Military Equipment and Operations

Images showcasing various military equipment including weaponry and tactical gear, with a focus on functionality and detail in military settings.

Barbed wire fence. Razor wire. Restricted area. Crime and punishment concept photo. Ho Chi Minh city. Vietnam.

220601-N-KN989-1001 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 1, 2022) Capt. Jason Adams, Commander, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Indo-Pacific, was relieved by Capt. Patrick Blake during the official change of command ceremony June 1, 2022. DLA Indo-Pacific, has more than 1329 uniformed and civilian personnel who provide a unified DLA interface for warfighters throughout the USINDOPACOM area of responsibility, integrating DLA support within the region and reaching back to other DLA activities in the continental United States for logistics solutions.

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SAN DIEGO (Oct. 21, 2022) Chief petty officer combination covers are lined up in preparation for a chief pinning ceremony for amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) onboard Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 21, 2022. Fifteen Essex Sailors were advanced to the rank of chief petty officer.

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DF-ST-85-02881. Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Talal Yordi, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit; takes a photo of a biological lab during a CBRN Response Element exercise on Okinawa, Japan, July 13, 2022. A CRE-EX tests CBRNs ability to respond to different operations, including investigating clandestine labs, containing chemical munitions, and countering weapons of mass destruction while performing reconnaissance, decontamination, and rapid insertion for casualties. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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An Escapac IF-3 ejection seat is displayed at the station's Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of Navy Search and Rescue swimmers wait in the chilly waters of Coronado Bay, San Diego, Calif., March 15, 2012.

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-191-10. Hurricane Katrina

220105-N-GF955-1357CARIBBEAN SEA - (Jan. 5, 2022) -- An MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), assigned to the Shadow Det” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 7, powers up during ground turns for a functional check flight (FCF) aboard the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15), Jan. 5, 2022. Billings is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.

A U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Airman presents a rose during a POW/MIA ceremony featuring the traditional commemorative table during the 75th Annual Air Force Ball at the Carolina Skies Club at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., Sep. 16, 2022. The Airman presented a red rose with a red ribbon tied around it to symbolize the loved ones of the missing comrades and the love of country, which inspired them to answer their nations call.

DN-ST-90-01956. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

220630-A-LY216-1001 WAIPIO, Hawaii (June 30, 2022) - A German Maritime Interdiction Operations Company operator conducts Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

220915-N-LK647-2045 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 15, 2022) Gunners Mate 2nd Class Cade Coley sprays dummy rounds with a protectant lubricant as part of a pre-fire check for a MK-38 25mm machine gun aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) during Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT). Normandy is underway as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group conducting SWATT exercises to increase lethality, ensure combat readiness, and promote tactical innovation. SWATT is led by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center, whose mission is to increase the tactical proficiency and lethality of the surface force.

Coast Guard Damage - 26-HK-328-1. Hurricane Katrina

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-420-97. Hurricane Katrina

A U.S. Airmen with the 139th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, review the procedures of installing magazines for the ALE-47 Chaff and Flare System, while attending the Weapon Task Qualification Manager/Munitions Training Course, at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri, February 22, 2024. The WTQM course, taught by the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center, includes training in the uploading of expendables in the ALE-47 Chaff and Flare Systems, as well as explosive safety, expendables operations, and practical flare loading operations, utilizing training munitions items on mobility aircraft. Air National Guard

Petty Officer 3rd Class Brenden Inoue, a nuclear electrician aboard the USS Cheyenne, shifts gears during a training exercise in a free basic rider course at Pease Air National Guard Base, New Hampshire May 24, 2022. The courses are offered from April to November and are free for all Department of Defense members.

220801-F-LN908-0199DJIBOUTI, Djibouti (Aug. 1, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class John Dragneff, from Webster, Florida, leads medical training aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) prior to departure, Aug. 1, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Family and friends pay respects to Air Force Brig. Gen. Robert Cardenas at the Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, California, March 31, 2022. Cardenas was born March 10, 1920, and passed away March 10, 2022.

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FRA - POLITICS - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI AND FLORENCE PARLY VISIT MANAGEMENT GENERAL ARMAMENT. On Monday, October 2nd, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secretary of State for Digital, and Florence Parly, Minister of Armed Forces, visit the Directorate General of Armaments - Information Management (DGA - MI) in Bruz.FRA - POLITIQUE - MOUNIR MAHJOUBI ET FLORENCE PARLY VISITENT LA DIRECTION GENERALE DE L'ARMEMENT. Le Lundi 2 Octobre, Mounir Mahjoubi, Secrétaire d'Etat chargé du Numérique, et Florence Parly, Ministre des Armées, visitent la Direction Générale de l'Armement - Maîtrise de lInformation ( DGA - MI ) à Bruz en Ille-et-vilaine.

040921-M-2306K-008. Complete Scene Caption: A VS-2.2 Italian anti-personnel landmine, found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, is displayed by U.S. Marine Corps Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable, Sept. 21, 2004. These caches were found in different buildings among the city and are in direct violation of the peace agreement between the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani, highest religious authority and leader of the Hawza (Najaf), and al Sadr, an agreement blessed by the Iraqi Interim Government. The 4th MARDIV is engaged in Security and Stabilization Operations (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CPL. Dick S. Kotecki) (Released) Base: An Najaf State: An Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An ammunition box protects the chemical agent tablet as U.S. Soldiers with 39th Strategic Signal Battalion perform their yearly Mask Confidence Training, in the Training Support Center Benelux Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear room, on Chièvres Air Base, March 16, 2023.

Paratroopers assigned to Charlie Troop, 1-73 Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division participate in Squad Lanes for the XVIII Airborne Corps Best Squad Competition on Fort Stewart, GA, July 28, 2022. During the Best Squad Competition, competitors were tested on a wide range of subjects including land navigation, marksmanship, casualty care, physical fitness, small-unit tactics and endurance.

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DF-ST-88-02930. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

The 5th Marine Field Service Depot Monument is honored with a wreath during the Hasso Monmong-Toto-Maite Marine Depot Memorial Ceremony in Maite, Guam on July 7, 2022. Located in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, along Route 8, sits a small monument dedicated to the 5th Field Service Depot, a U.S. Marine supply outlet.

Bomblet dispersion is flagged on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), Nevada, Sept 13, 2022. The NTTR's mission is to create, operate, and maintain live and synthetic environments and integrate partners to optimize warfighter capabilities.

Emergency Response Operations - Stennis, Mississippi - 26-HK-136-15. Hurricane Katrina

030521-M-4547R-009. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Country: Thailand (THA)

LCPL Joe Federico from the 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., makes cookies for the evening meal at Marine Expeditionary Camp-Pohang (MEC-P), Oct. 11, 1998. Federico, originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, is a baker deployed to MEC-P in support of Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Marine Expeditionary, Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

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

Staff Sgt. Michael Smith, 374th Maintenance Squadron metals technology, compares the new Wing ceremonial swords hilt and former swords hilt at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 31, 2022. Col. James I. Baginski, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing commander, made the former ceremonial sword at Clerk Air Base, Philippines in 1974 in memory of fellow Airlifters who lost their lives in defense of freedom. The sword has been utilized at various ceremonies since 1974.

030622-A-2029M-041. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Scale model depicting tank warfare in World War One 1917

Governors Island, New York, USA. World War One re-creation and history event. Display of gear, mostly carrying bags.

DM-ST-87-01616. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Airman looks over a topographical map to determine locations during land navigation in Fieldcraft Hostile on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Aug. 3, 2022. FCH places students in realistic and strenuous training scenarios used to teach skills such as weapons control, combative techniques, communications, mounted and dismounted individual and team movements and land navigation.

Ottoman archer riding and shooting on horseback

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DN-ST-86-07286. Base: San Francisco State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Space Force Gen. John "Jay" Raymond, Chief of SpaceOperations, left, meets with U.S. Forces Japan officials at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 4, 2022. During his visit, Raymond met with senior leaders, toured the base and met with Guardians assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing.

A member of a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) recovery team sifts through dirt during a DPAA recovery mission in England, May 13, 2022. DPAAs mission is to achieve the fullest possible accounting for missing and unaccounted-for U.S. personnel to their families and our nation.

Maintenance and Logistics Commands Atlantic - Property Inventory Team - Station Gulfport - 26-HK-191-32. Hurricane Katrina

10 past Minnesota National Guard service members were honored for their service during the annual Court of Honor induction program ceremony at Camp Ripley, October 2, 2022, near Little Falls, Minnesota. The Court of Honor commemorates the lasting contributions of soldiers who have dedicated their lives to the service of the State and Nation. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

030406-M-4779G-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1 RCT

A close-up view of bags of flour in the cargo hold of the Turkish freighter Rize K, the first freighter approved by the United Nations to deliver humanitarian aid to Iraq. The vessel is being inspected by a boarding party from the guided missile destroyer USS WILLIAM V. PRATT (DDG-44), flagship of the Maritime Interdiction Force charged with enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Red Sea

A pin hangs aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130J Hercules as the aircraft is prepared for a mission as part of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 11, 2012. The Air Force Weapons School is a five-and-a-half-month training course which provides selected officers with the most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. Throughout the course, students receive an average of 400 hours of graduate-level academics and participate in demanding combat training missions.

Russian soldier using military tech on green screen laptop to identify threats from enemies. Russia ex KGB FSB personnel using software on mockup notebook to relay info to war front lines, camera B

Military tank close-up Caterpillar Track with Turkish flag Background

An award presented by USAA for the outstanding achievement of Sgt. Lina Fuerte, a legal services specialist with the Defense Services Organization, Headquarters and Support Battalion, MCIEAST-MCB Camp Lejeune, sits on a table at the award ceremony on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 16, 2024. Fuerte was recognized as the Marine Corps Installations Commands Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2023 and was awarded a NAM for her efforts. Marine Corps

Historical re-enactment Circuit of Victory, Via Garibaldi street, Macerata, Marche, Italy, Europe

A view of nose art on a 305th Aerial Refueling Wing KC-135A Stratotanker aircraft deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

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