Students from Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course (RSLC) Class 04-21 execute a Field Training Exercise (FTX). Teams conduct student planned and executed reconnaissance and surveillance operations to collect and report priority intelligence requirements in support of their commanders reconnaissance guidance while being evaluated by RSLC cadre. Photo credit: US Army, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader Course […]
French Paratroopers moving towards their assembly area while 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division descends on the drop zone during Swift Response 16. The ‘All American’ Division will join forces with Soldiers from more than 30 Allied and Partner Nations during Swift Response 21 – an international exercise that will enhance interoperability through teamwork […]
That Others May Live. It’s not just a nice sounding motto… When an injured Airman needs saving from a hostile or otherwise unreachable area, it’s the duty of Air Force Special Warfare, Pararescue (PJ) specialists to rescue and medically treat downed military personnel anywhere in the world. PJs have a huge variety of tools at […]
Women making history. Finland’s Utti Jaeger Regiment has begun to recruit women, who completed their basic military service, for special operations forces reserve positions. Reservists play an important role in complementing the performance of the Finnish SOF units composed of professional soldiers, and the training and selection of personnel for the SOF reserves is one […]
Washington Army National Guard Soldiers, assigned to 3rd Battalion, 161 Infantry Regiment “Dark Rifles”, 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, conduct squad live-fire and tactical movement training, on March 4, 2021, at Yakima Training Center, Washington. Photo credit: Washington National Guard. […]
U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, provide security after exiting from a 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter, during Air Assault training as part of exercise Eagle Sokol at Pocek Range in Slovenia, Mar. 25, 2019. Exercise Eagle Sokol is a bilateral training exercise with the Slovenian […]
US Army paratroopers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, conduct a winter dismounted patrol at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 27, 2021. Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force, Alejandro Peña […]
Vietnam, 1969 – members of a U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division LRRP team prepare for a patrol. Photo credit: unknown […]
Estonian Special Operations Forces (ESTSOF) on patrol in Mali with local militia. Photo credit: Estonian Ministry of Defence. […]
A Portuguese paratrooper poses for a photo demonstrating their new modular load carriage and armor protection system, the M18 camouflage uniform (‘multifleck’) introduced last year, and an FN SCAR-L assault rifle. The FN SCAR was adopted by the Portuguese Army last year as well. Members of Portugal’s Special Operations Forces however appear to opted for […]