Air Force Special Tactics operators from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron establish communications during an airfield survey as part of a culmination exercise Mar. 12, 2020, at Yakima, Wash. The CULEX challenged operators to perform airfield survey and control procedures in a potentially austere environment simulating a humanitarian aid response during a natural disaster. Photo […]
A U.S. Marine with Company C, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, provides security during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 2, 2020. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Corey A. Mathews […]
March 29, 2020 Ranger School Class RC 04-20 receives a quick pep talk from the Battalion Commander LTC Pritchett before embarking on a waterborne insertion to conduct a Raid across the Santa Rosa sound. Photo: 6th Ranger Training Battalion, US Army. […]
A well-known propaganda photo of German Fallschirmjäger charging from a DFS 230 glider upon landing. The DFS 230 was a Luftwaffe assault glider, developed by the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug (German Research Institute for Sailplane Flight). Hans Jacobs was the lead designer. It was intended for paratrooper assault operations, carrying ten soldiers with equipment or a payload […]
Known as TITAN, the Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node is a scalable and expeditionary intelligence ground station that leverages space, aerial and terrestrial sensors. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) […]
A U.S soldier observes the area from a hilltop near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province, near the border with Pakistan, on November 5, 2012. Photo: Reuters/Goran Tomasevic […]
A 173rd Airborne Brigade Sky Soldier prepares to board an aircraft prior to conducting a tactical parachute jump. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ryan Lucas […]
An officer of the German ‘Seebataillon’ (the Naval Infantry of the Bundesmarine) undergoing mountain training in Scotland with the Netherlands Marines (Korps Mariniers) in 2019. The German Seebataillon (Naval Force Protection Battalion) was created in 2014 and consists of eight companies: two on-board operations companies, one coastal operation, mine diving, reconnaissance and support company together […]
British Paratroopers inside the fuselage of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley aircraft during training at RAF Ringway, Manchester, August 1942. The Whitley was the RAF’s largest bomber at the outbreak of war. In 1939 it soon became obsolete due to its slowness and vulnerability. It was then handed over to Airborne Forces, who used it for parachute […]
Climbing on icy waterfalls is more than just an extraordinary sport. During various military operations, it may be necessary for soldiers to climb on such ice formations. That’s why Army Mountain Guides conduct annual training on climbing vertical ice in the Bavarian Alps in Mittenwald. Due to the cold and wet protection suits with winter […]