Charlie Battery 1-38 Field Artillery Regiment fires a rocket from the new M270A2 Multi Launch Rocket System, becoming the first unit to utilize the new equipment in a live fire setting on the Korean Peninsula at Rocket Valley, South Korea, Dec. 11, 2025. This live fire enforces the unit’s ability to rapidly execute operations when called upon. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ashton Smith)
U.S. Marines and U.S. Army Soldiers guide vehicles off the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) at Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Nov. 12, 2025. This joint effort demonstrates how Army watercraft enhances reach and mobility, enabling the deployment and recovery of critical combat capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Adaris Cole)
Two CH-47 Chinook Helicopters assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade sling load M119 Howitzers during air assault operations at Kahuku Training Area (KTA), Hawaii on November 14, 2025. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 26-01 will integrate U.S. forces, along with military members from France, Malaysia, Maldives, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, alongside New Zealand Staff Observers to refine joint capabilities and rehearse tactics, techniques, and procedures required to dominate jungle and archipelagic terrain during large-scale combat operations. The exercise underscores the U.S. Army’s commitment to ensuring regional security and strengthening partnerships in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Olivia Cowart)
U.S. Army Soldier Pfc. Eric Rivera, assigned to Delta Troop, 1st Platoon, Multipurpose Company, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Mobile Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, approaches the Ghost-X drone to power it on before a reconnaissance mission. The mission was part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Rotation 26-01, which integrated U.S. forces, multinational partners, and joint capabilities to train tactics, techniques, and procedures required to dominate jungle and archipelagic terrain during large-scale combat operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jose Nunez)
U.S. Army Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT)(Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, jump out of an Air Force C-17 above Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 5, 2025. The IBCT launched from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, demonstrating its capability to deploy rapidly anywhere in the Pacific. The training was part of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center Rotation 26-01, which integrated U.S. forces, multinational partners, and joint capabilities to train tactics, techniques, and procedures required to dominate jungle and archipelagic terrain during large-scale combat operations. The exercise underscores the U.S. Army’s commitment to ensuring regional security and strengthening partnerships in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. ( U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jose Nunez)
U.S. Army Pfc. Jackson Muse, infantryman assigned to the 11th Airborne Division, fires an FIM-92 Stinger for the first time in Indonesia during Super Garuda Shield 25, in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Seu Chan)
U.S. Army pilots assigned to the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4-6 Air Cavalry Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, fly a AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopter at a joint strike live fire exercise during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Baturaja, Indonesia, Sept. 1, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. John Farmer)
KOROR, Palau — A Patriot Advanced Capability 2 Interceptor missile is fired from an M903 Patriot Launching Station assigned to Battery D, 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment during the patriot live fire portion of Exercise Tenacious Archer 25 on Aug. 21, 2025. Exercise Tenacious Archer 25 is a training event designed to build interoperability, capacity, and relationships that deter aggression and promote peace through strength. The exercise sharpens the brigade’s ability to operate across multiple domains, reinforcing U.S. Army Pacific’s commitment to regional security and stability.(U.S. Army photo by Capt. Frank Spatt)
U.S. Army Soldiers serving in the 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, practice room clearing in Paju, Gyeongi-Do, South Korea, on Aug. 21, 2025. The training was conducted alongside Korean Augmented to United States Army (KATUSA) Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charles Leitner)
ANDHRA PRADESH, India (April 3, 2025) — A Soldier assigned to Bayonet Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, provides cover for an Indian Army Soldier, under the command of Col. Yash Agrawal, assigned to the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles Infantry Battalion, 91st Infantry Brigade, during Exercise Tiger Triumph near Visakhapatnam, India, April 3, 2025. Tiger Triumph is a joint and combined U.S.-India exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster response readiness and interoperability. Tiger Triumph enables U.S. and Indian armed forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to support a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Sgt. James Tomlinson)
Airmen unload High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers from a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, July 14, 2025. The HIMARS launchers were delivered to the 25th Infantry Division earlier this week as Howitzer battalions transform into HIMARS units. This transformation enhances the division's Long-Range Precision Fires capability and strengthens its lethality and warfighting readiness to ensure a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Taylor Gray) (Spc. Taylor Gray)
Soldiers with the Philippine Army 5th, 7th Infantry Division and U.S. Army with the Division Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division conducted combined Sling Load Tactical Operations training during Salaknib 2025 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, March 27, 2025. Salaknib is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military, designed to improve interoperability, enhance capabilities, and strengthen the partnership built through decades of shared training and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Taylor Gray, U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs)
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 11th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, and ROK army soldiers assigned to 1117th Engineer Group, 2nd Operation Command, lifts a metal support beam on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, June 10, 2024. Regular joint training opportunities build trust and cooperation between the U.S. and ROK forces. (U.S. photo by Sgt. Alexander Knight)
U.S. Army Soldiers representing the 11th Airborne Division during the U.S. Army Pacific Best Squad Competition row during the Zodiac Relay event, July 15, 2025, at Bellows Air Force Base, Hawaii. The event included running down the beach while carrying a zodiac boat, rowing out and back, running 2 miles along the beach, and swimming. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jared Simmons)
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, participate in the unit’s Best Squad Competition, held at Bellows Air Force Station and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, May 20, 2025. The competition was held from May 18 – 21, 2025 and had Soldiers work in squads as they competed against each other in events such as land navigation, 10-mile ruck marching, and basic Soldier tactics. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class William A. Tanner Sr.) (Images were cropped and edited to emphasize subjects.)
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC), located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor – Hickam, participate in the unit’s Best Squad Competition, held at Bellows Air Force Station and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, May 19, 2025. The competition was held from May 18 – 21, 2025 and had Soldiers work in squads as they competed against each other in events such as land navigation, 10-mile ruck marching, and basic Soldier tactics. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class William A. Tanner Sr.) (Images were cropped and edited to emphasize subjects.)
Republic of Korea army soldiers assigned to 5th Engineer Brigade, pull security on the K1 tank while it moves across M3 bridge vehicle as part of Freedom Shield 25/Combined Wet Gap Crossing training March 20, 2025 in South Korea. This training was intended to boost combat readiness between the U.S. and ROK Army. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Wilfred Salters)
U.S. Army Pfc. Jalen Mitchell, a technical engineer assigned to the 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Engineer Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, inspects a gap between culverts during Salaknib 2025 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, March 15, 2025. Soldiers with the 8th TSC and 65th Engineer Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, worked on a road enhancement project that will improve safety and accessibility for locals in the area and service members during future Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Exportable exercises. Salaknib 2025 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore)
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 5-20 Infantry Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, prepare to breach a facility at Twin Bridges Training Area, Yangju-si, Republic of Korea, on Mar. 12, 2025. Freedom Shield 25 is a multi-domain, military training program that integrates ground, air, naval, space, and cyberspace elements, enhancing readiness through realistic combat situations.(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cornelius McLean)
The K1000 ultra-long range endurance Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is launched from a government owned non-tactical vehicle during the Army’s first battalion-level All-Domain Home Station Training (HST) exercise Static Focus 3 at Yakima Training Center, Wash., March 6th, 2025. The Army’s first MDO HST exercise enabled live training of the MDEB’s family of systems used to conduct Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition (RSTA) and non-kinetic effects execution. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Rickert)
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter lifts-off during a live-fire exercise (LFX) at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, Republic of Korea, on Feb. 3, 2025. An LFX is a part of essential training that tests Soldiers and their ability to fire and maneuver safely, as well as prepare them to fight in dynamic and demanding environments. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michelle Lessard)
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division lay down suppressing fire during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 25-02 in Donnelly Training Area, near Fort Greely, Alaska, Jan. 28, 2025. JPMRC 25-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Brandon Vasquez)
U.S. Army Soldiers from U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), 1st (Australian) Division Soldiers, and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) members salute their national colors during the opening ceremony of Exercise Yama Sakura 89 on JGSDF Camp Itami, Japan, Aug. 25, 2025. As a part of U.S. Army Pacific's Operation Pathways, the 45th iteration of Yama Sakura exercise, YS 89, is the third U.S. Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Australian Army command post exercise based in Japan. Ground Staff Office (GSO) Training, Evaluation, Education, Research and Development Command (TERCOM), Ground Component Command (GCC) and Middle Army from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and 1st Division from the Australian Army train together with Soldiers of the U.S. Army I Corps, 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Japan and the 3rd Marine Division in a Joint environment to strengthen multi-domain and cross-domain interoperability and readiness to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Abreanna Goodrich)
A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates the proper technique for safely handling an eagle, educating U.S. and Australian Army partners on the importance of wildlife awareness and respectful interaction during jungle survival training July 20, 2025. Keris Strike 25 strengthens the bonds between our countries by forging relationships, building capacity, and promoting interoperability among partners. Our countries' friendship and understanding grow stronger with each iteration of Keris Strike, thanks to the strong interpersonal relationships that are formed.
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Perla Alfaro)