Historical Military Operations

Compilation of military personnel in action, showcasing various historical conflicts, equipment, and iconic moments in warfare from the 1940s to the 1960s.

Marines exit from the back of an AAVP-7A1 assault amphibian vehicle during the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '93. Their M-16 rifles are equipped with M-203 grenade launchers. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '93 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines exit from the back of an AAVP-7A1 assault amphibian vehicle during the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '93. Their M-16 rifles are equipped with M-203 grenade launchers. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '93 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aggressors of the 554th Civil Engineering Squadron set up trip flares. The unit is participating in a joint Red Horse Team mobility training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: RED HORSE TEAM Base: Camp Casey Country: South Korea

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U.S. Marines Climbing over Coconut Log Seawall during Battle of Tarawa, Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, November 1943

82nd Airborne Division artillerymen prepare to load a round into their M102 105 mm howitzer during a fire mission in support of Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Airmen undergo rapid runway repair training. Base: Raf Bentwaters Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Honduran troops are trained in the use of an M40 recoilless rifle, mounted on a jeep, during the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). The instructors are from the 1ST Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

DA-ST-86-04131. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military, Soldiers, British Army Milan Crew On Training Exercise.

DA-ST-87-08527. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-06937. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

DF-ST-89-04108. Base: Fort Chaffee State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine armed with an M-16 rifle signals the rest of his party, while patrolling a jungle during Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the Army's 4th Aviation Company, Fort Carson, Colorado unload duffel bags in preparation to board the Military Sealift Command chartered vessel S.S. MEDITERRANEAN SKY. The MEDITERRANEAN SKY, docked at New Port, Mogadishu, has been chartered to transport U.S. soldiers back to the United States via Mombassa, Kenya. Country: Somalia (SOM)

Members of the 3rd Marine Division move an M114 155 mm howitzer into position during construction of a mountain-top fire support base. Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

DN-ST-87-02909. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norway (NOR)

DA-SC-87-05419. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An airman maintains his security position as members of the 485th Tactical Missile Wing conduct a simulated missile launch of the BGM-109G ground launched cruise missile. The transporter-erector-launcher, pulled by an M-1014 German MAN tractor, stands in the background. The soldier, wearing an M-17 gas mask, is armed with an M-16 rifle equipped with a blank firing device. Country: Belgium (BEL)

A squad of Marines from the 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade is given a briefing. Next to them is an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle. The 4th MAU is participating in the NATO exercise Northern Wedding. Base: Shetland Island Country: Scotland (SCT)

DA-ST-88-04375. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A convoy of AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicles halts along a road during PACEX '89. The vehicles are transporting members of a U. S. Marine detachment. Subject Operation/Series: PACEX '89 Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPT. Pete Loebs of the 11th Air Defense Battalion writes his name on a Scud missile that he shot down with an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile during Operation Desert Storm. The missile landed harmlessly in the desert outside of Riyadh and was transported to a nearby base. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A U.S. Army military policewoman directs convoy of armored vehicles. Country: Unknown

The 25th Infantry Division is placed under the South Korean army's command as an Operational Control ceremony takes place during the joint training Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of Special Boat Unit 20 (SBU-20) pause during a weapons firing exercise on the dock landing ship USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44). Two 7.62mm M-60E3 lightweight machine guns and a 5.56mm M-16A1 fitted with an 40mm M-203 grenade launcher are on the deck. Country: Adriatic Sea

Marines from the 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, push an M-151A1 jeep into position at the staging area. The jeep, along with other equipment, will be loaded aboard a cargo ship in support of a possible rapid deployment of a 12,000-troop Marine amphibious brigade operation. Base: Port Authority, Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LTC James R. Bartran briefs the platoon commander's of Task Force 123 during a Rock Drill at Tactical Assembly Area Santa Barbara outside Wonapsan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. Bartran is the Battalion Commander for the 1ST Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington. A Rock Drill is the use of a terrain model to walk step-by-step discussing an operation in a small group forum. The 3rd Brigade is in Korea as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Wonapsan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

980723-A-4339E-008. Subject Operation/Series: BALTIC CHALLENGE '98 Country: Lithuania (LTU)

East German police and West German citizens watch as a workman dismantles a section of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Back of soldier in Army fatigues at Fort Hood, Killeen, TX.

MEL GIBSON in WE WERE SOLDIERS (2002), directed by RANDALL WALLACE.

Schützen-(Füsilier-)Regiment Prinz Georg (Königlich Sächsisches) Nr. 108, 1911, Germany, Königlich Sächsisches Schützen, Regiment Nr. 180

An Iraqi M-46 130mm howitzer behind a Ural-375D truck abandoned in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DF-ST-85-11685. Subject Operation/Series: QUICK FORCE 84-3 Base: Gila Bend Range State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12270. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DN-ST-88-01990. Country: Unknown

DA-ST-88-04849. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-87-12801. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '87 Base: Fort Ord State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC, practice medical evacuation procedures during the air assault phase of the exercise at the Holland Drop Zone. Subject Operation/Series: BIG DROP II Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000225-M-0267C-014. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Ternate State: Cavite Province Country: Philippines (PHL)

DA-ST-85-02173. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: Book Mobile Category: Feature Place: Third Place PortfolioA U.S. soldier assigned to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Ft. Lewis, Wash., takes a reading break atop his M113 Armored Personnel Carrier after the battle ends at the Twin Bridges training area on Nov. 2, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, was the site for a simulated battle between an ROKA Armored Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-09915. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Seabees lean on a Case 480 loader parked at a Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Five (NMCB-5) vehicle maintenance area in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DF-ST-90-00555. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-87-01608. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Second World War. Russia, Belgorod Oblast. After the fighting. German tank with tank soldiers

Egyptian marines exit from an Assault Craft Unit 2 (ACU-2) LCM-8 mechanized landing craft during an amphibious assault in support of the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

A member of the Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 8, center, looks on as members of the Marine detachment from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN-71) advance up a ladder during boarding team training aboard the fleet oiler USNS JOSHUA HUMPRHEYS (T-AO-188). SEAL Team 8 provided boarding teams to assist in the enforcement of U.N. trade sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

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