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Task Force Koa Moana arrives in Papua New Guinea

A Papua New Guinean naval ship heads toward USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) for Task Force Koa Moana to disembark their gear and personnel, off the coast of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, June 17, 2016. This marks the first time the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and U.S. Marines will train together directly. Papua New Guinea is the second of four destinations for the task force during their deployment in the Asia-Pacific region. Their deployment consists of multiple multi-national, bilateral exercises designed to increase the interoperability and relations between participating nations by sharing infantry, engineering, law enforcement and medical skills. The Marines and Sailors are originally assigned to I and III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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Draggins prepare for takeoff

Senior Airman Paul Willett, 51st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, cleans the inside of the canopy on an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, June 9, 2016. Willett cleaned the canopy so nothing obstructs the vision of the pilot in the cockpit before training sorties are flown.

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Red Flag-Alaska 16-2

U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, taxi down the runway at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, during their participation in Red Flag-Alaska 16-2, June 7, 2016. Red Flag-Alaska 16-2 provides squadrons the opportunity to train with joint and international units, increasing their combat skills by participating in simulated combat situations in a realistic threat environment. (U.S. Marine photo by Lance Cpl. Donato Maffin/Released)

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RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2

U.S. Marine Corps F-18 Hornet assigned to the Fixed Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, Iwakuni, Japan, are prepared for flying operations June 7, 2016, during RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. RF-A enables enables joint and international units to sharpen their combat skills by flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic threat environment.

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Exercise Habu Sentinel 16 tests Marines’ CBRN response capabilities

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, evacuate simulated casualties during exercise Habu Sentinel 16 at Disaster Village, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 7, 2016. As the annual capstone exercise for the division’s response element, this event encompasses multiple objectives specific to CBRN response and validates unit standard operating procedures in an unfamiliar training environment.

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Task Force Koa Moana teaches non-lethal capabilities in Timor Leste

Cpl. Preston G. Thompson (Right) instructs Pvt. Fransicso Araujo how to properly operate the X26-E Taser during Exercise Crocodilo 16, June 7, 2016, at Metinaro, Timor Leste, as part of Task Force Koa Moana’s deployment to nations in the Asia-Pacific region. The task force brings capabilities in law enforcement, infantry, engineering and combat lifesaving skills to increase interoperability and relations with participating nations. Araujo is with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, Timor Leste Defense Force. Thompson, from Wyoming, Michigan, is a military police and chief instructor for the non-lethal weapons course with Task Force Koa Moana, originally assigned to Charlie Company, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

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First female officer to earn EIB

Republic of Korea Army 1st Lt. Ji Eun Jeong, a platoon leader in the 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division, raises her hands in victory May 26, as she approaches the finish line of the 12-mile ruck march at Camp Casey, South Korea. Jeong is the first female ROK officer to earn the U.S. Army Expert Infantryman Badge. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Dennis, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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First in EIB ruck

1st Lt. Nicholas Kiser a platoon leader from Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team completes the 12-mile ruck march May 26 for the Expert Infantryman Badge in a little over 2 hours at the Schoonover Bowl on Camp Casey, South Korea. 627 Soldiers attempted to earn the US Army’s EIB, by the time the testing was done 131 US and Republic of Korea Soldiers had earned it. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Final EIB event

US and Republic of Korea Soldiers attempt to finish the Expert Infantryman Badge testing May 26 at “Objective Bull” in the Schoonover Bowl at Camp Casey, South Korea. The objective, which consisted of correctly evaluating a Soldier with a ‘leg wound’ and evacuating the Soldier, was the final test after a grueling five-days of evaluations that included day and night land navigation and a 12-mile foot march. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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BG Mennes congrats EIB-earners

Brig. Gen. Brian Mennes, deputy commanding general for maneuver, 2nd Infantry Division, discusses the importance of the Expert Infantryman Badge and congratulates the U.S. and South Korean Soldiers that earned the badge, during a ceremony May 26 at the Schoonover Bowl, Camp Casey, South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Gen. Brooks congratulates EIB earners

Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general, U.S. Forces Korea, congratulates the 131 U.S. and South Korean Soldiers that earned the Expert Infantryman Badge during a ceremony May 26 at Camp Casey, South Korea. “Well done by each and every one of you earning this coveted and very distinguished badge,” said Brooks, who earned the EIB as a captain. “To this day, the EIB remains one of my proudest accomplishments in my 40-year career.” (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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True Blue

Gen. Vincent Brooks, commanding general, USFK, pins a U.S. Army Commendation Medal on Sgt. Andrew Raines, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, for successfully completing every event without retest and receiving first time “go’s” on every evaluation to earn the Expert Infantryman Badge, a “True Blue” awardee. 131 U.S. and South Korean Soldiers earned the Expert Infantryman Badge, with 29 achieving “True Blue” status, during a ceremony May 26 at Camp Casey, South Korea. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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EIB's first female officer

Soldiers congratulate Republic of Korea Army 1st Lt. Ji Eun Jeong, a platoon leader in the 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division, on earning an U.S. Army Expert Infantryman Badge. Jeong, a 25-year-old from Seoul, South Korea, is the first female ROK officer to complete the EIB. South Korean officers are not actually authorized to wear the U.S. badge, but were pinned during the ceremony and awarded a certificate of achievement. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs, 1st Cav. Div.)

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Man down: MRF-D simulates casualty evacuation

Marines endure light debris from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter at a landing zone outside of Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory, Australia, on May 20, 2016. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin simulated causality evacuations with a UH-1Y Venom helicopter. MRF-D is a six-month deployment of Marines into Darwin, Australia, training in a new environment. The Marines are with Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, MRF-D and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, MRF-D.

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Live fire training partners Airmen with local firefighters

Firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight pose with members of the Songtan fire department at the Kyonggi-do Fire Academy, Republic of Korea, May 18, 2016. The firefighters prepared for a live fire training exercise at the fire academy.

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‘Ghost Brigade’ Soldiers prepare for future conflicts

A Soldier assigned to 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepares to fire back at enemy soldiers during Decisive Action Training Rotation 16-06 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., May 16, 2016. The training focused on the 1-2 SBCT combating a near-peer enemy and smaller militant groups in a foreign country. (U.S. Army Photo by Maj. Kelly Haux)

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 finishes Exercise Thunder Horse 16.2

IWAKUNI, Yamaguchi, Japan (May 12, 2016) - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 participate in a hike during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan. The week-long exercise focused on reinforcing skills that Marines learned throughout their military occupational specialty schooling and during Marine Combat Training in order to maintain situational readiness. Motor transportation operators, bulk fuels specialists, and field radio operators trained in various areas including direct refueling, recovery and general engineering operations and established a tactical motor pool.

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Army, Air Force exchange decontamination training

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion practice personnel decontamination procedures during a joint Exercise May 12, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. During the training, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Readiness and Emergency Management Flight instructed the personnel decontamination, while Soldiers from the 1-1 ADA explained vehicle decontamination. The exercise gave participating Soldiers and Airmen alike a chance to work together to bolster interoperability for the continued support and defense of Okinawa and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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‘Ghost Brigade’ Soldiers prepare for future conflicts

Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, take cover behind a Stryker, while clearing a city during Decisive Action Rotation 16-06 at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif., May 11, 2016. The training focused on the 1-2 SBCT combating a near-peer enemy and smaller militant groups in a foreign country. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Kyle Edwards, Operations Group, National Training Center)

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Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 begins exercise Thunder Horse 16.2

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 assemble an M240 Bravo Light-Machine Gun on a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, May 9, 2016. The squadron plans to conduct various drills pertaining to aviation ground support forces, aircraft salvage and recovery, convoys, direct refueling, recovery and general engineering operations, establishing a tactical motor pool, providing air operations and planning expeditionary fire rescue services. The exercise focuses on reinforcing skills that Marines learned during Marine Combat Training and throughout their military occupational specialty schooling in order to maintain situational readiness.

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