Historical Military Operations

Footage depicting past military operations, including atomic maneuvers and naval exercises, showcasing aerial views and troop movements.

VIETNAM - 1970 - A US Army CH-47 Chinook lands at a US Army base camp in Vietnam with an 81mm mortar emplacement.

This explosion was caused when US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Combat Engineer Company, Combat Assault Battalion (CAB), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), detonated a field expedient M18A1 Claymore Anti-personnel Mine that was placed front of a target at a demolition range in the Camp Fuji Maneuvering Area in order to test its effectiveness. The CAB is deployed to Camp Fuji for field training during Exercise Fuji 05-1. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Long shot, rear view as a cloud of dust is kicked up by a Javelin, Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System, fired by a team from the 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines, Anti-Armor Platoon, Javelin Section. It was the first Javelin missile in the Marine Corps inventory fired at range 407A on Camp Pendleton, California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The remains of an aircraft litter a demolished Iraqi hangar in the aftermath of Allied bombing attacks during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An M712 Copperhead cannon-launched laser-guided projectile nears the target, an M47 medium tank. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Navy (USN) Seabees earthmoving Caterpillar bulldozer begins practice berm building at a training range on Camp Coyote, in Kuwait (KWT), during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

220627-N-XN177-3084 EAST CHINA SEA (June 27, 2022) - An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Strike Fighter Squadron (VMFA) 121 launches from the flight deck of amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), June 27, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

A line of M109A7 Paladins with the 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment launch artillery rounds during Exercise Dynamic Front 24 at Polatlı Training Area, Türkiye, Feb. 17, 2024. Exercise Dynamic Front 24 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed, 56th Artillery Command-led fires-centric exercise in Germany and Türkiye. Artillery Soldiers train in a joint-combined environment, focusing on fire interoperability, command and control between multinational units, and using Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities protocol systems. Army Reserve

The Sun rises illuminating the dispersal area of the US Marine Corps (USMC) Regimental Combat Team-1's (RCT-1) in Kuwait prior to crossing into Iraq in preparation for Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A highway is used as a make-shift runway during a 1978 exercise. This photo was entered in the March 1980 Aerospace Audio Visual Service PHOTO Contest. Country: Korea

Diver explores the wreck of a Mitsubishi Zero fighter plane, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepare the vehicles for a convoy during exercise Native Fury 22 at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 19, 2022. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia enables U.S. Marine Corps Central Command and U.S. Central Command to receive and employ forces and resources rapidly in the region through a growing network of western geographic access and staging points.

A Tomahawk cruise missile, launched from the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS LA JOLLA (SSN 701), is followed by an A-6 Intruder aircraft as it travels toward its target on the Tonapah Test Range in Nevada. Country: Unknown

020430-F-9528H-002. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The World War I memorial and cemetery of Redipuglia, Italy

Expedition 69 Soyuz Landing. The Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history. Photo Credit (NASA/GCTC/Pavel Shvets)

Security personnel and air crew members prepare to escort former hostage Mithileshwar Singh to an awaiting vehicle as he disembarks from a 41st Military Airlift Squadron C-141B Starlifter aircraft following his flight from Damascus, Syria. Singh, an Indian citizen with permanent resident alien status in the Untied States, was released in Beirut, Lebanon, on October 3 by his Moslem fundamentalist captors after more than 20 months in captivity. Base: Rhein-Main Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Captain Atkin Overview - 26-HK-364-64. Hurricane Katrina

A821088 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 9 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/9/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROADS; SAFEGUARDS; SMOKE; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Emergency Response Operations - Stennis, Mississippi - 26-HK-136-38. Hurricane Katrina

020503-F-0675P-005. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Justice, Masirah Country: Oman (OMN)

030324-M-5150A-075. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

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