Artillery and Equipment Handling

Visuals of soldiers operating artillery and securing equipment, emphasizing the training and coordinated efforts required in field operations.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) operations on February 21, 2024. FARP provides fuel and ordnance necessary for fixed-wing operations. Army

1st Battalion, 30th Filed Artillery shooting an M777 Howitzer to train new Field Artillery Officers during their Basic Officer Leader Course.

DF-ST-90-01665. Base: Dyess Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12163. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

A demolished Iraqi aircraft sits in a bombed out hangar in the aftermath of a bombing attack by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Inside the cockpit of a North American F-86 Sabre facing forward out the front through the reflecting plate and front windshield.. Inside the cockpit of a North American F-86 Sabre facing forward out the front through the reflecting plate and front windshield..

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire a M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during Exercise Cobra Gold 23 in Chantaburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 6, 2023. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the longstanding friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division conduct Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) operations on February 21, 2024. FARP provides fuel and ordnance necessary for fixed-wing operations. Army

A loading crew attaches an AIM-9P Sidewinder missile to the wing pylon of an F-15 Eagle aircraft during munitions loading competition Sabre Spirit I. Subject Operation/Series: SABRE SPIRIT I Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marines with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct radio checks during 1st Radio Battalion Field Exercise at Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, on August 18, 2022. The three week long FEX reinforced the Marines deployment capabilities and unit readiness within I MIG by conducting distributed operations and specific military occupational specialty training.

Marines and sailors from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, make their way to a Marine Medium Tiltorotor Squadron 365 MV-22 Osprey near checkpoint 52 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. to fly out to Range 210 to conduct the Clear, Hold, Build Exercise 2H March 3. As the heloborne company, India was the only 3/3 company to fly into position for the exercise.

U.S. Marines with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777A2 lightweight 155mm howitzer during an indirect fire training exercise as part of Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. Steel Knight is an annual combined arms live-fire exercise which ensures 1st MARDIV is optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces, and is purpose-built to facilitate future operations afloat and ashore.

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Mike Chernyak, an engineer with the 412th Engineer Vertical Construction Company, builds a fighting position at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 26, 2022, as part of Warrior Exercise 78-22-02. Training on these skills allows these Soldiers to improve skills they will need if they deploy to a combat zone. (Army Reserve photo by Zach Mott, 88th Readiness Division)

U.S. Marines with 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, eat breakfast before executing Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 23, 2022. Range 400 is used to conduct company-level live-fire training in a deliberate assault against prepared defensive positions. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserves training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of a MAGTF operating over vast distances.

A UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) ambulance helicopter from the 57th Medical Detachment, Fort Bragg, N.C., prepares to takeoff during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

M113 Armored Personnel Carrier

DF-SD-03-17787. Complete Scene Caption: As the Kaman HH-43F Huskie (Pedro) hovers, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) William Hart Pitsenbarger, USAF, Pararescue Crew Member, Detachment 6, 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (ARRS) lowered to the ground prepares a wounded Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldier for extraction from the burning minefield. The soldier lost a foot when he stepped on a landmine. Nobody could figure out how to extract the wounded soldier without tripping the mines. A1C Pitsenbarger said, "No problem, just lower me down on the penetrator, Ill straddle the guy, pick him up, and then you can lift me up." Risky as everyone knew that the prop wash could also setoff the mines. A1C Pitsenbarger earned the Airmans Medal and Vietnams Medal of Military Merit and the Gallantry Cross with Bronze Palm for this action. Base: Bien Hoa Air Base Country: Republic Of Vietnam (RVN)

AN Army M-60 tank is being directed out of a warehouse during the exercise Golden Thunder. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN THUNDER Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Collins, an engineer equipment operator from 7th Engineer Support Battalion assigned to Marine Corps Engineer Detachment - Palau, operates a medium crawler tractor at Peleliu, Republic of Palau, March 22, 2023. During this rotational deployment, Navy Seabees and Marine Corps engineers undertake infrastructure projects which benefit local populations in the Indo-Pacific and enhance the United States ability to render support and aid in response to disasters or other crises.

The cab hatch and engine compartment are open on a Self-Propelled Loader Launcher (SPLL) as members of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 1ST Infantry Division, prepare it for a live fire exercise. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters approaches to land aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. Base: USS Guam (LPH 9) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

Loadmasters and Aerial Port personnel prepare to upload equipment while wearing new chemical warfare ensembles. Base: Charleston Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060926-N-5438H-386. Base: New Brunswick Country: Canada (CAN)

A US Navy Sailor, known as the plane captain, slinks down the side of a F/A-18A Hornet aircraft aboard the Forrestal Class AIrcraft Carrier, USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62), during flight operations in the Persian Gulf. Base: USS Independence (CV 62)

A pallet loaded with sacks of flour is pushed onto an awaiting U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft. The flour will be flown on a humanitarian relief flight to Sarajevo. The United States is conducting three flights a day and each flight contains food, medicine and blankets to the war-torn nation of Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE PROMISE Base: Ancona Country: Italy (ITA)

040514-F-7823A-003. Base: Balad Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030815-M-7837W-003. Base: Camp Fox State: Al Jahrah Country: Kuwait (KWT)

British military personnel unload a helicopter engine as a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands in the background. Allied personnel are in Turkey to organize Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Diyarbakir Country: Turkey (TUR)

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Michael Davidson and Staff Sgt. Thomas Montgomery, 35th Logistics Readiness Squadron, connect fuel pumps to fuel bladders here March 18. Yokota provided Misawa with fuel to allow the base to continue operations after the earthquake and tsunami left Misawa without power.

U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Henry Rymer, first sergeant assigned to Chaos Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (3-1 ABCT) operationally controlled by the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), observes advancing units during a live fire exercise in Bemowo Piskie, Poland, Dec. 8, 2022. The 3-1 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1 ID, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

Marines with, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a nighttime boat operation exercise using Combat Rubber Raiding Craft as part of Amphibious intergration Training aboard the USS Green Bay, at sea, March 11, 2015. The Marines and Sailors are currently conducting their Spring Patrol of the Asia-Pacific region.

A silhouetted view of flight deck crewmen signalling to a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during operations off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon. Base: USS Guam (LPH 9) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Robbie Dubois coordinates a pallet upload onto a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft prior to take-off from Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia and Herzegovina. SRA Dubois is an Air Transportation SPECIALIST from the 621st Aerial Port Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, while assigned to the 4100th Group Provisional at Tuzla Air Base. The C-130 aircraft is from the 41st Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, temporarily assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing supporting Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Air Base Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

BM3 Marlon Hynson completes an engine systems log in the pilot house of the LCM-8 bound for the U.S. Naval Ship BUTTON at the Pohang Harbor in Pohang, South Korea during Foal Eagle '98, Oct. 10, 1998. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pohang Harbor Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

970505-M-8731B-003. Complete Scene Caption: A Marine with Echo Company, 2d Battalion, 6th Marines, fires rounds at the objective from a M240G Medium Machine Gun while carrying an "Anti-Tank 4" (AT4) 84mm rocket launcher at range 400, during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. Range 400 is a reinforced company level training range, consisting of an initial breech (simulated mine field), overhead live firing from "machine-gun" hill, and a platoon traversing through a canyon to reach the objective. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Com

Lionel Nelson (flying position) and Bill Smith test the Williams International Flying Platform's ability to take off from and land on a conventional military vehicle at the Yakima Firing Center. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF SGT. Bill E. Jones, 27th Security Police Squadron, fires a 40mm Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher mounted atop an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Silver Flag Alpha, a security police training program emphasizing combat arms training and defense of priority resources on an air base. Subject Operation/Series: SILVER FLAG ALPHA State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Airmen from the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Squadron and the Pennsylvania Air National Guards 193rd Special Operations Wing, participate in a joint training event, May 17, 2022, at Hurlburt Field, Florida. This training event demonstrated the ability to perform an aircraft lift under circumstances where traditional equipment may not be available.

070319-M-7772K-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2D BRIGADE, 7TH IRAQI ARMY DIVIS

A M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) with US Marine LCPL Daniel Quiroz manning a M60 machine gun out the top turret of the vehicle. He's guarding large, white United Nations trucks, loaded with food supplies as roll out of Biadoa Air Field for feeding centers in Somalia. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Biadoa Air Field Country: Somalia (SOM)

Airmen fill sandbags that will be placed around aircraft revetments during Operation Desert Shield. An F-15C Eagle aircraft of the 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron is in the background.

A Newport class tank landing ship is prepared to embark trucks and equipment of the 2nd Marine Division scheduled to participate in Operation Desert Shield. A 155mm M-198 howitzer is in the right foreground. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Morehead City State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At a forward operating base Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352)'s, Flight Engineer, STAFF Sergeant Craig Ramirez, USMC, walks through a dust cloud caused by a KC-130/R taking off during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352

DM-ST-88-07883. Base: Virginia Beach State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Operating at night and hoping to avoid detection by the OPFOR (Opposing Force), members of the 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Bravo Company, move their Patriot missiles and support vehicles to a new location. The 11th Brigade is one of two Patriot missile brigades supporting the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise. Night vision view. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A convoy from the 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, arrive and prepare to move to BaleDogle. The convoy includes High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), generators and five ton trucks. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

A left side view of a Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter lifting an M198 155 mm howitzer from the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock USS AUSTIN (LPD 4). The AUSTIN is deployed off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon in support of the United States contingent of the multinational peacekeeping force. Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED)

A US Army Smoke Platoon M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), From Fort Hood, Texas, with a smoke generator sets up a smoke screen so that the 1ST Battalion, 1ST Air Defense Artillery , Fort Bliss, TX, can reposition to a new site during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, Otero Mesa, New Mexico, 23 Aplril 1997. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Otero Mesa Army Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M-4 Tank at Edge of Embankment, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, June 1942

April 13, 2008 - 40 bundles of humanitarian supplies are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III using the Joint Precision Airdrop Delivery System to a drop zone in Afghanistan.

020511-F-9877S-029. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron are briefed during a simulated response exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. The training tested the squadrons ability to properly respond to an aircraft crash under strenuous conditions and brought several different organizations across base together to maximize a realistic atmosphere and maintain security. Air Force

A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment provides perimeter security with a vehicle mounted Mk19 automatic 40mm grenade launcher during an airborne operation onto Bayonet Drop Zone at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 9, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, th

DF-ST-88-10389. Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

DN-ST-87-05920. Base: Bremen Country: West Germany (FRG)

Anti-Terrorist Commando Unit in Training San Salvador

An American Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) Amphibious Vehicle rests on the sand just after comes on shore at Jongsa-dong beach in Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. The LCAC Amphibious vehicles are landing on the beach to drop off U.S. Marine troops and equipment in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle '98 is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. (U.S. Army photo by SPECIALIST Joel C. Miller) (Released). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Jongsa-Dong Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Army troopers unload an OH-58 Kiowa light observation helicopter from a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy aircraft. The troopers are members of the 17th Air Cavalry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, participating in exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

051014-A-1327A-034. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Islamabad Country: Pakistan (PAK) Scene Major Command Shown: CJTF-76

An Army corporal with the 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, US Army National Guard, aims his M2 .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a Bradley fighting vehicle. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ'97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970620-N-9315S-003. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Ground crewmen work on an F-15C Eagle aircraft at an air base during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft is carrying AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles above the external fuel tanks on its wing pylons and AIM-7 Sparrow missiles beneath its engine intakes. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

070414-N-8970D-005. Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

A view of a Tomahawk missile being launched from one of the eight armored box launchers aboard the battleship USS NEW JERSEY(BB-62) while underway off the coast of Southern California. The missile will travel approximately 500 miles to its target at the Tonopah Test Range, NV. Base: USS New Jersey (BB 62) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

CPL Darryl F. Fuller, Marine Service Support Group 24 (MSSG-24), mans an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun from his post atop an M-934 5-ton cargo truck as a convoy of Marines and Navy medical personnel enters Zakhu. The convoy has arrived to assist Kurdish refugees inhabiting a tent city set up as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq.. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An AMC C-5B Galaxy from the 60th AMW at Travis AFB, CA arrives at Biggs Army Air Field in El Paso, TX. The C-5 is bringing in 6 UH-1H helicopters and 1 OH-58 helicopter from the 2d-228 Aviation Regiment U.S. Army Reserve from Willowgrove, PA. In the foreground are four CH-47 Chinook helicopters and three UH-1 Iroquois. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '95 Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-87-12947. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-89-00978. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK Base: King Faisal Air Base, Al Jafr Country: Jordan (JOR)

DA-ST-86-09442. Country: Unknown

Amphibious Assault Vehicle Stirs Up Dust During Maneuvers

.50 Caliber Machine Gun US Navy

DF-ST-90-02060. Base: George Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army Sergeant First Class Philip Mims from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Light Infantry Brigade, Fort Drum, New York, leads a group of soldiers armed with M16 rifles in civil disturbance training while in transit to Haiti on board USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69), in support of Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter can be seen in the background. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

Paratroopers with 1st Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division (Advise and Assist Brigade), exit a C-130 aircraft Feb. 12, 2010, at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, as part of the largest airborne training exercise conducted by U.S. forces in Iraq since the beginning of the war.

Left side front view medium shot as a British CH-47 Chinook prepares to set down an abutment in the Bosnia River. Construction continued on a bridge in Doboj, that will allow Stabilization Force (SFOR), travel over the Bosnia River. The 13-10 Helicopter Unit, part of the 7th Squadron of the United Kingdom Royal Air Force (RAF), Support Helicopter Force based out of Split, deployed with a Chinook to move three 7.5 ton abutments into the river. Last week increased water level in the Bosna River delayed the scheduled mission. With the water level back down the mission was back on and the Royal Air Force (RAF), Support Helicopter Force was ready to get to work. The Helicopter crew brought .... Complete Scene Caption: Left side front view medium shot as a British CH-47 Chinook prepares to set down an abutment in the Bosnia River. Construction continued on a bridge in Doboj, that will allow Stabilization Force (SFOR), travel over the Bosnia River. The 13-10 Helicopter Unit, part of the 7th

Airmen perform maintenance on a 1ST Tactical Fighter Wing F-15C Eagle aircraft during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Silhouette of two soldiers on a military land vehicle

Light armored vehicle crewmen with Task Force 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8 fill their LAV with bottled water supplied by motor transportation Marines during a logpack on July 11, 2009, in Iraqs Ninewa province. Logpacks are meant to supply companies operating throughout the battalion area of operations but arent able to supply themselves due to mission adherence.

A firetruck from the 422d Fire Emergency Services extinguishes an aircraft fire during a live-fire training exercise at RAF Fairford, England, Oct. 3, 2022. Firefighters from the 422d FES, are required to complete live-fire training bi-annualy to test thief overall readiness and ability to properly extinguish an aircraft fire.

040302-M-3980Y-007. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2004 Base: Crow Valley Country: Philippines (PHL)

DN-ST-88-05670. Base: USS Guadalcanal (LPH 7)

GULF OF OMAN (April 16, 2022) The guided-missile destroyer USS Gridley (DDG 101) fires a Phalanx close-in-weapon-system (CIWS) during a live-fire exercise in the Gulf of Oman, April 16. Gridley is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security in the Middle East region.

The 4449th Mobility Support Squadron assembles the vehicle maintenance shelter during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

Flight drivers at aircraft J 29 A flight driver step in / out of aircraft J 29 belonging to F 3 ore. A flight technician stands on the aircraft's wing.

Two crewmen walk up the stern ramp of an air cushion landing craft (LCAC) that is being loaded with vehicles during exercise Ocean Venture '88. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '88 Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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US Air Force Technical Sergeant Dan Hale, Aerial Port Specialists, 36th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington operates a 60K Tunner Aircraft Cargo Loader, which is being used to load a 105mm Howitzer Cannon and a vehicle onto a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft. The Airmen of the 36 APS are deployed to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska in support of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001. US Air Force Technical Sergeant Dan Hale, Aerial Port Specialists, 36th Aerial Port Squadron, McChord AFB, Washington operates a 60K Tunner Aircraft Cargo Loader, which is being used to load a 105mm Howitzer Cannon and a vehicle onto a USAF C-130 Hercules aircraft. The Airmen of the 36 APS are deployed to Elmendorf AFB, Alaska in support of Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001.

On board USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) SGT. James Lee checks the MK 21 MOD 4 rocket. SGT. Lee, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion prepares the rocket for mine counter measures operations. The joint exercise took place off the North Carolina Coast. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise 96 (CJTFEX) Base: USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-85-09161. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) standby to conduct static line airborne operations aboard a KC-130J Hercules during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23, over Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 30, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Army Pvt. Rock Fatino operates a hand crank while Spc. Jacob Rodriguez sets up radar equipment on Campo Pond in Hanau, Germany, Sept. 12, 2007, during the training exercise Nimble Panther.

Original Film Title: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. English Title: FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Film Director: CLINT EASTWOOD. Year: 2006.

Steam from a catapult partially obscures an A-7 Corsair II aircraft preparing for takeoff on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS MIDWAY (CV41). Base: USS Midway (CV 41) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

A-6 Intruder aircraft is refueled during its flight to follow a Tomahawk submarine-launched cruise missile to its target on the Tonapah Test Range in Nevada. Country: Unknown

A C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster from Charleston AFB, South Carolina, spots MASTER Sergeant Chris Zaher (vehicle driver), 615th Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE), Travis AFB, California, as he drives a half-ton pickup pulling Aerospace Ground Equipment off the aircraft. Members are the 615th TALCE forward deployed to several classified locations providing command and control support of all assets inbound in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A Mark 2 Combat Support Boat is lowered into the waters of the Namhan River in preparation for a river crossing in northern South Korea during Exercise Team Spirit '93. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '93 Country: Korea

011212-F-4177H-010. Base: RAF Feltwell State: East Anglia Country: United Kingdom (GBR) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

Individual Training Course students with Marine Special Operations School at Stone Bay participate in the field training exercise Raider Spirit at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Raider Spirit is an eight-day culminating event for the first phase of ITC training, where students run light infantry scenarios as a field team. Throughout the exercise, student teams face many challenges as a result of an operationally restrictive scenario and numerous long distance foot movements with little sleep.

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) perched on a tank in military domain, Groot Schietveld, Flanders, Belgium

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