Military Operations in Desert Conditions

Images of military camps, equipment, and operations in arid environments, highlighting military logistics and training during significant exercises.

Tank placement of Ittehad-i-Islami forces of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.

A view from an observation/sniper post of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 8th Regiment, 24th Marine Amphibious Unit. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

030315-A-XXXXX-079. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

An aerial view of the tent city set up to house military personnel and equipment during exercise Bright Star '90. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Country: Egypt (EGY)

DM-ST-88-07693. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

An AN/MPQ-53 radar set, left, for the MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense system is deployed at a newly constructed site during Operation Desert Shield. The radar set is a multifunction, phased array device which performs surveillance, tracking and guidance functions. In the background are four Patriot launchers.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Tank placement of Ittehad-i-Islami forces of Abdul Rasul Sayyaf.

DF-ST-89-05337. Country: Spain (ESP)

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) carrying a radar and tracking system shelter sits parked at an airfield during Operation Desert Shield. The shelter is used by the Marines of the 3rd Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV) Platoon to track their Pioneer RPVs during flight.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Jubail Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Two U.S. Air Force pararescuemen, assigned to the 52nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron (ERQS), maneuver their parachutes after jumping out of an HH-60G Pave Hawk assigned to the 46th ERQS at an undisclosed location, Oct. 17, 2022. This was the first time the 1st Expeditionary Rescue Group (ERQG) personnel conducted jumps at this location, enabling forces to practice their personnel recovery mission. The primary mission of the 1st ERQG is to conduct day or night personnel recovery operations into hostile environments to recover isolated personnel during conflict.

An overview of a section of the Combat Service Support Detachment 10 (CSSD-10) base, with the 2nd and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion (LAAD) base camp in the background during Operation DESERT STORM. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

040326-M-5150A-001. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to a support by fire position in Amphibious Combat vehicles during Range 400 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 9, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting Realistic Urban Training exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEU's command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nation's crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

030212-M-5753Q-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

El Kab (Nejab en egipcio), es una localidad que fue la capital del III nomo del Alto Egipto a partir de la dinastía XVIII, durante el Imperio Nuevo.

DA-ST-88-04557. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photos from the facility of a telegraflinje in Russia in 1900.

September 23, 2009 - Container delivery system bundles dropped from a C-17 Globemaster III outside a forward operating base in Afghanistan.

A battery of abandoned Iraqi artillery damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

AH-1W Sea Cobra helicopters of Marine Utility/Attack Squadron 369 (HMLA-369) are refueled during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: IMMINENT THUNDERDESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Flares from a Jordanian Armed Forces F-16 Fighting Falcon drop over an objective during Exercise Eager Lion 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

A US Air Force C-141B Starlifter aircraft approaches the runway at Point Salines airfield during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. A group of UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are parked beside the runway. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

Hesco Barrier Wall and Distant Excavator and Workers, Small Combat Outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

Russian support personnel work around the Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 56 Commander Drew Feustel and Flight Engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, along with Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Feustel, Arnold, and Artemyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 55 and 56 crews onboard the International Space Station.

An aerial view of the camp and some of the equipment of members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133. The Seabees are repairing the area's runway 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 Base: Sersink Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DA-SC-85-06476. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Base: Hongchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 5 operate bulldozers and scrapers as they prepare the area for camp during Operation Desert Storm. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

El Kab (Nejab en egipcio), es una localidad que fue la capital del III nomo del Alto Egipto a partir de la dinastía XVIII, durante el Imperio Nuevo.

An aerial view of an air transportable hospital during Exercise Wounded Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: WOUNDED EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Drainage system at Nahr el Falek or Birket Ramadan Beginning of artificial cut for draining large area. Nahr el Falik. 1940, Israel

DF-ST-88-03931. Subject Operation/Series: SILVER FLAG ALPHA 87-1 Base: Decker Field, Wendover State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

With the initial buildup of forces for Joint Task Force Sustain Hope and a few days of intermittent rain, the base camp is a mud pit in the making. Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Sustain Hope, is a combined NATO and joint U.S. military humanitarian relief effort, in conjunction with civilian relief agencies. Sustain Hope is bringing relief to thousands of refugees in Albania displaced by the current unrest in the region of Kosovo, Yugoslavia. Subject Operation/Series: SUSTAIN HOPE Base: Tirana Country: Albania (ALB)

040606-M-5555L-031. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Hurricane Point State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

220427-N-PG340-1168 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (April 27, 2022) Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 conducts the battalions second Command Post Exercise onboard Naval Base Ventura County Point Mugu, California. The U.S. Navy Seabees with NMCB-5 are homeported out of Port Hueneme. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

Two M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles maneuver in the desert during a U.S. and Saudi live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Two Jordanian F-16s conduct a show of power after completing a joint tactical demonstration of power and cooperation with partner nations, in Jordan on Sept. 5. The exercise, Eager Lion is one of the largest military exercises in the region. There are 28 countries involved in the exercise this year, spanning two-weeks. #EagerLion22 (Photo by Sgt. Mark Hayward, 197th FAB Public Affairs Officer)

Two Armed Soldiers, Taken During an Exercise of the Bundeswehr with Armed Forces From Norway and the Czech Republic During the Exercise Wettiner Schwert as part of the Quadriga 2024 in the training Town Schnoeggersburg, 08 04 2024 Schnoeggersburg Germany

An Egyptian SA-2 surface-to-air missile is deployed during the multinational joint service exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Country: Egypt (EGY)

030416-M-0049F-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Ground support personnel are seen at the landing site after the Soyuz TMA-13M spacecraft landed with Expedition 41 Commander Max Suraev of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), NASA Flight Engineer Reid Wiseman and Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency (ESA) near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. Suraev, Wiseman and Gerst returned to Earth after more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 40 and 41 crews.

030315-A-XXXXX-020. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Marines practice Military Operations on Urban Terrain at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Nov. 23. The Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

A Marine sentry walks his post in the desert during an exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center. Camouflage netting covers a vehicle in the background. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A US Army remote-controlled "B.A.T.S." target rocket, being prepared for launch on the E-1 range at Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach area during a 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion missile targeting exercise on. Marines from the 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, were using the versatile rockets as fast-moving targets, firing Stinger missiles at them from the Avenger system mounted atop High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV). Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Reinforced wall and guard tower at small United States Marine Corps outpost in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, outside the city of Marjah

Convoy of United States Marine Corps MRAPs or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Abandoned Soviet Tanks In Shekh Ali, Parwan Province, Afghanistan

F-111F aircraft and an EF-111A Raven aircraft, rear, fly in formation over the desert during Operation Desert Shield. The aircraft are assigned to the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

040319-M-5150A-015. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Bunker in Albania Bunker in Albania Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20258693

041202-F-0524H-054. Base: Al Qaim Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030412-M-2900S-048. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Three Rivers Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DESIERTO CON JEEP MILITAR JUNTO AL MAR MUERTO DE CAMINO A MASADA - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: MAR MUERTO. Nación. ISRAEL.

040408-M-8096M-006. Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DF-ST-86-07790. Country: Egypt (EGY)

One-half right front view of a Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star in flight, somewhere in Korea. Its wings are fitted with wing tip tanks. In the foreground is a rocky area, with a sign reading 'East 3' at the left of the image. Buildings and equipment appear in the background.

A group of Iraqi army soldiers scout the Udaim River Valley from a high vantage point. U.S. Army Soldiers of 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and Iraqi army soldiers of 2nd Battalion, 19th Brigade, 5th Division conduct foot patrol searches of the Udaim River Valley for enemy weapons caches and transport routes, Dec. 11. This joint operation called Hammer Pursuit III is intended to stop the trafficking of weapons in the Diyala province, Iraq.

Portable fuel storage bladders are being used to store fuel at the Canadian held helicopter refueling station on the coast line not far from Mogadishu. In the background are numerous ship involved in Operation Provide Relief. The one in the center is the Military Sealift Command chartered oiler MOUNT VERNON (T-AOT-5083). Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE RELIEF Base: Beledwegne Country: Somalia (SOM)

Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, attached to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, Combined Task Force Raider navigate their Stryker vehicle through the Dab Pass, during a major retrograde operation, Jan. 19

050924-A-7186W-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Tall Afar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DN-ST-85-04042. Subject Operation/Series: INTENSE LOOK Country: Egypt (EGY)

A destroyed Iraqi BMP-1 mechanized infantry combat vehicle lies in the desert during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

030404-M-5753Q-021. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Navy landing craft air cushions (LCAC) with Assault Craft Unit 4, wait to transport light armored vehicles during a training exercise with 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. The main purpose of an LCAC is to transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force from ship-to-shore and across the beach.

070103-A-9307C-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Dingak Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

031022-F-3356N-003. Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

A starboard quarter view of the air cushion landing craft (LCAC-37) of Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4) resting on the beach. Country: Bahrain (BHR)

030315-A-XXXXX-048. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DF-ST-85-11278. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-08478. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A view of a Soviet surface to air missile site, possibly an SA-5, destroyed by coaliton air sorties, and is located near the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan. Image taken during OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Panorama Safed Sang Camp from 51st Camp, Safed Koh in distance. John Burke (Irish, about 1843 - 1900)

A 30 mm cannon loader is prepared for the loading of ammunition into the 30 mm gun on an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during Refueling and Armament Team operations. Base: Dry Lake State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A821081 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 9 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/9/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MILITARY CLOTHING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; TRUCKS; UGT; UNDERGROUND TESTING; VEHICLES; VEHICLES, SPECIAL USE; 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.

Following the rut of an old trail, Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol using an LAV-25 (Light Armored Vehicle-25) 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

040113-F-9871C-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Pima County, Arizona for tours of the Mexican border area, discussions with local Interior staff and Customs and Border Patrol personnel

Airmen build a hot-bladder pit refueling site during exercise Busy Prairie II. Subject Operation/Series: BUSY PRAIRIE II Base: Biggs Army Air Field, El Paso State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050721-A-6108G-334. Base: Arbil State: Arbil Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Christmas tree amid military tents, Camp Leatherneck, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Bölkow BO-105C helicopter. Exercise together with the Royal Netherlands Army.

050623-A-6108G-143. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Sulaymaniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, an members of the Royal Saudi Air Force conduct a wing foreign object and debris walk, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Nov. 1, 2022. In partnership with the Royal Saudi Air Force, Airmen assigned to the 378th AEW conducted the FOD walk to clear clear debris and foreign objects from the flight line which could cause engine or structural damage to aircraft.

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DM-ST-85-09374. Base: Dong Ha Country: Viet Nam (VNM)

The Idaho Air National Guards 124th Fighter Wing hosted the biennial A-10 Thunderbolt II competition, Hawgsmoke, Sept. 6-9, 2022. On Sept. 8, nearly 30 A-10s from across the nation took off from Gowen Field's flight line for the competition that took place at Idaho's Saylor Creek Range. At the previous competition, Hawgsmoke 2021, the 124th Fighter Wings 190th Fighter Squadron was recognized as the top pilot team at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The winning team traditionally hosts the next competition. The 190th Fighter Squadron won all three team awards in 2021: overall champion, top bombing team and top tactical team. The 190th was announced winners of the 2022 Hawgsmoke on Sept. 9, making this overall win the squadrons fourth since 2003. More than 150 pilots, maintainers and weapon teams from approximately 14 active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units from across the globe are in the competition.

DF-ST-86-07960. Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)

An overhead view of damage to a target tank after being hit by a Wasp missile during the first tactical weapon system application of millimeter wave seeker technology. The Wasp missile is designed to be launched in groups against massed armor formations. Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, flies over Naval Air Facility El Centro, California, June 16, 2022. Marines with HMLA-775 trained to conduct offensive air support in support of expeditionary advanced base operations to maintain and enhance their mission capabilities and combat readiness.

Members of the 33rd Combat Communications Squadron, 3rd Combat Communications Group (3rd CCG), prepare a camouflage net for a mobile air traffic control tower at Arrowhead Assault Landing Strip during a 3rd CCG deployment exercise. Base: Fort Chaffee State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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