Military Operations in Desert Areas

Images depict military camps and operations in arid landscapes, featuring tents, vehicles, and sparse vegetation under a clear sky.

Aerial of Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11393

A view of an Afghan village near the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DM-ST-88-07697. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

030324-A-XXXXX-275. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

060224-A-7969G-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: HHC1-187 MORTARS

040610-M-7514K-042. Base: Al Walbde Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

Der Grenzzaun zu Syrien aufgenommen auf dem Weg nach Sinjar, 09.03.2023

060421-A-4576B-015. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM State: Paktia Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MOUNTAIN

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank lies abandoned near a field after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

An aerial view of the site used for Exercise DESERT KNIGHT, an exercise held by the Ist Marine Expeditionary Brigade at March Air Force Reserve Base, California. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT KNIGHT Base: March Air Reserve Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Aerial of Wau, Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan, Africa Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-11393

040610-M-5555L-017. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ar Ramadi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

View of the entryway to the unused Air Mobility Command compound, with Jersey barriers in place, as seen from the roadway along Taxiway E-8. Base: Kuwait International Airport Country: Kuwait (KWT)

SOUTHERN SHORSHORK, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Marines from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment set up an observation post in Southern Shorshork, Helmand province, Afghanistan, during Operation Cobra, June 17. Operation Cobra is a joint operation between Marine Corps units and the Afghanistan National Army to disrupt enemy forces which have been using the sparsely populated region between Marjah and Nawa as a safe haven.

The Utah Air National Guard Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron was tasked to execute an Emergency detonation of several depleted uranium rounds that had been compromised on June 23, 2022 at Tooele Army Depot, UT.

040610-M-7514K-072. Base: Al Walbde Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

U.S. Army Sgt. William Brinkley, a security forces Soldier assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Zabul, provides security while members of his joint team inspect bridges for improvised explosive devices, damages, or traces of tampering here Oct. 23, 2009. The inspections increase the safety for the people of Zabul as well as coalition forces while traveling.

A field shower tent set up by the Air Force at a forward-deployed airbase in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: Air Force

Soldiers from Co. C, 1ST Bn., 505th Parachute Inf. Regt. move through a trench during maneuvers, part of Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

030224-M-5150A-009. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A damaged satellite dish remains standing in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

DF-ST-86-07850. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

a tank, photographed as part of the Bundeswehr Exercise with Armed Forces From Norway and the Czech Republic During the Wettiner Schwert Exercise As part of Quadriga 2024 in the training Town of Schnoeggersburg, 08 04 2024 Schnoeggersburg Germany

041105-M-0095Z-005. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050117-F-3587F-010. Base: Kirkush Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030204-F-9528H-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Tent along the shores of the Niger River between Niafunke and Kabara, Mali

Tracks of large military vehicles inside a small, austere, remote United States Marine Corps combat outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

030322-M-3138H-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030324-A-XXXXX-270. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Udayri Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

031229-F-2167L-100. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class William Neason, left, and U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Stephen T. Desmond, both with the Georgian Liaison Team 9, patrol through the ruins of a 200 year-old castle during Operation Northern Lion in Mohammadabad, Helmand province, Afghanistan, June 24, 2013. Northern Lion was a Georgian-led Operation conducted to deter insurgents, establish a security presence and gather human intelligence in the area.

An aerial view of a Command Operation Center (COC) and surrounding area at an encampment in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Pima County, Arizona's border area with Mexico, where he joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for meetings, tours, flights, inspections

An aerial view of the United Kingdom Division and their surrounding area, at an encampment in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030808-M-7837W-003. Base: Bagram Air Base State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: VMA-513

040528-F-1830P-007. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

A tank, photographed as part of the Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

A view of a demolished munitions bunker and others showing some damage at Al-Salman Air Base. The damage is the result of Allied bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Salman Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)

040326-M-5150A-005. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

An elevated view of the tent city put up for Operation WEDGER, a PRIME BEEF Exercise involving members of the 3rd and 18th Civil Engineering Squadrons and 3rd Security Police Group. Subject Operation/Series: WEDGER, PRIME BEEF Base: Crow Valley Range Country: Philippines (PHL)

030307-M-3138H-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5TH MARINES

030404-M-9792P-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

One of the towers inhabited by Marine Snipers, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the foreground are the remains of a Mi-17 (HIP H) Soviet helicopter. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

A view of some of the tents used to house troops assigned to support a refugee camp outside the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DF-ST-86-07787. Country: Egypt (EGY)

An Iraqi truck and howitzer destroyed during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

051130-A-3283V-002. Base: Camp Echo Mnd-Cs Pio State: Diwahniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: IRAQ

The Al Quaeda/Taliban detainment camp as seen, with the guard tower prominent, from one of the fighting positions dug by US Marine engineers with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) at 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

M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) are positioned in a staging area as a convoy of other equipment of the 1ST Brigade, 101st Airborne Battalion prepares to move out from forward operating base Cobra during Operation Desert Storm. The area has been taken over from Iraqi forces. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

050210-F-0628J-002. Base: Balad Air Base State: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030417-M-5607A-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Aerial view of Camp Fenway, operated by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC), in Southern Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Fenway State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A tactical operations command center, partially concealed by camouflage netting, is set up. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of damage to hardened aircraft shelters at Al-Salman Air Base caused by Allied bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Salman Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)

030413-M-0049F-015. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

050809-A-2140D-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Rawah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B 3-21

An aerial view the supply and billeting area for troops assigned to a refugee camp near the city of Zakhu. U.S. and coalition troops established the camp as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, provide outboard security after offloading from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 1, 2014. The company operated in Tagvreshk Village, an area with suspected Taliban forces with the intent to disrupt any lethal aid. After hours of operating within the area, the infantrymen extracted from the area the same way they arrived.

Battery Control Central (BCC). The BCC is the fire lighter center on which the radars are connected. He is staffed by the Battery Control Officer BCO and four operators. They serve the panels for the radars and launchers. From the BCC, the Firing Console Operator (FCO) verts missiles by pressing the fire button on behalf of the BCO.

An Iraqi artillery battery abandoned during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

990623-M-5696S-008. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Montieth State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th MEU

Large tents at a United States Marine Corps forward operating base in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

030404-M-5753Q-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

DA-SC-87-07922. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A821113 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 26 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/26/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; COMPOUNDS; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); FIREARMS; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

060708-A-5679R-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Field State: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

An F-117A Stealth fighter aircraft from the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tonopah Test Range, Nev., arrives for an overnight stay while deploying to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD DEPLOYMENT Base: Langley Air Force Base State: Virginia(VA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing walk through the Contingency Response Element beddown area in eastern Europe, April 4, 2022. The 621st CRW is highly-specialized in training and rapidly deploying personnel to quickly open airfields and establish, expand, sustain, and coordinate air mobility operations.

A view of power lines near the 1ST Marine Division's Division Support Activity (DSA) site during Operation DESERT SHIELD. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Savings, France , 1919 - Meuse - Georges Chevalier and Fernand Cuville - (September 10-12) (French - Les Éparges , France). Front, bombing, post-war period, First World War, France, Les Eparges, mine funnel (n ° 3)

A below the horizon, aerial view of a Command Operation Center (COC) and surrounding area at an encampment in Kuwait, during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected, All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) deployed with 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), provides security across the Helmand River as Afghan local nationals cross near Forward Operating Base Jackson in the Sangin District, Helmand province, Afghanistan, December 7th, 2010. 8th ESB Marines conduct engineering operations for coalition forces and local nationals in support of the International Security Assistance Force.

Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu. A1 Hill, Eliane, battle site of the final Vietnamese military victory over the French in 1954, French underground bunker

070103-A-9307C-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Dingak Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

An Aerial image of Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti taken on Jan 18, 2010 following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort

050713-A-6108G-627. Base: Erbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-SN-88-09259. Base: Naval Air Station, Rota Country: Spain (ESP)

030406-M-0049F-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sayyid Abd Country: Iraq (IRQ)

070103-A-2394G-067. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Showki State: Kabisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-141. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge - The City - 26-HK-383-85. Hurricane Katrina

A view of damage to hardened aircraft shelters at Al-Salman Air Base caused by Allied bombing during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Al Salman Air Base Country: Iraq(IRQ)

050202-F-7023A-031. Base: Garagul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040921-M-2306K-023. Complete Scene Caption: A large number of rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and RPG launchers (rear), mortar rounds and mortar launchers (center) and various types of ammunition (front), found by Iraqi Security Forces during a raid of a Muqtada al Sadr safe house in An Najaf, An Najaf Province, Iraq, are 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)

A821119 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 26 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/26/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; BUILDING TYPES; COMPOUNDS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS; ROCKS, COMMON; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; SAFEGUARD-AREA 11 EXERCISE historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

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

U.S. Army Pfc. Levi Walkup of the California Army National Guards 649th Engineer Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, talks to a lieutenant from across the San Ysidro Creek inside the Randall Road Debris Basin, Jan. 13, 2023, in Montecito, California, while working to reroute the water flow as part of the states storm response. The basin is in the same area where a deadly mudflow hit in 2018. The engineers are supporting the Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management through the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services.

021016-A-5790R-045. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-149. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-27. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

A United States Marine Corps (USMC) military vehicle, a Marine High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) sits tilted in a sandstorm during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030409-M-5753Q-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

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