Military Operations in Terrain

U.S. military personnel engaged in operations in rugged terrains, highlighting counterinsurgency, air support, and armored vehicles.

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267), Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, walks towards a landing UH-1Y during Summer Fury 22 at Fort Irwin, California, July 31, 2022. By operating out of forward aviation nodes, HMLA-267 demonstrated expeditionary capabilities in an austere environment. Summer Fury 22 is designed to enhance Marine-Air-Ground Task Force integration and increase aviation operations proficiency with realistic, relevant training to ensure the Marine Corps largest aircraft wing remains operationally excellent, interoperable, deployable on short notice and lethal when called into action.

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment conduct a census patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2011. The Marines conduct patrols to suppress enemy activity and gain the trust of the people. The battalion, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, conducted counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Force.

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the Jordanian Armed Forces lift off after an objective assault exercise 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.

A831028 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MALE; MAN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MILITARY CLOTHING; MILITARY MEN; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; UNIFORMS; UNIFORMS, DRESS (MILITARY); VEHICLES; VEHICLES, MOTOR (NON MILITARY) historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

DM-SC-86-09793. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A831005 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; HELICOPTERS; MALE; MEN (ADD MALE MODIFIER); MILITARY OFFICERS BY RANK; MILITARY VEHICLES (LAND); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; TRUCKS; VEHICLES, MILITARY LAND historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom pilot with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267), Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, walks towards a landing UH-1Y during Summer Fury 22 at Fort Irwin, California, July 31, 2022. By operating out of forward aviation nodes, HMLA-267 demonstrated expeditionary capabilities in an austere environment. Summer Fury 22 is designed to enhance Marine-Air-Ground Task Force integration and increase aviation operations proficiency with realistic, relevant training to ensure the Marine Corps largest aircraft wing remains operationally excellent, interoperable, deployable on short notice and lethal when called into action.

Veiled in a thin cloud of dust, 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

Soldiers from the British Army watch several black hawk helicopters of the Jordanian Armed Forces land during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 13, 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.

Tube launched Optically Wire guided (TOW) Missile Gunners with Combined Arms Assault Team (CAAT) Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), observe their TOW Missile scream downrange towards its intended target during live fire training at Udari Range, Kuwait. Base: Vdari Range Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Tanks from the 20th Armored Brigade, Royal Saudi Land Force, participate in a capabilities demonstration for visiting dignitaries during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHEILD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

050915-A-5679R-018. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

An M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) drives along a road in the Kuwaiti desert following Operation Desert Storm. Oil wells set ablaze by retreating Iraqi forces burn in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank and two MT-LB armored personnel carriers damaged during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

970627-N-0485L-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Marine UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, flies in an offensive formation during a close air support exercise 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.

A squad of Marines from Co. A, 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, disembark from an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle to begin an assault on objective Delta. This is part of Combined Arms Exercise 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)

030315-A-XXXXX-031. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp New Jersey Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Two MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltorotor Squadron 365 make their way to the landing zone near Checkpoint 52 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. to pick up Marines and sailors from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, to take them to Range 210 to conduct the Clear, Hold, Build Exercise 2H March 3.

Dust envelopes a U.S. Army convoy on a desert road during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DA-SC-84-04351. Subject Operation/Series: THUNDERBOLT Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 211th Aviation Regiment, Utah Army National Guard, participate in a training exercise with partner nations to demonstrate the capabilities of multinational armies working together simultaneously in a combined arms live-fire mission during African Lion 22, June 28, 2022. African Lion 22 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, combined annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal, and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner-nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperadurbility among participants and set the theater for strategic access.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Robert Sponable, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, reloads ammunition into an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun during a close air support exercise 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.

U.S. Army RG-31 mine resistance ambush protected vehicles from the Kapisa-Parwan Provincial Reconstruction Team drive across the Kapisa province of Afghanistan during a mission to evaluate the progress of different road construction projects, Aug. 12, 2009.

US Marines Packed Into a Humvee During a Raid on an Al Qaeda Weapons Cache in the Foothills of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush Mountains

November 11, 2006 - Marines perched atop Machine Gun Hill watch down range as explosives detonate, destroying a mine field to allow safe passage for Marines to reach their objective at range 400 during Mojave Viper at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, 29 Palms, California.

A view of the 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, combat operations center (COC) during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

A830999 SAFEGUARD AREA 25 WALTHERS (Project Engineer) JUN 27 83EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/27/1983 AREA 25; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FIELDS, AIR; MILITARY VEHICLES; MILITARY VEHICLES (LAND); NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; SAFEGUARDS; SAFEGUARDS EXERCISE; TEST SITES; TRUCKS historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppress targets during an exercise on Range 410 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 7, 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.

030401-M-4419R-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

French Peugeot P4 4x4 light vehicles lead a convoy of Renault VAB armored personnel carriers as part of a display of Allied armor during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Members of the 9th Chemical Company, 9th Infantry Division, wash down an armored personnel carrier during a test of the XM-17 "SANATOR" light weight decontamination system at the Yakima Firing Center. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Combat-ready LCPL Davis and other members of his fire team from Co. A, 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, have just left an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle and are in the prone position, armed with M-16A1 rifles, on the crest of a hill. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2-82 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)

A convoy of Bradley Fighting Vehicles assigned to the 1st Battalion, 635th Armored Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard, assume formation prior movement to their training objective at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, June 6, 2021. The 1-635th, based in Kansas City, Kansas, is an organic element of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard. The NTC rotation allows the 155th and supporting units to build teamwork and combat readiness for future missions. (Mississippi National Guard

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) East Africa Response Force (EARF), conduct helicopter landing zone training with U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in the Grand Bara Desert, Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2022. The EARF is augmented by U.S. Marine Corps aviation assets that transport and insert ground forces wherever they are needed throughout the region, supporting crisis response through seamless and immediate force deployment capabilities across vast distances.

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

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 273 stage vehicles during an aircraft-recovery exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, April 27, 2022. MWSS-273 and other squadrons assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) trained to integrate with and support Marine ground units during Service Level Training Exercise (SLTE) 3-22. SLTE is a series of exercises designed to prepare Marines for operations around the globe. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Soviet paratroopers in Afghanistan during the Soviet Afghan War.

US Marine Turret Gunner on a Humvee Roams the Desert

Kosovo Security soldiers conduct a live-fire demonstration during Exercise Dynamic Front 24 at Polatlı Training Area, Türkiye, Feb. 19, 2024. Exercise Dynamic Front 24 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-directed, 56th Artillery Command-led fires-centric exercise in Germany and Türkiye. Artillery Soldiers train in a joint-combined environment, focusing on fire interoperability, command, and control between multinational units and using Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities protocol systems. Army Reserve

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, conduct a mounted live fire range with Joint Light Tactical Vehicles during the Adversary Force Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 27, 2024. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in Service Level Training Exercise 2-24. Marine Corps

040803-A-0259W-010. Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DF-ST-86-07818. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Navy Reserve members assigned to the Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron 1A (MSRON), San Diego, California, participate in the personnel recovery exercise Bull Shark, Port Djibouti, Djibouti, June 21, 2022. Exercise Bull Shark is a personnel recovery exercise involving members of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) and the European Union Naval Force aimed to strengthen interoperability between like-minded partners in the region; members of the Spanish Armed Forces and Djibouti Armed Forces also participated in the exercise this iteration.

An Mh-60S Knighthawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 flies a daytime familiarization flight at Naval Air Station Fallon, April 28, 2022. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143; VFA-103; VFA-86; VFA-136; Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121; HSC-5; and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.

Soldiers from the Italian Armed Forces conduct an airdrop during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 5, 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.

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron (HMLAT) 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, Oct. 16, 2022. HMLAT-303 Marines and state, federal, and private agencies utilized long line external lift capabilities via UH-1Y Venom helicopters to conduct various resupply and search missions through a mountainous environment. Due to the rugged terrain, Marines of HMLAT-303 executed advanced landing techniques.

A detonated bomb forms a mushroom cloud. Various armored vehibcles from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, are on line and facing the impact area. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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 U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Reinforced), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from an airfield at Eagle Mountain, California, during a helicopter raid as part of Realistic Urban Training exercise, June 12, 2022. The purpose of the raid and of RUT was 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 its upcoming overseas deployment.

A member of the ground support crew signals to the pilot of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter attempting to pick up a piece of equipment during exercise Team Spirit '89. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '89 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)

New Recruits for 1ST Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) double time it towards the firing range to conduct live fire training in Kabul, Afghanistan. The training program conducted by US Army Soldiers assigned to 1ST Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (SFG), is designed establish the core of the new ANA that will foster a safe, secure and stable environment in Afghanistan and will help to prevent the re-emergence of terrorist forces. Base: Kabul Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

A CH-53 delivers supplies to US troops at the Somalian airport. Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Modadishu Country: Somalia (SOM)

040422-M-9362G-015. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tanks work out the setting of a smoke screen at the training ground Heavy combat vehicles tanks drive around the butts and put up a smoke screen Copyright: xZoonar.com/VladimirxBlinovx 21363221

Members of the 9th Chemical Company, 9th Infantry Division, wash an armored personnel carrier during a test of the XM-17 "SANATOR" light weight decontamination system at the Yakima Firing Center. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers from the 1st Combined Arms, 163rd Cavalry Regiment conduct a battalion level combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX) at Udairi Range, Kuwait, May 30, 2022. Soldiers conduct CALFEX's in order to train soldiers in their skillset and sustain overall mission readiness.

DM-ST-88-07793. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, control detonate a an enemy emplaced improvised explosive device during a security patrol with Afghan National Army soldiers in Sangin, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2011. Marines conducted security patrols to decrease insurgency and gain the trust of the people. The battalion, assigned to Regimental Combat Team 2, conducted counterinsurgency operations in partnership with the International Security Assistance Force.

Idaho National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion teamed up with the Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 183 Assault Helicopter Battalion to conduct medevac training at the Orchard Combat Training Center on March 30, 2022. The training simulated emergency evacuations of sick or wounded Soldiers from a battlefield. Ground medics preformed medical care on the ground before rushing them to the flight medics aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter who continued medical care while they were flown to the nearby medical facility. This training is a portion of combat training the 2nd of the 116th CAB conducted in preparation to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield later this year.

U.S. Marines with 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, utilize an operations center, during Valiant Shield 22, at Naval Base Guam, June 13, 2022. Marine Air Control Group 18 integrated with forces across the Indo-Pacific to train in operations that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force.

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-88-06916. Subject Operation/Series: SHADOW HAWK / BRIGHT STAR Base: Amman Country: Jordan (JOR)

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, suppresses targets with a Shoulder Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon during an exercise on 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.

020411-F-1644L-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Air Base Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter kicks up snow at Vaernes, Norway, Feb. 22, 2016, as 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade prepares for Exercise Cold Response. All aircraft with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (-) Reinforced, the Air Combat Element of 2d MEB, were dismantled at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., and flown to Norway in U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxies to provide air support during the exercise. Cold Response 16 is a combined, joint exercise comprised of 12 NATO allies and partnered nations and approximately 16,000 troops.

An Mh-60S Knighthawk helicopter attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 flies a daytime familiarization flight at Naval Air Station Fallon, April 28, 2022. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143; VFA-103; VFA-86; VFA-136; Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140; Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121; HSC-5; and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.

DA-SC-87-07937. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 299th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division maneuvers over terrain during Decisive Action Rotation 22-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022.

Helicopters transporting Marines from Co. C, 1ST Bn., 2nd Marine Div., prepare to land during Exercise Imminent Thunder, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: IMMINENT THUNDERDESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

030324-M-5150A-055. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, embark a CH-53E Super Stallion during Assault Support Tactics 1 (AST-1) as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-23 at Combat Village training area, Wellton, Arizona, Oct. 17, 2022. AST-1 is a daytime, force-on-force event which affords prospective WTIs the opportunity to plan, brief, and execute a company-reinforced air assault while integrating the six functions of Marine Aviation.

U.S. Army Soldiers try to shield themselves from an approaching sandstorm before conducting raids in Sharqat, Iraq, April 3, 2007. The Soldiers are from Alpha Company, 5th Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment.

U.S. Marine on a Combat Patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand Province

April 25, 2009 - Army soldier pulls himself through a 25 foot sandpit on a Defender Challenge course at an air base in Southwest Asia. Teams from different units ran the course, testing stamina, strength and brain power.

With an Afghan interpreter onboard their Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25), Marines with Alpha Company, Second Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) conduct a mounted 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

A Marine watches as an M-88A1 armored recovery vehicle uprights an overturned M-60 main battle tank. The exercise, part of Operation Desert Shield, simulates a possible battlefield situation. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Army soldier from the 19th Special Troop Company (Airborne), Utah Army National Guard, Draper, Utah, conduct a high altitude, low open parachute jump over the drop zone, Global One, Fairfield, Utah, March 15, 2012. The troops parachuted from a C-130 Hercules, 187th Airlift Squadron an active-duty associate unit to the Air National Guard, Cheyenne, Wyo.

DA-ST-88-04547. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to the Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Group, directs the movement of vehicles on a landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 4, in support of exercise Northern Viking 2022 in Miðsandur, Iceland, April 10, 2022. Northern Viking 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Iceland and Allied nations, enabling multi-domain command and control of joint and coalition forces in the defense of Iceland and Sea Lines of Communication in the Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom (GIUK) gap.

040319-M-5150A-021. Base: Al Asad Air Base State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II with the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., drops a AGM-65 Maverick missile during a close air support training mission Sept. 23, 2011, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. U.S. Air Force Weapons School students participate in many combat training missions over the NTTR during the six-month, graduate-level instructor course held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

A replica of a Japanese Kate torpedo plane, made from an American AT-6 Texan aircraft, makes a bombing run during a re-enactment of World War II battles. The event is being staged by the Confederate Air Force, a private historical organization that restores and preserves World War II-era aircraft. The re-enactment is part of the Air Force Association's Gathering of Eagles '86, an international aerospace event celebrating the anniversaries of the Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command and the independent Air Force Association. Subject Operation/Series: GATHERING OF EAGLES '86 State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Dutch Patriot Missile battery located on the Oro Grande Range, New Mexico, June 18, 1999. Members of the Triple Air Defense Squadron 804, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Eindhoven, Netherlands are participating in the Garner Cup Competition at Roving Sands '99. The competition tests the abilities of the squadron to deploy their systems in accordance to standards. This is one of many events occuring at Roving Sands 99, a joint theater air and missile defense exercise taking place from Fort Bliss, Texas to White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '99 Base: Oro Grande Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from 7th Platoon, 1ST Force Reconnaissance Company, prepares to fire an AT-4 light anti-tank weapon while taking part in weapons training at Abu Hydra Range during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

DA-SC-84-08157. Base: Fort Carson State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 33rd Special Operations Squadron JUMP 20 unmanned aerial vehicle team goes to retrieve the unmanned aerial vehicle after flying it during Exercise Coyote Dicer at Melrose Air Force Range, New Mexico, May 17, 2022. The JUMP 20 is a vertical takeoff and landing UAV used to provide advanced multi-sensor intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services, and the system can be set up and operational in less than 60 minutes without the need for launch or recovery equipment.

030409-M-2195C-051. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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