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U.S. Marines at Agile Spirit 19

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a live-fire range with the M240B machine gun during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 1, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, observe target impact during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 1, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, fires the M240B machine gun, while his spotter confirms impacts of the targets during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 1, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, poses while carrying an M240B machine gun during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 1, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, observes target impact by a U.S. Army M1A2 Abram Tank with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 1, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez)

Marine Sgt. Ray Waters Torres, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, throws the AeroVironment RQ-11 drone at Orpholo Training Area, Georgia, August 1, 2019. Torres flew the unmanned aerial vehicle over ranges for training purposes during exercise Agile Spirit 19. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Laurie Ellen Schubert, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, control a RQB11B Raven during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 2, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, monitor and control a RQB11B Raven while in flight during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 2, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, land a RQB11B Raven during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 2, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

 

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Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South standby after completing a live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the future amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), Aug. 15, 2014

A U.S. soldier warms his hands by a fire made by Afghans during Operation Wawraa Tufaan in Zanbar province, Afghanistan, Jan. 31, 2010. The soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Alexander

 

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U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force board a gas and oil platform during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, Jan. 16, 2015

Cpl. Justin Dudley from Oxnard, California, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, keeps watch while flying in a UH-1Y Venom during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 at Crow Valley, Sept. 30, 2014.

Cpl. Daniel Hopping, assaultman, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Rogers, Arkansas, shields himself from dust being kicked up from a CH-53E Super Sea Stallion lifting off during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 28, 2014.

Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit jump off the side of the USS Essex during a swim call.

A US Marine assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, sits on top of a CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2015.

 

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Lance Cpl. Griffin Forrester stands his post in his fighting hole during a beach raid aboard Camp Pendleton, California, March 6, 2015.

Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force depart the USS Essex (LHD 2) on a combat rubber raiding craft during Amphibious Squadron Three/Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration Training (PMINT) off the coast of San Diego March 4, 2015.

Gunnery Sgt. Eddie Myers, parachute safety officer assigned to Detachment 4th Force Reconnaissance Company, parachutes from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during airborne insertion training at the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay June 10, 2015.

Marines and Sailors competed in the 2015 Commanding General’s Cup Mud Run at Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2015.

Marines assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit enter the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard on a Combat Raiding Rubber Craft.

 

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Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a high altitude low opening (HALO) jump during category 3 sustainment training in Louisburg, N.C., June 2, 2015.

Marines shoulder-carry a boat to water during an amphibious operations familiarization drill as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014 at Hat Yao beach, Rayong, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 12, 2014.

Marines aboard an amphibious assault vehicle exit the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5).

Philippine Marines train with US Marines attached to the III Marine Expeditionary Force/Marine Corps Installations Pacific during a fast-rope exercise Jan. 22 at Basa Air Field.

Marines observe explosives detonate from a safe distance on a demolitions range at Crow Valley, the Philippines, during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15, Oct. 8.

 

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190525-Z-GX612-1282 by US Air Force, on Flickr

Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team stand at attention during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner prior to the IPL 500 Festival Parade in Indianapolis, May 25, 2019. The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard presented the colors along with a joint service color guard comprised of service members from Indiana. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Jonathan W. Padish)

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Scat VII, a P-51 Mustang once flown by triple-ace fighter pilot Robin Olds, flies along an F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, May 28, 2019. The plane is the last one Olds flew before the end of World War II and is one of the only flying examples of the aircraft in Europe. Olds flew in both World War II and the Vietnam War, scoring a total of 16 air-to-air victories over the course of his career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Roidan Carlson)

190526-F-ML224-0271 by US Air Force, on Flickr

A U.S. Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a mission within the U.S. Air Force Central Command area of responsibility, May 26, 2019. The Rivet Joint supports theater and national-level consumers with near real-time, on-screen intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Russ Scalf)

190524-F-SX095-006 by US Air Force, on Flickr

Capt. Andrew Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot, performs over Miami Beach, Fla., May 24, 2019. Olson performed the demonstration in preparation for the Miami Beach Air and Sea Show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham)

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Senior Airman Sawyer Ezzell, a crew chief with the 123rd Maintenance Group, 123rd Airlift Wing, services the liquid oxygen system of a Kentucky Air National Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft at Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 15, 2019, as part of Immediate Response 2019. The annual exercise is focused on allied airborne forces’ ability to quickly and effectively respond to crisis situations as an interoperable, multinational team. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Horton)

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A U.S. B-52H Stratofortress prepares to join with Qatar Emiri Air Force Mirage 2000s and U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs to fly in formation over Southwest Asia, May 21, 2019. This flight was conducted to continue building military-to-military relationships with the QEAF. The B-52H is part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes)

 

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Marines and sailors with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force ride in rigid-hull inflatable boats during maritime interoperability training off the coast of Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 12, 2015.

A Marine engages targets from a UH-1Y Venom with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) above San Clemente Island, California, March 20, 2015.

Marines use water to extinguish a fuel fire at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma during live-burn training Feb. 21, 2015

Marines and sailors in the Basic Reconnaissance Course practice their helocasting skills at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado and in San Diego Bay on Nov. 6, 2013.

Force Reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a diving exit while conducting an initial High Altitude Low Opening jump out of an MV-22B Osprey at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue Field, N.C., Aug. 11, 2014.

US Marines with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines fire the M777-A2 Howitzer down range during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Blacktop Training Area aboard Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 31st, 2015.

 

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US Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 1, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 1st Marine Logistics Group, practice “combat gliding” during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 at Camp Wilson on Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 31, 2015.

A U.S. Marine attached to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment – “The Lava Dogs” fires a Javelin at a simulated enemy tank during Lava Viper aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, May 29, 2015.

An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, lowers a rescue swimmer into the water as part of a simulated combat search and rescue water extraction at Agat Bay, Guam, during Exercise Forager Fury II (FF II), Dec. 11, 2013.

 

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Soldiers detonate a mine-clearing line charge during Decisive Action Rotation 14-09 on the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 10, 2014.

 

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B-52 Tanking

 

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FN Mk17 Scar In Afghanistan

Supply Drop, Afghanistan

 

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Soldiers detonate an M58 mine-clearing line charge during rotation 14-10 at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., Sept. 16, 2014.

B-2 Weapons Load Trainer. The 67 foot long, 48 foot wide, 18 foot high replica of a B-2's center fuselage weighs in at 80,000 pounds. It was built by Lockheed and Hughes back in 1993 to support the B-2 program that was still nearly a half decade away from becoming operational at the time.
The contraption is used to train and certify Aircraft Armament Systems Specialists, also known as "Ordies," to load various weapons into the B-2's two cavernous weapons bays. Those bays work with the B-2's actual smart bomb racks and rotary launchers, as well as the weapons lift trailer that conveys them.

 

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Marines make their way upstairs in Tinian during an island seizure exercise as part of Valiant Shield 2014

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Phillip Lilly II, a chief scout with Scout Sniper Platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks out of a UH-1Y Venom helicopter as it flies past the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Atlantic Ocean Sept. 14, 2014.

 

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Master Sgt. Pennie J. Brawley, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, C-130 Hercules loadmaster, counts halal meals inside a C-130 Hercules prior to a humanitarian airdrop over Iraq, Aug. 13, 2014,

A1- Warthog gun run

 

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Chandler, a machine gunner assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, hunkers down behind a compound wall during a firefight with insurgents near the Bari Gul Bazaar in Nad Ali District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. Chandler positioned himself to cover a group of Marines clearing a desert compound shortly after receiving fire from insurgents. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Paul Peterson/Released)

 

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A Minigun in the door of an Air Force UH-1 helicopter.

Predator C Avenger Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

 

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Crew chiefs with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a B-2 Spirit for flight Aug. 24, 2009, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The B-2's primary mission is to attack time-critical targets early in a conflict to minimize an enemy's warfighting potential. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior

Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, and the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., load MRAP All-Terrain Vehicles onto a C-17 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., Aug. 11, 2014.

 

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A Marine sniper attached to Task Force 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Afghanistan, fires at targets on a range on Camp Barber, Afghanistan.

 

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Agile Spirit 19

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, fires an M4 carbine during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, July 30, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, stage Humvee’s in preparation for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

A U.S. Marine, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, posts security using an M240B machine gun mounted on a Humvee while conducting a rehearsal for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, begin to conduct a rehearsal for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

A U.S. Marine, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, posts security using an M2A1 .50 caliber heavy machine gun mounted on a Humvee while conducting a rehearsal for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, maneuver a Humvee while conducting a rehearsal for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)

U.S. Marines, with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, conduct a rehearsal for a mechanized range during exercise Agile Spirit 2019 in Orpholo, Georgia, August 3, 2019. AgS19 is a joint, multinational exercise that enhances U.S., Georgian, allied and partner forces lethality, interoperability and readiness in a realistic training environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Williams Quinteros)