Ships from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, sail together during a trilateral exercise, Jan. 16, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah M. Williams)
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson)
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U.S. Sailors, assigned to the Beachmaster Unit 1, and the Amphibious Construction Battalion, load and unload a Landing Craft Unit at Camp Pendleton, Calif. on Feb. 29, 2024. Project Convergence is a campaign of events to build trust in new technologies with Joint and Multinational partners. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gabriella Bruce-Larkin)
U.S. Navy Operations Specialist 1st Class Frederick Robinson, from Abbeville, Louisiana, stands tactical data coordinator (TDC) in the combat information center (CIC) during sea and anchor detail as the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) departs Azores, Portugal after a brief stop for fuel, October 5, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)
A U.S. Marine with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, I MEF, tests a PRC-160 High Frequency Radio inside a combat tent in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I MEF in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler D. Wilson)
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