Photo by Staff Sgt. Priscilla Desormeaux | Virgin Islands National Guard, 51st Public Affairs Detachment | 04.28.2025
U.S. Army, Barbados Defence Force and Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, Special operations forces service members assemble a Wing P4.7 Inflatable Boat during multinational waterborne operations training at TRADEWINDS 25 (TW25) April 28, 2025. TW25 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved annual exercise that bolsters regional stability and......
Photo by Sgt. Jacob Bradford | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs | 04.08.2025
U.S. Army Engineers assigned to 20th Engineer Brigade carry a Zodiac inflatable boat into McArthur Lake at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 8, 2025. Castle Forge develops cohesive teams capable of executing waterborne operations in support of expeditionary missions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jacob Bradford)...
Photo by Spc. Johanna Pullum | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.18.2023
U.S. Army Soldier from the 25th Infantry Division lowers herself into the Wahiawa river during Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Lightning Academy, Oct. 18, 2023. Graduates of JOTC learn tactics, techniques, and procedures required to fight, win, and survive within any jungle environment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Johanna Dieckman)...
Photo by Spc. Johanna Pullum | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.18.2023
U.S. Army Soldier from the 25th Infantry Division lowers herself into the Wahiawa river during Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Lightning Academy, Oct. 18, 2023. Graduates of JOTC learn tactics, techniques, and procedures required to fight, win, and survive within any jungle environment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Johanna Dieckman)...
Photo by Spc. Johanna Pullum | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.18.2023
U.S. Army Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division, place their rucks in the Wahiawa river during Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Lightning Academy, Oct. 18, 2023. Graduates of JOTC learn tactics, techniques, and procedures required to fight, win, and survive within any jungle environment. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Johanna Dieckman)...
Photo by Spc. Johanna Pullum | 28th Public Affairs Detachment | 10.18.2023
Jungle school instructors demonstrate how to make a poncho ruck raft during Jungle Operations Training Course at Lightning Academy, Oct. 18, 2023. Jungle students learned different waterborne operations as part of the 12-day course. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Johanna Dieckman)...
Photo by Sgt. Daryl Bradford | 100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.07.2020
Texas Army National Guard Pvt. Princely Kamanda, from 71st Theater Information Operations Group, wades toward the shore March 7, 2020, during the waterborne-operations portion of the Texas Military Department 2020 Best Warrior Competition at Lake Bastrop in Bastrop, Texas. The TMD 2020 Best Warrior Competition was a demanding four-day contest that brought together service members from the......
Photo by 1st Lt. Ryan DeBooy | 25th Combat Aviation Brigade | 07.31.2019
25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy cadre and personnel conduct a drop-zone insertion from a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter assigned to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade during SPIE (Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction) training at Bellows Air Force Station, Kaneohe, Hawaii, July 31, 2019. SPIE waterborne operations, off the coast of Hawaii, offers a unique training environment and......
