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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.

DF-ST-86-13005. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pallets of cargo drop from a U.S. Air Force 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III to a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Aug. 27, 2009, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Contractor Nestor Flota launches a QR-20 Puma as part of Technical Concept Experiment 22.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 21, 2022. TCE, sponsored by the U.S. Navys Office of Naval Research, brought together Marines and contractors to experiment with new and emerging technologies to enable Marine forces to operate effectively in distributed and expeditionary advanced base operations. The Puma is a small, battery powered, hand launched, unmanned aircraft system designed for surveillance and intelligence gathering missions.

Graveyard in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

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

An AMX-30 main battle tank guards an element of the French 6th Light Armored Division Bivouaced outside Al-Salman during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Soldiers carefully advancing position in the middle of an airsoft game

05/20/2002. Madrid 5-20-02 surveillance by Seprona of poaching in the Sierra Madrileña. Photo: Ángel de Antonio.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Eric Nilsson, from Greenville, South Carolina, a forward air controller assigned to Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) controls various forms of fires including, fixed-wing, rotary-wing, artillery, and mortar assets during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Observation Point Sunkist (OP Sunkist), Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Oct. 4, 2022. 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.

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Jordan Arab soldier looking over the Rift Valley

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Force, mark a lane designated for safe transport after detonation of a Mine Clearing Line Charge 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.

A US Army, MIM-104 Patriot missile launches and seeks out a target at Camp McGregor Missile Range during Exercise ROVING SANDS '97, Fort Bliss, Texas, 29 April 1997. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Russian Search and Rescue helicopter approaches the landing site of the Soyuz TMA-21 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 28 Commander Andrey Borisenko, and Flight Engineers Ron Garan, and Alexander Samokutyaev in a remote area outside of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Garan, Russian Cosmonauts Borisenko and Samokutyaev are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 27 and 28 crews.

Photo of old destroyed helicopter on rocky ground in Panjshir in Afghanistan

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, walk up a hill during a company training event at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 6, 2022. Marines with 9th COMM conduct monthly hikes to ensure force readiness and physical fitness for future operations.

U.S. Air Force Airmen 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, inspect refueling pipes and check for static grounding points during Accurate Test 22 at RAFO Thumrait Air Base, Oman, May 13, 2022. These inspections ensure safety of refueling operations for aircraft and Airmen in the event that static electricity is produced in the vicinity of the highly ignitable jet fuel.

040610-M-7514K-078. Base: Al Walbde Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Navy Sea Bees

030821-M-7837W-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

030223-M-8539K-008. Base: Camp Matilda Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

There may be mines, a reminder of the last war.

Composite of Helicopter in Mirage

An expedient grapeshot charge built by U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is emplaced for a demolition range during a Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms on June 11, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT exercise to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground, and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during their upcoming overseas deployment.

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

Russian Search and Rescue and other recovery teams begin to gather around the Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft immediately after it landed with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman onboard in a remote area southeast of the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. NASA Astronaut Coleman, Russian Cosmonaut Kondratyev and Italian Astronaut Nespoli are returning from more than five months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 26 and 27 crews.

Strafing panels are hit by 30mm gunfire during Excalubur III, a United States Air Forces, Europe bombing and gunnery competition. Strafing panels are hit by 30mm gunfire during Excalubur III, a United States Air Forces, Europe bombing and gunnery competition.

000505-N-6492H-569. Base: Camp Garcia State: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI) Scene Major Command Shown: NMCB 5

040424-M-1623M-003. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030107-F-9528H-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown

An air-to-air view of two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and a Royal Saudi Air Force F-5E Tiger II fighter aircraft during a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.

DA-SC-85-12432. Country: Unknown

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

041129-F-8946M-011. Base: Ferris Town State: Fallujah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A821212 SAFEGUARD AREA 11 EXERCISE MARK SOOHOO (PROJECT ENGINEER) JUL 30 82 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 7/30/1982 AREA 11; AREA 11 EXERCISE; COMPOUNDS; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES (BARRIERS); FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; MOUNTAIN RIDGES; 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.

Airmen from the 168th Wing fire at the small arms range, Sept. 23, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Airmen must demonstrate quality safety standards while handling and firing their weapons in order to qualify for deployment and maintain readiness.

US Marines Carry a Mock Casualty Through Blowing Desert Sand

DF-ST-86-07792. Country: Egypt (EGY)

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

060810-N-0411D-024. Base: Nginyang Country: Kenya (KEN)

Destroyed Sukhoi SU-27 Flanker at Al Taqaddum Air Base in Iraq's Al Anbar Province

Abandoned Iraqi vehicles are disposed of by members of the 24th Infantry Division in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Alexander II. 29. April 1818, 13. März 1881, Kaiser von Russland, in der Schlacht von Plewna (1877), Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion ein...

030310-M-3692C-002. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A U.S. Air Force HC-130J Combat King II flies over Bama Park at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., March 28, 2023. These candidates go through 4-5 days of Combat Rescue Officer Phase II.

A821117 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); MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROCKS; ROCKS, COMMON; SAFEGUARDS; TELEPHONE POLES; 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.

040921-M-2306K-024. 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)

An Afghan child walks in her village outside Naw-Abad. Marines and medical officers from Brigade Headquarters Group and 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) and an Afghan national army medic from Camp Shorabak, set up and conducted a village medical outreach to provide medical care and assess long term medical needs.

030206-M-5753Q-062. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A UH-60L Black Hawk medevac helicopter parked on its pad at the German PRT in Northern Afghanistan.

030317-A-XXXXX-085. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

040331-M-1623M-005. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, pose for a picture after company attacks during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Feb. 7, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. Marine Corps

An air-to-air view of two U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft of the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., and a Royal Saudi Air Force F-5E Tiger II fighter aircraft during a mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft are armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Unknown

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A U.S. Marine with 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, patrols during an airfield seizure event as part of exercise Koolendong 22, at Royal Australian Air Force Base Curtin, WA, Australia, July 18, 2022. Exercise Koolendong 22 is a combined and joint force exercise focused on expeditionary advanced base operations conducted by U.S. Marines, U.S. Soldiers, U.S. Airmen, and Australian Defence Force personnel.

An aircraft target range used during exercise Gunsmoke '85. Subject Operation/Series: GUNSMOKE '85 Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A821060 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; DESERTS; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR TESTING; NUCLEAR TESTS; ROADS; SAFEGUARDS; SMOKE; TEST SITES; 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.

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030322-M-0049F-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Basrah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

LCMR, or Lightweight Counter Mortar Radar

Warning signs at Area-51 near Rachael in Nevada

Right side view of six A-4F Skyhawk aircraft from Marine Attack Squadron 133 (VMA-133) in flight. Base: Naval Air Station, Fallon State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Mark Houston, a Cable/Antenna Systems Technician with the 341st Communications Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, digs a trench to lay cable at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH. TSGT Houston is part of the coalition forces of the 363rd Air Expeditionary Wing, Prince Sultan AB, SAU, that enforces the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq to protect and defend against Iraqi aggression. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

980224-F-7910D-002. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH 1998 Base: Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base State: Al Ahmadi Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Painting titled 'Apotheosis of War' by Vasily Vereshchagin. Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (1842-1904) a Russian artist.

Mizpe Revivim Fortress, in kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months. Members of the kibbutz lived in underground dugouts, and received food supplies by air and convoys that ran the Egyptian battle lines.

Staff Sgt. Rebecca Mortimer, an Aerial Porter with the 152nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, inspects cargo at the Ready Roller exercise at Amedee Army Airfield in Herlong, Calif. October 15, 2022. The intent of the exercise was to test capabilities in a simulated contested environment, utilizing the Agile Combat Employment concept

Towing the 'Gila Monster' Down Range

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

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

030324-M-5150A-039. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030321-M-9792P-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 11th Marines Regiment

U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Action Team member Spc. Houston Russell competes in the 2022 Palmetto State Armory United States Practical Shooting Association Multigun Nationals in Clinton, South Carolina on April 2, 2022. The Fort Bragg, North Carolina native placed first in the Limited Division.

A Military Airlift command (MAC) combat controller races on his motorcycle to a landing zone to replace markers blown away by previous assault landings during Airlift Rodeo '90. Airlift Rodeo is an annual airdrop competition that tests the flight and ground skills of Military Airlift Command aircrews as well as foreign teams.. Subject Operation/Series: RODEO '90 Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America(USA)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- A team of Japanese medical workers bid Airmen farewell after a pair of HH-60s deliver food, water and medical supplies, March 20. The 33rd Rescue Squadron successfully transported supplies to displaced peoples in Kessenuma City, in support of Operation Tomodachi. Kessenuma experienced massive destruction from the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, March 11.

Grounded B-24 Liberator bomber wreckage in Bechevin Bay, Atka Island, during WWII

Spain, Canary Islands, Lanzarote. Haria, military air surveillance base. Escuadron de Vigilancia Aerea. EVA 22

030404-M-5753Q-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Kut State: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

12 STRONG (2018), directed by NICOLAI FUGLSIG. Copyright: Editorial use only. No merchandising or book covers. This is a publicly distributed handout. Access rights only, no license of copyright provided. Only to be reproduced in conjunction with promotion of this film.

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