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A 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron firefighter throws a hose during a timed firefighter confidence course at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Jan. 16, 2017. Wearing up to 75 pounds of equipment, participants completed nine stages during the course including a ladder climb, hose drag, sled pull, hose throw, equipment carry, forcible entry, hotel pack, equipment hoisting and rescue. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

Jan. 18, 2017

Multi-national Coalition fire training course strengthens team fight against ISIS

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Deployed French and U.S. Air Force fire fighters competed in a firefighting confidence course to ensure operations against Da’esh continue safely at an undisclosed location, Jan. 17, 2017. Firefighters were required to perform ladder climbing, hose dragging, ax swinging, equipment hoisting and rescue carrying during the timed event while donned in

Iraqi soldiers from 7th Iraqi Army Division practice bounding during assault movement training at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 13, 2017. Training at building partner capacity sites is an integral part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve’s effort to train Iraqi security forces personnel to defeat ISIL. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lisa Soy)

Jan. 17, 2017

Iraqi Forces Liberate Mosul University from a Deeply Entrenched ISIL

WASHINGTON — Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Air Force Col. John Dorrian said Iraqi security forces this week have continued steady progress against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including the liberation of Mosul University, a sprawling complex on the northeast side of Iraq’s second-largest city where the enemy was deeply entrenched.

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with his counterparts at a NATO meeting in Brussels, Jan. 17, 2017. DoD photo by Army Sgt. James K. McCann

Jan. 17, 2017

Dunford Joins Fellow NATO Chiefs of Defense in Security Environment Meetings

BRUSSELS — Dunford Joins Fellow NATO Chiefs of Defense in Security Environment Meetings

French soldiers stand guard in Mali as part of Operation Barkhane. French Ministry of Defense photo

Jan. 17, 2017

France Deploys Troops Globally in Counter-Extremism Fight

PARIS — France is committed to stopping the spread of violent extremism and has deployed significant military resources worldwide in the fight, a French military official told reporters in Paris.

An M30A1 explodes on target vehicles configured into a convoy at Udairi Training Range in Kuwait, recently. The munitions are being used to replace “cluster bomb” munitions with tungsten steel pellets to target soft vehicles and enemy personnel without leaving potential unexploded ordinance on the battlefield. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Hubbard, USARCENT Public Affairs)

Jan. 17, 2017

New munitions replace cluster bombs on Central Command battlefield

UDAIRI RANGE, KUWAIT — A new artillery warhead is retiring an outdated cluster-bomb round on the battlefields for U.S. Army Central in the Middle East and Southwestern Asia.

Spc. Erik Salmon, 26, an intelligence analyst assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, poses for a photograph while deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, at Camp Swift, Jan. 8, 2017. Salmon assisted in the recovery of an isolated Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) soldier while working as a member of a U.S. and Iraqi advise and assist operations cell. U.S. Soldiers, alongside international coalition partners, are supporting the Government of Iraq and the ISF as they wage war against the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Ireka R. Sanders)

Jan. 17, 2017

101st Soldier, Coalition extract Iraqi teammate from enemy lines

CAMP SWIFT, IRAQ — Before he enlisted, Spc. Erik Salmon was a traveler fond of seeing new places and experiencing different cultures. When the 26-year-old intelligence analyst deployed to Iraq in May, 2016, with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), he found himself trapped in tiny Camp Swift behind dirt barriers, concrete walls and concertina wire.

161205-N-TO519-023 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Dec. 5, 2016) An AV-8B Harrier, from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). The 22nd MEU, embarked on Wasp, is conducting precision air strikes in support of the Libyan Government aligned forces against Daesh targets in Sirte, Libya, as part of Operation Odyssey Lightning. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathan Wilkes/Released)

Jan. 13, 2017

DoD Officials Hail Iraqi Forces’ Progress in Eastern Mosul

WASHINGTON — Iraqi forces reached the Nineveh governorate and counsel buildings in eastern Mosul and raised the Iraqi flag there, according to Elissa Slotkin, the acting assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.

Pfc. Nessy Sanders, stands next to the vehicle she drove in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. In August 2016, Sanders became the first female to deploy to Erbil, Iraq as a Combat Engineer since the Military Occupational Specialty 12B was opened to women in June 2015. Sanders is assigned to Company B, 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. A Combat Engineers duties include constructing fighting positions, fixed and floating bridges, obstacles and defensive positions and emplacing and detonationg explosives. Sanders is from Columbus, Mississippi. Her mother also served in the Army in the mid-1980s. Erbil, Iraq is home to one of four Combined Joint Task Force locations under Operation Inherent Reslove dedicated to training Iraqi defense forces to assist in the defeat of ISIL in Iraq and Syria.

Jan. 12, 2017

Soldier completes historic combat tour

ERBIL, IRAQ — When Pfc. Neesy Sanders joined the Army she was given three choices of military occupational specialties: 56M, Chaplain’s Assistant, 92G, Food Service Specialist and 12B, Combat Engineer, which was opened to women in June 2015.

An Iraqi security forces soldier fires his M16A2 as a Portuguese trainer observes during training at Besmaya Range Complex, Iraq, Jan. 06, 2017. This training is part of the overall Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve building partner capacity mission to aid partnered forces fighting ISIL. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Joshua Wooten)

Jan. 10, 2017

Counter-ISIL Forces Moving to Liberate Mosul, Raqqa

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department believes the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s days are numbered in Iraq’s second-largest city of Mosul, Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said here today.

Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, commanding general, Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command – Operation Inherent Resolve, cuts the Iraqi Armed Forces Day cake with Maj. Gen. Ahmed Abid Al-Nak Said, director, Combined Joint Operation Center – Baghdad, during a celebration Jan. 6, on Union III, Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi Armed Forces Day commemorates the activation of the Iraqi Army on Jan. 6, 1921. (Photo by U.S. Army Spc. Derrik Tribbey)

Jan. 9, 2017

Coalition celebrates Iraqi Armed Forces Day

BAGHDAD, IRAQ — “We are proud of our history,” said Brig. Gen. Akram Abid Al-Latef, the air defense commander with the Iraqi army. “This is wonderful and a great opportunity.”