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Marines with India Company, 3d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), conduct a night live-fire range during Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brayden Daniel)

 

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake Wyrick, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), posts security on Red Beach during Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra Munoz)

 

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Special tactics Airmen assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, watch a CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, take off from the Eglin Range Complex, Fla., Dec. 8, 2021. The 23rd STS conducted a large-scale humanitarian aid and disaster relief exercise involving approximately 300 participants designed to challenge ST Airmen with a complex tactical and leadership training environment they would encounter in a real-world humanitarian crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish)

A soldier assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” takes part in military funeral honors for Army Cpl. Lloyd Odom at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Aug. 11, 2021. Odom was reported missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when his unit was attacked by Chinese forces. He was taken prisoner and died of his wounds on Jan. 31, 1951. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nicholas T. Holmes)

NOTE: The ribbons above the right breast pocket are Unit Awards. The emblem above those awards is the Distinctive Unit Insignia or Regimental Crest. *which appears to be the 187th Infantry Regiment crest? The crest's on the shoulder lapels is that of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. The Light Blue cord (under right arm) disks under the cap badge and collar insignia, identify this soldier as being Infantry. The cord over the left arm is a "buff strap" worn only by the Old Guard.

211215-N-NO146-1006 GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 15, 2021) U.S. Sailors assigned to coastal patrol ship USS Sirocco (PC 6) transport illicit drugs seized from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman, Dec. 15.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Platoon hosted training with soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 15th Brigade and U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17, 2021. This bilateral and joint training focused on increasing CBRN interoperability, proficiency, and collective capabilities for responding to chemical warfare agents.

 

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Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) "Red Dragons" MV-22B Osprey's escort A-10 Thunderbolt II jets assigned to the Air Guard Air Reserve Test Center off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii to maintain readiness, combat proficiency and enhance interoperability. Dec 15, 2021

 

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Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268 (VMM-268) "Red Dragons" MV-22B Osprey's escort A-10 Thunderbolt II jets assigned to the Air Guard Air Reserve Test Center off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii to maintain readiness, combat proficiency and enhance interoperability. Dec 15, 2021

 

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December 9, 2021, Troopers assigned to Cold Steel, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) at the National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Calif., fired the first main battle tank round out of the M1A2 Abrams System Enhancement Program (SEP) V2 in the Regiment’s history.

The Regiment previously executed gunnery using M1A1 Abrams while simultaneously fulfilling the role of the U.S. Military’s professional opposing force at the National Training Center. On October, 2021, the 11th ACR received five M1A2 Abrams SEP V2s via a lateral transfer from Fort Hood, Texas.

 

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F-15E Strike Eagle of 48th Fighter Wing, RAF, Lakenheath, England, refuelled by a Air National Guard KC-135R Stratotanker of 155th Air Refuelling Wing, Nebraska ANG, Sept. 15, 2021, during Ex Ample Strike 2021, Czech Republic

 

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Exercise 'Winter Shield' 21, eFP Battlegroup Latvia

 

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Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group, fuel a U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey with the 21st Special Operations Squadron at a forward arming and refueling point during exercise Resolute Dragon 21 at Combined Arms Training Center, Fuji, Japan, Dec. 15, 2021.

 

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2/6 Marines and a Green Beret (second from the left) conduct a joint training exercise. Note the Glock 19 in the Green Beret’s holster (U.S. Marine Corps)

 

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U.S. Army Reserve jump masters prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Dec. 14, 2021, in preparation for airborne operations hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve's U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), and the 824th Quartermaster Company, partnered with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, to conduct a non-tactical airborne operation with allied jump masters in order to maintain proficiency and earn foreign jump wings. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

 

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U.S. Army Reserve Col. Mark S. Flitton, G-3/5/7 for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), is issued parachute equipment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Dec. 14, 2021, in preparation for airborne operations hosted by the USACAPOC(A) and the 824th Quartermaster Company, partnered with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, to conduct a non-tactical airborne operation with allied jump masters in order to maintain proficiency and earn foreign jump wings. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

 

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U.S. Army Reserve Col. Mark S. Flitton (left), G-3/5/7 for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), assists Col. Steven M. King (right), G1 for USACAPOC(A), with donning parachute equipment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Dec. 14, 2021, in preparation for airborne operations hosted by the USACAPOC(A) and the 824th Quartermaster Company, partnered with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, to conduct a non-tactical airborne operation with allied jump masters in order to maintain proficiency and earn foreign jump wings. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

 

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U.S. Army Reserve paratroopers prepare to conduct airborne operations, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 14, 2021, during non-tactical airborne operations hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve's U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), the 824th Quartermaster Company, and the 82nd Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

U.S. Army Reserve paratroopers conduct airborne operations, Fort Bragg, N.C., Dec. 14, 2021, during non-tactical airborne operations hosted by the U.S. Army Reserve's U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), the 824th Quartermaster Company, and the 82nd Airborne Division. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

 

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U.S. Army Reserve Col. Steven M. King (left), G1 for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), receives foreign jump wings (red arrow pointing) from German Jumpmaster Lt. Col. Daniel Labusch during a sustained airborne training exercise at St. Mere Eglise drop zone, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Dec. 14, 2021. The U.S. Army Reserve's U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) and 824th Quartermaster Company partnered with Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division to conduct a non-tactical airborne operation with allied jump masters in order to maintain proficiency and earn foreign jump wing, Dec. 13 - 15, 2021. (U.S. Army photo COL David S. Yuen)

 

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182nd Operations Support Squadron, Illinois Air National Guard, land a C-130H3 Hercules during operations at the Young Assault Air Strip on Fort McCoy, Wis., 19 November 2021

 

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3-161 Infantry "Dark Rifles" of the Washington Army National Guard

 

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Lancer Brigade, 7th Infantry Division at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Bringing the boom for @Bombardier

 

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4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade”, conduct sling load operations on October 19 as part of Yudh Abhyas 21 in the Elmendorf-Richardson Joint Base.