This community is for posting high quality photographs of militaries from around the world.
RULES:
1 - Keep it civil. No slapfights.
2 - Keep it classy.
3 - Keep it real. Posts must actually be photographs. No art or CGI mock-ups in the main image post; art or mock-ups may be added supplemental in the body of the post. Posted thread photos should not be edited aside from minor blurring of faces or other sensitive subjects, or date-time stamps.
4 - Keep it informative. Posts are encouraged to give descriptions and sources in the body paragraph. While not mandatory it will help foster discussions. Users are strongly encouraged to find and post the original source and photographer if the information is available.
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION:
Pictures of any and all nations. Modern and historical photos are allowed. Photos may be of vehicles, equipment, troops, installations, or anything else military. Photographs of military hardware that is being displayed, but has not yet been adopted are allowed. Photographs of historical military equipment that are in a museum are allowed.
As a courtesy to the Lemmy.world server load, you are encouraged to host pictures rather than posting them directly.Easy options for hosting pictures include https://catbox.moe and https://imgur.com, but other domains are welcome.
When looking for photos to post here, try to look for ones that are unique rather than those which have been widely popularized already. Take care to avoid reposting as much as possible.
HELPFUL STUFF:
One source for photographs is the U.S. government run https://www.dvidshub.net, for anyone interested. Other sources are welcome.
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Full description: Capts. Alaimoana Paunga and Raaqim Rispress, from the 20th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, participate in the second day of the 2024 Best Sapper Competition.
Full description: U.S. Army Soldier engages targets as part of a stress shoot on day 2 of the 2024 Best Sapper Competition, at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo, April 20th 2024. Sappers are the most elite of the Combat Engineers, and this competition brings the best from across the Army to test their skills and physical endurance over a grueling three days of continuous events. (U.S. Army Photo by Lekendrick Stallworth)
Full description: Airman 1st class Colton Seale and a pilot perform launch procedures for a Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II at Gowen Field Air National Guard Base, Boise, Idaho, April 10,2024.
Full description: U.S. Army Rangers use a Military Working Dog engage with the opposing force during the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Capability Exercise 2024 held at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, April 5-12, 2024. The CAPEX is a week-long demonstration and immersive experience of the Army Special Operations Forces’ capabilities and equipment. This exercise demonstrates how ARSOF transforms in contact and practices innovation as a mindset. ARSOF’s small formation allows for quick development and dissemination of new equipment, tactics, techniques, and procedures to support transformation in contact. During CAPEX, guests had the opportunity to experience how ARSOF Soldiers from each of our units conduct operations, as well as an opportunity to immerse themselves in the technology that enables ARSOF Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lilliana Magoon)
Full description: U.S. Marines assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, set security in a mock raid during Assault Support Tactics 1 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Combat Village, near Wellton, Arizona, April 8, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective weapons and tactics instructors the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maurion Moore)
Full description: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Peyton Rufer, a rifleman assigned to 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division sights into an M32 grenade launcher during a close air support exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Urban Training Complex Yodaville, Yuma, Arizona, March 30, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ advanced aviation weapons and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Tyler M. Raab)
Full description: A New York Army National Guard Soldier from Co. C, 1st Bn., 105th Infantry helps provide security at Ground Zero Sep. 14, 2001 as part of the Guard response to 9/11. Photo by Col. Richard Goldenberg.
Full description: U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (1st ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, identify targets during a live-fire machine gun range on San Clemente Island, California, July 26, 2019. 1st ANGLICO participated in a field exercise to train to serve as a forward observer and liaison to orchestrate fire support during interagency, interservice and coalition operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Britany Rowlett)
Full description: Soldier keeps a watchful eye from a Canadian Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) III, during multinational training Exercise Maple Resolve 19-01, at the 3rd Canadian Division Support Base Det Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, May 15, 2019. Soldiers from Canada, France, the U.K. and others, gathered at the 3 CDSB to participate in Maple Resolve, an annual brigade-level validation exercise for the Canadian Army’s High Readiness Brigade and is designed to develop partnership among forces and increase interoperability in a field training environment. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Khylee Woodford)
Full description: U.S. Air Force Airman from the 106th Rescue Wing remains focused on tasks while in MOPP gear during Agile Combat Employment training amid heightened threat levels at Exercise Agile Rage 2024, held at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York, on March 2, 2024. The exercise served as vital preparation for Air National Guard units, emphasizing agility, interoperability, and the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) concept to ensure Airmen were adaptable and ready for any operational challenge. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Donaldson)
Full description: 240323-N-CV021-1029 SEA OF JAPAN (March 23, 2024) Personnel Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Lumapas, from Davao City, Philippines, left, Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class Juan Martin Caballero, from Bogota, Colombia, right, man the hose during a crash and salvage drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) in the Sea of Japan, March 23. Howard is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alexandria Esteban)
Full description: A Sniper searches for his target while tryng to remain concealed during the Sniper Stalking exercise at the 2010 Fuerzas Comando competition. Military forces from the Caribbean, South and Central America gather annually to compete and see which country can earn the title "The Best in the Southern Hemisphere." Along with the competition, Fuerzas Comando is designed to promote partnership within the Western Hemisphere.
Full description: The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard conduct a drill on the flightline, March 22, 2024, at Luke Air Force Base Arizona. Both the Thunderbirds and the USAF Honor Guard underscore the highest standards of precision, representing the USAF's commitment to excellence and air superiority. The mission of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard is to represent Airmen to the American public and the world. (U.S Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Katelynn Jackson)
Full description: A Dutch Marine with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps sets security during a simulated casualty evacuation during Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 20, 2024. Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior is a bilateral training evolution designed to increase global interoperability between 2d Marine Division and Marine Squadron Carib. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray)
Full description: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Robert McNulty executes close-quarters combat tactics with Republic of Korea Marines during Warrior Shield 24 at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Pocheon, South Korea, March 7, 2024. Warrior Shield 24 is an annual joint, combined exercise held on the Korean Peninsula that seeks to strengthen the combined defensive capabilities of ROK and U.S. forces. This routine, regularly scheduled, field training exercise provides the ROK and U.S. Marines the opportunity to rehearse combined operations, exchange knowledge, and demonstrate the strength and capabilities of the ROK-U.S. Alliance. McNulty, a native of Pennsylvania, is a rifleman with 2d Battalion 8th Marine Regiment and is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales)
Full description: U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, and Royal Thai Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment practice “ready-up drills” during Exercise Cobra Gold 24, March 2, 2024, in Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand. During the exercise, the Lancer Brigade will conduct small arms ranges, platoon situational training exercises (STX), squad and platoon-level live fire exercises (LFX), mortar training and evaluation program (MORTEP), field artillery firing tables, and conclude with a final exercise (FINEX). (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Effie Mahugh, 7th Infantry Division)
Full description: Officer Cadets with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst conduct Live Fire Tactical Training during the Academy’s exercise Dynamic Victory in the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 20, 2024. This exercise is the final pre deployment training before conducting confirmatory Field Training in the 7ATC’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in the Hohenfels Training Area. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Adrian Greenwood)
Full description: U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Michael Lowery, a training officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 323, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, left, and Capt. Michael LoGrande, a student weapons systems officer with VMFA-323, walk onto the flight line at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, March 18, 2024. LoGrande conducted his final student flight with VMFA-323's Fleet Readiness Detachment before becoming the last student to graduate the Marine Corps WSO course on March 22, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sean Potter)
Original description: U.S. Marines execute a reconnaissance patrol during Artillery Relocation Training Program 23.4 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024. ARTP provides realistic, live-fire training opportunities to the only permanently forward-deployed artillery unit in the Marine Corps, enabling them to provide precision indirect fires from a distributed environment in support of maritime operations. The Marines are with 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marines Corps photo by Cpl. Jaylen Davis)
Original description: Maldivian Marines practice tactical reloads after a class given by U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Marines on Maafilaafushi, Maldives, Jan. 19, 2014. This non-commissioned officer development program between both U.S. and Maldivian Marines creates a setting for professional military and cultural exchanges, as well as provides both forces an opportunity to train in unfamiliar settings and gain experience with different tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau/Released)
Full original description: The Ghost robotic dog maneuvers to conduct reconnaissance as part of an urban assault event during a series of Human Machine Integration experiments in a training environment as part of Project Convergence – Capstone 4 at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 15, 2024. The robotic dog is a mid-sized, high-endurance, agile unmanned ground vehicle that provides enhanced reconnaissance and situational awareness supporting Soldiers on the ground.
PC-C4 is a U.S. Army-hosted Joint and Multinational experiment integrating modernization capabilities and formations through persistent experimentation at multiple echelons for the future operating environment being held from February 23 - March 20, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samarion Hicks)
Full original description: 2 BN 25 Marines conducted squad live fire training on range 61 at JB MDL. Platoon leaders direct team leaders where to move during flanking maneuvers. mortars initiate the mission followed by suppressive automatic weapons, with a flanking open field squad attack on a bunker. (Images provided by the USASA Fort Dix Training Division /Steven Roussel)
Full original description: A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 168th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, conducts air refueling with a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing during exercise Nordic Response 24 in tactical air space over Sweden, Mar. 6, 2024. NR24 enhances familiarity and proficiency operating in arctic conditions, improving joint and service operations in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Steven Adkins)
