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Iraqi soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Commando Brigade, Anbar Operations Command, practice their marksmanship skills during training with Task Force Al-Taqaddum, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, in Iraq, April 17, 2017. This training is part of the overall CJTF-OIR building partner capacity mission by training and improving the capability of partnered forces fighting ISIS. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Shellie Hall)

June 2, 2017

Combat Training to Combat Troops – The Advise and Assist Mission of Task Force Al-Taqaddum

IRAQ — U.S. Marines, Soldiers, Airmen and Sailors with Task Force Al-Taqaddum come together with one common mission – advising and assisting the Iraqi security forces of the Anbar Operations Command.

A U.S. soldier deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve waits while a CH-47 Chinook is refueled at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, May 29, 2017. Army photo by Cpl. Rachel Diehm

June 1, 2017

Spokesman Reports on Progress in Effort to Defeat ISIS

WASHINGTON — Iraqi forces are closing in on the final terrorist-held areas in western Mosul, while partnered forces in Syria are just a few kilometers from the key city of Raqqa, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve said.

Tampa, Fla. - U.S. Central Command representatives and military officers from the Republic of Tajikistan Ministry of Defense pose for a group photo during the 2017 combined U.S.-Tajikistan consultative staff talks (CST). The talks are an annual event held in Tampa, Florida designed to review the security cooperation progress of the previous year’s military-to-military events and finalize the coming years military-to-military planning between the two partners. (Photo by Tom Gagnier)

June 1, 2017

U.S. Central Command and Tajikistan review security cooperation

Tampa, Fla. — On May 22-24, 2017, military officers from CENTCOM and the Republic of Tajikistan Ministry of Defense held the 2017 combined Tajikistan-U.S. consultative staff talks (CST).

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 31, 2017) — General John Nicholson, Resolute Support commander, RS Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Jurgen Weigt, and RS Command Sergeant Major David M. Clark visit the blast site after the deadly attack that occurred here today to survey the damage and support emergency. A vehicle-borne improvised explosive device was detonated near Zambaq Square outside the Green Zone, near diplomatic and government facilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Egdanis Torres Sierra, Resolute Support Public Affairs – Afghanistan)

June 1, 2017

Resolute Support leadership visits blast site, stands with emergency responders

KABUL, Afghanistan — After a deadly terrorist attack on innocent civilians here today, General John Nicholson, commander of Resolute Support, visited the blast site to survey the damage and support emergency responders.

ARABIAN GULF (May 21, 2017) Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey, commander of Naval Air Force Atlantic, meets with Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Gaines/Released)

May 31, 2017

CNAL Visits GHWB

ARABIAN SEA (NNS) -- Sailors aboard aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) (GHWB) welcomed aboard Rear Adm. Bruce Lindsey, commander, Naval Air Forces Atlantic (CNAL), and Force Master Chief Bill Smalts, May 21.

KABUL, Afghanistan (May 29, 2017) — At a ceremony at Resolute Support Headquarters today, General John Nicholson, commander, Resolute Support, pays his respects to service members who made the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. (Photo by Technical Sergeant Robert M. Trujillo)

May 30, 2017

Resolute Support commander leads solemn Memorial Day service

KABUL, Afghanistan — Challenging all present to be worthy of them, General John Nicholson, Resolute Support commander, paid tribute today to those who have lost their lives in the Afghanistan war.

President Donald J. Trump lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., May, 29, 2017. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

May 29, 2017

Trump Leads Nation’s Remembrance on Memorial Day

WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump, along with his top defense leaders, paid the nation’s respects to those lost in war during Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.

A soldier from the border guard police participates in basic squad movement training near Irbil, Iraq, April 4, 2017. The training is an integral part of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve building-partner capacity mission by training and improving the capability of partnered forces fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Army photo by Sgt. Josephine Carlson

May 24, 2017

Counter-ISIS Campaign Progresses in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, said counterterrorism efforts in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan are proving successful.

A U.S. Air Force Air National Guard C-130 Hercules with the 127th Airlift Wing controlled by a U.S. Air Force Special Tactics combat controller, lands in a dry lake bed during Exercise Eager Lion May 16, 2017, in Jordan. Special Tactics teams can assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in either permissive or hostile locations, providing strategic access for U.S. or allied partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

May 24, 2017

Strike, Access, Recovery: USAF Special Tactics becomes a team with partner SOF

KING ABDULLAH SPECIAL OPERATIONS TASK CENTER, Jordan — One by one, parachutes pop open, silhouetted in the Jordanian sunset as joint nation special operations forces float toward the desert terrain below—completing a military free fall from 18,000 feet out of a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules.

Air commandos from the 4th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron fulfill their duties at Hurlburt Field, Fla., July 7, 2016. The 4th AMU works on the AC-130U Spooky gunship. The AC-130's main mission is to provide close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance and was used in the May 22, 2017, counterterrorism raid against al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in the Marib governorate of Yemen. Air Force photo by Airman Dennis Spain

May 23, 2017

Pentagon Spokesman Describes U.S. Raid in Yemen

WASHINGTON — A U.S. Special Operations counterterrorism raid killed seven al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula operatives in Yemen’s Marib governorate, located about 150 miles north of Aden, the country’s capital, Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, director of Pentagon press operations, told reporters.