This section explores the functions of military ethos—the fundamental spirit and culture of the military.

Select each item to reveal examples of military ethos.

 

Service members competing in a team obstacle course moving a tire through the mud. Service members passing out food to displaced residents. Veterans participating in the Army Ten Miler race. Service member saluting.

February 3, 2012 - Photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

Officers with the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, complete a team obstacle course, Feb. 3, 2012, at Fort Bragg, N.C., during a Prop Blast, a traditional rite-of-passage for officers new to the division. During this phase of the event, teams must move the tire and a simulated casualty down a muddy slope, across a muddy slough, and up the other side.

October 29, 2012 - Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen

Spc. Anthony Monte, along with Soldiers from the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, mobilized for Hurricane Sandy, provide assistance to displaced residents at an emergency shelter at the Werblin Recreation Center, Piscataway Township, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012.

October 21, 2012 - Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade

Wounded Warriors participate in the 2012 Army Ten Miler with hand-cycles, Oct. 21, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathaniel Fowler, with Forward Coordination Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, salutes as "Last Post" sounds at the USS Peary monument in Darwin, Australia, May 3, 2013, where a ceremony was held commemorating the 71st anniversary of the Battle of Coral Sea. (DoD photo by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)