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Military Exercises and Equipment

Photos of soldiers handling heavy artillery and armored vehicles during exercises, emphasizing tactical training and military readiness in diverse environments.

Sniper gun, camouflage and person aim, target or focus shooting at soldier, tactical mission training in nature. Battlefield, rifle gear and army shooter, warrior and military battle transportation.

DESEMBARCO DE TROPA DE INFANTERIA DE MARINA EN LA PLAYA DEL SARDINERO - II SEMANA NAVAL DE SANTANDER JULIO 1968. Location: II SEMANA NAVAL DE SANTANDER JULIO 1968. Santander. Cantabria. ESPAíA.

During a training operation a security policeman mans a M60 machine gun mounted on a fast moving High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Infantrymen are trained in rapelling techniques at the Army Air Assault School. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps M777 155 mm howitzers are staged on the flight line prior to loading them into a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at March Air Reserve Base, California, April 22, 2022. The howitzers are part of the United States efforts alongside allies and partners, to identify and provide Ukraine with additional capabilities.

DF-ST-86-08096. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

DF-ST-87-07581. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Edwards Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Long shot, left side view, M198 155mm Howitzer cloud of smoke in front of muzzle. M813 5 ton truck, rear half only, behind howitzer. Desert underbrush in foreground and mountain range in background. Country: Unknown

Finnish Soldiers with Helicopter Battalion, Utti Jaeger Regiment, conduct a helicopter refuel during a helicopter support team resupply with U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in preparation for exercise Freezing Winds 22 in Syndalen, Finland, Oct. 18, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units.

As the sunsets and near his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) SSGT Don Stillman an Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller (ETAC), assigned to Detachment 6, 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nevada, USAF Air Warrior Team, coordinates close air support for participating US Army forces. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal specialist, assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, responds to an unexploded chemical munition during a partner nation Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear response exercise at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 29, 2022. The exercise was purely simulation, no chemical, explosive or fire hazards were present during the training. The 378th ECESs Emergency Management flight, also known by many as CBRN, is responsible for working with RSAF to build and establish response and recovery actions for a wide variety of scenarios.

diver exploring the Sattakut wreck off the coast of Koh Tao

An M-577 command post vehicle (right), an M-88 armored recovery vehicle (center), and a 2-1/2 ton cargo truck cross a shallow river bed during the joint South Korea/U.S. Exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: South Korea

306th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen load patients onto an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter for extraction from a simulated combat scenario in Arizona, June 9, 2022. Multiple training exercises were completed over several days and nights to ensure the squadron's continued readiness for combat rescue requirements around the world.

Airmen from the 51st Security Forces Squadron secure the wing headquarters building during the last counter surveillance scenario of an operational readiness exercise Friday, Feb.15, 2013, at Osan Air Base, South Korea. Counter surveillance scenarios are conducted throughout the ORE to help security forces Airmen learn how to better secure the base and defend against opposing forces.

An Army D-7 bulldozer is driven onto a section of a Pershing II missile. Several missiles are being destroyed in the presence of Soviet inspectors in accordance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Base: Pueblo Army Depot Activity State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Army National Guard CH-47B Chinook helicopter from the Detachment 1, Company F, 106th Aviation Davenport, Iowa sling loads the last HMMWV and waterbuffalo with camp flag as the 820th Red Horse Squadron closes down construction at the Kumaka site. The men and equipment were part of this first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and 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 Base: Kumaka Country: Guyana (GUY)

TERMINATOR SALVATION (2009), directed by MCG.

LCPL Cornelius Harrison (left) and LCPL Christopher Johnson lifts the security gate for a vehicle's departure at Marine Expeditionary Camp-Pohang (MEC-P), Oct. 11, 1998. Harrison is out of the Combat Service Support Group, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and Johnson is from the Combat Service Support Detachment, Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Both are deployed to MEC-P, in support of Foal Eagle '98 for two months. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Marine Expeditionary, Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

All Source Intel Analysts, assigned to the 547th Intelligence Squadron, look at the intelligence representative targets that they designed at the Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada, August 5, 2022. Working with the NTTR, All Source Intel Analyst assist and advise commanders on mission planning.

A demolished Iraqi tank lies in the desert after being destroyed by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An airman and his partner leave an HH-53 Super Jolly helicopter upon arrival at the Korean Operation Tactical Air Range (KOTAR). The KOTAR, assigned to the 51st Services Squadron, is under construction during Exercise Commando Crest. The helicopter is from the 38th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: COMMANDO CREST Country: South Korea

Nike rockets on the Launching Area.

Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians survey the desert outside of Mogadishu for a safe place to destroy ordnance removed from a weapons cache during the multinational relief effort OPERATION RESTORE HOPE. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Country: Somalia (SOM)

DA-ST-88-05980. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '88 Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks (MBT) and two M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) of the 3rd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, 7th Corps move across the desert in northern Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a night live fire iteration during a combined arms maneuver live fire exercise on Dec. 12, 2022, at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. Our commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and the United States will continue to bolster our posture to better defend our NATO allies. (U.S. Army photos by Staff Sgt. Malcolm Cohens-Ashley, 2nd Brigade Combat Team Public Affairs.)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) drive out of US Navy (USN) Landing Craft Utility 1617 (LCU 1617), Amphibious Craft Unit One (ACU-1), Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Coronado, California (CA), at the landing area of Del Mar Boat Base, Camp Pendleton, CA. The Navy and Marines units are under way off the coast of Southern California for their Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX) for a regularly scheduled deployment. Base: Del Mar Boat Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

120207-N-NL541-336 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 7, 2012) Amphibious assault vehicles (AAVs) assigned to 2nd Amphibious Assault Battalion, Delta Company, 1st and 3rd Platoon, are prepared to disembark from the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). Wasp is underway participating in Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. Bold Alligator is the largest naval amphibious exercise in the past 10 years and represents the Navy and Marine Corps' revitalization of the full range of amphibious operations. The exercise focuses on today's fight with today's forces, while showcasing the advantages of seabasing. This exercise takes place Jan. 30 through Feb. 12, 2012 afloat and ashore in and around Virginia and North Carolina.

The 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, along with the 837thTransportation Battalion, hosted a media day with Republic of Korealocal television and print media at Pier 8, Busan, Oct. 12. The U.S. Army Prepositioned Stock IV is receiving upgraded Bradley FightingVehicles as an ongoing effort to strengthen readiness across the peninsula.

A Javelin weapon system takes flight to destroy a target during a live-fire exercise at a remote location of the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, May 27, 2022. The 3d CR and enabling units completed a month-long training exercise at NTC, certifying their ability to deploy to an austere environment and support American partners and allies in international conflicts.

The remains of a Scud missile, shot down by an MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense missile outside of Riyadh, are secured to a flatbed truck for transport during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

990424-m-5990m-032. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two U.S. Navy Blue Angels, F-18 Hornet aircraft run-up their engines on takeoff during the Joint Services Open House 2000. Base: Andrews Air Force News State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

010308-A-3254M-006. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. military personnel wearing nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear man a fox hole during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Soldiers with the 58th Military Police Company set up a communications antenna during a training exercise, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Sept. 28, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to increase readiness when operating as a platoon sized element in populated urban terrain.

DN-ST-89-01472. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK Country: Norway (NOR)

Hawk airscaping rockets in a beautiful hilly landscape.

050628-A-1566H-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Speicher State: Tikrit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST BN, 41ST FA

011006-F-3961R-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

1982 - A ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) rises away from the Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) during a test firing..

Members of a combat logistics support squadron undergo a mock attack during an aircraft battle damage repair exercise. The squadron members are equipped with nuclear-biological-chemical warfare gear. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

WA, Arlington, Arlington Fly-in, World War II military show.

Churchill Tanks in Italy, July 1944 Churchill tanks of 'A' Squadron, 51st Royal Tank Regiment advancing across the Italian countryside.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 6 (CLB-6), Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, set up simulated explosive devices for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) scenarios in Hasto Buso, Finland Oct. 17, 2022. Task Force Red Cloud, headquartered by elements of CLB-6, is deployed to Finland in support of Exercises SYD 2022 and Freezing Winds 2022 to enhance U.S. and Finnish select interdependence in the maritime domain; solidify bilateral maritime maneuver within the Finnish littoral environment; and foster strong relationships between U.S. Marine Corps and Finnish Defense Force sustainment units. (US Marine Corps Photo by Cpl Jackson Kirkiewicz)

Spc. Ryan Lemon, an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Repairer assigned to the 7-17th Air Cavalry Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade readies a RQ-7B V2 Shadow during Exercise Swift Response on May 11, 2022 at Krivolak Training Area, North Macedonia. Exercise Swift Response 2022 is an annual multinational training exercise, which takes place in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans from May 2-20, 2022. It aims to present combat credible Army forces in Europe and Africa and enhance readiness by building airborne interoperability with Allies and Partners and the integration of joint service partnerships.

DART Exercise 2002 'Response to Terrorism'

Ambassador John Hennessey-Niland, U.S. ambassador to Palau, observes U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missiles intercept and destroy a simulated cruise missile target in support of Valiant Shield 22, June 15, 2022. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allow the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marine Corps M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) carrying supply crates are driven to pre-positioning caves for storage. Country: Norway (NOR)

Local Kenyan workers watch a C-130 Hercules from the 314th Air Lift Wing, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, deliver relief supplies to Wajir, Kenya. The C-130 and it's crew are deployed to Mombassa, Kenya for Operation Provide Relief. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF Base: Mombasa Country: Kenya (KEN)

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A TRC-97 communications antenna installation on the beach during joint readiness training exercise SOLID SHIELD '77. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '77 Base: Fort Fisher Air Station State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from ANGLICO (Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company) detachment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, call in firing missions from Observation Post 1, Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, during Supporting Arms Coordination Exercise, Joint Task Force Exercise 1-98. Subject Operation/Series: JTFEX 1-98 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cannon Crewmember from 2nd Battalion, 218th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard fire their M119 howitzer in sync with the Oregon Symphony performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture at the Waterfront Concert and Festival, located at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in downtown Portland Sept. 3, 2022. The Oregon Army National Guard has been performing with the Oregon Symphony at Portland's Water Front Park as a free concert for Oregonians for over a decade.

VISTA. Location: EXTERIOR. PETRA.

Shot down a Somali street as US Marines from Battalion Landing Team 29, 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, California, patrolling the streets of Mogadishu in their arms for food mission. A US Marine UH-1N "Huey" helicopter flies overhead providing cover and dropping leaflets. The Marines prefer to have the Somalis give up their weapons for food, but have orders to take the arms by force if they see them. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group and U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit land a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion attached to Assault Craft Unit 4 on the Icelandic coast after completing ship-to-shore movements in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022 in Miðsandur, Iceland, April 10, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

Soldiers and Guardsmen from the Air And Army from Georgia, Kansas, Ohio and Texas participate in airborne operations facilitated by Georgia Army National Guard 165th Quartermaster Company, from Gen. Lucius D. Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Georgia at the Preston Drop Zone on Fort Gordon, Georgia, July 14, 2018.

Marines in fighting positions, from Fox Company 2/2, lie next to a cement wall with their M-16A2 rifles with grenade launchers and M-249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW) aimed at the police headquarters in Grande Riviere. Haitians stand and sit on the cement wall to watch and cheer the Marines during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Grand Riviere Du Nord Country: Haiti (HTI)

An M-1008 1 1/4-ton cargo truck departs as an M-35A2 2 1/2-ton cargo truck approaches a U.S. Marine camp near Zakhu. The Marines assisted in setting up a nearby tent city on the Turkey-Iraq border as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, are given a brief before conducting the bayonet assault course (BAC) at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, June 27, 2023. The BAC consists of different obstacles that simulate the various types of terrain Marines may come across in combat.

A military helmet complete with night vision goggles. A military helmet complete with night vision goggles. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WosunanxPhotostoryx 21538248 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

A World War II American Sherman tank out of context and time as it provides as a landing place for Pteranodons during Earth's Cretaceous period.

Two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, right, and an SA-330 Puma helicopter come in to land near a group of Marines and Seabees who are waiting for the arrival of President and Mrs. George Bush. The president and his wife are visiting U.S. troops who are in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DA-ST-85-04917. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 65th Air Base Wing in formation for a 9/11 memorial Sept. 11, 2013, at Lajes Field, Azores. The 65th Air Base Wing honored those killed on 9/11 with a boots and utes” memorial run that was led by Lajes Airmen first responders.

DM-ST-86-07497. Base: Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant H (Harry) The Great "Vogelaar" from the Leeuwarden airbase with its attributes needed to disride birds from the runways.

Alouette III helicopter from the SAR. The crew exerts a wounded transport and picks up a patient who arrived at the helicopter landing place per ambulance.

Police training in North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW, task forces consisting of 100 police officers each in exercise area, practicing police operations for use during large-scale demonstrations, Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Terracotta Army warriors buried in Emperor tomb outside Xian China Detail of the pottery terracotta army warriors and soldiers found outside Xi an China Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 12911264

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