Military Operations and Vehicles in Action

Images depict military vehicles and personnel conducting operations in various terrains, highlighting modern combat readiness and logistics.

United States Marine Corps MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a combat operation in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan

M-109 155mm self-propelled howitzers of the Egyptian army's 3rd Armored Brigade move into a holding area prior to decontamination during a field demonstration, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040909-A-3978J-054. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

United States Marine Corps MRAP or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a combat operation in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan

030214-M-3138H-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

030214-M-3138H-047. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

U.S. Marines with 1st Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, finish a convoy during exercise Native Fury 22 at a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 21, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

030318-M-9124R-054. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030331-M-0175R-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

US Marine Corps (USMC) convoy during the Regimental Main Command Operations Center (RMCOC) displacement training, north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A mine resistant ambush protected vehicle from Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division pulls a tows a truck prior to a humanitarian mission on Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2008. The truck was carrying bags of rice and flour when it became stuck in the mud due to inclement weather.

030324-A-XXXXX-245. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060104-A-7359K-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

An Oregon Army National Guard Stryker M1128 Mobile Gun System with Delta Troop, 1-82 Cavalry Squadron, fires its main gun during gunnery practice at Yakima Training Center, Wash., Oct. 28. 2019. Throughout the gunner training, multiple variants of the Stryker vehicles were able to conduct live fire, dismount and convoy training. (National Guard

030131-M-5150A-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HO 7th Marines

030206-M-5753Q-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

041211-M-2583M-078. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030303-M-5753Q-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Army 155 mm self-propelled Howitzer from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division out of Fort Drum, N.Y., is fired from Forward Operating Base Mahmudiyah in the southern Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2007.

050630-A-9930K-040. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

030324-M-5753Q-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040422-M-8096M-035. Base: Najoy State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

040426-F-4539R-002. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030331-M-0175R-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Army Soldier from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment throws a smoke grenade during a demonstration of military capabilities Sept. 3, 2022, in Razish, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. U.S. Army Soldiers from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment demonstrated combat operations including react to contact, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT,) and medical treatment and evacuation skills for visiting members of the public during a tour of the National Training Center.

U.S. Army Soldier from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment throws a smoke grenade during a demonstration of military capabilities Sept. 3, 2022, in Razish, National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif. U.S. Army Soldiers from 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment demonstrated combat operations including react to contact, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT,) and medical treatment and evacuation skills for visiting members of the public during a tour of the National Training Center.

Key leadership from the Idaho National Guard and several other U.S. states joined partner nations on June 30, 2022 in Morocco to see the capabilities of multinational armies working together simultaneously in a combined arms live-fire mission. During the exercise, Soldiers from Idaho's 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment fired the M795 high explosive rounds from the M109A6 howitzers as ground support with Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin Army National Guards, a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in California and active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, with preparatory and destructive fires and obscuration using M825 white smoke rounds.

June 18, 2010 - A U.S. Marine fires a Mark 19 40mm grenade launcher while participating in convoy operations during Javelin Thrust 2010 at a range outside Hawthorne, Nevada.

Two Marine LAV-25s (Light Armored Vehicle) and personnel from Alpha Company, Second LIght Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) on patrol near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

U.S. Soldiers in the 1-113th Field Artillery, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, conduct a live-fire training exercise wiht the M109 Paladin in the Middle East, Jan. 5, 2020. The Soldiers are deployed to support Operation Spartan Shield in the Middle East.

030305-M-5607A-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Workhorse Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: MWSS-271

Two US Marine Corps (USMC) High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (foreground), equipped with 7.62mm M2HB machine guns, sit with a Ukraine Army GAZ-66 (4X4) 2,000kg Ambulance Van and Ural4320-10 (6x6) 4,500kg truck, at the Iran/Iraq border crossing located at Badrah, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Badrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030404-M-5753Q-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Az Zubayr Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

An Opposing Forces (OpFor) M-551 Sheridan light tank visually modified to resemble a Soviet T-72 main battle tank moves forward in an attack on the Blue Forces during an exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Three M-ATV's guard the top of the wadi near Kunduz, Afghanistan.

A U.S. Marine M-ATV, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle in Open Desert in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

An M1A1 Abrams Tank, manned by Australian Army soldiers and scouts with 1st Tank Battalion patrol through the streets of Range 200, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 25, 2013.

Army M-60 tanks are prepared for a confrontation with "enemy forces" during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Derrick Thach, a vehicle operator with Bravo Company, 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, operates a light armored vehicle during a tactical movement as a part of Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 3-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, May 3, 2022. MWX is a force-on-force exercise that challenges the Division to fight at scale against a free-thinking adversary.

030315-A-XXXXX-149. Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

AN airman uses a bulldozer to clear away debris during exercise PROUD PHANTOM. Subject Operation/Series: PROUD PHANTOM Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

030402-M-5150A-097. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030315-A-XXXXX-052. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division uses a M88 Hercules Recovery Vehicle during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 14, 2022.

January 31, 2009 - U.S. Army soldiers prepare for a mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) M-198 155mm Howitzer gun crew of 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, Mike Battery, Gun 4, left to Right, GUNNERY Sergeant (GYSGT) Justin Grafton, Cannoneer Private First Class (PFC) Matthew Camp, Section CHIEF Sergeant (SGT) Mike Dasher, Cannoneer Lance Corporal (LCPL) Josh Rosenberger, Cannoneer Corporal (CPL) Will McGee, Ammunition Team CHIEF CPL Jonathan Layman and Cannoneer LCPL Jonathan Fox. Marines at Camp Fallujah, Iraq (IRQ), engage enemy targets in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030404-M-9792P-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

060214-A-5745M-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Falcon State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABN DIV

060424-A-6365W-134. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

Two armed Seabees keep watch as bulldozers level a plot of ground for a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Sergeant (SGT) Dorian L Majano from 1ST BN (Battalion), 187 Infantry Regiment stands watch from an M1043 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) at a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. Mounted in front of SGT Majano is an MK19 Grenade Launcher and to his left is an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 187th Infantry Regiment

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines of Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), check out the cameraman as they get off their AAV7A1 Assault Amphibian Vehicle prior to setting up a defensive position at the Dispersion Area in Northern Kuwait during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Base: Camp Bear Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030625-A-9765G-094. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

060521-A-7969G-008. Base: Al Fatah State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

070106-M-7690B-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdadi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40587

030312-M-3138H-017. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030401-M-4419R-046. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

040610-M-7514K-024. Base: Ar Ar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

A U.S. Marine with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, ground guides Marine Corps tactical vehicles into a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during exercise Native Fury 22, Aug. 11, 2022. Native Fury 22 is vital for strengthening the United States long-standing relationship with the Saudi Armed Forces. The exercise enhances combined tactics, maritime capabilities and promotes long-term regional stability.

030425-M-6881W-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Patriot Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060213-A-6311S-094. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A German Transall C-160 that just took off from Kunduz airport gains altitude over two EOD Cougar armored fighting vehicles, Kunduz, Afghanistan.

A convoy of U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Theater Sustainment Command, arrives at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 16, 2022, during Exercise NATIVE FURY 22. In its 8th iteration, NF 22 is a biennial MARCENT-led exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Pre-Positioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

DM-ST-88-07770. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

A howitzer team assigned to Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team "Rakkasans", 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires their M119A2 Howitzer during a live-fire exercise at Camp Clark, Afghanistan, Jan. 14, 2013. The 105mm was shot in support of a training mission to certify forward observers from the 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment.

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

060413-A-5043I-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mahmudiyah State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST ABD

030214-M-3138H-012. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

060410-A-6365W-073. Base: Narwan Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041112-A-1067B-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 2-7 CAV

A Marine runs to the finish line during the sattelite version of the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon on Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 19, 2013. The 13.1 mile race was the satellite version of the Marine Corps Historic Half Marathon held in Fredericksburg, Va.

With their M9 Armored Combat Earthmover s (ACE) and High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from Headquarters Company, Regimental Combat Team 1, assemble at their dispersal area prior to crossing into Iraq in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

110716-N-VY959-122VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (July 16, 2011) U.S. Navy SEALs ride in a Navy Special Warfare humvee to provide security for a simulated prisoner escort during a capabilities exercise at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story as part of the 42nd annual UDT/SEAL East Coast Reunion celebration.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Amsberry, an infantryman with Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, ground guides a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected all- terrain vehicle in the unit's tactical assembly area during Operation Buffalo Thunder II in the district of Shorabak, Afghanistan, June 28, 2012. Amsberry is a native of Mesa, Ariz.

060521-A-7969G-019. Base: Al Fatah State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

11th Armored Cavalry Regiment fighting vehicles move across the desert toward Rotational Training Unit forces during a near-peer battle July 3, 2022, at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. Blackhorse Troopers tested the Rotational Training Units defense and ability to hold key terrain by forcing them to respond to a wide variety of challenges, including indirect fire, close combat attack, hidden enemies and electronic signal jamming.

A U.S. Marine MRAP, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle passes a local Kia Bongo truck in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

030316-A-XXXXX-152. Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: Northeast

A Special Forces Operation Detachment-Alpha (SFODA) Soldier scans the area as Afghan National Army (ANA) Commandos, 2nd Company, 3rd Special Operations Kandak (SOK) conduct clearance of Mandozai village, Maiwand district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Dec. 27, 2013. The SFODA assisted the 3rd SOK in conducting a clearance to disrupt insurgents use of Mandozai village as a bed down location.

060303-N-7586B-124. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030317-M-5150A-024. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Soldier standing near a jeep on a road

U.S. Marine Corps HMMWV, or Humvee, at a combat outpost, southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

Members of the Egyptian military help position M-60 main battle tanks on trailers for transportation during the multinational, joint service Exercise Bright Star '87. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '87 Base: El Hammam Country: Egypt (EGY)

An abandoned Iraqi S-60 57mm automatic anti-aircraft gun stands at an outpost following the withdrawal of Iraqi troops during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

030131-M-5150A-013. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Ta Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: HO 7th Marines

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Prince Sultan Air Base and meets with U.S. service members, in Saudi Arabia, on February 20, 2020.

U.S. military personnel prepare to move out in a convoy of M-998 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles during Operation Desert Storm. The soldier atop the M-151 light utility vehicle in the foreground is manning a 7.62mm M-60 machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Company, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, and United Arab Emirates soldiers ride in LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles during a bilateral training mission at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 3, 2022. The training focused on developing the intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance capabilities of the UAE service members.

Abandoned cars and trucks clog the road leading out of Kuwait City after the retreat of Iraqi forces from the city. In the foreground is an Iraqi anti-aircraft gun, damaged in one of the final attacks by Coalition forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

070410-A-9834L-008SANGIN, Afghanistan - U.K. soldiers conduct a combined vehicle combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province April 10.

060427-A-6365W-135. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Remagen State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

040702-M-7514K-036. Base: Camp Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

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