Military Communication and Surveillance

Images showcasing military personnel engaged in surveillance and communication activities. Key elements include radar systems, machine guns, and tactical gear in varied environments.

KZO reconnaissance drone, small aircraft for target location, Rheinmetall Defence, to detect, identify and accurately locate targets, ILA 2012, Berlin ExpoCenter Airport, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
KZO reconnaissance drone, small aircraft for target location, Rheinmetall Defence, to detect, identify and accurately locate targets, ILA 2012, Berlin ExpoCenter Airport, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe
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N0827-12/95-013. Base: Saint Nicholas Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Justen, a Mooresville, North Carolina native and a scout sniper assigned to Weapons Company, 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, catches a Small Unmanned Aircraft System during a reconnaissance and surveillance field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 5, 2022. The reconnaissance and surveillance exercise was conducted to prepare teams for the Battle Field Exercise Team Leader Evaluation and increase platform interoperability.
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Members of the Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery team use a crane to move a boom maintenance trainer to revitalize for multi-capable Airman training at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington July 19, 2022. The concept of MCA is based on training Airmen outside of their Air Force special codes, enabling them to cross-utilize their skills to support different missions and multiple big picture roles within the ACE construct.
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Airmen assigned to the 123rd Air Control Squadron disassemble a satellite terminal June 14, 2022 during Agile Rage 22 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan. Airmen conducted numerous mission-essential tasks during Agile Rage 22, including joint intelligence operations, airspace control, search and rescue coordination, intra-theater airlift, joint fires, close air support, interdiction of enemy capabilities, and Agile Combat Employment.
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Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers fly an RQ-11B Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) over drop zone Badger at Fort McCoy, Wis., Sept. 9, 2022. The training is part of a two-week skills course taught by instructors from the Wisconsin Military Academy. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark
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A U.S. Marine Corps M3E1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System (MAAWS) sits on a range with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) during a live-fire range as part of the Division Leaders Assessment Program (DLAP) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 24, 2024. DLAP is a rigorous course that tests and improves the warfighting abilities of leaders across 2d MARDIV. Marine Corps
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Communication Antenna at a U.S. Marine Corps Forward Operating Base in Afghanistan's Helmand Province
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Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe attaches an 11,000-lb block to an Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter while Tech. Sgts. Joshua Tully and Joshua Ramos provide safety observation June 28, 2011, during training at the Senator Harry Reid Readiness and Training Center near Stead, Nev. All three NCOs are assigned to the 820th RED HORSE squadron.
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Wells an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technician with 28th Civil Engineering Squadron, removes debris from a controlled explosion at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Wednesday, June 11, 2008. The training exercise was conducted to help EOD technicians maintain their improvised explosive device disposal skills.
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U.S. Army Spc. Pamenos Ballantyne, Task Force Wolfhound infantryman, sets up the radio at Arta Range, Djibouti, March 30, 2023. TFWH, who manages the East Africa Response Force, stand ready to rapidly deploy to provide crisis response operations throughout East Africa and safeguard U.S. interests.
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A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift cargo helicopter assigned to Detachment 1, Company B, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion and crew based in Greenville, South Carolina support the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain a remote fire near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in Pickens County, South Carolina, Nov. 10, 2016. The aircraft is equipped with a Bambi Bucket, which can be filled with any available water to be transported and dumped on the fire.
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The CCDC C51SR are on Fort Dix Complex Range 59C completing new equipment testing. (photos taken by the Fort Dix Training Support Center / Daniel Amburg)
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Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal members practice collecting a mortar round during robot operations training from U.S. Navy members, EOD Mobile Unit Eight, Platoon 812, Naval Air Station 2, Sigonella Sicily, Italy, June 6, 2009, Forward Operating Base ECHO, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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020807-F-0007M-003. Subject Operation/Series: PHOENIX READINESS 2002 Base: Lakehurst Naes State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An MQ-1 Predator flies a training mission over the White Sands National Monument in Southern New Mexico.
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Airmen from the 747th Cyber Security Squadron complete a climbing certification class at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 11, 2024. Cyber airmen conduct routine maintenance to the towers supporting the Joint Base and are responsible for keeping the Internet and phone communications running.
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jaydin Harst, assigned to the 86th Operations Group takes a picture of a C-130J Super Hercules of the 37th Airlift Squadron landing on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Feb. 15, 2024. Army
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DM-SC-89-05475. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Tank driver at Bastille Day Military Parade in Paris Champs Elysees,France,Europe
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Munitions Systems Airmen with the 124th Munitions Flight assemble a GBU-38 bomb kit during the 2022 Ammo Rodeo, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 15, 2022. The rodeo is an annual training event in which Airmen spend their training time assembling a variety of aircraft munitions.
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Munitions Systems Airmen with the 124th Munitions Flight assemble a GBU-38 bomb kit during the 2022 Ammo Rodeo, Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 15, 2022. The rodeo is an annual training event in which Airmen spend their training time assembling a variety of aircraft munitions.
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STAFF Sergeant Ferdinand Smith, 52 Civil Engineering Explosive Ordinance Flight, shows Technical Sergeant Milton Sawyer the proper procedures for loading shells into "Robbie" the robot during a terrorist exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Staff Sergeant Ferdinand Smith, 52 Civil Engineering Explosive Ordnance Flight, shows Technical Sergeant Milton Sawyer the proper procedures for loading shells into "Robbie" the robot during a terrorist exercise at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
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U.S. Marines with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare water before a summer beach bash event held at Del Mar Beach, Camp Pendleton, California July 8 2022. The 7th ESB Beach Bash provides Marines and their families food and recreational activities to support camaraderie and encourage safety considerations during summer events.
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The 52nd Security Forces Squadron facilitated a Paladin drone overview assessment, July 21, 2022, on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The Paladin drone is able to autonomously follow and counteract rogue drones.
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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Isaiah Patterson, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, weapons load crew member, operates an MJ-1 Jammer standard lift truck while carrying an egg through cones during the first quarter Jammer driver competition at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 28, 2022. The truck is able to lift approximately 3,000 pounds and transports, loads and unloads munitions and supplies. The MJ-1, also known as a Jammer, has served as the standard U. S. Air Force bomb-loading vehicle since the 1950s.
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Texas A&M research team use various tools to catalogue bands May 16, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas. Bands on the GCWA legs are used to visually identify and catalog specific areas that breeding pairs return to each year.
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020221-F-0558K-001. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE FLAG 02-4 Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC
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110223-N-3620L-029DEDEDO, Guam (Feb. 23, 2011) Students at Wettengel Elementary School play with a bomb disposal robot from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 during an EODMU-5 community service project.
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DF-SC-88-09935. Base: Destin State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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220403-N-RB149-1063 KEFLAVIK AIR BASE, Iceland (April 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit 8 operate an EOD robot during a surface improvised explosive device (IED) response during exercise Northern Viking 22 (NV22) on Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, April 3, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between U.S., Iceland and allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.
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DF-ST-86-11991. Subject Operation/Series: CABANAS '85 Country: Honduras (HND)
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LCPL Tony Kennedy from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 235 (VMFA-235) mounts a fin on an AIM-7 Sparrow III missile before it is loaded aboard an F-4E Phantom II aircraft. Base: Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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040428-F-5759C-004. Base: Shaw Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Iraq, Kirkuk province, Bashir village on 2022-10-19. Report on explosive remnants of war in Iraq, one of the most contaminated countries in the world after forty years of conflict, instability and especially the recent occupation of the country by the Islamic State group, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention prohibiting the acquisition, production, stockpiling and use of mines. This is Handicap International's (Humanity and Inclusion) mine clearance training camp in the village of Bashir where mine clearers practice in real conditions. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Irak, province de Kirkouk, Bashir village le 2022-10-19. Reportage sur les restes explosifs de guerre en Irak, lun des pays les plus contamines au monde suite a quarante ans de conflits, dinstabilité et surtout par loccupation recente du pays par le groupe Etat islamique, a l'occasion des 25 ans du Traite d'Ottawa, la Convention sur linterdiction des mines
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DA-ST-87-01755. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Technicians work on a mobile Air Force Systems Command tracking station. Country: Unknown
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221008-M-BQ292-1099 (Oct. 8, 2022) Marines from Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, showcase their branch and MOSs and their capabilities during the educators tour of the Humanitarian Assistance Village and STEM Education Center as part of San Francisco Fleet Week (SFFW) at San Francisco, California. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service effects, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.
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BALTIMORE (Sept. 9, 2022) - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 2nd Class Gabriel Rezende operates an explosive ordnance disposal robot at a demonstration for Jemicy Upper School highschool students during Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover 2022. Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore is the citys celebration of the sea services with this year marking the City of Baltimore's third time hosting Navy Fleet Week.
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Shown here is a MRUD anti-personal mine in the Sarajevo suburb of Grbavecha, Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor on the afternoon of the 3rd of April 1996. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Grbavica State: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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DN-ST-90-01955. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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221006-M-VR919-2077 (October 7, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Austin Sinclair, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, Task Force San Francisco, demonstrates an iRobot 510 Packbot for the Navy Vice Adm. Michael E. Boyle, commander of United States Third Fleet, during San Francisco Fleet Week 2022 at Marina Green, California, Oct. 7, 2022. SFFW is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience Americas sea services. During fleet week, service members participate in various community service events, showcase capabilities and equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of the city and its surrounding areas.
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Staff Sgt. James Griffin, an electrical power production craftsman assigned to the 255th Air Control Squadron, Mississippi Air National Guard, inspects equipment at a tactical operations center in Lehigh Acres, Florida, October 4, 2022. The 255th is deployed to south Florida to respond to the devastation of Hurricane Ian.
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The U.S. Coast Guard performs a demonstration on how they utilize a droid to combat the distribution of Weapons of Mass Destruction at the U.S. Coast Guard Base on Oahu, Hawaii, August 12, 2022. The demonstration showcased a step-by-step breakdown of the process of locating, removing, and decontaminating the specimen and service members.
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Combat radars on the GW frigate Hr.Ms. Tromp (1975-1999).
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The STS-111 and Expedition 5 crews pose on top of the M-113 armored personnel carrier they practiced driving during emergency egress training at the pad. Standing, left to right, are Mission Commander Kenneth Cockrell, Mission Specialist Philippe Perrin, Expedition 5 member Peggy Whitson, Pilot Paul Lockhart and Mission Specialist Franklin Chang-Diaz; in front are Expedition 5 members Sergei Treschev (left) and Commander Valeri Korzun (right). The crews are taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities at KSC, which include a simulated launch countdown. Expedition 5 will travel to the International Space Station on mission STS-111 as the replacement crew for Expedition 4, who will return to Earth aboard Endeavour. Known as Utilization Flight -2, the mission includes attaching a Canadian-built mobile base system to the International Space Station that will enable the Canadarm2 robotic arm to move along a railway on the Station's truss to
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Children from the village of Kumaka wait at Bemechi Air Strip as a CH-47 helicopter prepares to land in the background. The helicopter from Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation are supporting the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from Air Force, Air Force Reserve & National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Country: French Guiana (GUF)
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Members of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear team (CBRN) train on the new Vision 60 "Robot Dog" on Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 14, 2022. The Robot Dog is used to replace warfighters, workers and military working dogs in certain situations to keep our Airmen safe. (U.S. Air Force photos by Airman Alysa Knott)
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ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Port Neches Tower - 26-HK-301-25. Hurricane Katrina
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Travis Barnett, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, drone pilot and remote sensing program lead, prepares to fly a drone to capture storm damage assessments near North Port, Florida, for Operation Blue Roof, Oct. 16. USACE is supporting FEMA and the state of Florida Hurricane Ian recovery efforts in areas to include temporary blue roof, infrastructure assessments and debris.
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathanial Cunningham, meteorology and oceanography analyst forecaster (METOC), Marine Corps Air Facilities, reads data off of an anemometer at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Jan. 26, 2022. The handheld anemometer is used by METOC analysts to determine wind speed and direction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley L. Boster)
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The Oberlausitz military training area opened its Tor tor to thousands of visitors for the Open Day at the Oberlausitz military training area to give them an insight behind the scenes of the Bundeswehr in Saxony. The soldiers presented a wide range of large and small equipment and gave an impressive demonstration of what they are capable of. Manipulator vehicle Packbot, called Teodor, for mine and bomb clearance, Open Day at the Oberlausitz military training area, Weißkeißel, Saxony, Germany, Europe
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Algerische Karte mit Waffen. Militärische Versorgung in Algerien, Konzept. 3D-Rendering Algerian map with weapons. Military supplies in Algeria, concept. 3D rendering isolated on white background LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23230550
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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks tours the 2022 Pentagon Energy Expo, which showcases emerging energy technologies to advance the combat capabilities of the Joint Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2022.
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020503-M-9902V-010. Base: USS Anchorage (LSD 36) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF
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050111-F-5377S-002. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve partnered with the Washington National Guard and 1-168th GSAB to host the ESGR Boss Lift on June 17, 2022, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. During the event, employers had the opportunity to fly in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and see what their employees do when called to serve our community.