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Credit: Airman 1st Class Elias Carrero | Date Taken: 07/24/2023 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Casey Church, 56th Security Forces Squadron combat arms instructor, and Senior Airman Adam Sutherby, 56th SFS combat arms instructor, discuss the responsibilities and opportunities present in the Air Force’s Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor program, Luke Air Force Base Arizona, July 24, 2023. The CATM program was developed in 1958 to improve the overall weapons and defense capabilities of Airmen. CATM is key to ensuring the Air Force maintains a multi-capable and combat ready force. (U.S. Air Force Video by Airman 1st Class Elias Carrero)

Credit: Russ Howard | Date Taken: 07/25/2023 The 17th Training Wing Public Affairs office produced a video for the 30th anniversary of Goodfellow Air Force Base. The video details the origins of the "17" and the legacy it holds.

Credit: Cpl. Emeline Molla | Date Taken: 07/24/2023 1st Marine Division leadership visits with the Australian Defence Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 23 at Townsville Field Training Area, Australia, July 24, 2023. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key Allies and enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Emeline Molla)

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 07/10/2023 111.TV.194: On this episode of The Big Picture, titled “Citizen, Soldier and Taxpayer, Too,” audiences learn about the U.S. Army’s “war against waste.” Secretary of the Army Frank Pace Jr. begins by emphasizing the challenges associated with efficiently maintaining a massive and global fighting force. Next, viewers learn about Operation Roll-Up, during which WWII scrap weapons from across the Pacific were salvaged and repurposed for employment in the Korean conflict. This episode also showcases the role of equipment conservation teams on battlefields in Korea, the careful storage of military vehicles in climate-controlled storage facilities, and the Army’s recycling of canteens, clothing, and much more. Finally, Secretary Pace returns to outline just how many dollars the U.S. Army saves via rehabilitation of old equipment in the quest to conserve.

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Army University Films presents "Warsaw Uprising, 1944" which examines the Polish uprising through the lens of urban warfare. On August 1st, 1944, after almost five years of bloody occupation by the Nazis, Polish resistance groups attempted to throw off the shackles of oppression and free the capital of their homeland. Outnumbered and outgunned, the soldiers of the Polish Home Army fought. Originally intended as a seventy-two-hour operation, Operation Tempest drug on into a sixty-three-day test of courage, resilience, and human endurance under some of the most unimaginable conditions of the Second World War.

Credit: Sanders Hall | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Service members, families, and friends gather at the Navy Reserve Center at MacDill Air Force Base to celebrate the passing of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command, from Maj. Gen. Paul J. Rock Jr., to Maj. Gen. Chris McPhillips, August 1, 2023.

Credit: Spc. Valesia Gaines | Date Taken: 06/09/2023 Today we are highlighting Sergeant Kiara Miranda of Echo Company 2-1 GSAB 'Fighting Eagles'. Sgt. Miranda is a recent graduate of the Basic Leader Course and achieved all of her goals during the course by earning the Iron Soldier award, the Distinguished Leadership Award, the Commandant's Writers Award, and making the Commandant's List. Sgt. Miranda wants to be a mentor to her peers and junior enlisted soldiers as she continues her career in the Army. Keep up the outstanding work Sgt. Miranda! (Video by U.S. Army SPC Valesia Gaines)

Credit: Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega | Date Taken: 07/26/2023 Soldiers of the 297th Regional Support Group, Alaska Army National Guard, and of the 849th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserve, conduct driver's training on light medium tactical vehicles during Mobilization Exercise II at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, July 26, 2023. During Pershing Strike 23 and Mobilization Exercise II, the 297th Regional Support Group provides sustainment support during mobilization training for the 268th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, 346th Transportation Battalion, 166th Regional Support Group, a U.S. Army Reserve unit stationed in Puerto Rico. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

Credit: Spc. Joshua Taeckens | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Instructors from U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Army South conduct Women, Peace, and Security training during TRADEWINDS 23 in Guyana, July 14-27, 2023. TRADEWINDS is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants' training capacity and capability to mitigate, plan for and respond to crises and security threats. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Joshua Taeckens)

Credit: George Marcec | Date Taken: 07/25/2023 Fort Leavenworth Awards session for Supervisors

Credit: Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega | Date Taken: 07/27/2023 Soldiers of the 297th Regional Support Group, Alaska Army National Guard and 849th Quartermaster Company, U.S. Army Reserve, conduct railroad operations training during Mobilization Exercise II at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, July 27, 2023. During MOBEX II, the 297th RSG synchronized mobilization and demobilization operations while providing sustainment support to the 268th Inland Cargo Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve during their mobilization training. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

Credit: Spc. Valesia Gaines | Date Taken: 07/17/2023 Sergeant Jacob Busby a CH-47 Helicopter Repairer (15U) from Bravo Company, 2-1 GSAB 'Fighting Eagles' talks about the importance of his job and how the Army has allowed him to be all he can be. (Video by U.S. Army SPC Valesia Gaines)

Credit: Airman 1st Class Andrew Ancona | Date Taken: 07/13/2023 Air Commandos assigned to Hurlburt Field participate in combat survival training at the Eglin Range, Florida, July 13, 2023. This training is led by Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists and focuses on urban and rural combat survival. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman First Class Andrew Ancona)

Credit: Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega | Date Taken: 07/26/2023 Soldiers of the 268th Inland Cargo Transportation Company, U.S. Army Reserve, wash various tactical vehicles after training with them at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, Kansas, July 27, 2023. The 268th ICTC is completing their final requirements to mobilize in the near future. During Mobilization Exercise II, the 297th Regional Support Group, Alaska Army National Guard, provides sustainment support to the 268th ICTC during their mobilization training. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Katie Mazos-Vega)

Credit: Airman 1st Class Leonid Soubbotine | Date Taken: 07/26/2023 Moody Air Force Base Exercise "Ready Eagle"

Credit: Cpl. Rhianna Ballenger | Date Taken: 07/28/2023 Brig. Gen. Charles R. Parker was recognized for his 29 years of service in the United States Army during a General Officer retirement ceremony conducted by the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) and The U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own" ceremonial units of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington (MDW) held at Conmy Hall, Fort Myer, Virginia, June 28, 2023. Brigadier General Charles R. “Rob” Parker serves as the Commanding General (CG), U.S.Army 7th Signal Command (Theater) and Deputy Commanding General (DCG), U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). BG Parker commands a nationwide workforce of more than 6,000 Soldiers and civilians across the continental United States conducting DoD Information Network Operations to enable all warfighting functions for the Army and Joint Force. BG Parker received his commission into the U.S. Army Signal Corps in 1993 at North Georgia College through the ROTC program. Throughout his Company Grade and early Field Grade years he served in a variety of locations including extensive time in Alaska, Europe and various deployed combat locations. Formative assignments included time as the Secretary of General Staff, Aide de Camp and Executive Officer to the CG, NETCOM; Battalion S6, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR); and Deputy Commanding Officer, Task Force Signal, Operation Enduring Freedom. Following his promotion to Colonel and graduation from the United States Army War College in 2014, he served as the G-6, III Armored Corps at Fort Hood, Texas, deploying with the Corps to CJTF-Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) where he served as the CJ6 from 2015-2016. He next served as the last Commander of the 5th Signal Command (Theater) in support of all Army forces in Europe and Africa from 2016-2017, then as the Chief Information Officer and G-6, United States Army – Europe. Selected for promotion to BG shortly after arriving at the Pentagon in 2018, he first served as Chief, Mission Command Division, Department of the Army Headquarters G-8 where he managed a modernization portfolio in excess of $22 billion, and later transitioned to Director, Joint & Integration, also within the HQDA G-8. Most recently, BG Parker served as the acting Vice and Deputy Director, J-6 on the Joint Staff. In this role, he served as Chair of the Deputy Secretary of Defense’s Joint All-Domain Command & Control – Cross Functional Team (JADC2-CFT), and separately as lead for the Vice Chairman of the Joint Staff’s C4/Cyber Functional Capabilities Board in direct support to the Joint Requirements Oversight Board (JROC). BG Parker holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from North Georgia College, a Master of Science in telecommunications management, and a Master of Strategic Studies. He is a graduate of the Army Force Integration Course, Joint C4 Systems Planner’s Course, Army Basic Parachutist Course, the U.S. Navy’s Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape course (SERE), and the Army’s Northern Warfare Course in Alaska.

Credit: Dori Whipple | Date Taken: 07/07/2023 This video "Chemical Materials Activity: Mission Accomplished" features Colonel Ronnie D. Anderson, Jr., Commander of the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command, discussing the historical milestone of mission completion for the Army’s operations to demilitarize chemical munitions at Chemical Materials Activity, Blue Grass Chemical Activity, and Pueblo Chemical Depot on July 7th, 2023.

Credit: Sgt. Reece Heck | Date Taken: 07/22/2023 Children of Oklahoma National Guard Soldiers and Airmen attend Kids Camp in July 20-22, 2023 in Mannford, Oklahoma. Kids Camp is a summer camp held annually for the children of military families in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Army National Guard Child & Youth Program under the Family Program Office. (Oklahoma National Guard video by Sgt. Reece Heck) CG Info: Blake Davis (00:01-00:11) Lead Child and Youth Program Coordinator Cayden Wonn (00:20-00:27) Kids Camp Counselor

Credit: Ricardo Reyes-Guevara | Date Taken: 07/31/2023 Ensconced in a seemingly silent – yet deeply collaborative - corridor on Naval Support Activity Bethesda’s vast campus, retired U.S. Army Col. (Dr.) Michael J. Roy, the director of the Division of Military Internal Medicine and a Uniformed Services University (USU) professor, oversees a research portfolio focused on better understanding the human brain and improving therapies to assist in healing the mind in the wake of trauma.

Credit: Master Sgt. Cody Ramirez | Date Taken: 07/24/2023 Airmen with the 1st Special Operations Wing, 73rd Special Operations Squadron, participate in Exercise SOUTHERN STAR, supporting joint, multinational training for Joint Terminal Attack Controllers near Antofagasta, Chile, July 24, 2023. Exercise SOUTHERN STAR, a Chilean-led special operations forces exercise with close collaboration with Special Operations Command South, brought together forces from Chile and the United States to improve integration and enable asymmetric capabilities with Allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Cody H. Ramirez)

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder briefs the news media at the Pentagon.

Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 The “Blood Cell”, a combination of blood experts and medical logisticians serving with the Australian Defence Force and U.S. Combined Joint Theater Medical Component, discuss the challenges they faced and overcame while moving critical blood supplies across the U.S. Indo-Pacific area of operation from Japan to Australia during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 in Brisbane, Australia, July 25, 2023. The Combined Joint Theater Medical Component coordinates and synchronizes health service and support across the Australian continent, which is nearly the size of the mainland of the U.S. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific by strengthening relationships and interoperability among key allies and enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Hughes/Released)