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    Menton Week Airborne Operation

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES

    12.03.2025

    Photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz 

    1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

    A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), gives jump commands aboard CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an airborne operation at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Dec. 3, 2025. The Group hosts the annual Menton Jump in commemoration of the First Special Service Force, the predecessor to modern Special Forces, which was disbanded 1944 in Menton, France.

    1st SFG (A) conducts special operations throughout the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to support command objectives and U.S. national interests. The group maintains and employs units capable of executing the full spectrum of special operations at a moment’s notice with allies, partners, and the joint force. Committed to excellence and the pursuit of tactical mastery, the group aims to uphold its legacy as the Indo-Pacific’s preferred and most lethal special operations entity. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Yountz)

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    Date Taken: 12.03.2025
    Date Posted: 12.18.2025 14:30
    Photo ID: 9451446
    VIRIN: 251203-A-TO756-1022
    Resolution: 2625x3500
    Size: 2.72 MB
    Location: JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASHINGTON, US

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