U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Stewart, a public affairs mass communication specialist assigned to 7th Army Training Command, takes photos at the forward area re-arming and refueling point during 12th Combat Aviation Brigades air assault operations for Exercise Swift Response, part of DEFENDER-Europe 21, on May 7, 2021 in Bezmer, Bulgaria. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)
US Army Releases Gallery of Army Moments for 2021
Take a look at these iconic and stunning photos captured by Army photographers throughout 2021.
Army Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, boards a C-17 aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 30, 2021. Donahue was the final American service member to depart from Afghanistan; his departure closed the U.S. mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and vulnerable Afghans. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Alex Burnett)
A soldier from the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) renders honors during an Army Full Honors Wreath-Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 20, 2021. The wreath was laid by Lt. Gen. Charalampos Lalousis, Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
Army Col. Randy Lau fires a 120 mm mortar during a live-fire exercise at Camp Roberts, Calif., June 15, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Walter Lowell)
Army Spc. Caleb Romero, a California National Guardsman, scans his sector as smoke billows behind him during the mystery event of the California Guard’s Best Warrior Competition at Camp Roberts, Calif., March 31, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eddie Siguenza)
25th Infantry Division Lightning Academy Air Assault instructors conducted a Rooftop insertion during a Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System and Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction System (FRIES/SPIES) Master course on May 26, 2021, at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Throughout this course, students were taught how to rig, inspect and deploy Soldiers fast-roping 20 feet above a rooftop, or suspended 100 feet below a helicopter while 200 feet above the ground. With these skills, the FRIES/SPIES Masters can deploy soldiers anywhere in the combat zone no matter how treacherous the terrain may be. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Lekendrick Stallworth)
Soldiers from the U.S. Army 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), along with service members from all armed forces service branches, place over 265,000 U.S. flags at every gravesite, columbarium court column, and niche wall column as part of Flags-In at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, May 27, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
Soldiers complete a 5K in preparation for a jungle operations training course at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, May 14, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
Army Capt. Alix Idrache, a pilot and future operations planner — originally from Haiti — with the 1st Battalion, 228th Aviation Regiment, Joint Task Force Bravo, delivers a patient to Zach Pendergast, a paramedic emergency medical service volunteer, during a medical evacuation mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 24, 2021. Task force members were mobilized to support the Agency for International Development by conducting relief efforts for Haitian people affected by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck the island nation Aug. 14. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Marleah Cabano.)
Soldiers participate in a tandem jump with the U.S. Army Special Operations Command’s parachute demonstration team, the Black Daggers, during Tropic Lightning Week at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Oct. 5, 2021. The week includes competitive events between battalions throughout the 25th Infantry Division. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
A soldier crawls under barbed wire during assessment and selection at Camp Mackall, N.C., March 1, 2021. Participants were evaluated on individual physical fitness and confidence, intelligence and psychological capability and ability to solve dilemma-based problems individually and as a team. (U.S. Army photo by K. Kassens)
Soldiers conduct sling-load operations with an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter during a training exercise in Monte Romano, Italy, Jan. 20, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Elena Baladelli)
A soldier assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” walks the mat at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during a rainstorm at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, July 8, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser)
Soldiers participate in a six-mile ruck march during the Utah National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Williams, Utah, March 23, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Army Spc. Bryton Bluth)
Soldiers discuss mission plans before moving to a simulated objective during training at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 18, 2021. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rachel Christensen (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rachel Christensen)
The graduating class of Cadets march to the stadium for the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, May 22, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Cdt. Tyler williams)
Soldiers cross-country ski at the Chilean Army Mountain School in Portillo, Chile, Aug. 21, 2021, during Southern Vanguard, an exercise between U.S. and Chilean troops. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gregory Muenchow)
A U.S. Army paratrooper helps a Dutch paratrooper control his parachute in the Netherlands during Falcon Leap, Sept. 16, 2021. Falcon Leap is NATO’s largest technical airborne exercise, with more than 1,000 paratroopers from 12 different nations training with one another’s equipment for two weeks. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Remi Milslagle)
U.S. Army High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, and U.S. Marine Corps HIMARS with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division fire rockets during Exercise Talisman Sabre 21 on Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2021. (Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alyssa Chuluda)
A soldier completes a swim test at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, May 14, 2021, while practicing for an upcoming Jungle Operations Training Course. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
Soldiers observe fired artillery rounds in an M109A6 Paladin howitzer at the Tan Tan Training Area, Morocco, June 13, 2021, during African Lion, U.S. Africa Command’s largest joint, annual exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class R.J. Lannom)
Soldiers fire illumination rounds from a 120 mm mortar during live-fire training in Syria, March 16, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Torrance Saunders)
An Army military working dog and its handler undergo certification tests in Stuttgart, Germany, April 15, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Yvonne Najera)
Soldiers participate in a skijoring exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 27, 2021. (Photo by Alejandro Pena, U.S. Air Force )
A soldier from the Sugar Bears of B Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, kneels on the ramp of a Chinook, April 22, 2021. The Sugar Bears provided support to the National Park Service at Denali National Park and Reserve, Alaska. The Sugar Bears are granted access to conduct training in the park in exchange for helping the National Park Service set up base camp for the 2021 Denali climbing season. (U.S. Army photo by Benjamin Wilson)
A U.S. Army Soldier from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, Special Troops Battalion, walks through the hanger inspecting cots at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 21, 2021. The 21st Theater Sustainment Command supported the Department of State in the transportation, housing, and sustainment of U.S. citizens, special immigrant visa applicants, and other Afghan evacuees. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Katelyn Myers)
A soldier participates in a ghillie wash during Army Sniper School at Fort Benning, Ga., Feb. 5, 2021. The exercise is designed to test the strength and durability of the camouflage suits as well as weather them. (U.S. Army photo by Patrick Albright.)
Soldiers position a Stryker vehicle during Rifle Ready 2, an emergency deployment readiness exercise, at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, July 29, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Osvaldo Fuentes)
Soldiers move an Army M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle toward an objective during a multinational situational training exercise in Cincu, Romania, Sept. 23, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua Cowden)
A U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory flight paramedic tests new items in a space utilization study at the School of Aviation Medicine’s DUSTOFF Training complex. The USAARL and SAAM frequently collaborate to make sure the U.S. Army’s next generation aircraft and medical equipment are ready for the battlefield. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott C. Childress)
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot, assigned to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, looks toward his co-pilot during flight operations in Kauai, Hawaii, Oct. 13, 2021. The 25th Combat Aviation Brigade provides Multifunctional Aviation support to the 25th Infantry Division to conduct Decisive Actions in support of Unified Land Operations. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Hamlin)
Army 1st Lt. Nancy Gomez fires an M777 howitzer during a direct-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 4, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Kevin Payne)
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Max Wannelius and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Laura Chmielowski, AH-64 pilots assigned to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Wings of Victory, circle their Apache Longbow to re-attack targets during aerial gunnery tables at Grafenwöhr Training Area on April 14, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham)
A soldier jumps out of a boat during competitive tactical events at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, April 8, 2021. The three-day series of events were designed to build cohesive teams. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division mobilize on Joint Base Charleston, S.C. August 14, 2021. The 82nd Abn. Div. rapidly deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operations Allies Refuge. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Vincent Levelev)
Soldiers from across the 25th Infantry Division and U.S. Army Hawaii test their proficiency in basic infantry and Soldier tasks in the hopes of earning the Expert Infantryman Badge or the Expert Soldier Badge in April, 2021. The Expert Infantryman Badge is reserved for Soldiers possessing military occupational specialties of infantryman or special forces while the Expert Soldier Badge is open to the remainder of Soldiers aside from medics. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jessica Scott)
