveston, Texas, helps U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Halberg of Battle Ground, Wash., and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff of Fort Bragg, N.C., hook up to extraction equipment ... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left),

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left),

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Bouchard (left), 35, of Redlands, Calif., and U.S. Army 1st Lt. June Ciaramitaro, 26, of Fort Worth, Texas, prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter for take-off on ... More

A French air force EC 725 Caracal helicopter of Task

A French air force EC 725 Caracal helicopter of Task

A French air force EC 725 Caracal helicopter of Task Force Mousquetaire sits on display at Kabul International Airport for a contingent of U.S. Army aviators and commanders from Task Force Pegasus, 82nd Combat ... More

Three landing craft utility assigned to Assault Craft

Three landing craft utility assigned to Assault Craft

Three landing craft utility assigned to Assault Craft Unit 1 approach the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5). Peleliu is the flagship of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and is under... More

Soldiers of A Company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry

Soldiers of A Company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry

Soldiers of A Company, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment move out to clear buildings and a trench system as part of a platoon live-fire exercise at the Udairi Range Complex in northern Kuwait on July 31. I... More

U.S. Army Spc. William Rhodes of Shelbyville, Tenn.,

U.S. Army Spc. William Rhodes of Shelbyville, Tenn.,

U.S. Army Spc. William Rhodes of Shelbyville, Tenn., a CH-47F Chinook crew chief and mechanic, observes for enemy activity from the rear ramp of the massive bird. The fastest helicopter in the Army inventory, C... More

Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,

Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment,

Marines from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division use yellow smoke to cover their advance during platoon attack training Oct. 5. 3/6 is in Yuma supporting the Weapons and Tactics I... More

Cpl. Josh Guertin, a mechanic with Marine Light Attack

Cpl. Josh Guertin, a mechanic with Marine Light Attack

Cpl. Josh Guertin, a mechanic with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, Marine Aircraft Group 49, keeps the squadron's helicopters flying with daily maintenance at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Octobe... More

Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious

Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious

Marines with Charlie Company, 2nd Assault Amphibious Battalion practice escaping a mock assault amphibious seat before attempting to escape a Submerged Vehicle Egress Trainer Nov. 19 during a company training e... More

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Executive Officer Maj.

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Executive Officer Maj.

82nd Combat Aviation Brigade Executive Officer Maj. Kenric Smith presents the colors during the brigade change of command ceremony on Pike Field, Dec. 13. Col. T.J. Jamison, 82nd CAB commander, relinquished com... More

An explosive charge set by Marines with Bridge Company,

An explosive charge set by Marines with Bridge Company,

An explosive charge set by Marines with Bridge Company, 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group detonates at a training range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 18, 2013. Similar explosions erup... More

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Adams, from

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Adams, from

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Douglas Adams, from El Paso, Texas, poses for a photo after receiving the Joint Service Commendation Medal March 20, 2013, for his role in rescuing seven U.S. Marines after the... More

Sexual Assault prevention hits stage

Sexual Assault prevention hits stage

Rich Bronson and Christie Martin, cast members of “No Zebras and More,” act out a scene of an abusive relationship during a performance at the Combat Center’s Sunset Cinema March 26, 2013.

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine

A Marine with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group patrols a road outside the battalion's complex during a training exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 27, 2013. Nearly one dozen Marines ... More

Capt. Raymond Kaster, a Bridgewater, N.J., native and

Capt. Raymond Kaster, a Bridgewater, N.J., native and

Capt. Raymond Kaster, a Bridgewater, N.J., native and commanding officer, Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is the first Marine to pledge to intervene in support of Se... More

Chief Petty Officer Paul Llamas, an avionics electrical

Chief Petty Officer Paul Llamas, an avionics electrical

Chief Petty Officer Paul Llamas, an avionics electrical technician at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., is shown speaking to crew members about Sexual Assault Response and Prevention April 3, 2013. Chie... More

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Connelly prepares to attach

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Connelly prepares to attach

U.S. Army Spc. Patrick Connelly prepares to attach a block of concrete to a hovering UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter during slingload training at Fort Bragg's Marshal Landing Zone in Fayetteville, N.C., April 10, ... More

U.S. Sailors from the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) cast

U.S. Sailors from the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) cast

U.S. Sailors from the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) cast off a Navy landing craft, utility carrying Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), to a beach in the 5th Flee... More

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine

Marines with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group demonstrate for soldiers with the Bermuda Regiment how to operate the MK III Bridge Erection Boats during Exercise Island Warrior aboard C... More

Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,

Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment,

Marines serving with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, prepare to start their assault on an enemy position during a training exercise here, May 15, 2013. The training was designed to give fire team leaders an... More

First Lt. Michael Cooley, a platoon commander serving

First Lt. Michael Cooley, a platoon commander serving

First Lt. Michael Cooley, a platoon commander serving with Mobility Assault Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, scans the area for footprints and other evidence of recent human movement through the area dur... More

Pfc. Jeffrey Murch, an infantryman with Company A,

Pfc. Jeffrey Murch, an infantryman with Company A,

Pfc. Jeffrey Murch, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, provides security for a landing zone aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, May 18, 2013. The Marines ... More

New Zealand Army soldiers engage targets while moving

New Zealand Army soldiers engage targets while moving

New Zealand Army soldiers engage targets while moving with SIG P226 pistols at Range 218 here during Dawn Blitz 2013, June 14. While at the range, the New Zealanders engaged targets with handguns and moved from... More

Infantrymen serving with the Canadian Army’s Royal

Infantrymen serving with the Canadian Army’s Royal

Infantrymen serving with the Canadian Army’s Royal 22nd Regiment hold their weapons at the ready position as they prepare to breach a door at a training town here during Dawn Blitz 2013, June 17. The soldiers d... More

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