An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Official websites use .mil

A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.

Secure .mil websites use HTTPS

A lock () or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Sort By

Category

Show Advanced Options

Clear Filters |

251118-F-ON091-1193

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron taxis before taking off at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Nov. 18, 2025. Arctic Gold 26-1 tested the wing’s readiness to deploy and maintain airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mary Murray)

Details Download

250226-F-TF218-1015

Staff officers from more than 25 nations gathered in an auditorium to be briefed about the scenario that will play out for Exercise Cobra Gold 2025 in Camp Suranaree, Thailand, Feb. 26, 2025. Joint Exercise Cobra Gold demonstrates the U.S. commitment to the region by building interoperability, multilateral cooperative arrangements, advancing common interests, and a commitment to our allies and partners in ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emerson Nuñez)

Details Download

Keen Sword 25 Functional Training

(Oct. 23, 2024) Japanese military personnel from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) demonstrate Jukendo in an exercise held onboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi during exercise Keen Sword 25. Keen Sword is a biennial, joint and bilateral field-training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, designed to increase readiness and interoperability while strengthening the ironclad Japan-U.S. alliance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Henry Liu)

Details Download

240819-A-BL065-1004

Members of the 362nd Medical Logistics Company move medical items through the shipping section of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center-Korea’s warehouse. The Army Reserve unit out of Sacramento, California, completed deployment training during Ulchi Freedom Shield, an annual joint training exercise on the Korean Peninsula that took place in August.

Details Download

240123-A-RJ699-1052

First responders conduct a pre-accident drill upon a Chinook on Desiderio Army Airfield, Jan. 23, 2024 on U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys. The installation conducts the drill on a regular basis and tests rescue and recovery operations.(U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Johnny Rodriguez.)

Details Download

JTF-RH conducts spill response training exercise

Federal Firefighters observe spill response actions from a control center on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, during a April 6, 2023 spill response training exercise conducted by Joint Task Force-Red Hill (JTF-RH). JTF-RH is in phase three of its five-phase defueling plan. Personnel are focused on completing repairs, quality control tasks, training, response preparation, the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Assessment, regulatory approvals and operational planning for such things as dewatering, repacking, and defueling. This extensive preparatory work will help ensure the safe and expeditious defueling of the RHBFSF. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Orlando Corpuz)

Details Download

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Travels to Thailand, Attends Opening of Cobra Gold Exercise

Service members from participating nations attend the opening ceremony of Exercise Cobra Gold at Utapao International Airport, Ban Chang district, Rayong province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

Details Download

U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander Travels to Thailand, Attends Opening of Cobra Gold Exercise

Service members, key leaders, and representatives from participating nations attend the opening ceremony of Exercise Cobra Gold at Utapao International Airport, Ban Chang district, Rayong province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

Details Download

Cobra Gold 23

Service members, key leaders, and representatives from participating nations attend the opening ceremony of Exercise Cobra Gold at Utapao International Airport, Ban Chang district, Rayong province, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 28, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Details Download

U.S. Coast Guard Conducts Search and Rescue Exercise with Partners in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia

Members of U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam conducted a search and rescue exercise in Weno, Chuuk, the Federated States of Micronesia, on Feb. 22, 2023. In attendance were 27 members from various agencies, including the Chuuk Department of Public Safety in Weno and Udot, the Chuuk Disaster Emergency Operations Center, the Chuuk Fire Division, and the Weno Municipal Police.

Details Download

Yama Sakura 83 Enhances Security Interests of Allies and Partners in Indo-Pacific

Lt. Gen. Xavier Brunson, commanding general of America’s First Corps, offers remarks at the Yama Sakura 83 press conference at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 12, 2022. The Yama Sakura training event encourages participants to work as dedicated partners in support of the US-Japan security alliance and for the continued peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Details Download

Yama Sakura 83 Enhances Security Interests of Allies and Partners in Indo-Pacific

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members work alongside U.S. Army Soldiers as part of Yama Sakura 83 at Camp Asaka, Japan, Dec. 6, 2022. The Yama Sakura training event encourages participants to work as dedicated partners in support of the US-Japan security alliance and for the continued peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Details Download

Responders Conclude Successful Search and Rescue Exercise in Saipan

The U.S. Coast Guard and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands partners conclude a successful two-day search and rescue exercise (SAREX) in Saipan, Aug. 24, 2022. Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam holds SAREXs in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Compact of Free Association States to evaluate notification and response procedures and identify shortfalls in communication and coordination of response during SAR incidents. Each agency holds individual capabilities that complement each other’s efforts and bolsters the overall success of the SAR system.

Details Download

Citadel Pacific 2022 Exercise

Sailors assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS) respond to a simulated incursion by an unmanned aerial system (UAS) as part of an anti-terrorism training drill during Exercise Citadel Pacific 2022 (CP22) at CFAS Aug. 15, 2022. CP22 is an annual exercise that is not in response to any specific real world threat but is used to evaluate the readiness of fleet and installation security programs.

Details Download

USS Zumwalt Conducts Live-Fire Missile Exercise

The guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) conducts a live-fire missile exercise at the Point Mugu Test Range in the Pacific Ocean. Zumwalt is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Details Download

211118-M-LR229-003

From left, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Christopher N. Lupyak, Lance Cpl. Joseph Burns, and Lance Cpl. Nolan Jaros, all combat engineers with the Littoral Engineer Reconnaissance Team, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, utilize the Android Tactical Assault System to aid in a reconnaissance patrol during a littoral mobility and detection exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 18, 2021. The ATAK is a tool that allows Marines to rapidly report critical geospatial information to support intelligence requirements for a given objective. During this exercise, 7th and 9th ESB are refining their skills with emerging Marine Corps technologies in order to facilitate follow-on forces’ littoral mobility from shallow water to the objective.

Details Download

Marines collaborate for international security

U.S. Marine Capt. Shane Kim, Logistics Officer for Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division conducts a Beach Landing Site survey alongside Maj. Laurence Medina, Operations Officer for the Philippine Marine Corps’ Coastal Defense Regiment as part of Exercise KAMANDAG 5-21 in Claveria, Philippines, Oct. 3, 2021. BLS surveys provide vital information in support of amphibious operations, enabling rapid, bilateral response to crisis when required.

Details Download

36th Contingency Response Group Hosts Exercise MACHETE GREEN

Navy Aviation Warfare Systems Operators assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 and Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group load into a MH-60S Knighthawk during Exercise MACHETE GREEN at North West Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 29, 2020. Exercise MACHETE GREEN was a joint effort between the Navy and the Air Force to enter into a simulated hostile environment and open an active airfield under a short-notice time frame, which includes securing defensive fighting positions, surveying the airfield to ensure operational capabilities, staging essential supplies for lasting success, and withdrawing after mission completion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Michael S. Murphy)

Details Download

The 39th iteration of Cobra Gold concludes with a combined arms-live fire exercise and closing ceremony

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Joseph Green, right, and Lance Cpl. Jonathan Flores, mortarmen with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an 81mm mortar as part of the Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise during Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Ban Dan Lan Hoi, Kingdom of Thailand, March 6, 2020. Cobra Gold enhances military to military engagement efforts to maintain readiness and increase the capability, capacity, and interoperability of partner nations while simultaneously reinforcing our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Details Download

USAF Stratotankers Provide Air Refueling Capabilities for Exercise Cold Response 20

Two KC-135R Stratotankers carrying Airmen and cargo from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, arrive at Ørland Air Station, Norway, March 5, 2020. The 168th Wing is providing air refueling capabilities during exercise Cold Response 20, a Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway with participation from each of its military services as well as from nine additional NATO allied nations and regional partners.

Details Download