Photo by Spc. James Robinson | U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa | 07.16.2025
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Combat Engineer Company, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), detonate explosives at Grafenwöhr Training Area, Germany, July 16, 2025. This training improved their confidence and familiarity with different demolition types for the Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) preparation. ESB creates experts at all levels, across......
Photo by Cpl. Jacob Foster | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 04.27.2021
An Australian Army WO2 Craig Thomson, a range control officer with Directorate of Training Area Management, gives a range brief to U.S. Marine Corps Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin at Kangaroo Flats Training Area, NT, Australia, April 27, 2021. U.S. Marines with MRF-D conducted an unexploded ordnance sweep to exercise their ability to locate and......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Ricardo Davila | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.09.2017
British Royal Marines provide cover as U.S. Marines place C4 explosives for a live demolition exercise on Adazi Training Grounds, Latvia, June 9, 2017. Exercise Saber Strike 17 is an annual combined-joint exercise conducted at various locations throughout the Baltic region and Poland. The combined training prepares NATO Allies and partners to effectively respond to regional crises and to meet......
