Featured image caption: U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Jacobs, a UH-1Y Venom aircraft crew chief assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, participates in an aerial gunnery refinement range as part of Weapons and Tactics course 2-24, near Yuma, Arizona, March 25, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics.
Army
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Chaos Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire an M777 during a live fire exercise following a heavy drop airborne operation at the Grafenwoehr Training Area,… (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cody Nelson)
U.S. Army Sgt. Noah Cumming, 18th Military Police Brigade, patrols through simulated CS gas during battle drills for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Squad Competition on Camp Aachen, Grafenwoehr, Germany, on July 10, 2024. Day three of… (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samuel Signor)
Navy
A CMV-22B Osprey from the “Sunhawks” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50 prepares to land on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), July 17, 2024, in the Pacific Ocean. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samuel Osborn)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) sails in formation with the Royal New Zealand Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMNZS Aotearoa (A 11) and the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Vancouver (FFH 331) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, four submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 171 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 2. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world�s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class R. Ezekiel Duran)
Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ardeth Maldonado (left), a rifleman, and Lance Cpl. Brecken Wilcoxen, a team leader, with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, act as the opposing force of a raid during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 11, 2024. The Amphibious Raids Branch of EOTG conducted the RLC to train 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines small-unit leaders in raid fundamentals and in preparation for their upcoming deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Knowles
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aidan Herbert, left, and Cpl. Kacey Forrey, both mortarman assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an M224 60 mm mortar system during a live-fire range at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 14, 2024. 15th MEU Marines utilized small unmanned aerial systems to assess fires and effects to relay data to mortarmen during a crew-served weapons range. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms
Air Force
U.S. Army paratroopers and U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists conduct airborne operations from a C-17 Globemaster III at Malemute Drop Zone at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 9, 2024. The Guardsmen and special warfare Airmen conducted the joint airborne training to maintain proficiency in conducting full-spectrum personnel recovery, including conventional and unconventional rescue operations and the ability to direct lethal and nonlethal joint firepower whenever necessary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens)
A B-1 Lancer, B-2 Spirit and five A-10C Thunderbolt II sit on the flightline during the 2024 Wings Over Whiteman Air Show at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 13, 2024. The event is a biennial air show hosted at Whiteman AFB and provides an opportunity for spectators to learn about the U.S. Air Force heritage and mission, interact with its members and get an up-close look at some of the aircraft protecting the nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage)
Coast Guard
Crew members aboard Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC Joseph Tezanos (WPC 1118) disembark migrants to repatriate them to the Dominican Republic Navy, July 17, 2024. The migrants were interdicted approximately 34 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, July 15, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Patrick Ober, combat information center officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751), speaks with members of the Philippine Coast Guard, assigned to Philippine Coast Guard Vessel Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702), while aboard the Waesche during a bilateral U.S.-Philippine search and rescue exercise in the South China Sea, July 16, 2024. The bilateral exercise was an opportunity to strengthen relations by working together and exchanging operating procedures and practices. Waesche is the second U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter deployed to the Indo-Pacific in 2024. Coast Guard cutters routinely deploy to the region to engage with partner nations to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Julia VanLuven)
