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Army sees its future in Pacific training grounds

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An Indonesian Army stands guard at a lava rock fighting position he adorned with a goat’s skull on Nov. 1 during an exercise at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island.

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Royal Thai Army troops at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island as part of the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center alongside American, Indonesian and Filipino troops.

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Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island as part of the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center.

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A member of the Army’s Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division looks out the window of an Air Force C-130 at the Pacific ocean as he and fellow soldiers fly from Wheeler Army Airfield to the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island on Oct. 30 for the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center.

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Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division play cards as wait at Wheeler Army Airfield for a an Air Force C-130 that will take them to the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island on Oct. 30 for the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center.

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Members of the Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division take cover behind lava rock as they take fire from enemy forces during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island.

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A U.S. Army First Sergeant fires at enemy troops from behind Humvee and directs troops during a simulated battle on Nov. 2 at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island.

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Members of the Army’s Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division rest on Nov. 2 after a long march at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island. Less than an hour later they would begin a simulated attack on enemy forces.

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An Air Force Air Mobility Liaison Officer and a parachute rigger from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division coordinate an air drop of supplies at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island on Nov. 1, 2022.

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A member of the Army’s Oahu-based 25th stands during a pause in movement as his unit waits to continue marching up the road at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii Island. The training is part of the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center.

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Members of the Army’s Oahu-based 25th Infantry Division march down the road at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Hawaii island on Oct. 31 as part of the 2022 rotation of the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center.

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Artillery troops set up positions at the Pohakuloa Training Area on Oct. 31st. The training area is one of the few the military says it is able to use to do effective live fire artillery training.

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