ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) observe an Operational Detachment Alpha as the team executes an assigned mission to assess the teams capabilities in difficult environments during exercise War Horse to assess the team’s capabilities in challenging environments in Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, Oct. 24, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios that foster the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew Geiser)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) execute a tactical foot march to reach their objective during exercise War Horse in Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios that foster the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) move towards an extraction site to conclude a 72-hour training scenario during exercise War Horse in Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios that foster the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Andrew geiser)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) load into a tactical vehicle for exfiltration following the completion of a 72-hour training scenario during exercise War Horse in Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina, Oct. 26, 2026. The 72-hour mission spanned 30 kilometers and required the Green Berets to complete three objectives without being detected. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios that foster the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires an RPG during an ambush scenario as part of exercise War Horse, honing combat skills and decision-making in realistic combat scenarios, near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) pulls security as his team extracts a simulated casualty onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle while executing a full mission profile during exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) provide security from the bed of a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during preparing for a medical extraction while executing a full mission profile as part of exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT An unmanned aircraft system deploys a simulated munition on a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during a full mission profile as part of exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. Incorporating UAS into baseline lethality training prepares Green Berets to execute military operations in complex, technology-driven security environments. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS) departs a UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, during a simulated Department of State Military Assisted Departure exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27 at Deuce Town, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 7, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Gabris)
ALT U.S. Air Force Pararescueman assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS) sets up security on a roof during a simulated Department of State Military Assisted Departure exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27 at Deuce Town, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 7, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Gabris)
ALT U.S. Air Force Pararescueman assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS) sets up security during a simulated Department of State Military Assisted Departure exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27 at Deuce Town, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 7, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Gabris)
ALT U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS) extracts role-players onto a UH-1Y Venom during a simulated Department of State Military Assisted Departure exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27 at Deuce Town, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Gabris)
ALT U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen assigned to 24th Special Tactics Squadron (24th STS) depart from a roof as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-26 at Deuce Village, Yuma, Arizona Oct. 8, 2025. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fabian Ortiz)
ALT U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) prepares to land on a roof as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-26 at Deuce Village, Yuma, Arizona Oct. 8, 2025. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the six functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Fabian Ortiz)
ALT A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) fires an RPG during an ambush scenario as part of exercise War Horse, honing combat skills and decision-making in realistic combat scenarios, near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) pulls security as his team extracts a simulated casualty onto a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle while executing a full mission profile during exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) provide security from the bed of a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during preparing for a medical extraction while executing a full mission profile as part of exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT An unmanned aircraft system deploys a simulated munition on a Light Medium Tactical Vehicle during a full mission profile as part of exercise War Horse near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 21, 2026. Incorporating UAS into baseline lethality training prepares Green Berets to execute military operations in complex, technology-driven security environments. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise, designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Seu Chan)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) clear urban terrain while executing close-quarters battle drills during exercise War Horse at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Monica Roberts)
ALT A U.S. Green Beret assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) ascends a concrete stairway during urban combat training as part of exercise War Horse at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Monica Roberts)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) maneuver between urban structures while executing close-quarters battle drills during exercise War Horse at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Monica Roberts)
ALT U.S. Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) navigate an urban area while executing close-quarters battle drills during exercise War Horse at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 12, 2026. War Horse is a baseline lethality exercise designed to enhance readiness and develop combat skills through realistic scenarios, reinforcing the decision-making, adaptability and lethality required to operate in complex operational environments. The exercise integrates and evaluates 22 individual and collective baseline tasks to ensure Green Berets are prepared to operate independently in austere, hostile and politically sensitive environments. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Monica Roberts)
