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Navy Lt. Richard P. Shaffer, chaplain, Headquarters

Navy Lt. Richard P. Shaffer, chaplain, Headquarters Battalion, bows his head in prayer during the 241st Navy Chaplain Corps and 38th Religious Program Specialist birthdays at the Frontline Restaurant aboard the... More

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Arizona National Guard's

An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the Arizona National Guard's 162nd Wing during a bombing run at the Barry M. Goldwater Range Nov. 9. The range celebrated its 75th anniversary during a ceremony at Papago Park Milit... More

170127-N-WF272-074 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 27, 2017) Lt.

170127-N-WF272-074 SASEBO, Japan (Jan. 27, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Jeffrey Hall, from Wilmington, N.C., gun boss aboard amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) and guest speaker for a Dr. Martin Luther Kin... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Jill L. Crosby, left. command sergeant

Command Sgt. Maj. Jill L. Crosby, left. command sergeant major, 1st Cavalry Division Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade (1CD RSSB), Col. Stephon M. Brannon, Chief of Force Management Division, U.S. Forces-Af... More

U.S. Army Soldiers run in formation in honor of the

U.S. Army Soldiers run in formation in honor of the Army’s 242nd Birthday at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., June 14, 2017. Celebrations for the Army’s 242nd Birthday continued throughout the week with a stream... More

MAYPORT, Fla. (Oct. 13, 2017) – U.S. Naval Forces Southern

MAYPORT, Fla. (Oct. 13, 2017) – U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet (USNAVSO/FOURTHFLT) celebrates the U.S. Navy's 242nd birthday with personnel from Navy Region Southeast Band and the color guard... More

171109-N-AC254-040 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov.

171109-N-AC254-040 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 9, 2017) Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) parade the colors on the flight deck ... More

The Woodside High School Choir performs a musical piece

The Woodside High School Choir performs a musical piece in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Fort Eustis’ Wylie Theater during a celebration at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Jan. 11, 2018. The choir per... More

Audience members applaud after Lt. Gen. Jacqueline

Audience members applaud after Lt. Gen. Jacqueline D. Van Ovost, Air Force Headquarters director of staff and former commander of the Presidential Airlift Wing, finishes her speech at the Joint Base Andrews’ 75... More

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 14, 2018) - An

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (July 14, 2018) - An Afghan National Army (ANA) 215th Corps soldier stands at attention during 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade’s Operational Readiness Cycle (ORC) graduation ceremony at Ca... More

181030-N-AH771-0079 NORWEGIAN SEA (Oct. 30, 2018)

181030-N-AH771-0079 NORWEGIAN SEA (Oct. 30, 2018) Electronics Technician 2nd Class Jerrold Salas sings "Cancion Del Mariachi" during a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration on the mess decks of the Wasp-class amp... More

A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stands

A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stands in formation during the Commandant's Birthday Message during the MEU's Marine Corps Birthday Ball, November 8, 2018, on Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan. The... More

181110-N-ZP059-0077 AUBURN, Wash. (Nov. 10, 2018) The

181110-N-ZP059-0077 AUBURN, Wash. (Nov. 10, 2018) The Doughboy Color Guard from American Legion Post 138 marches down Main street in Auburn, Wash., during the 53rd annual Veterans Day Parade. The mile-long para... More

U.S Army Capt. Rayvon Stanley, with the U.S. Army Medical

U.S Army Capt. Rayvon Stanley, with the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Bavaria, serves cake to Soldiers during the Christmas meal at Mihail Kogălniceanu, Romania, Dec. 25, 2018. U.S. Army Soldiers celebr... More

Rosalina Luongo, Assistant Department Director of the

Rosalina Luongo, Assistant Department Director of the BronxWorks Morris Innovative Senior Center, poses with U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Fleet Week New York, as a part of Fl... More

First Infantry Division Mission Command Element’s Commander

First Infantry Division Mission Command Element’s Commander Cpt. Robert De Young gave a speech during the 244th Army birthday June 14th, 2019, Poznan, Poland. In honor of the Army’s birthday the MCE had a cake ... More

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Staff Sgt. Dakota Bowen, the U.S.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Staff Sgt. Dakota Bowen, the U.S. Army NCO of the year, talks with Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and CMSgt. Ramon Colon-Lopez, the senior enlisted adviser to the... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bethany Deneal, executive officer

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Bethany Deneal, executive officer with Combined Joint Task Force–Operation Inherent Resolve Signals Intelligence Sustainment Company, volunteers to cut a cake at Union III in Baghdad, Iraq, Ja... More

1st Lt. Jack Wood, 108th Sustainment Brigade, Task

1st Lt. Jack Wood, 108th Sustainment Brigade, Task Force Lincoln, Team Blackhawks, Illinois National Guard, receives a commander’s coin of excellence from Col. Gerald Newman, commander of Team Blackhawks, Jan. ... More

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Lt. Col. Kristine Broger, the deputy

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Lt. Col. Kristine Broger, the deputy commander for nursing, U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), Fort Drum, N.Y., stands next to a plaque commemorating the MEDDAC’s nationally board... More

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies alongside

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II flies alongside a KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., after receiving fuel July 4, 2020. The F-35B is part of a formation of military aircraft that... More

Chief Petty Officer Zachery Orn, a member of the Defense

Chief Petty Officer Zachery Orn, a member of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks on the U.S. Navy’s formation, heritage and national interests during the Navy’s 245th birthday ceremony at Pearl... More

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - Members of the Camp Humphreys

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea - Members of the Camp Humphreys community toss bean bags as they play a game of cornhole during the Humphreys Festival 2020, Oct. 17. Soldiers and community members were invited to j... More

Airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing and their families

Airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing and their families attend a tree lighting ceremony at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Nov. 30, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kylee Gardner)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Curtis V. Ebitz, left, the commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Curtis V. Ebitz, left, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station New River, and Santa flip the switch for the 8th annual tree lighting ceremony on Marine Corps Air Station New Ri... More

CELEBRATION OF THE SIXTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE REG...

170329-N-GX781-224 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. (March 29, 2017)

170329-N-GX781-224 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. (March 29, 2017) - Chief petty officers of the Hampton Roads area participate in a 5K run on Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek as part of the celebration marking the b... More

Scotty McCreery, country music artist, performs at

Scotty McCreery, country music artist, performs at the free 16th-annual We Salute You event on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2019. The event was held to thank military... More

1st Lt. Corey Harris, a Phoenix native, sets up a Christmas

1st Lt. Corey Harris, a Phoenix native, sets up a Christmas tree at the house of a local leader in the Rashidiyah Nahia, located northeast of Baghdad, during a Christmas barbecue, Dec. 26. Harris is the civil a... More

Dr. Nahad Abbas Shihab al-Juburi, Deputy Minister of

Dr. Nahad Abbas Shihab al-Juburi, Deputy Minister of education for the Karkh District, cuts the ceremonial ribbon to reopen the Bakiryah School in the Mansour District of northwest Baghdad Jan. 4. Nahad assiste... More

Lance Cpl. Robertlee Gonzalez, a rifleman with Company

Lance Cpl. Robertlee Gonzalez, a rifleman with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares a Hispanic-themed meal in the ship's galley in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Mon... More

Family and friends welcome home the crew of the

Family and friends welcome home the crew of the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf as the ship returns to Naval Station Norfolk. Vella Gulf completed a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea in suppo... More

Sgt. Maj. Herbert Wayne Wrench, the sergeant major

Sgt. Maj. Herbert Wayne Wrench, the sergeant major of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, salutes during his retirement ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 16, 2012. Wrench served for 30 years, completing nine de... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Keil poses for a photo

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Keil poses for a photo with a local Afghan police officer at the Afghan Uniform Police training facility on Forward Operating Base Shank, Aug. 29, 2012, in Logar U.S. soldiers dine... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Paul Hurley, left, the commanding

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Paul Hurley, left, the commanding general of the 19th Sustainment Command, and Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Austin, his senior enlisted advisor, sign Battle Buddy pledges during a ceremony rec... More

Service members and civilians attend an Independence

Service members and civilians attend an Independence Day ceremony at Marne Garden-Forward, July 4, in Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

Airmen from across Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan,

Airmen from across Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, play Ultimate Frisbee at the boardwalk as part of celebrations for the Air Force birthday here Sept. 18, 2013. Airman at Kandahar celebrated the Air Force's 66... More

Coast Guard Station New York's boat crews begin the

Coast Guard Station New York's boat crews begin the New Year on watch with a view of New York City's fireworks display at Liberty Island in New York Harbor, Jan. 1, 2014. Station New York conducted patrols and ... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Luther Thomas Jr., Army Reserve command

Command Sgt. Maj. Luther Thomas Jr., Army Reserve command sergeant major, and Sgt. 1st Class Jason Manella, HHC, 351st CACOM, Mountain View, Calif., stand outside Fox Studios in New York City before an intervie... More

Lt. Col. Jacob Matt, center, Marine Heavy Helicopter

Lt. Col. Jacob Matt, center, Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 commanding officer and Sgt. Maj. Rudy Tobias, left, HMH-462 squadron sergeant major, greet retired Lt. Col. William Duncan, former HMH-462... More

The Wing patch of the New Jersey Air National Guard's

The Wing patch of the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing appears on the video scoreboard at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, N.Y., prior to a two ship F-16C flyover on the Air Force's 67th birthday, Sep... More

1st. Sgt. Kenneth Miller, center left, from Woodland,

1st. Sgt. Kenneth Miller, center left, from Woodland, California, and Col. Ronald Braney, center right, from Stafford, Virginia, serves turkey Nov. 23 during a Thanksgiving celebration with residents and staff ... More

A Djiboutian marching band plays festive music during

A Djiboutian marching band plays festive music during a Djibouti independence day celebration June 27, 2015, marking 38 years since it became and sovereign nation. The military parade included a marching band ... More

Romanian military band members perform during a parade

Romanian military band members perform during a parade in Constanta, Romania, Oct. 25, 2015. The parade was held to celebrate Romania’s Armed Forces Day and gave U.S. and Romanian military members the opportuni... More

Visitors learn about Marine Corps history during an

Visitors learn about Marine Corps history during an Independence Day celebration aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island July 4. Games and activities were set up for Marines and their families to partic... More

Spectators view a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 perform

Spectators view a Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 perform during a demonstration at the Families and Friends Day celebration at RAF Marham, England, July 21. Airmen from RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall were invited... More

Members of Team Seymour watch a magic show during the

Members of Team Seymour watch a magic show during the postponed Independence Day celebration, Aug. 26, 2016, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The event featured live music, food, family games,... More

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael Smith, officer in charge

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael Smith, officer in charge and principle conductor for Marine Corps Band New Orleans, directs the band while performing at Fox & Friends during the celebration of the U.S. Marine C... More

YAVORIV, Ukraine - Spc. Tavish Reese, a scout with

YAVORIV, Ukraine - Spc. Tavish Reese, a scout with 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division catches a football during a Thanksgiving football tournament here, ... More

A Kaiserslautern Military Community child catches confetti

A Kaiserslautern Military Community child catches confetti during Freedom Fest at the Enlisted Club parking lot on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 4, 2017. A cover band shot the confetti at the crowd while pla... More

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Bob Shalz, a chief

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Bob Shalz, a chief loadmaster with the 139th Operations Support Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, gets water sprayed on him after finishing his final flight of his career a... More

Staff Sgt. Matt Clark with the 20th Special Forces

Staff Sgt. Matt Clark with the 20th Special Forces Group stands at attention in a World War II era uniform among retirees and civilian workers during the National Anthem Dec. 7 at the Camp Mccain Training Cente... More

Friends and Family attend Chief Master Sgt. Brian Watson’s

Friends and Family attend Chief Master Sgt. Brian Watson’s retirement, April 27, 2018, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Wastons served 30 years in the Air Force, eight of which were at Nellis before he retired as... More

U.S. Army Col. Beth Behn, 7th Transportation Brigade

U.S. Army Col. Beth Behn, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) commander, watches a member of the U.S. Army 392nd Army Band Jazz Combo perform at the Fort Eustis 100th Anniversary Gala in Newport News, Vi... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, march at William Pendleton Thomas Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 4, 2018. From 1776 to present day, July fourth has be... More

Team Robins celebrated the Air Force 71st birthday

Team Robins celebrated the Air Force 71st birthday with two rock bands, West Means Home and the Riot, at the Museum of Aviation, September 21, 2018. #FLYFORWARD; #AIRLEGACY; #AFBDAY

190322-N-YG414-172 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 22, 2019)

190322-N-YG414-172 SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 22, 2019) - Capt. Eric J. Anduze, commanding officer of U.S. 7th Fleet Flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19), speaks during a Women's History Month celebration on the ship's... More

Mayor Jaskowiak speaks to service members and citizens

Mayor Jaskowiak speaks to service members and citizens at the Constitution Day ceremony May 3, 2019, in Freedom Square, Poznan, Poland. Constitution day celebrates the first constitution in modern Europe and se... More

Pvt. Eli Schafer, left, the youngest Soldier stationed

Pvt. Eli Schafer, left, the youngest Soldier stationed in Poznan, shakes 1st Infantry Division Mission Command Element First Sergeant, 1st Sgt. John Kemp’s, right, hand during the 244th Army Birthday June 14, 2... More

Airmen volunteer at the snow cone vendor booth during

Airmen volunteer at the snow cone vendor booth during the Independence Celebration, July 28, 2019, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. The festivities included more than 20 vendors, games, food, ... More

Members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron and 91st Missile

Members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron and 91st Missile Security Forces Squadron tactical response force team perform a demonstration during the 5th Bombardment Group 100th-year anniversary open house at Minot... More

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The U.S. Army’s “Best of the Best”

PHILADELPHIA, PA – The U.S. Army’s “Best of the Best” 2019 group was acknowledged on the field during the second quarter of the Army vs. Navy football game here on December 14, 2019. The group included the NCO ... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 114th Fighter Wing, South Dakota Air National Guard, receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lak... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Blandino Villanueva, a member of the

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Blandino Villanueva, a member of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), speaks about the U.S. Navy’s heritage during the Navy’s 245th birthday ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Oct. 13, 2... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Roger A. Holiday, left,

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Roger A. Holiday, left, and Lance Cpl. Javari S. Magee, center, with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, participate in the 245th Marine Corps birthday cake cutting ceremony at Go... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Antonio Oquendo, from Margate, Fla.,

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Antonio Oquendo, from Margate, Fla., addresses an audience during a Hispanic-American Heritage Month observance at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, Oct. 9, 2008. He highlighted Hispanic-American serv... More

A member of the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble performs

A member of the Kevin Locke Native Dance Ensemble performs a traditional dance at Forward Operating Base Kalsu's outdoor stage Thanksgiving Day. In addition to demonstrating several types of dances, the group p... More

Newly appointed Maj. Gen. Abdull Ameer, commander of

Newly appointed Maj. Gen. Abdull Ameer, commander of the Iraqi army's 12th Infantry Division, arrives at the Iraqi Army Base K1 for a ceremony commemorating the annual Iraqi Army Day, Jan. 6. Iraqi Army Day is ... More

A formation of armored vehicles, manned by U.S. Army

A formation of armored vehicles, manned by U.S. Army and Marine Corps personnel, stand ready to lead a convoy of coalition forces through the parade grounds established for the 50/20 celebration in Kuwait, Feb.... More

A Jordanian Army soldier bows in prayer during the

A Jordanian Army soldier bows in prayer during the Eid al-Adha service, Oct. 26, 2012, at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan. Afterward, attendees greeted one another with the traditional holiday saying, “Eid Mubara... More

Ceremonial trumpeters play during the closing chapter

Ceremonial trumpeters play during the closing chapter of the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Hillsboro Memorial Gardens in Brandon, England, Nov. 10, 2013. Remembrance Day, also known as Poppy Day, is observed ... More

Retired U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Raymond Russell

Retired U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Raymond Russell Kelly speaks with Warrant Officer Joshua A. Stone June 12 at the historic North Field, Tinian after the 70th Anniversary Reunion of Honor ceremony. The cerem... More

Cpl. Heather H. Song performs a solo June 13 at the

Cpl. Heather H. Song performs a solo June 13 at the American Memorial Park on Saipan during a concert. The concert was part of a weeklong 70th Anniversary Reunion of Honor celebration put together to mark a mil... More

Marines run laps around the Semper Fit track Nov. 10

Marines run laps around the Semper Fit track Nov. 10 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. They ran 240 laps to celebrate the 240th Marine Corps Birthday. It took the Marines over seven hours to ... More

Combat Center Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Lewis A.

Combat Center Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, and guest of honor, Sgt. Maj. Bradley A. Kasal, sergeant major, I Marine Expeditionary Force, await the arrival of the cake escorts during the He... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors, retired and active duty,

U.S. Marines and Sailors, retired and active duty, interact with one another during a Sergeants Major Reception as part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration of 2nd Marine Division (2D MARDIV) at the Staff Non-co... More

Members of the various military branches of service

Members of the various military branches of service attend the Jeff Davis Elementary School Veterans Day celebration Nov. 10, 2017, in Biloxi, Mississippi. During the event, students recited the Pledge of Alleg... More

A Kubasaki High School Junior Reserve Officer Training

A Kubasaki High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet models the uniform worn by the Marines who fought in the Civil War during a Marine Corps birthday uniform pageant Nov. 8 aboard Camp Foster, Ok... More

Laughlin community members gathered to welcome U.S.

Laughlin community members gathered to welcome U.S. Air Force Col. Robert Pekarek, 47th Operations Group commander, during the 47th OG Assumption of Command at Laughlin Air Force Base, Tx., June 22, 2017. Pekar... More

The 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron hosted a centennial

The 72d Test and Evaluation Squadron hosted a centennial celebration on Feb. 17, 2018, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The event was held to celebrate the 100 years the 72d TES has operated. During the event gu... More

Col. Paul J. Kremer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great

Col. Paul J. Kremer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division deputy commander, presents the Bronze Order of the De Fleury Medal to Patty Coffey, Nashville District deputy district engin... More

Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers of the 111th Army

Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers of the 111th Army Band celebrated their 100th anniversary alongside distinguished guests, family, and friends by holding a commemoration party on Sept. 21, 2019. October 3, 2... More

Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, superintendant, delivers a gift

Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald, superintendant, delivers a gift to a student June 12, 2020, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Kindergarten and fifth grade classes receive their diplomas through a vehicle parade due to c... More

An outpouring of support stretched for miles as Fort

An outpouring of support stretched for miles as Fort Drum community members celebrated Class of 2020 graduates June 18 with a commencement parade. Dozens of high school seniors and their family members drove ac... More

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - U.S. Army Capt. Wesley Moldogo,

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti - U.S. Army Capt. Wesley Moldogo, chaplain assigned to Task Force Guardian, Combined Task Force - Horn of Africa, leads service members and civilians during a benediction for a nondenom... More

201013-N-WF272-1054 PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 13, 2020) Carlo

201013-N-WF272-1054 PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 13, 2020) Carlo Aragoncillo, left, director, City of Philadelphia Office of Veterans Affairs, presents Cmdr. Kemi Elebute, commanding officer of Navy Talent Acquisition Gr... More

Distinguished guests from the Iraqi government, Iraqi

Distinguished guests from the Iraqi government, Iraqi police, and local civil community organizations gather at the K1 Iraqi Army Base to listen to presentations given during a ceremony commemorating the annual... More

German and U.S. Army soldiers congratulate each other

German and U.S. Army soldiers congratulate each other after a game during a soccer tournament held in Kaunas, Lithuania, May 22, 2015. The participants of the tournament, U.S., German and Lithuania service memb... More

Troops of the Joint Task Force 71 demonstrate their

Troops of the Joint Task Force 71 demonstrate their equipment assets and capabilities at the American Heroes Celebration in Austin, Texas, April 16. The event, which brings together elements from throughout the... More

Soldiers of the 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

Soldiers of the 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment perform a foot march around Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, April 17. Besides having a photojournalist and broadcasting background, members of the 100th MPAD ... More

Eight-year-old Zoie Driver, from Honolulu, plays tic-tac-toe

Eight-year-old Zoie Driver, from Honolulu, plays tic-tac-toe with submerged Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Balavram, a Navy diver with Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit One, during BayFest 2011 on Marine Corps Base... More

A local Afghan police officer gets covered in glitter

A local Afghan police officer gets covered in glitter during a celebration at the Afghan Uniform Police training facility on Forward Operating Base Shank, Aug. 29, 2012, in Logar province, Afghanistan. The cele... More

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. James F. Amos (right) poses for a photo with a Marine lance corporal during a cake-cutting ceremony at the U.S. Senate building in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2012. The e... More

Petty Officer 1st Class William A. Hall, the host for

Petty Officer 1st Class William A. Hall, the host for 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group’s annual Christmas party, tests the knowledge of Lt. Cmdr. Darren J. Pierce, the commanding officer of Medi... More

The Belgian Air Force held a 5K charity run for multiple

The Belgian Air Force held a 5K charity run for multiple sclerosis (MS), June 22, 2013, at Kandahar Airfield. (U.S.Army photos by Ssg. Ashley Bell)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team,

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, participate in a shadow running of the 2013 Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta, at Jalalabad Airfield, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan... More

Pumpkin pie is staged Nov. 23 prior to a Thanksgiving

Pumpkin pie is staged Nov. 23 prior to a Thanksgiving feast set up by volunteers with Combat Logistics Regiment 35 for the second annual Thanksgiving celebration with the residents and staff of the Tai Chu En C... More

Romanian military band members perform during a parade

Romanian military band members perform during a parade in Constanta, Romania, Oct. 25, 2015. The parade was held to celebrate Romania’s Armed Forces Day and gave U.S. and Romanian military members the opportun... More

More than 6,000 Marines from 2nd Marine Division celebrated

More than 6,000 Marines from 2nd Marine Division celebrated the 240th Marine Corps birthday with a motivational three-mile run at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 9, 2015. Sergeant Jeramey Mielke, an engineer equipment... More

“Black Cat” CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews assigned

“Black Cat” CH-47 Chinook helicopter crews assigned to Company B, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct training flights ins... More