Military Live Fire Exercises

Dramatic scenes of military personnel conducting live fire exercises with artillery howitzers in various training environments, showcasing intense action and teamwork.

Artillerymen fire a 155mm round out of an M777 lightweight howitzer.
Artillerymen fire a 155mm round out of an M777 lightweight howitzer.
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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade recover their parachutes after conducting a static line jump from two U. S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron at JGSDF Narashino Training Area, Japan, April 19, 2022, during a bilateral airborne jump. Ninety-nine JGSDF paratroopers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade conducted airborne jump from Two Air Force C-130J Super Hercules. The goal of this event is to improve interoperability between the USAF and JGSDF by defense and information exchanges to deepen mutual understanding of each unit, and to further cement the U.S. and Japanese alliance.
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A GDF-005 35mm Anti Aircraft gun, belonging to the 119th Air Defense Battery, Canadian Armed Forces, stands ready to bring down hostile aircraft violating the skies over McGregor Range, New Mexico during Roving Sands '96, the US military's largest annual joint air defense training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '96 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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An M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launches as leaders from 18 participating countries observe live fire demonstrations during Dynamic Front 23 at Oksbol, Denmark, March 30, 2023. Exercise Dynamic Front 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, 56th Artillery Command led, multinational exercise designed to improve allied and partner nation's ability to execute multi-echelon fires, and test interoperability of both tactical and theater-level fires systems in a live environment.
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A US serviceman prepares a Czech-made M53 anti-aircraft gun to be picked up by helicopter during Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)
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Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, drive M109A6 Paladins, M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicles, and M572 Armored Mortar Carriers from the Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) area to their cantonment area May 10, in Pabrade, Lithuania. The Soldiers are deployed to Lithuania in support of Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder.
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020222-A-2511W-053. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM
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040806-M-5324O-023. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division assemble the M777 howitzer at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 18, 2023. This training helped improve the Marines' effectiveness and lethality with the M777 howitzer.
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Hue, Vietnam. American war relics left at the Sanh Combat Base
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DM-SD-02-04613. Subject Operation/Series: EAGER MACE 98-1 Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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Members of the 1ST of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade fire the Avenger, an air defense system mounted on an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise. Members of the 1st of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade fire the Avenger, an air defense system mounted on an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise.
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SPECIALIST Fourth Class Thomas J. Kearns, a military policeman, fires a 75 mm howitzer during the retreat ceremony. Base: Fort Devens State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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The 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery of the South Carolina National Guard conducted a live-fire exercise at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, S.C. Nov. 21, 2015. The exercise is the culmination of all other training conducted by the battalion with M109A6 155m Artillery System.
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Sgt. Scott Hulsizer (left), a team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan, fires an M136 AT-4 rocket launcher after breaking away from the firing line as part of a weapons training package on the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, March 4, 2014. 3rd Recon Bn. fired multiple weapon systems, such as the .50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine gun, MK-19 automatic grenade launcher and M136 AT-4 rocket launchers, as part of a two day weapons package for Exercise Sandfisher. The weapons package focused on increasing the platoons proficiency with each system on the battlefield.
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Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct a blank firing iteration at night during a combined arms maneuver live fire exercise (CAMLFEX) on Dec. 9, 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.)
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A U.S. Army National Guard Soldier from the 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fires a HUMMWV mounted BGM-71 TOW 2B Aero during training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., March 23, 2017. The TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) is an American anti-tank missile.
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Two Soldiers Walking on a Muddy Path, Taken During the Military Exercise Wettiner Schwert with German and Czech Soldiers Near Tangermuende, 26 03 2024 Wettiner Schwert is part of the Quadriga Exercise of Nato Tangermusende Germany
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An MIM-23 Hawk missile is fired by the 3rd Light Anti-aircraft Missile Battalion during a training exercise. Base: Onslow Beach, Mcb, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Mortarmen from 1st Battalion, 121st Infantry Regiment, 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, shoot a M120 Mortar on June 20, 2017 at Fort Stewart, Ga during the eXportable Combat Training Capability exercise. The exercise is part of the Associated Units program to allow National Guard, Reserve and active duty units to train and deploy together.
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U. S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Calvin Barnes, assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Company Europe (FASTEUR), participates in a live-fire weapons training event with members of the Spanish National Police's Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO), May 17, 2022. FASTEUR, under Task Force 61/2, is in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.
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DF-ST-86-05167. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER '84-7 Country: Philippines (PHL)
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A U.S. Soldier with 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, fires an AT4 Light Anti-Armor weapon during training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Aug. 4, 2022. The Soldiers worked together to safely and accurately deploy the weapon system
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A GTR-18A Smokey Sam training missile is fired from its launcher. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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A Paveway II laser guided bomb homes in on a M-113 armored personnel carrier target vehicle. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Switzerland,Canton Ticino,Blenio valley,Leontica village, commemoration of napoleonic historical militia
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Air Force and Army air traffic controllers are deployed to Rinas Airport in Tirana, Albania, from bases in the US and Europe to coordinate all military aircraft traffic at the airport in support of Joint Task Force Shining Hope and Task Force Hawk. Two US Army AH-1 Apache attack helicopters fly toward the camera in the distance. Subject Operation/Series: SHINING HOPE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (LI) show their might during a live demonstration in front of the local community on Fort Drum, Ny. Aug 31, 2022. 10th Combat Aviation Brigade conducted aerial manuevers with UH-60M Black Hawks and AH-64D Apache helicopters.
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A Paratrooper prepares to execute a parachute landing fall onto Hechtelse Heide Drop Zone, Belgium, as part of Exercise Falcon Leap 22 on September 15, 2022. This year, fourteen nations are participating in Exercise Falcon Leap, a yearly airborne exercise held on historical drop zones throughout the Netherlands and Belgium to promote interoperability between allies and international partners.
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The solders are from Maryland and the D.C. area, 151st LOD (Legal Operations Detachment). They are on Range 28A on the Fort Dix Range Complex during range training for M16A1. The object is to train and test soldiers on the skills necessary to detect, identify, engage and defeat stationary personnel targets in a tactical array. The secondary purpose is to provide realistic and effective marksmanship training. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)
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U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct a combined arms blank fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 21, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.
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Smoke surrounds the troops of the 1ST of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade as they fire the Stinger, a surface to air missile system, during a live fire exercise. Smoke surrounds the troops of the 1st of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade as they fire the Stinger, a surface to air missile system, during a live fire exercise.
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Smoke trails behind the Avenger, an air defense system mounted on top of a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise by the 1ST of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade. Smoke trails behind the Avenger, an air defense system mounted on top of a M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during a live fire exercise by the 1st of the 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Brigade.
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U.S. Soldiers assigned to 10th Special Forces Group detonate a claymore mines during a live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 16, 2022.
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U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, detonate an explosive charge during urban sustainment training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 5, 2024. Combat engineers attached to BLT 1/1 taught Marines proper procedures for making and employing breaching charges in urban environments. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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A ballistic aerial target (BAT) is launched for use as a target by the soldiers of 1ST Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery, during the joint readiness exercise Arctic Warrior '91. Subject Operation/Series: ARCTIC WARRIOR '91 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)
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U.S. Marines assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, Marine Forces Reserve, fire a HIMARS launcher while conducting rapid insertion training at Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida, May 10, 2022. The Marines of Kilo Battery conducted their annual training alongside the U.S. Air Force during exercise Emerald Warrior 22.1. Emerald Warrior provides annual, realistic pre-deployment training encompassing multiple joint operating areas across the globe.
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Spc. Nathaniel Hill, a military police officer with the Nevada Army National Guard's 485th Military Police Company, uses a battering ram to open a door as part of the 2013 Army National Guard Best Warriror Competition at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., Monday, July 22, 2013. The battering ram was used to simulate breaching a doorway during tactical operations. Once the doorway had been breached, competitors then had to engage targets with an M9 pistol. The competition is a grueling three-day physical and mental challenge that tests the competitors on a variety of soldier skills and other tasks. The winners of the competition are named the Army National Guard Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year of the year and then move on to the Department of the Army competition.
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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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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division conduct a 21-gun salute using M101A1 105mm Howitzers during the I MEF change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Feb. 16, 2024. Maj. Gen. Bradford J. Gering relinquished command of I MEF to Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm. I MEF provides the Marine Corps a globally responsive, expeditionary, and fully scalable Marine Air-Ground Task Force, capable of generating, deploying, and employing ready forces and formations for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations, and campaigns. Marine Corps
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U.S. Marines with Romeo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during Realistic Urban Training (RUT) on Fort Barfoot, Virginia, Jan. 17, 2024. RUT provides the 24th MEU the opportunity to operate in unfamiliar environments, integrate the units of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and train towards being designated as special operations capable.
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A Cheyenne Frontier Days staff member fires a cannon during CFD opening ceremonies, July 23, 2022, at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The 90th Munitions Squadron provides the cannon for each opening ceremony during the week-long rodeo celebration.