Safety officers involved in more than safety

Trainees from 50th Infantry Regiment at Fort Benning, Ga., conduct urban operations training, July 13, 2018. Soldiers practiced clearing rooms, securing courtyards and moving between buildings in a complex urban environment while utilizing infantry ... ... READ MORE

An Interim Armored Vehicle "Stryker" and AH-64 Apache helicopters with Battle Group Poland, move to secure an area during a lethality demonstration for exercise Puma 2 with Battle Group Poland at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, June 15, 2018 as ... ... READ MORE

Cadets from U.S. Army Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., go through field training during their annual summer training. New cadets go through Cadet Basic Training, second year cadets go through Cadet Field Training and the two upper classes undergo... ... READ MORE

Transfer cases, containing the remains of what are believed to be U.S. service members lost in the Korean War, line the bay of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii... ... READ MORE

U.S. Air Force and Army medics with Joint Communication Support Element and 5th General Support Aviation Battalion, hoist a medical manikin onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., July 2, 2018. The two units trained alongs... ... READ MORE

Initial Entry Trainees arrive at Fort Benning, Ga., July 13, 2018, for the first day of the 22-week One Station Unit Training extension pilot program. The new OSUT program will include expanded weapons training, increased vehicle-platform familiariza... ... READ MORE

A U.S. Soldier hands out candy to a group of kids during a patrol in their village along the demarcation line outside Manbij, Syria, July 14, 2018. The U.S. and Turkey began conducting independent, coordinated patrols to help reinforce the safety and... ... READ MORE

Soldiers from the U.S. Army Honor Guard support an Army Full Honors Wreath-Laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier hosted by Gen. Koji Yamazaki, chief of staff, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., July 1... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provide fire suppression after the breach at a local support-by-fire position at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 3, 2018. The exercise is part of an overall tra... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, prepare to jump out of an Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Hercules out of Peoria Air National Guard Base, Peoria, Ill., while conducting airborne trai... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, demonstrate searching a hostile enemy for new members of the Djiboutian army crisis response unit, at a site outside Djibouti City, June 25, 2018. U.S. Army Africa, U.S. Africa ... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division pull security around a helicopter landing zone at Fort Bragg, N.C., July 17, 2018. The 82nd Airborne Division conducted this Deployment Readiness Exercise to assess and develop rapid respo... ... READ MORE

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, exit a Georgia Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an air assault mission exercise with German soldiers during Noble Partner at Vaziani Air Strip, Georgia, July 30, ... ... READ MORE

Soldiers with the 25th Infantry Division, participate in a leader development physical training event on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, June 25, 2018. The purpose of the event is to build the Warrior field-grade team, develop adaptive and agile leaders,... ... READ MORE

An infantryman with 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, takes cover before advancing on an enemy bunker during a live-fire exercise at Vaziani Training Area, Ga., Aug. 3, 2018. Noble Partner 2018 is a cooperatively-led exercise between the Georgian A... ... READ MORE

A U.S. Army Reserve Soldier with 376th Engineer Firefighter Detachment, pulls himself from a confined space familiarization tube during a Combat Support Training Exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 13, 2018. The CSTX is a large-scale training event wh... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, begin the movement phase during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 9, 2018. The exercise is to maintain combat readiness in preparation... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army paratroopers run toward the X with their MC-6 parachutes during Leapfest 2018 at West Kingston, R.I., Aug. 5, 2018. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the ... ... READ MORE

A Soldier assigned to the Presidential Salute Battery, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps count during a blank fire crew drill at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Aug. 21, 2018. As part of the five-men staff, the counter ha... ... READ MORE

Members of the West Virginia National Guard Army Interagency Training Education Center (AITEC) participate in a rope rescue course at the Hobet mine site in Madison, W.V. The week-long course trains Soldiers on proper rope rescue techniques including... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, begin the movement phase during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 9, 2018. The exercise is part of an overall training progression in ... ... READ MORE

A team of U.S. Army Soldiers carry a Zodiac rigid inflatable boat during one of the events of the 74th Engineer Dive Detachment's diver fitness challenge at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait, Aug. 31, 2018. The events of the diver fitness challenge are not e... ... READ MORE

An infantryman assigned to 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 40th Infantry Division, makes final adjustments to his M2010 sniper weapon system before venturing into the rocky Pohakuloa Training Area for snipers' concealed movement techniques trainin... ... READ MORE

A weapons squad leader with 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepares to move his squad forward during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 3, 2018. The exercise is part of an overall trainin... ... READ MORE

South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1053rd Transportation Company assist a family that was trapped inside their vehicle during the early morning hours as a result of flood waters on the roadway in Hamer, S.C., Sept. 18, 2018. Approx... ... READ MORE

Soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, supported Iraqi army operations with artillery fires from their M777A2 Howitzers, Aug. 12, 2018. They are are currently deployed to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve workin... ... READ MORE

Sentinels assigned to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), conduct a Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Sept. 9, 2018. The Tomb of th... ... READ MORE

A Soldier guides a M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during an exercise at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Aug. 23, 2018. The Next-Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team is slated to release a request for proposal for the Optionally-Manned Fi... ... READ MORE

A child of a 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldier prepares to execute pre-jump commands at a mock aircraft Aug. 29, during the 10th Annual Kid's Q-Course, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The Kid's Q-Course was created in 2008 in order to allow... ... READ MORE

Initial Entry Trainees arrive at Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment on Fort Benning, Ga., July 13, 2018 for the first day of the 22-week One Station Unit Training extension pilot program. The new OSUT program will include expanded we... ... READ MORE

The Shurer family after the Medal of Honor Ceremony in honor of former U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II at the White House in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1, 2018. Shurer was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions while serving as a senior medical ... ... READ MORE

Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II is inducted into the Hall of Heroes during a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 2018. Shurer was awarded the Medal of Honor, Oct. 1, 2018, for actions while serving a senior medical sergeant with the ... ... READ MORE

Special Forces Soldiers, assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conduct a combat training exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 28, 2018. The purpose of this training is to provide U.S. Air Fo... ... READ MORE

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, engaged targets with the Carl Gustaf 84mm weapon system in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 8, 2018 during Saber Junction 18. Exercise Saber Junction 18 is a U.S. Army Europe-directed exercise designed... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, assembles an M9 handgun during the weapon skills lane of a spur ride, Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, Sept. 7, 2018. The spur ride is a time-honored cavalry tradition tha... ... READ MORE

Armor crewmen assigned to 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, load Sabot rounds onto a M1 Abram Tank during a pre-deployment training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Aug. 18. Sabot rounds work like a basic arrow by penetrating armor... ... READ MORE

An Assault Breacher Vehicle launches an inert Mine Clearing Line Charge with 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during obstacle reduction training at Fort Hood, Texas. The training included plowing and proofing the lane followed b... ... READ MORE

Members of the Florida National Guard's Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package team clear debris from the roadway in an effort to reach communities impacted by Hurricane Michael throughout th... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force -- Operation Inherent Resolve rush to a berm to establish a hasty fighting position during a live-fire training exercise near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, S... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to clear a building during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Aug. 9, 2018. The exercise is part of an overall training progression ... ... READ MORE

Soldiers with 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, endure a CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 17, 2018, putting their chemical, biological, radiological and ... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers assigned to 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division, row a zodiac boat during Blood on the Water competition at Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 7, 2018. Events ranged from a water craft landing, breaching and clearing of wire obs... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force -- Operation Inherent Resolve, fires a Javelin anti-tank missile near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 26, 2018. The Javelin was a part of a live-fire, re... ... READ MORE

Army astronauts Col. Andrew "Drew" Morgan and Lt. Col. Anne McClain, both from the astronaut class of 2013, prepare to be promoted while underwater following required training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at the Sonny Carter Training Facility i... ... READ MORE

Special Operations and members of the Tajik Armed Forces participated in a Joint Combined Exchange Training program in the vicinity of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Aug. 27 to Sept. 10, 2018. The exercise consisted of weapons familiarization, medical, and re... ... READ MORE

A military police officer with the 545th Military Police Company, U.S. Army Alaska, is sprayed with oleoresin capsicum while conducting familiarization training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 9, 2018. All security forces and militar... ... READ MORE

Soldiers attending the Special Forces Combat Diver Qualification Course at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center practice skills needed to perform amphibious infiltration, June 7, 2018, Key West, Fla. Green Beret combat divers are assi... ... READ MORE

Soldiers with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, move tactically across a field during Saber Junction 18 live fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Sept. 10, 2018. Saber Junction 18 is the 173rd Airborne Brigade's combat training center certification ... ... READ MORE

U.S Army Soldiers assigned to 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, bound toward an objective during a rehearsal for a combined live-fire exercise near Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 10, 2018. The 155th ABCT is in the Arab Republic of Egypt taking part in Ex... ... READ MORE

A Soldier with the 57th Sapper Company (Rough Terrain), 27th Engineer Battalion cuts through a guard rail using an exothermic cutting torch. Elements of the 27th Engineer Battalion are assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the recovery effort... ... READ MORE

Friends, family, leaders and fellow Soldiers came to Fort Drum to welcome home Soldiers who went to support the Army's response to Hurricane Florence. The company had deployed for approximately two weeks to support hurricane relief efforts in North a... ... READ MORE

A Special Forces Soldier with Operational Detachment Alpha conducts a tyrolean traverse over an 80-foot gorge, aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 23, 2018. Any special operations force element that comes to... ... READ MORE

3rd Cavalry Regiment troopers conduct a Javelin anti-tank missile live fire while deployed to Iraq, Oct. 4, 2018. The 3rd Cavalry Regiment is deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, working by, with and through the Iraqi Security Forces an... ... READ MORE

An infantry squad leader assigned to 155th Infantry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, discusses squad movement tactics with Jordanian soldiers during small arms training, near Alexandria, Egypt, Sept. 15, 2018. The 155th ABCT is in the Ara... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers assigned to the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, row Zodiac boats across Fort Bragg's McKellar's Pond on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 in commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the WWII W... ... READ MORE

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Kacer competes in the IF2 shot put event at the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia. Kacer was able to complete some impressive throws which secured his silver medal in the event. Invictus Games is an interna... ... READ MORE

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, pulls security at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 17, 2018. Dragoon Ready is a 7th Army Training Command/Joint Multinational Readiness Center led exercise desig... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, observe as a door-breaching charge detonates, Nov. 6, 2018, on Fort Bragg, N.C. Engineers conducted the demolitions training to keep their breaching skills current and ensure the batt... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers compete against each other during the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion's commemoration of the 74th anniversary of the Waal River Crossing, Oct. 3, 2018, at Fort Bragg, N.C. The paratroopers were competing to cross the lake five times in... ... READ MORE

A High Mobility Rocket Artillery System fires an M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System during exercise Black Oryx, in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 24, 2018. Black Oryx is an annual bilateral exercise, is designed to strengthen relationships and military ca... ... READ MORE

Soldiers from 1-151 Infantry Battalion complete their live fire training exercise at Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La. This training requires Soldiers to be able to move and maneuver as a team using live fire rounds. The JRTC has an ... ... READ MORE

A Soldier with the 25th Aviation Regiment embraces his family at a ceremony honoring the troops prior to their deployment at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Jun. 5, 2018. The 3rd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment will support Operation Freedom's Senti... ... READ MORE

An M1 Abrams Tank master gunner, assigned to Task Force Raider, performed a remote-fire procedure, to ensure the tank's proper functions at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, Nov. 6. Since first coming into service in 1980, the M1 Abrams tank has b... ... READ MORE

More than 200 Soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division stepped off on a 18.64 mile ruck march at 5 a.m. in honor of Chaplain Emil Kapaun, an Army chaplain who was forced to march 87 miles to a prisoner of war camp during the Korean war in 1950. The ann... ... READ MORE

Green Berets assigned to 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), high carry zodiac boats during a company team-building event, Oct. 30, 2018, at Fort Carson, Colo. The team building events, which included a ruck march, boat carries, a river run, and a ... ... READ MORE

U.S. service members transfer the remains of former President George H.W. Bush at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Dec. 03, 2018. Military and civilian personnel assigned to Joint Task Force-National Capital Region provided ceremonial and civil affairs suppo... ... READ MORE

Army indirect fire infantrymen assigned to 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, operate the M121 120 mm mortar system during live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 19, 2018. During the live... ... READ MORE

A High Mobility Rocket Artillery System fires an M31 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System during exercise Black Oryx, in Amman, Jordan, Oct. 24, 2018. Black Oryx, an annual bilateral exercise, is designed to strengthen relationships and military capa... ... READ MORE

U.S. Soldier assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force -- Operation Inherent Resolve, fires a Javelin anti-tank missile near Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 26, 2018. The Javelin was a part of a live-fire... ... READ MORE

Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment and deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force -- Operation Inherent Resolve, await aerial extraction via CH-47 Chinook during an aerial response force live-fire training exercise in Iraq, Oct. 31, ... ... READ MORE

U.S. and Turkish Soldiers carry a simulated casualty to a helicopter during rehearsals at Gaziantep, Turkey, Oct. 13, 2018. The rehearsal allowed the two countries to strengthen joint tactics before engaging in combined joint patrols outside Manbij, ... ... READ MORE

Paratroopers provide emergency medical care to a simulated casualty during a live-fire exercise alongside British paratroopers, Nov. 16, 2018, in Kenya, Africa, as part of Operation Askari Storm. Paratroopers with 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3... ... READ MORE

A Soldier participates with Polish Soldiers for a combatives demonstration in Boleslawiec, Poland, Nov. 9, 2018. The 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, has participated in a number of joint activi... ... READ MORE

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, walk back to the equipment turn-in point on the beach following a helocast insertion at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Nov. 14, 2018. 25th Infantry Division Lightni... ... READ MORE

U.S. Soldiers gather for a brief during a combined joint patrol rehearsal in Manbij, Syria, Nov. 7, 2018. Continued assistance to partner forces is essential for setting conditions for regional stability. The Coalition and its partners remain united ... ... READ MORE

A U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams tank crew from 2nd Battalion 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division maneuver to position their tank in advance of their next mission during exercise Combined Resolve XI in Hohenfels, Germa... ... READ MORE

Students in Cold-Weather Operations Course 19-01 practice snowshoeing, Dec. 6, 2018, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The course is 14 days long and includes training in a wide range of cold-weather subjects, including skiing and snowshoe training, using the ahki... ... READ MORE