Military Operations in Desert Terrain

Images depict military personnel and vehicles in arid landscapes. Features include helicopters, drones, and armored units, set against vast desert backdrops.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct evasive maneuver training during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 5, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver as well as offensive and defensive operations during combat.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during a battalion field exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Sept. 8, 2022. The purpose of the exercise was to strengthen the units capabilities and combat readiness.

030212-M-5753Q-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040826-M-1726K-002. Base: Najaf Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030902-A-XXXXX-7625. Base: Mosul Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct evasive maneuver training during Integrated Training Exercise 3-22 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 5, 2022. ITX is a live-fire event that increases unit readiness. It teaches the tactical application of combined-arms maneuver as well as offensive and defensive operations during combat.

030327-M-4779G-028. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 4-Jan

U.S. Marines patrol during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 at Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah, April 6, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event, hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, which emphasizes the development of small task-organized unit experimentation across all warfighting functions, as well as enhance the battalion's ability to conduct command and control, fire-support planning, intelligence functions, and logistical support to distributed company level operations. This exercise continues support of 2d Marine Division experimental battalion's assessment and mission essential task list-based pre-deployment training progression.

Smoke rises skyward as Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion call in close air support from Marine Harrier II, AV-8B aircraft, using 500 lb. Bombs. THERE IS ONLY A SCREEN RESOLUTION IMAGE AVAILABLE. Subject Operation/Series: STEEL KNIGHT '97 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

980527-F-4116M-010. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Udairi Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, execute Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 23, 2022. Range 400 is used to conduct company-level live-fire training in a deliberate assault against prepared defensive positions. MAGTF-23 aggregated at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center from 55 Home Training Centers, further preparing Marine Forces Reserve for potential future mobilizations and deployments.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, fire a M3A1 Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapons System on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, May 16, 2022. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

Cargo is dropped by parachute into Landing Zone Gold during Exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-85-10393. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 / EASTERN WIND 83 Base: Berbera Country: Somalia (SOM)

A view of Camp Comfort, a tent city established to accommodate the participants of Operation Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: COMFORT Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

DF-ST-85-03186. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), fire 81 mm M252 mortars to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Security and Stabilization Operation (SASO) in the Al Anbar Province during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A soldier from C Company, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, participates in a live fire exercise in the desert during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observe fire support during a ground assault as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 around Gays Pass training area, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 14, 2024. MDMX prepares Marines for future conflicts by conducting offensive and defensive live-fire and maneuver training scenarios within an austere training environment. Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps AH-1W SuperCobra launches from Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan

Bird's eye 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)

On the winding dirt roads Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted patrol onboard their Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-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

The V-22 Osprey

Expedition 69 Soyuz Landing. Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history.

030303-A-XXXXX-142. Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firing a round of ammunition. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Anthony Ruiz, an infantry squad leader assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, works with Tunisian armed forces to move towards an objective as part of an integrated training event during African Lion 2022, Camp Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia, June 21, 2022. African Lion 22 is a multinational- scale exercise focused on increasing training and interoperability between the U.S., partners and allies in Africa to work towards increased security and stability within the region.

DN-ST-89-07339. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE 88 Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03646. Country: Unknown

View Through Small Bullet Proof Glass Window of an MRAP, or Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle, at Another MRAP, With a Mine Roller, Helmand Province of Afghanistan

A nighttime view of a guard post overlooking the Helmand River, a combat outpost in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Infantry Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducts tactical assaults on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Nov. 2, 2022. Realistic training exercises, like JPMRC 23-01, strengthen defense relationships, foster multinational interoperability, increase U.S. readiness, and reinforce the unified regional land power network that supports a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Zone Security Forces Advisory Team arrive at Wam Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2009.

An AV-8B Harrier aircraft from Marine Light Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513) lands on a portable runway during Operation Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: COMFORT Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the 62d Airlift Wing flies over Idaho during Exercise Rainier War 22B, Oct. 19, 2022. Rainier War 22B is a full-scale readiness exercise with an Air Force Generation prioritization; demonstrating the ability to generate, employ and sustain a combat force during a rigorous wartime scenario.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, execute a company attack on Range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) on Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, May 16, 2022. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.

A cameraman photographs a U.S. and Saudi live-fire exercise during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), prepares to take off during a ground threat reaction drill during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 30, 2023. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

040319-M-5150A-004. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Marine Corps LAV-25 crosses the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province.

An Iraqi armored column destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Euphrates River Valley Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Two Marine AV-8A Harrier aircraft prepare to take off from Wilson Field during Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

View of sun-baked mud structures exhale smoke, contrasting with the arid landscape under a pale sky, a timeless scene of rural life, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

A round from an M-72 light anti-tank weapon (LAW) destroys a target at Abu Hydra Range as Marines from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, and British soldiers from the Queen's Dragoon Guards conduct weapons training during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Expedition 69 Soyuz Landing. Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, Roscosmos cosmonauts Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The trio are returning to Earth after logging 371 days in space as members of Expeditions 68-69 aboard the International Space Station. For Rubio, his mission is the longest single spaceflight by a U.S. astronaut in history.

A CH-47 Chinook Ramp Gunner Scans the Afghan Countryside

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol during the non-live fire training for the Ground Reconnaissance Course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 16, 2022. During the course, Marines were tasked with patrolling and observing live role players positions and movements undetected.

A Marine CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter descends on a Kurdish village to deliver food supplies to refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. The food delivery is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid the refugees. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Force, launch a Mine Clearing Line Charge from an Amphibious Combat Vehicle 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.

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)

Advanced Individual Training students rest and prepare their maps halfway through the day's Land Navigation exercise.

A 2.75 inch white phosphorus rocket from a U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog with the 354th fighter squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, strikes a simulated target during a live-fire, close-air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 25, 2022. 1st ANGLICO trains to enhance proficiency in CAS and expand digital communications capabilities.

Lieutenant Commander Gene Pennisi with Helicopter Combat Support Squadron 4 (HCS4), Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, pops smoke to help the HH-60H Seahawk helicopters locate his position during a survivor extraction exercise in participation with DESERT RESCUE IX. Desert Rescue is the premiere Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise involving Navy, Army, Air Force and Marine personnel. It is conducted at the ranges of Fallon Naval Air Station, Nevada. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT RESCUE IX Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Defective ordnance is exploded at a 60th Ordnance Detachment, 82nd Airborne Division, disposal site during operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter brings a load of supplies to the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 (NMCB-133) at an Iraqi airfield. The airfield, which had been under construction prior to the start of the Persian Gulf war, is being repaired to allow relief supplies to be flown in for nearby Kurdish refugees as part of Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Sirsenk Country: Iraq (IRQ)

DA-SC-87-07918. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An enemy bunker burns as U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, assault their objective during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Jan. 31, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency.

LCPL Roberto Padilla of the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Headquarters and Support Company, shoots an azimuth to establish SATCOM A Marine Light Armored Vehicle-Command and Control (LAV-C2) from the 4th Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) Headquarters and Support Co. during DEEP STRIKE 97. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP STRIKE '97 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

Engineers with Army National Guard, 578th Engineer Battalion use a D-7 bulldozer to dig an obstacle at Red Beach during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-08654. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A860897 SAFEGUARD ABLE SITE MOTTERN (Project Engineer) JUL 30 86 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/30/1986 ABLE SITE; AUTOMOBILES; BUILDINGS; CARS; DISTANT; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; MILITARY VEHICLES; MOTOR VEHICLES; MOTOR VEHICLES, MILITARY; MOTTERN; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; PARKING LOTS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES; VEHICLES; VEHICLES, MILITARY LAND; WEAPONS RELATED; SAFEGUARD historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Afghanistan, Kunduz area, Ai Khanum, on the Amu Daryu river, Looters' holes, founded in 4th century BC

A destroyed Iraqi anti-aircraft position near the bunker complex of the 2nd Battalion, 45th Iraqi Infantry Division that was taken over by members of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 327th Infantry Regt., 101st Airborne Division during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Commonwealth Joint Air Training Plan, No 23 Air School at Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1943 Training air machine gunners at No 23 Air School. Pupils waiting to take a turn in the power turret rig. The target is a motorized rail buggy which orbited the track at around 40 mph. The Askari native orderlies replenished the ammunition and collected the cases from fired rounds.

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

Shooting Range Baumholder, West Germany, during an exercise with attacking NATO jet jackets. On the photo a Phantom of the American Air Force in Aktie.

Iraqi equipment destroyed and abandoned during Operation Desert Storm litters a stretch of highway in the Euphrates River Valley.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

030324-M-5150A-057. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A Christmas tree is blown up at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Jan. 11, 2023. Malmstroms explosive ordinance disposal team held their second annual Blow and Grow event, in which wing personnel were invited to the EOD range for a controlled explosion of a Christmas tree decorated with sticky notes containing things participants wished to leave in 2022.

Russian support crews give chase during the landing of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft with Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Chris Cassidy, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. Vinogradov, Misurkin and Cassidy are returning to Earth after five and a half months on the International Space Station.

From his High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), MSGT Lonnie Eaker an Enlisted Terminal Attack Controller (ETAC), assigned to Detachment 6, 57th Wing, Nellis AFB, Nevada, USAF Air Warrior Team, coordinates close air support during deployment exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03707. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '83 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

A821122 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.

DA-ST-85-04948. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '84 Base: Camp San Luis Obispo State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Revampment under construction at an unknown air base in Korea.

Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team begin to stage for a fire mission to support a live-fire mission during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 19, 2022. XCTC is a series of training exercises between an active-duty U.S. Army Brigade and an Army National Guard Brigade, intended to increase the skills and readiness of National Guard units.

030405-M-7371B-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Two observer/controllers watch from beside their M-998 high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle as several armored vehicles advance through a valley during an exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

US Air Force F-11 Raven

U.S. Air Force Combat Controllers from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field Fl.,talk to passing Haitians prior to humanitarian aid being air dropped into Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan 18, 2010. Department of Defense assets have been deployed to assist in the Haiti relief effort following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the city on Jan. 12, 2010.

Soldiers with 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah National Guard, conduct sling-load operations Sept. 15, 2022, airlifting supplies up Payson Canyon in support of a five-day exercise hosted by Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue. The assistance provided reaffirms the Utah National Guard's commitment to local agency partnerships, which in this case helped facilitate a unique training opportunity for emergency responders.

A821121 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.

A Tomahawk cruise missile is test fired its operational launcher. Base: Utah Test And Training Range State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Edwards Air Force Base, South Base Sled Track, Earth Covered Bunker Types, North of Sled Track, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, CA

An A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the 355th Wing, out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, takes off from Rogers Dry Lake during an Agile Combat Employment Exercise on Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 27. The training featured Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, out of Travis Air Force Base, California, and the 412th Operations Support Squadron based at Edwards AFB. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

040711-M-8703S-005. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers assigned to the U.S. Army 114th Infantry Regiment conducts light sniper training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Nov. 19, 2022. The training is designed to educate snipers to be adaptive Soldiers, critical and creative thinkers, armed with the technical, tactical, and logistical skills necessary to serve successfully at the Sniper Team level.

Air cushion landing craft LCAC-6 creates a cloud of sand as it moves across the beach during the multinational relief effort Operation Restore Hope. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

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