Photos tagged with "Soldier"

  • BERLIN - Army Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army commander, speaks with Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Lacrose, Joint Multinational Readiness Center Falcons instructor pilot, Hohenfels, Germany, on the opening day of the Berlin Air Show, commonly known as ILA 2012, here Sept 11. ILA 2012 is an international event hosted by Germany and more than 50 U.S. military personnel from bases in Europe and the United States are here to support the various U.S. military aircraft and equipment on display. The U.S. aircraft featured at ILA 2012 are the UH-60 Black Hawk, UH-72A Lakota, F-16C Fighting Falcon, C-17 Globemaster III, and C-130 Hercules. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - 1st Lt. Ivan Corridori from the Italian army participates in a combat testing lane to prepare for the Expert Field Medical Badge assessment in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sep 12. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - Italian and American soldiers get ready to go through a combat testing lane to prepare for the 2012 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge assessment in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sep. 12 Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • BERLIN - Army Sgt. Antonio Gattis, Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment flight medic, Landstuhl, Germany, is presented an award from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation by Robert Kokorda, Sikorsky Sales and Marketing vice president, at the Berlin Air Show here Sept. 11. Lacrosse received the award for heroic efforts that saved 12 German army soldiers April 2, 2010, in Afghanistan. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • BERLIN - Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Lacrosse, UH-60 Black Hawk pilot, with the Joint Multinational Readiness Center Falcons, Hohenfels, Germany, is presented an award from the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation by Robert Kokorda, Sikorsky Sales and Marketing vice president, at the Berlin Air Show here Sept. 11. Lacrosse received the award for heroic efforts that saved 12 German army soldiers April 2, 2010, in Afghanistan. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Spc. Bryant Rogers, a member of the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1194th Engineer Company and a Delaware, Ohio, native, dips a piece of bread into salt as part of a traditional Serbian ceremony, Aug.6, 2012, at the Svetozar Markovic Primary School in Kraljevo, Serbia. The ceremony was used to welcome a contingent of Ohio Army and Air National Guard engineers and to launch the joint construction mission at the school with the Serbian Armed Forces. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Nathan Burnett assigned to Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) reacts to enemy attack as he attempts to reach some wounded Soldiers during the annual Warrior Field Exercise (WFTX) in Boeblingen Germany. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SGT Nathan Burnett reacts to incoming fire during Warrior Field Exercise (WFTX) in Boeblingen Germany. SSG Burnett is assigned to the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) stationed at Kelley Barracks. WFTX is an annual requirement for all Soldiers. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Soldiers assigned to Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) attempt to evacuate wounded Soldiers during the First Aid training. The week long Warrior Field Exercise was held at the Panzer Range Complex in Boeblingen and is an annual requirement for the Soldiers. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Derrick Brown reacts to incoming fire during Warrior Field Exercise (WFTX) in Boeblingen Germany. SSG Brown is assigned to the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) stationed at Kelley Barracks. WFTX is an annual requirement for all Soldiers. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Seamus Lynch assigned to the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) attempts to qualify as an expert with the M16 A2 rifle during the weapons qualification part of the Warrior Training Exercise (WTX) in Boeblingen, Germany. WFTX is an annual requirement for all Soldiers. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Seamus Lynch assigned to the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) tallies his shots after firing with the M16 A2 rifle during the weapons qualification part of the Warrior Training Exercise (WTX) in Boeblingen, Germany. WFTX is an annual requirement for all Soldiers. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Derrick Brown, assigned to Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) in Stuttgart Germany, provides First Aid to a Soldier with a gaping chest wound during the First Aid portion of the Warrior Field Exercise (WFTX). First Aid is one of the requirements for the Army’s annual Warrior Training Exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SSG Jeremy Brown, assigned to Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) in Stuttgart Germany, plays the part of wounded Soldier with a gaping chest wound during the First Aid portion of the Warrior Field Exercise WFTX). First Aid is one of the requirements for the Army’s annual Warrior Training Exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • SPC David Anderson, assigned to Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) in Stuttgart Germany, provides First Aid to SPC Preston Hardin who was suffered injury to the head during the First Aid portion of the Warrior Field Exercise WFTX). First Aid is one of the requirements for the Army’s annual Warrior Training Exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Adazi, Latvia – Spc. Adam Torres, a native of Austin, Texas, assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment explains the capabilities of a Stryker vehicle to a Latvian Soldier, at the Exercise Saber Strike 2012 ice breaker event here, on June 9. Saber Strike 2012 is a U.S. Army Europe led, multinational exercise based in Estonia and Latvia. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAINGES, France – Dutch, German and U.S. paratroopers joined a ceremony held French townspeople in Graignes, south of Carentan, where U.S. 82nd Airborne Division fought during the early morning hours of June 6, 1944. The paratroopers had been dropped off course. About 100 paratroopers held off 2,000 Germans for 2 days. Some escaped with a few townspeople. Others were burned in the town church. A month later, on July 9, U.S. Soldiers liberated the town. The ceremony was held on the church grounds. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • ANGOVILLE AU PLAIN, France – U.S. and British troops took part in a ceremony at Angoville au Plain – where Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Infantry Division fought during the D-Day operations. In 2006, a stained glass window was dedicated to the Screaming Eagles in the church, which had served as a medical aid station for German and U.S. forces during the fighting. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Phillip Hines, U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, demonstrates how to splint an arm with a structural aluminum malleable splint during the Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders course here May 29, 2012. During the course, instructors from the Defense Institute for Medical Operations worked with other countries' medical practitioners attending Shared Resilience 2012 to exchange medical ideas and techniques. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in the annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army soldiers from the 196th Medical Support Unit, along with soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, annotate their observances and speak with staff members while visiting Dom Zdravlja Hospital in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina May 29, 2012. Service members from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the U.S., and several other countries are taking part in Shared Resilience 2012, a two-week U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored medical exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • DRAGUIGNAN, France (May 27, 2012) – French army soldiers (left) and U.S. Navy Sailors (right) assigned to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, parade their countries colors during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial in Draguignan. Guests, including American and Allied service members, attended the ceremony in honor of the fallen heroes who gave their lives during the liberation of southern France in 1944. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army Europe’s PFC Christopher Finch of 1st Squadron, 2nd Calvary Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany from Houston, TX installs a communication system with the assistance of CPL Darijo Solic in Signal Company, Guards Motorized Brigade, of the Croatian Land Forces on a air defense artillery range to be used during the Immediate Response 2012 (IR12) training event held in Slunj, Croatia, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. IR12 is a multinational tactical field training exercise that will involve more than 700 personnel primarily from the U.S. Army Europe’s 2nd Calvary Regiment and Croatian armed forces, with contingents from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia. Macedonia and Serbia will send observers to the exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Spc. Daniel Donaldson (standing, third from left) and Sgt. Mohammed Echiheb (behind machine gun) describe the operation of an M249 squad automatic weapon at one of the stations at the Monte Kali shooting competition in Wackernheim. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • NAPLES, Italy (August 12, 2011) Sgt. Maj. Donald Wilson, a Soldier from the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, Deployable Communications Module, Alpha Company (DCM-A), attached to Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, kisses his daughter after returning home from a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan. DCM-A is part of a regular rotation of companies stationed at JFC, tasked with providing communications for Command Joint 6 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as all NATO communications for headquarters in support of joint operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caitlin Conroy/Released) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • NAPLES, Italy (August 12, 2011) - Spc. Cezarian Bass, a Soldier from the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, Deployable Communications Module, Alpha Company (DCM-A), attached to Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, hugs his wife after returning home from a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan. DCM-A is part of a regular rotation of companies stationed at JFC, tasked with providing communications for Command Joint 6 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as all NATO communications for headquarters in support of joint operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caitlin Conroy/Released) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • NAPLES, Italy (August 12, 2011) - Battalion Executive Officer Maj. Ryan Raymond (right) addresses the 32 Soldiers and one Sailor from the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, Deployable Communications Module Alpha Company (DCM-A), attached to Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, after a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan. DCM-A is part of a regular rotation of companies stationed at JFC, tasked with providing communications for Command Joint 6 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as all NATO communications for headquarters in support of joint operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caitlin Conroy/Released) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • NAPLES, Italy (August 12, 2011) - Family, friends and fellow comrades gather to welcome home 32 Soldiers and one Sailor from the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, Deployable Communications Module, Alpha Company (DCM-A), attached to Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples after a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan. DCM-A is part of a regular rotation of companies stationed at JFC, tasked with providing communications for Command Joint 6 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as all NATO communications for headquarters in support of joint operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caitlin Conroy/Released) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • NAPLES, Italy (August 12, 2011) - 32 Soldiers and one Sailor from the 2nd NATO Signal Battalion, Deployable Communications Module, Alpha Company (DCM-A), attached to Joint Forces Command (JFC) Naples, are welcomed home after a 6-month deployment to Afghanistan. DCM-A is part of a regular rotation of companies stationed at JFC, tasked with providing communications for Command Joint 6 in Kabul, Afghanistan, as well as all NATO communications for headquarters in support of joint operations in Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Caitlin Conroy/Released) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany-- 1st Lt. Alan Vaugn, a first-time participant in the EFMB and laboratory officer assigned to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, assembles a tactical radio prior to delivering a medical evacuation request as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 during the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing held Aug. 1-13, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany-- 1st Lt. Alan Vaugn (left), a first time participant in the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing and laboratory officer assigned to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, leads support personnel in evacuating a simulated casualty to a Blackhawk helicopter as part of Combat Testing Lane 3, Aug. 6, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany-- 1st Lt. Alan Vaugn (left), a first-time participant in the EFMB and laboratory officer assigned to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, straps a simulated casualty to a skid; in preparation for transport as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 during the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing held Aug. 1-13, 2011. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • On the operating table, Navy Lt. Dana L. Vanartsdalen, surgeon and San Diego, Calif., native, Petty Officers 3rd Class Godfrey O. Aneke, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Jon W. Hill, Avery, Texas, native, corpsmen, Alpha Company, 4th Medical Battalion, Pittsburg, Penn., perform simulated surgery on a training casualty during a combined-forces medical training exercise with Georgian medics and nurses. The 4th Medical Battalion set up a Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite during Exercise Agile Spirit 2011 to support the 350 U.S. Marines and sailors conducting counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations training with nearly 500 Georgian soldiers from the Georgian 4th Infantry Brigade in Vaziani Training Area, outside of Tblisi. Cpl. Tatum Vayavananda Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Republic of Georgia-During a simulated casualty drill, Petty Officer 2nd Class Bridget J. Shanahan, a Los Angeles, Calif., native, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony M. Tiner, Pittsburgh, Penn., native, both hospital corpsman, 4th Medical Battalion, slide a patient on a stretcher into their ambulance. The 4th Medical Battalion set up a Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite during Exercise Agile Spirit 2011 to support the 350 U.S. Marines and sailors conducting counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations training with nearly 500 Georgian soldiers from the Georgian 4th Infantry Brigade in Vaziani Training Area, outside of Tblisi. Cpl. Tatum Vayavananda Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League, Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, straps a casualty onto a litter with the help of staff support as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. League is one of a handful of joint and multinational service members working toward the U.S. Army medical community's most prestigious professional badge. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Petty Officer 3rd Class Toby League, Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy, a candidate for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing, calls for an evacuation of casualties as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. League is one of a handful of joint and multinational service members working toward the U.S. Army medical community's most prestigious professional badge. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Spc. James Walters, Bavaria Dental Activity, Vilseck, Germany, a candidate in Combat Testing Lane 3 for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing, transfers a casualty onto a sled for transport Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Candidate Spc. James Walters, Bavaria Dental Activity, Vilseck, Germany, crawls underneath a barbed-wire obstacle as part of Combat Testing Lane 3 for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing Aug. 3, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing candidates practice assisting other candidates in properly removing chemical protective suits at Combat Training Lane 2, Aug. 2, 2011, at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. CTL 2 tests candidates on their ability to perform basic Soldier skills while protecting themselves from a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear attack. (Photo Credit: Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler, 138th Public Affairs Detachment) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • German 2nd Lt. Felix Honig, SanStff Mainz Hospital, assists German Sgt. Dustin Nicholas, 4th Company, 21st Hospital Regiment, with the removal of his chemical protective equipment during the demo phase of Combat Testing Lane 2 at the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing, August 2, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. CTL 2 tests candidates on their ability to perform basic Soldier skills while protecting themselves from a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear attack. (U.S. Army photo by Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Spc. Bruce Case, Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, treats a simulated casualty on Combat Testing Lane 1 during the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing August 1, 2011 in Grafenwoehr, Germany. (Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler, 138th PAD, NYARNG) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Sgt. 1st Class William Ambrose, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the medical evacuation task, explains the Combat Training Lane to the Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh as he observes candidates training for the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 1. 2011. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Trisha Pinczes) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • German 2nd Lt. Lars Honig, SanStff Mainz Hospital, plots his navigation points before leaving his start point at the Land Navigation Lane of the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Stadardization and Testing land navigation course July 31, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler, 138th PAD, NYARNG) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Candidates in the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Standardization and Testing familiarize themselves with their terrain pace count before testing their land navigation skills July 31, 2011 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. U.S. and multinational candidates are in Grafenwoehr for two weeks to earn the right to wear one of the most coveted badges in the military medical community. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Wheeler, 138th PAD, NYARNG) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • German Soldiers complete the push-up portion of the Army Physical Fitness Test July 27, as they prepare to take part in the 2011 Expert Field Medical Badge standardization and testing at Grafenwoehr, Germany. The NATO troops will be joined later this week by nearly 300 U.S. Army and Navy medical personnel, who will vie for the coveted badge from July 31 - August 13. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Fincham) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • German Soldiers complete the push-up portion of the Army Physical Fitness Test July 27, as they prepare to take part in the 2011 Expert Field Medical Badge standardization and testing at Grafenwoehr, Germany. The NATO troops will be joined later this week by nearly 300 U.S. Army and Navy medical personnel, who will vie for the coveted badge from July 31 - August 13. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Fincham) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - U.S. Military Academy Cadet Jessica Williams applies a tourniquet to a casualty during the validation phase of the 2011 U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge event, July 27, 2011. USMA cadets are in Grafenwoehr this summer as part of the Academy's Cadet Troop Leadership Training program, where they get a hands-on experience with the soldiers they will be working with once they are commissioned 2nd lieutenants after graduation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mary Hogle) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr., director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks to participants at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies July 26. (DOD Photo/Karlheinz Wedhorn) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Republic of Georgia-Sgt. Nicholas Maugeri, squad leader with Company A, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, teams up with Georgian soldiers to conduct Military Operations in an Urban Terrain training here July 19 during Exercise Agile Spirit 2011. Agile Spirit is designed to increase interoperability between the forces by exchanging and enhancing each otherrâ?s capacity in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations, including: small unit tactics, convoy operations, and counter-Improvised Explosive Device training. (Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Republic of Georgia-Gunnery Sgt. Charles Evers, an infantryman with Black Sea Rotational Force 11, draws a diagram on the floor for a Georgian soldier during Military Operations in an Urban Terrain training here July 19 as part of Exercise Agile Spirit 2011. Agile Spirit is designed to increase interoperability between the forces by exchanging and enhancing each otherrâ?s capacity in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations, including: small unit tactics, convoy operations, and counter-Improvised Explosive Device training. (Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah) Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • VAZIANI TRAINING AREA, Republic of Georgia -Sgt. Spencer McAvoy, a squad leader with Company A, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, clears a room with Georgian soldiers here July 19 during Exercise Agile Spirit 2011. Agile Spirit is designed to increase interoperability between the forces by exchanging and enhancing each otherrâ?s capacity in counterinsurgency and peacekeeping operations, including: small unit tactics, convoy operations, and counter-Improvised Explosive Device training. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...