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Members of Team Andersen gathered for a 9/11 remembrance ceremony in front of the 36th Wing Headquarters Building on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.The ceremony was held in remembrance of all the first responders who risked their lives Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Kyle Jones)

U.S. Air Force Col. Matt Galloway, deputy wing commander for the 36th Wing, gives remarks for Guam's 82nd Liberation Day on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 16, 2026. The annual holiday is the island's largest and most significant celebration, observed every July 21 to commemorate the day in 1944 when U.S. forces landed on the island, ending the 31-month occupation by Imperial Japanese forces during World War II (U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Michael Jones)

Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Daegan Banga, a CF-188 Hornet pilot assigned to the 409th Tactical Fighter Squadron, talks about his unit's involvement in RED FLAG-Alaska 26-2 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 4, 2026. RF-A 26-2 began May 28, and has brought in approximately 2,100 service members from the U.S. and partner nations for realistic air combat training at Eielson AFB and Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Kentavist P. Brackin)

Airmen assigned to the 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers deploy a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) at Pau Pau Beach, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April 28, 2026. ROWPU was deployed in support of bringing usable water to Saipan residents through a series of filtration processes. All support efforts are conducted in close coordination with local, territorial, and federal partners to ensure a unified and efficient response to Typhoon Sinlaku disaster relief. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Manasseh Demissie)

U.S. Army Reservists assigned to the 9th Mission Support Command prepare water distribution and shelter building operations at the Saipan Army Reserve Center, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), April 29, 2026. The Department of War plays a key role in disaster response and all efforts are in close coordination with and in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency working with CNMI civil and local officials to recover from the impact of Typhoon Sinlaku. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Jordan McCoy)

Airmen assigned to the 554th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers deploy a Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit (ROWPU) at Pau Pau Beach, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April 28, 2026. ROWPU was deployed in support of bringing usable water to Saipan residents through a series of filtration processes. All support efforts are conducted in close coordination with local, territorial, and federal partners to ensure a unified and efficient response to Typhoon Sinlaku disaster relief. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Manasseh Demissie)

Alvino Alis, Satawal native, participates in a bundle build during Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 6, 2025. Alis, along with his church group, volunteered for the first time to help build bundles to be air dropped to the Federated States of Micronesia. OCD25 is an annual tradition with a long history of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Xavier Romero)

International guests, observers and participants attend the push ceremony of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 8, 2025. The push ceremony kicked off airdrop missions for OCD25, in which each nation participating coordinated and delivered 270 bundles to 59 remote islands in the Federal States of Micronesia and the Republic of Palau. Being the longest-running humanitarian mission in the Department of War, OCD25 serves as a training opportunity for aircrew in low-level flight, precision airdrop techniques and logistical coordination – skills developed to gain rapid global airlift missions in the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Joseph Maye)

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Eugene Halishlius, Woleai and Satawal native, participates in Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 10, 2025. OCD25 is an annual tradition with a long history of providing humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Audree Campbell)

Exercise FISGA RAIN 2025 is a joint exercise designed to evaluate and improve the ability of participating units to establish and maintain communication networks in a contested environment. During the exercise, warfighters trained to rapidly employ joint tactics amid degraded communications, testing participants’ adaptability and improving interoperability between joint partners. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Jordan McCoy)

Volunteers decorated and packed bundles in support of Operation Christmas Drop 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 5, 2025. Operation Christmas Drop, a multinational effort encompassing a single region, showcases complex logistical coordination and interagency collaboration. Visits from observers and distinguished guests show how participating nations combine to achieve an elaborate humanitarian airlift mission effort. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman 1st Class Joseph Maye)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 23d Air Task Force and the 23d Combat Air Base Squadron participate in exercise Northern Strike 25-2 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Alpena, Michigan, Aug. 6, 2025. Northern Strike 25-2 is a premier reserve component training event focused on joint readiness, building interoperability and strengthening partnerships in an all-domain environment. (U.S. Air Force Video by Senior Airman Leighton Lucero)

(No Namekeys) Intro: Staff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Outro: Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.

Staff at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan hosted the first Garrison Games at their installation. Its a friendly competition to test Marines’ military stamina and skills against Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers from neighboring garrisons. Camp Fuji Marines took home the traveling trophy this year. Next year another base will host the Garrison Games and teams will attempt to win the trophy away from the Marines. Creators envisioned that the games will continue for the foreseeable future.

U.S. Air Force Air National Guardsmen assigned to the 115th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Truax Field, Wisconsin Air National Guard, and the 187th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Dannelly Field, Alabama Air National Guard, set up lightning protection systems at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of exercise Resolute Force Pacific, July 13, 2025. REFORPAC is part of the first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series, a new way of conducting operations in a contested, dynamic environment to build capabilities making a stronger, more lethal deterrent force. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 Joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 members at more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force video by Airman Xavier Romero)