Combat

Recruits of Oscar Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, practiced choke techniques Dec. 19, 2016, on Parris Island, S.C. These techniques

October 2016 footage filmed by a soldier of the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq shows the downing of an

"Everybody joined the Marine Corps because they wanted to be a warrior." Marines endure MAI course on Camp Foster.

Operation Inherent Resolve supported Iraqi security forces with airstrikes Dec. 15, 2016 that aimed to destroy a Da'esh tank and

Kurdish fighters take on ISIS in Syria northwest of Rakka.

Kurdish People’s Protection Units engage ISIS in December 2016.

The Wrath of the Euphrates campaign covered more than 700 square kilometers and dozens of villages, breaking ISIS defenses in

Operation Inherent Resolve supported Iraqi security forces with airstrikes Dec. 8, 2016 that aimed to destroy 168 Da'esh oil tanker

Operation Inherent Resolve supported Iraqi security forces with airstrikes that aimed to destroy a Da'esh headquarters building near Mosul, Iraq

Syrian Army and allies capture the neighborhood around Qazi Askar hospital after fierce street-to-street battles, December 6, 2016.