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Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

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

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military

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

Elite special operations forces from Kuwait, Qatar,

Elite special operations forces from Kuwait, Qatar,

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

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

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

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017  -  Civilian and

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017 - Civilian and

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

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command North Headquarters, inspects a Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle named for his fighting spirit at an unveiling ceremony on Camp ... More

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics

A U.S. Air Force airman from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jumps out of the back of a MH-47 Chinook helicopter at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013. The 23rd STS partnered with 160th Special Operations ... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft structural maintainer from Fabrication Flight, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, prepares to sand equipment at Corrosion Control Facilit... More

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft flight engineer from the 8th Special Operations Squadron, performs a preflight inspection on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 25, 2013. The Osprey is a tiltrotor air... More

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field,

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field,

Two members from Blink Films visited Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 25, 2013, to document the capabilities of the CV-22 Osprey aircraft. The documentation is part of Discovery Channel's "World's Top Five" documenta... More

Staff Sgt. Luke Schaefer, 25th Intelligence Squadron,

Staff Sgt. Luke Schaefer, 25th Intelligence Squadron,

Staff Sgt. Luke Schaefer, 25th Intelligence Squadron, walks with his son at the beginning of the 18th Annual Sound of Independence celebration at the Soundside Marina on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 28, 2013. The... More

Doris Day, widow of retired U.S. Air Force Col. George

Doris Day, widow of retired U.S. Air Force Col. George

Doris Day, widow of retired U.S. Air Force Col. George “Bud” Day, receives a hug during a memorial service for Day at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island, Fla., Aug. 1, 2013. Day, a Medal of ... More

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan (right) and Senior Airman Stefanie Simon (middle), members of the Hurlburt Field Honor Guard, pose for a studio portrait at the photo lab on Hurlburt Field, ... More

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire"

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire"

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire" training on Eglin Range, Fla., Oct. 30, 2013. The members are on Hurlburt Field for a two-week training course run by Hurlburt instructors. (U.S. Air Force ph... More

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire"

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire"

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire" training with an AC-130U Spooky Gunship over Eglin Range, Fla., Oct. 30, 2013. The members are on Hurlburt Field for a two-week training course, ran by Hurlb... More

Army Special Forces members review the mission during

Army Special Forces members review the mission during

Army Special Forces members review the mission during a training exercise on Eglin Range, Fla., Nov. 5, 2013. The members are visiting Hurlburt Field for a two-week training course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior... More

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations Command’s D-Cell build arches for a California Medium Shelter System on a forward operating base in the Middle East Feb. 21, 2014.

Retired Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Tobo Jr.,

Retired Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Tobo Jr.,

Retired Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Tobo Jr., trains with the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) team, Sept. 27, as they prepare for the 2014 Warrior Games. Athletes from the USSOCOM Adaptive ... More

Army Master Sgt Michael Lacy (center) makes way as

Army Master Sgt Michael Lacy (center) makes way as

Army Master Sgt Michael Lacy (center) makes way as retired Army Sgt. Edwin Quiros-Ortiz keeps the ball in play during a seated volleyball game, Sept. 28, between the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) te... More

Retired Army Sgt. Edwin Quiros-Ortiz, from the U.S.

Retired Army Sgt. Edwin Quiros-Ortiz, from the U.S.

Retired Army Sgt. Edwin Quiros-Ortiz, from the U.S. Special Operations Command team, powers his way through a race course with his hand cycle, Sept. 29, during Warrior Games 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Quir... More

Army Capt. Ashley Ritchey from Colorado Springs, Colo.,

Army Capt. Ashley Ritchey from Colorado Springs, Colo.,

Army Capt. Ashley Ritchey from Colorado Springs, Colo., competes in the women’s open bicycle 20-kilometer race at Fort Carson, Colo. Ritchey is a member of the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) adaptive... More

Darryl Waller, a coach for the U.S. Special Operations

Darryl Waller, a coach for the U.S. Special Operations

Darryl Waller, a coach for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) wheelchair basketball team, encourages his players, Sept. 30, during the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. The Warrior Games,... More

Retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Tyndall, from

Retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Tyndall, from

Retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Tyndall, from Frenchtown, Mont., competes in the men’s 50-meter freestyle race, Sept. 30, during the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo. Tyndall is a member of... More

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM)

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM)

United States Special Operations Command(SOCOM) Para-Commandos prepare for their jump during the 2015 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., April 11, 2015. T... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Lankford, assigned

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Lankford, assigned

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Lankford, assigned to Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command, poses Aug. 19, 2015. (Courtesy Photo)

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Black

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Black

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team, the Black Knights, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team, The Black Daggers and Dutch Jumpmasters conduct a military free fall airborne operation from ... More

A U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Soldier, assigned

A U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Soldier, assigned

A U.S. Special Forces Green Beret Soldier, assigned to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Operational Detachment-A, fires at a silhouette target during Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Gr... More

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

Exercise Eagle Resolve - Illustration

United States Special Operations Command partner nation

United States Special Operations Command partner nation

United States Special Operations Command partner nation rrepresentatives tour Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 19, 2017. Approximately 10 partner nation representatives partici... More

Students with the Marine's Reconnaissance Team Leader

Students with the Marine's Reconnaissance Team Leader

Students with the Marine's Reconnaissance Team Leader Course plan a nautical navigation training mission, Oct. 21, 2017, at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Three Special Tactics Airmen graduated from RTLC in November... More

Kelsey Bailey, a Tactical Performance Dietitian assigned

Kelsey Bailey, a Tactical Performance Dietitian assigned

Kelsey Bailey, a Tactical Performance Dietitian assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), briefs a class on her grocery store tour at the commissary on Fort Carson, Colorado, February 28, 2018. The tour... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Special Operation Forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Special Operation Forces

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Special Operation Forces 2nd School student prepares to have his photo taken for identification purposes on the first day of training in Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, Iraq on Marc... More

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Services receive EOD Training by Coalition Forces

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Services receive EOD Training by Coalition For...

SOUTHWEST ASIA – Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service members disable explosives as part of their explosive ordinance device training in Baghdad on March 14, 2018. CTS is laying the foundation for the future of Iraq... More

Coalition force members move a foreign anti-tank guided

Coalition force members move a foreign anti-tank guided

Coalition force members move a foreign anti-tank guided missile in Baghdad, Iraq, March 28, 2018. The missile will be detonated as a part of the Counter Terrorism Services' 2nd School training. Combined Joint... More

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service gather

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service gather

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service gather with a member of the Coalition forces during explosive ordinance disposal training in Baghdad, Iraq, March 28, 2018. The Coalition will continue to stand a... More

Iraqi CTS EOD Training - A man in a military uniform standing in a trench

Iraqi CTS EOD Training - A man in a military uniform standing in a tre...

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Services member prepares live explosives in a pit for explosive ordinance disposal training in Baghdad, Iraq on March 28, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces have made great strides in becom... More

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service tactically enter a building during a training event in Baghdad, March 31, 2018. Coalition Forces coordinate different objectives and provide realistic training for... More

CTS Gun Range Training - A group of soldiers standing next to each other

CTS Gun Range Training - A group of soldiers standing next to each oth...

After firing on a shooting range, a Counter Terrorism Service member has his target scored by a member of the Coalition Forces after firing on a shooting range in Baghdad, April 4, 2018. The CTS have made great... More

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service train

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service train

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service train at 1st School in Baghdad, April 4, 2018. 1st School is where CTS recruits receive basic combat training skills and are selected for specialty training. Iraq... More

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service instructor gives

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service instructor gives

An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service instructor gives guidance to a CTS member during training at a 9mm shooting range in Baghdad, April 4, 2018. Iraqi CTS instructors have taken a larger role in training their o... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service stands guard as a helicopter lands during fast-rope training in Baghdad, April 25, 2018. Fast-rope is a technique that involves descending from a... More

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism member

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism member

SOUTHWEST ASIA – An Iraqi Counter Terrorism member clears a building in the mock village of Medina, Baghdad, April 29, 2018. The training in Medina Village was setup by Coalition Forces to help CTS students bu... More

An Iraqi brigadier general attends a graduation ceremony

An Iraqi brigadier general attends a graduation ceremony

An Iraqi brigadier general attends a graduation ceremony for Mosul SWAT members who trained with Coalition Forces in Mosul, Iraq, May 13, 2018. Iraqi Security Forces such as Mosul SWAT have succeeded in defeati... More

Col. Ali Hussain Ali Jaloud, the Iraqi army security

Col. Ali Hussain Ali Jaloud, the Iraqi army security

Col. Ali Hussain Ali Jaloud, the Iraqi army security commander for Ninewa Operations Center, shows his ink-stained finger one day after the Iraqi elections in Mosul, Iraq. Jaloud's unit provided security for th... More

A family sits down for dinner at an outdoor restaurant

A family sits down for dinner at an outdoor restaurant

A family sits down for dinner at an outdoor restaurant in west Mosul, Iraq, May 13, 2018. Since the defeat of ISIS by Iraqi and Coalition forces, many residents of Mosul have begun venturing from their homes t... More

The Iraqi coat of arms is displayed on the magazine

The Iraqi coat of arms is displayed on the magazine

The Iraqi coat of arms is displayed on the magazine of a Mosul SWAT student’s pistol at an award ceremony in Mosul, Iraq, May 13, 2018. The eagle is a symbol used frequently by members of Mosul SWAT to show pr... More

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism team moves to clear a building

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism team moves to clear a building

The Iraqi Counter Terrorism team moves to clear a building during a training exercise outside Mosul, Iraq, May 14, 2018. Iraq CTS is laying the foundation for the future of Iraq by improving their capabilities... More

The Nouri Mosque as it stands in Mosul, Iraq, May 14,

The Nouri Mosque as it stands in Mosul, Iraq, May 14,

The Nouri Mosque as it stands in Mosul, Iraq, May 14, 2018. The Great Mosque of al-Nuri was destroyed by the Islamic State on June 21, 2017. It was on the steps of this mosque that ISIS was announced as a calip... More

Maj. Douglas Stoddard performs for personnel residing

Maj. Douglas Stoddard performs for personnel residing

Maj. Douglas Stoddard performs for personnel residing at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center, May 26, 2018. While working as a trauma surgeon at the Combat Support Hospital on BDSC, Stoddard organized a band ... More

Col. Kirby Gross, Deputy Commander of Clinical Services

Col. Kirby Gross, Deputy Commander of Clinical Services

Col. Kirby Gross, Deputy Commander of Clinical Services at Baghdad Diplomatic Support Hospital, guides Iraqi Ministry of Health members around a combat support hospital in Baghdad, May 29, 2018. Coalition and ... More

Iraqi Counter Terrorism snipers dressed in gillie suits

Iraqi Counter Terrorism snipers dressed in gillie suits

Iraqi Counter Terrorism snipers dressed in gillie suits stand ready to greet CTS commander General Talib Shaghati Mshari al-Kinani at a CTS 2nd School Graduation ceremony, Baghdad, June 9, 2018. Iraq CTS is la... More

The M16-A2 is held by an Anbar Operations Center Commando

The M16-A2 is held by an Anbar Operations Center Commando

The M16-A2 is held by an Anbar Operations Center Commando during training at Al-Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq, June 20, 2018. AOC Commandos are being provided with advanced training in order to be more efficient in... More

A group of children gather for a photo while playing

A group of children gather for a photo while playing

A group of children gather for a photo while playing in West Mosul, Iraq, June 28, 2018. The Iraqi government is committed to Mosul remaining a city where families can feel safe gathering together. (U.S. Army P... More

Duncan Grocock gives a Target Audience Analysis class

Duncan Grocock gives a Target Audience Analysis class

Duncan Grocock gives a Target Audience Analysis class to members of the Iraqi Security Forces in Baghdad, on July 9, 2018. Grocock is an instructor for the VOCALIS training program, which teaches ISF members to... More

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service collects

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service collects

A member of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service collects evidence after an Improvised Explosive Device was used during training in Baghdad, July 29, 2018. The Explosive Ordinance Disposal trainee for CTS partic... More

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service receive

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service receive

Members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service receive instructions on how to properly destroy an improvised explosive device during training in Baghdad, July 29, 2018. Explosive ordinance training is provided ... More

Coalition members observe members of the Iraqi Counter

Coalition members observe members of the Iraqi Counter

Coalition members observe members of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) maneuver through a training scenario in Besmaya, Iraq, Aug 18, 2018. Since Jan. 2015 Coalition staff have overseen the training of... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, perform a static line jump from a C-17 Globemaster III during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-1 above Eiels... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 125th

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 125th

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 125th Special Tactics Squadron, Portland Air National Guard, fast rope from a U.S. Army MH-47 Chinook helicopter during an exercise in Portland, Oregon, Nov. 5, 20... More

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) students conduct

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) students conduct

Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service (CTS) students conduct close quarter engagement exercises at a shoot house near Baghdad, Iraq, Nov. 6, 2018. The Iraqi CTS Academia consists of three schools: Initial Entry Train... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron perform medical treatment on a simulated patient during a full mission profile exercise at Eglin Range, Florida, Dec. 3, 2018. Specia... More

An academia instructor of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism

An academia instructor of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism

An academia instructor of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service’s second school explains how to shoot a M249 machine gun during weapons training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Dec. 15, 2018. The Iraqi CTS Ac... More

An Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service instructor teaches

An Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service instructor teaches

An Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service instructor teaches second school students about explosive ordnance disposal training at the Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Dec. 16, 2018. This exercise was the last assessment n... More

Counter-Terrorism Service’s second school students

Counter-Terrorism Service’s second school students

Counter-Terrorism Service’s second school students get briefed before completing the last portion of the integration phase at a range complex in Besmaya, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2018. This exercise was the final assessm... More

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various special operations forces battalions engage in a close-quarters combat course taught by Task Force Narvik, Jan. 17, 2019, in Baghdad, Iraq. Part of the Fre... More

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various special operations forces battalions combine the skills they learned over a six-week advanced training course into a final exercise, Jan. 19, 2019, in Bagh... More

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various

Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service operators from various special operations forces battalions engage in a close-quarters combat course taught by Task Force Narvik, Jan. 22, 2019, in Baghdad, Iraq. Part of the Fre... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Green, an Environmental Health Officer

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Green, an Environmental Health Officer

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Green, an Environmental Health Officer assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force - Iraq, teaches a preventive medicine class to healthcare professionals from several Iraqi Spec... More

Combined Iraqi Ministries Improve Preventive Medicine Techniques

Combined Iraqi Ministries Improve Preventive Medicine Techniques

U.S. Navy Lt. Eric Green, an Environmental Health Officer assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Iraq, shakes hands with Dr. Hasan, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s Medical Services Director, ... More

U.S. Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Soldiers with

U.S. Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Soldiers with

U.S. Psychological Operations (PSYOP) Soldiers with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Iraq conduct radio-in-a-box training with members of an Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) PSYOP team, Feb. ... More

The Comprehensive Strategy for SOF Warfighter Brain

The Comprehensive Strategy for SOF Warfighter Brain

The Comprehensive Strategy for SOF Warfighter Brain Health surveils Special Operators throughout their careers in terms of their TBI exposures (including blast). TBI histories, and cognitive and mental health s... More

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen with the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, convoy to an objective during pre-deployment validation training March 20, 2019, at Melrose Ai... More

A family member of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall,

A family member of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall,

A family member of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J Hall, a Special Operations Surgical Team surgical technician with the 720th Operations Support Squadron, holds a challenge coin presented by U.S. Air Force Lt. Co... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James B. Linder, United States

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James B. Linder, United States

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. James B. Linder, United States Special Operations Command Chief of Staff, greets U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, at MacDill Air Force Base, ... More

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Adam Schuck, a services

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Adam Schuck, a services

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Adam Schuck, a services specialist with the 193rd Special Operations Force Support Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, shares some of his insight Aug. 2, 2019, in Middleto... More

International students from Argentina and Trinidad

International students from Argentina and Trinidad

International students from Argentina and Trinidad and Tobago are learning the necessary skills to effectively fly the RQ-11 Raven, a small hand-launched remote controlled unmanned aerial aircraft, at Naval Sma... More

In the International Tactical Communication Course,

In the International Tactical Communication Course,

In the International Tactical Communication Course, Partner Nation students demonstrates how to properly set up an 11-meter, inverted V, and a L antenna during a recent training scenario at the John C. Stennis ... More

Five students from Panama and Guatemala, in the 19-5

Five students from Panama and Guatemala, in the 19-5

Five students from Panama and Guatemala, in the 19-5 Tactical Welding Applied Repairs (TWAR) Course, demonstrate how to properly patch cuts on a Zodiac inflatable boat, at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and ... More

Cmdr. Eric Skalski, Naval Small Craft Instruction and

Cmdr. Eric Skalski, Naval Small Craft Instruction and

Cmdr. Eric Skalski, Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School commander, presents a Letter of Appreciation to Maj. Hasmady Alim, from Malaysia, Lt. Tanpat Kuldichpong, from Thailand, and Capt.... More

Female aviator joins Special Tactics leadership team

Female aviator joins Special Tactics leadership team

U.S. Air Force Col. Allison Black is the vice commander of the 24th Special Operations Wing at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 24th SOW is U.S. Special Operations Command’s tactical air-to-ground integration force... More

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke (right), commander

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke (right), commander

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke (right), commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., listens as U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Steven Cooper, 330th Recruiting Squadron commander, ta... More

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

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

KUWAITI TERRITORIAL WATER, Kuwait - Elite military

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

Search and Rescue Eagle Resolve 2017 - Civilian and

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

Elite special operations forces from Kuwait, Qatar,

Elite special operations forces from Kuwait, Qatar,

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

Joint CBRNE exercise tests U.S. and Kuwaiti civilian

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

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance

Capt. Reinaldo Gonzalez of International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command North Headquarters, is congratulated by soldiers and contractors as he is surprised to learn that a Hunter unmanned aerial ve... More

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron jump out the back of a MH-47 Chinook Helicopter at Wynnehaven Beach, Fla., April 9, 2013. The helicopter conducts overt and covert infiltration, exfi... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Timothy Jones, aircraft structural maintainer from Fabrication Flight, 1st Special Operations Equipment Maintenance Squadron, sands an engine from a C-130 aircraft at Corrosion Cont... More

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft

Staff Sgt. Alexander Para, a CV-22 Osprey aircraft flight engineer from the 8th Special Operations Squadron, performs a preflight inspection on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 25, 2013. Hurlburt transported three Os... More

Matt Jackson, a videographer for Blink Films, takes

Matt Jackson, a videographer for Blink Films, takes

Matt Jackson, a videographer for Blink Films, takes video of the CV-22 Osprey aircraft takeoff and its maintenance on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 25, 2013. The Blink Films crew came to Hurlburt as part of Discov... More

Hurlburt Field held the 18th Annual Sound of Independence

Hurlburt Field held the 18th Annual Sound of Independence

Hurlburt Field held the 18th Annual Sound of Independence celebration at the Soundside Marina on Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 28, 2013. Squadrons from all across base worked in a number of different support posit... More

A row of Marine hats sit on chairs during a memorial

A row of Marine hats sit on chairs during a memorial

A row of Marine hats sit on chairs during a memorial service for retired U.S. Air Force Col. George “Bud” Day at the Emerald Coast Convention Center on Okaloosa Island, Fla., Aug. 1, 2013. Day, a Medal of Honor... More

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan

Airmen 1st Class Darius Thomas (left) and Sean Tolan (right) and Senior Airman Stefanie Simon (middle), members of the Hurlburt Field Honor Guard, pose for a studio portrait at the photo lab on Hurlburt Field, ... More

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire"

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire"

Army Special Forces members conduct "call-for-fire" training on Eglin Range, Fla., Oct. 30, 2013. The members are on Hurlburt Field for a two-week training course run by Hurlburt instructors. (U.S. Air Force ph... More

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire"

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire"

Army special forces members conduct "Call-for-Fire" training with an AC-130U Spooky Gunship over Eglin Range, Fla., Oct. 30, 2013. The members are on Hurlburt Field for a two-week training course, ran by Hurlbu... More

An AC-130U Spooky gunship lands on the flight line

An AC-130U Spooky gunship lands on the flight line

An AC-130U Spooky gunship lands on the flight line at Camp James E. Rudder, Fla., Nov. 5, 2013. Army Special Forces members loaded up two gunships with all-terrain vehicles and Humvees to conduct training on Eg... More

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations

Personnel assigned to the United States Special Operations Command’s D-Cell install wiring on an arch for a Large Area Maintenance Shelter March 31, 2014.

Retired Army Spc. Kyle Butcher from Newnan, Georgia,

Retired Army Spc. Kyle Butcher from Newnan, Georgia,

Retired Army Spc. Kyle Butcher from Newnan, Georgia, serves during a seated volleyball game between the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) team and the Navy team during the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado... More

Army Maj. Ivan Castro (back) from Ft. Bragg, N.C.,

Army Maj. Ivan Castro (back) from Ft. Bragg, N.C.,

Army Maj. Ivan Castro (back) from Ft. Bragg, N.C., and his guide Richard Kirby (front), finish first at the men’s tandem visually impaired 30-kilometer race, Sept. 29, during the 2014 Warrior Games in Colorado ... More

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