Throughout the course of U.S. history, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guarsdmen made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the nation. Memorial Day serves as a special day of commemoration to honor their lives and selfless service. On this page you can find recent images, video and news stories commemorating those who gave all in the name of freedom.
Soldiers of the Los Alamitos, California based 40th Infantry Division return from a year-long deployment to Afghanistan where they served as the command element of Train, Advise, Assist Command - South. The second of two rotations to deploy to Afghanistan, this was the first combat deployment of the Division Headquarters since the Korean War.
Ultimate Caduceus is an annual patient movement exercise designed to test the ability of U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation in both the field and in computer-simulated settings.
Pacific Blitz is a scenario-driven joint exercise that provides relevant training by replicating a realistic maritime threat environment. It is designed to challenge and improve our amphibious capabilities - among other skillsets - necessary for effective global crisis response that has become our standard.
The U.S. Army Small Arms Championships (All Army) is a comprehensive, live-fire training event that tests Soldiers ability to employ both primary and secondary weapon systems, problem solve, and think critically under the stresses created by competition. While the elements and spirit of competition are important, the Army's critical intent of the Competition in Arms Program is to develop...
Cope Tiger 19 is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, joint multilateral field training exercise involving Thai, Singaporean and U.S. military forces. Its purpose is to reinforce our already strong relationships by improving combined readiness and interoperability among military partners in the Indo-Pacific region. Cope Tiger reinforces Theater Security Cooperation goals established by U.S. Pacific...
This page highlights the best videos of the current week from Saturday to Sunday. These photos have been curated by the DVIDS staff to showcase and honor the great work that is being done by military public affairs units all over the world. All images here are in the public domain and are free to download upon registration with the DVIDS website. Feel free to subscribe and stay up to date with...
The East Africa Response Force (EARF) was deployed from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to forward stage at a cooperative security location in Libreville, Gabon, from Jan. 2 to Jan 26th, 2019. The EARF provides a broad range of rapidly deployable military capabilities to protect American interests on the African continent should any threat arise.
