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Military Operatives in Snowy Conditions

Images depict military personnel operating in snowy environments, showcasing teamwork and preparation. The mood is serious and focused, with a cold, wintry color palette.

Army soldier with sniper rifle in action in the arctic.
Army soldier with sniper rifle in action in the arctic.
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MASTER Sergeant Lonnie Kimball, a loadmaster with the 730th Airlift Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, California, places dunnage support under the ramp of a C-141C Starlifter from Christchurch, New Zealand. The support will keep the ramp level as loads are passed over it. The aircraft is parked on the Ross Ice Shelf near McMurdo Station in Antarctica, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA)
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Members of Co. B, 4th Bn., 9th Inf. Div. unpack 81mm mortar shells during CALFEX '90, a joint service, combined arms live-fire exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)
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USA, California, United States Marine tent in snow during cold weather and mountain warfare training in Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport
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Private William Muir and Private Grant Hazard of the 14th Transport Squadron clean and check urban camouflage covers for their BSV's before leaving for Visoco, Bosnia during Operation Joint Endeavor on April 16th 1996. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)
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The U.S. Navys attack submarine USS POGY (SSN 647) returned to Hawaii, on Tuesday, November 12, after a 45-day research mission to the North Pole. The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000, USS POGY embarked a team of researchers led by Mr. Ray Sambrotto of Columbia University. During the several thousand mile trek, the submarine collected data on the chemical, biological, and physical properties of the Arctic Ocean, and conducted experiments in geophysics, ice mechanics, pollution detection, and other areas. For the purposes of this voyage, a portion of the submarines torpedo room was converted into laboratory space. However at no time was the ship ever removed as a .... Complete Scene Caption: The U.S. Navys attack submarine USS POGY (SSN 647) returned to Hawaii, on Tuesday, November 12, after a 45-day research mission to the North Pole. The second of five planned deployments through the year 2000, USS POGY embarked a team of researchers led by Mr. Ray Sambrotto
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020201-F-8415B-007. Base: Kingsley Field State: Oregon (OR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ORANG
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Military M-35 trucks and M-38 jeeps line highway E-6 as they travel to the training area for exercise Alloy Express. Subject Operation/Series: ALLOY EXPRESS Base: Route E-6 Country: Norway (NOR)
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110208-N-9818V-104OTARU, Japan (Feb. 8, 2011) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) shovel snow during a community service project at Wako Gakuen School. Fitzgerald is forward deployed to Yokosuka as part of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15 and U.S. 7th Fleet.
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011004-F-9631D-013. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001-2002 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA)
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Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin is helped from a Russian Search and Rescue all terrain vehicle to a helicopter shortly after Yurchikhin, Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker landed in the Soyuz TMA-19 spacecraft near Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010. Russian Cosmonaut Yurchikhin and NASA Astronauts Wheelock and Walker, are returning from nearly six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 24 and 25 crews.
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Expedition 26 Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka, left, Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, center, and Commander Scott Kelly, sit in chairs outside the Soyuz Capsule just minutes after they landed near the town of Arkalyk, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. NASA Astronaut Kelly, Russian Cosmonauts Skripochka and Kaleri are returning from almost six months onboard the International Space Station where they served as members of the Expedition 25 and 26 crews.
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Navy SEALs and German Forces Parachute onto Frozen Lake in Norway
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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Ryan P. Allen, Commanding Officer, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a group photo with Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24 at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2024, in preparation for exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2024 (AE24). Joint training opportunities like Arctic Edge 24 allow the Marines to cultivate proficiency and lethality, while developing the skills necessary to operate in the arctic environment,, said Allen. AE24 is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. Military's capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region. Marine Corps
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Service members with the Alaska National Guards 103rd Civil Support Team and Washington National Guards Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Task Force work alongside the U.S. Coast Guard and local agencies to assist with an oil spill in Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2018. The Guardsmen were in the area for exercise Arctic Eagle 2018 when they diverted to assist with the diesel fuel cleanup.
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Airmen with the 152nd Airlift Wing, Nevada Air National Guard and the 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard assist the Idaho Air National Guards Air Support Operations Squadron as they prepare for their departure out of Gowen Field, ID, January 6 & 7, 2023. The ASOS will travel to Fort Smith, Kansas where they will conduct predeployment training throughout the month of January.
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U.S. Marines in snow camouflage use communications gear to guide landing craft ashore during Teamwork '92, a multinational NATO exercise involving 45,000 troops, 170 ships and 300 aircraft from 11 nations in maritime and air operations in the North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea and amphibious and land-based operations along the Norwegian coastline. Country: Norway(NOR)
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070116-N-2659P-036. Base: Naval Base, Kitsap (BANGOR) State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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U.S. Army Soldiers of the 2023 Edelweiss Raid team head out for training prior to the competition, Feb. 27, 2023, Austria. The Raid takes place at Training Area Lizum, Austria, and demands the highest level of ski mobility.
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DF-ST-85-11248. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Nome State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Reserve guard observing the landscape through binoculars, Syrt, Kyrgyzstan
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Air National Guard Security Forces specialists build an arctic tent shelter in subzero temperatures at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota as part of the Air National Guard's Security Forces Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) on January 17, 2024. The two-week CWOC course combined classroom instruction, outdoor skills development, and a 3-day, field training event that required students to build and sleep in arctic tent systems, subsisting on cold weather Meals Ready to Eat and incorporated land navigation, live saving skills, and cold water immersion events. 50 students from Air National Guard wings from across the U.S. participated in the advanced, cold weather survival course planned by personnel assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard.
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Paul Hagedorn, left, a native of Hawaii and a transmissions system operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, receives a challenge coin from U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John H. Phillips; a native of Pennsylvania and the director for the J-6 command, control, communications, and computers / cyber for U.S. European Command; at Setermoen, Norway, Feb. 26, 2024. Phillips engaged with communications Marines in preparation for Exercise Nordic Response 24. Exercise Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and allied nations. Marine Corps
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FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019Le 4 et 5 Mai, dans la Creuse, le Teknival a eu lieu sous la neige.FRA - TEKNIVAL 2019On May 4 and 5, in the Creuse, Teknival took place under the snow.
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020425-F-9528H-007. Base: Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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GRAYLING, Mich. - U.S. Army Soldiers from the 20th Special Forces Group, Massachusetts National Guard, conduct snowmobile training through northern Michigans rough terrain during Northern Strike 22-1 on Jan. 22, 2022. “Winter Strike” is held annually in northern Michigan during the coldest part of the year. Snow, high winds, and single-digit temperatures are commonplace at the National All-Domain Warfighting Center this time of year. Visiting units are able to train in subarctic conditions, so they are better able to meet the objectives laid out in the Department of Defenses Arctic strategy. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa)
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Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA is helped out of the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft just minutes after she, Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev are returning after 197 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 56 and 57 crews onboard the International Space Station.
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Crewmembers pose in their extreme cold weather gear in front of a C-141C Starlifter parked on the the Ross Ice Shelf, near McMurdo Station, in Antarctica. The crew delivered a cargo load from Christchurch, New Zealand, during Operation DEEP FREEZE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE 2001 Base: Mcmurdo Station Country: Antarctica (ATA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC
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A five-man team from the Alaska Army National Guards 1-297th Reconnaissance and Surveillance Squadron participate in a cold weather subject-matter-expert exchange with the Mongolian Armed at the Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Feb. 22-26. The purpose of the exercise was to support the Alaska National Guards state partnership with Mongolia, giving MAF soldiers the opportunity to learn about cold weather and mountain tactics, techniques and procedures from AKARNG Soldiers.
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An Air National Guard Security Forces specialist assigned to the 103rd Airlift Wing, Connecticut Air National Guard, participates in a cold-water immersion as part of the Air National Guard's Security Forces Cold Weather Operations Course (CWOC) at Camp Ripley Training Center, Minnesota, on January 18, 2024. The two-week CWOC course combined classroom instruction, outdoor skills development, and a 3-day, field training event that required students to build and sleep in arctic tent systems, subsisting on cold weather Meals Ready to Eat and incorporated land navigation, live saving skills, and cold-water immersion events. 50 students from Air National Guard wings from across the U.S. participated in the advanced, cold weather survival course planned by personnel assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard.
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U.S. Air Force tactical air control party specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron pull pulk sleds while cross country skiing along the Denali Highway, Alaska, during Operation Agipen 2, Jan. 29, 2023. Agipen 2 was an unsupported, sustained cold-weather operation designed to validate equipment and previous arctic training in austere conditions. During the multi-day training exercise the 3rd ASOS special warfare Airmen conducted a long-distance, overland ski movement that included pulling individual pulk sleds by incorporating cross country skiing and skijoring.
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A female midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy walk to class after a recent snowstorm. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Airmen with multiple Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve security forces units learn squad tactics pulling an ahkio sled Jan. 18, 2023, as part of a 16-day Cold-Weather Operations Course led by the Air Force at Fort McCoy, Wis. More than 50 Airmen are participating in the training from across the Air Force. Besides learning about use of snowshoes and moving as a squad over terrain pulling an ahkio sled in a cold-weather environment, the Airmen also learned about cold-weather shelters, survival techniques, cold-weather uniform wear, and more. Fort McCoy has a long history of supporting cold-weather training. Eighty years prior to this training, in January 1943, the installation hosted winter training for the Army's 76th Division prior to the Division deploying to Europe to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.
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The Rhode Island Army National Guard and approximately 400 loved ones, welcomed home more than 100 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment after a ten-month deployment to Kosovo, Feb. 17, 2024, at Quonset Air National Guard Base, North Kingstown, RI. They were deployed in support of Operation Joint Guardian, a NATO peacekeeping mission under the Kosovo Force (KFOR). KFORs mission is to provide a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement in Kosovo in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Army National Guard
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Canadian Soldiers from Alpha (Para) Company, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry, discuss future movements, during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 17, 2024. JPMRC 24-02 is held in the coldest part of the Alaskan winter, exposing roughly 10,000 joint, multi-national service members to unforgiving conditions, transferring the divisions expertise in the Arctic in support of the Army, the DoD and the Nations Arctic and Defense Strategies. Army
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The Disaster Relief Mobile Kitchen Trailer (DRMKT) being utilized to prepare meals for Airmen participating in the Lobo Trident exercise in Hector Field, North Dakota March 28, 2023. Hector Field was set up as a simulated forward operating station in a friendly country in order to give Airmen a chance to practice wartime emergency operations and communications in a remote location.
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GRAYLING, Mich. - Massachusetts Army National Guard teamed up Jan. 24, 2022, with local first responders from Muskegon, Roscommon, Crawford and Grand Traverse counties to perform intensive hypothermia training at Lake Margrethe near Camp Grayling, Mich. The event took place during Northern Strike 22-1 (Winter Strike), a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise held Jan. 21-30 with participants from several U.S. states and partner forces at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, which together comprise the National All-Domain Warfighting Center (NADWC) (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa)
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U.S. Army Spc. Emmanuel McTaggert, a wheeled vehicle mechanic assigned to the 1st Infantry Division (1 ID), carries gas canisters during a command post exercise held in Bolesławiec, Poland, Dec. 12, 2022. The 1 ID is working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe.