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Military Personnel Firing Weapons

Images show military personnel operating various firearms, including machine guns and rifles, in combat or training settings with outdoor backdrops.

A Soldier prepares an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun at the range as he participates in day 1 of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition Sept. 12, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia. TRADOCs Best Squad competition highlights 10 squads from across the enterprise. This competition shows each team's ability to complete common Soldier tasks and skills as a cohesive, ready and resilient team, while facing stiff competition from other TRADOC centers of excellence. The competition is from Sept. 12-16, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Marines from Marine Expeditionary Unit Service Support Group-26 (MSSG-26) fire a .50 caliber machine gun. Subject Operation/Series: MOUNTED LIVE FIRE Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Colt Dresser, the light armored vehicle platoon commander of Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M240B during an LAV reinforcement exercise, at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. The LAV reinforcement exercise tested BLT 1/1s ship-to-shore capabilities to provide additional firepower and security from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

A Soldier prepares an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun at the range as he participates in day 1 of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Best Squad Competition Sept. 12, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia. TRADOCs Best Squad competition highlights 10 squads from across the enterprise. This competition shows each team's ability to complete common Soldier tasks and skills as a cohesive, ready and resilient team, while facing stiff competition from other TRADOC centers of excellence. The competition is from Sept. 12-16, 2022 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Competitors during the European Best Sniper Team Competition at the Hohenfeis Training.Area, Germany, Aug. 7, 2022. The annual European Best Sniper Team Competition is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa competition that tests marksmanship skills, physical prowess, and mental agility while developing relationships andsharing skills between sniper teams across Europe.

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, prepare to fire a M777 Howitzer during a training mission on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov 7, 2022. Army forces are training constantly to move vital pieces of combat equipment to increase deployability and combat effectiveness.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Darien Degregorio, a motor transportation operator with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Barkhamsted, Connecticut native, attaches a Multi-Use Adapter to a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement during a bilateral vehicle recovery training during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 109th Artillery Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, move from cantonment into the field May 16, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania, to conduct live-fire artillery exercises with the M109A6 Paladin. The Soldiers are deployed to Lithuania in support of Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder.

060123-A-6365W-129. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Loyalty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

031015-M-9382M-143. US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel from the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, fire M2 50 caliber Machine Guns, prepares a Mark19 40mm Grenade Machine Gun, MOD 3, for a live firing, during Exercise ROLLING THUNDER 2003, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

U.S. Marines with 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, and French Marines with the 3rd Regiment D'artillerie de Marine fire an M777 howitzer during Exercise Rolling Thunder at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 16, 2022. This exercise is a 10th Marines-led live fire artillery event that tested the units abilities to operate in a simulated littoral environment against a peer threat in a dynamic and multi-domain scenario.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct a platoon live fire exercise at the 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 27, 2022. 2CR provides V Corps with a lethal and agile force capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater in order to assure allies, deter adversaries, and when ordered, defend the NATO alliance.

Guard members with 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment take part in a direct fire exercise as part of their annual training on June 21, 2022 at the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash. Soldiers conducted volley fire with multiple guns to demonstrate the precision of the M777 Howitzer.

Idaho Army National Guard soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion train with the AT4 anti-tank weapon in the field during annual training. This years exercises are taking place before the 2-116th CAB deploys in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

060222-A-4973A-005. State: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Guard members with 2nd Battalion, 146th Field Artillery Regiment take part in a direct fire exercise as part of their annual training on June 21, 2022 at the Yakima Training Center, Yakima, Wash. Soldiers conducted volley fire with multiple guns to demonstrate the precision of the M777 Howitzer.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Parker, a signal operations support specialist assigned to the 436th Movement Control Battalion, clears an M240B machine gun during a convoy live fire exercise in Swietoszow, Poland, Feb. 12, 2024. The 3rd DSB tests Soldiers and teams with individual and collective unit defense and convoy live fire exercises to ensure readiness to protect critical logistics and mission command systems on any battlefield. Army

A Marine crewman aboard a LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) consults a map during a patrol between Rodman Naval Station and Howard Air Force Base. The patrol, made up of ten LAVs and an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) from Company B., 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, was forced to change its route when Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) soldiers refused to disperse a crowd of supporters of GEN. Manuel Noriega that had blocked the road through the town of La Chorrera. Base: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

Soldier of the 1st Battalion 151st Infantry Regiment, finds his target while training on the TOW Missile System, with Company D, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.

030202-M-1852W-002. Base: East Fuji Maneuver Area (FMA) Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

130106-N-WJ362-027U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Michael Lennon pulls the lanyard to fire a D-30 howitzer during a test at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Jan. 6, 2013. The firing of the howitzer is the last test after being refurbished in Afghanistan. Lennon is assigned to the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan at Camp Eggers in Kabul.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Pedro Mangual-Rivera, of the 219th Security Forces Squadron, right, provides overwatch during unit MK 19 (pounced Mark 19), American 40mm belt-fed automatic grenade launcher, mobile turret training held at Camp Ripley Minnesota July 26, 2022. The Airman were conducting training as part of a standard qualify course to prepare them for real world missile fields and deployment.

Military Police Soldiers from the 58th Military Police Company, 728th Military Police Battalion, 8th Military Police Brigade conducted security and escort duties for elements of the 25th Infantry Division during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23 (JPMRC-23) at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) on Big Island, Hawaii Nov. 2, 2022.

Two U.S. Air Force special missions aviators assigned to 56th Rescue Squadron load 7.62 rounds into a GAU-2 on a U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk before takeoff during exercise Jolly Vihar near Pápa Air Base, Hungary, July 14, 2022. The 56th RQS provides a rapidly-deployable, worldwide combat rescue and reaction force response. During exercise Jolly Vihar the 56th RQS trained alongside Hungarian joint terminal attack controllers to improve integrated combat search and rescue operations.

U.S. soldiers assigned to Cobra Battery, 3rd battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment prepare a M777A2 howitzer weapon system for a dry-fire run during elevator drill training in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania, Jan. 11, 2024. Rotational units deployed to Europe continuously train to rapidly surge combat-ready forces across the theater to support the NATO alliance and project forces together.

A U.S. Marine Corps assistant machine gunner with India Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, throws an ammunition can during a platoon live-fire attack as part of exercise Darrandarra 22, at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 10, 2022. Exercise Darrandarra 22 increases MRF-D 22s readiness to respond to realistic crises throughout the range of military operations within the region.

A U.S. Marine with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, carries a 155mm round during a direct fire training exercise as part of Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2022. Steel Knight is an annual combined arms live-fire exercise which ensures 1st MARDIV is optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces, and is purpose-built to facilitate future operations afloat and ashore.

U.S. Army Soldiers with the 1-114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, prepare to fire the 120mm mortar weapon system during training on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, June 3, 2022. Mortar Systems provide the maneuver commander rapid, responsive, indirect fires in support of combat operations.

040209-M-6795S-001. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

A U.S. Army Paratrooper from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, utilizes the M249 light machine gun while participating in team live-fire and tactical movement training as part of Eagle Ursa at the training range in Slunj, Croatia, on February 25, 2024 The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployableforces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployedacross Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships andstrengthen the alliance. Army

Welsh Guards platoon training at Sennybridge Training Area, Wales.

041027-F-5388P-017. Base: Kunsan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Cannon crew members with 2nd Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, load an artillery round into an M77 Howitzer during Ivy Mass, June 8, 2022, Fort Carson, Colorado. This is the first time in U.S. Army history that joint assets have been controlled at the division level to enable effects from land up to space.

U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division load M777 howitzer during Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.2 at the Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Aug. 29, 2022. ARTP is an exercise held to strengthen the defense of Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance as the cornerstone of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region.

A U.S. soldier assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command provides route security while mounted on a MRAP during a heavy-drop airborne operation onto Bayonet Drop Zone conducted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022 as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigad

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Amer Alamer (front) and Cpl. Chance Brown (back), anti-tank missile gunners with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division, fire a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during Resolute Dragon 22 at Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. Brown is a native of Carroll, Ohio and Alamer is native of Laredo, Texas.

Garryowen Soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry are providing the U.S. Army with feedback to define the future of the Armys ground combat robotic programs during the second Soldier Operational Experiment at Fort Hood, Texas.

- Sgt. Lisette Ugalde, 2-2nd FA, drops her arm to signal firing the howitzer to Pfc. Austen Rankin and Pfc. Dillion Bodine Sept. 21 on Fort Sills West Range.

030130-M-1852W-023. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division decontaminate equipment during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear mass casualty decontamination drill in support of Artillery Relocation Training Program 22.1 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Hijudai Training Area, Japan, April 25, 2022. The skills developed at ARTP increase the proficiency and readiness of the only permanently forward-deployed artillery unit in the Marine Corps, enabling them to provide precision indirect fires.

Army Spc. Eric Trombetta, a native of Palm Beach, Fla., assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, surveys range visibility while waiting for rolling fog to lift before resuming mounted marksmanship live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 14, 2018. During the training the Soldiers engaged multiple targets at varying distances with M240B and M2A1 machine guns to hone their mounted marksmanship skills.

Soldiers from the 181st Brigade Support Battalion conduct a M249 Light Machine Gun range at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. on June 21, 2022. The soldiers are taking part in their two-week annual training working on basic soldiering skills and MOS refresher training. (U.S. National Guard photos by Peter Chang)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, set up a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) to prepare for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) 24 at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2024. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. MRF-D serves as a forward postured, partnered, and combat credible Marine Air Ground Task Force in order to facilitate rapid response to crisis and contingencies, increase combined warfighting capability, and strengthen shared alliances and partnerships.

Spc. Michael Cook directs a soldier operating a guided missile transporter, while his fellow Patriot missile crewmen assigned to the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, secure a Guidance EnhancedMissile canister during a reload certification exercise July 28, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Reload crews, also known as hot crews deal with three specific types of missiles: the Patriot Advanced Capability 3 (PAC-3), the PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE), and Guidance EnhancedMissile-Tactical BallisticMissiles (GEM-T).

US Marine Corps (USMC) members assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, Tango Battery, move to safety as they fire their M198 Towed Howitzer on the artillery range at the Hijudai Training Grounds, Oita, Japan. Base: Camp Hijudai State: Oita Country: Japan (JPN)

040218-M-6795S-005. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Danish soldiers with the 1st Artillery Battalion conduct a live-fire operation as part of exercise Dynamic Front held at Oskbol, Denmark, March 28, 2023. Dynamic Front is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, 56th Artillery Command led, multinational exercise designed to improve allied and partner nations ability to execute multi-echelon fires and test interoperability of both tactical and theater-level fire systems in a live environment.

A Soldier from 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, gazes at the hazy sunset atop a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as he makes his way down a trail at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany, Jan. 24, on day three of Allied Spirit 22. The exercise comprises 5,200 Soldiers from 15 nations and is designed to enable integration of the U.S. military and its allies in a competitive combat training environment and concludes Jan. 31. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Alun Thomas, 201st Theater Public Affairs Support Element)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, wait to receive a fire command during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 9, 2022. This type of training evolution is a culminating event designed to formally evaluate a unit's combat readiness and operation abilities.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Collin Nicholson, a mortarman with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, 3d Marine Division loads an M252 81 mm mortar system during Resolute Dragon 22 on Shikaribetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains. Nicholson is a native of Mission Viejo, California.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade provide a mortar barrage for paratroopers advancing on an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 23, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade provide a mortar barrage for paratroopers advancing on an objective during a combined arms live fire exercise on a maneuver range at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 23, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, the brigade routinely trains alongside NATO allies and partners to build partnerships and strengthen the alliance.

A U.S. Marine with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve performs a simulated reload on a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during exercise Arctic Edge 2024 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Feb. 23, 2024. The HIMARS weapon system is a valuable asset in arctic conditions due to its exceptional mobility, which allows for rapid deployment and maneuverability across challenging terrain, coupled with its precision strike capabilities, enabling effective engagement of targets. Arctic Edge 2024 (AE24) is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. militarys capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the arctic region. Marine Corps

Portuguese soldiers, assigned to the Portuguese Military Contingent, view Polish weapons systems as part of a static display during Exercise Justice Eagle, at Smardan Training Area, Romania, on Sept. 19, 2022. Under command and control of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, continues to reinforce NATOs eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises like Justice Eagle with Allies and partners across the European continent to reassure our Nations Allies.

Specialist Christopher Sahu (left) and Sgt. Edward Ross, both Stryker fighting vehicle gunners with 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, mount a Mark-19 grenade launcher to one of the battalions Strykers June 5 at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif. 4th Brigade recently travelled from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to NTC to spend the month of June preparing for its first Afghanistan deployment this fall.

Finnish soldiers assigned to the Satakunta Jaeger Battalion, and U.S. Soldiers assigned to 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, train on the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at Niinisalo, Finland, July 21, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), learn about Finnish army Leopard 2 main battle tanks at Sodankyla, Finland, Aug. 15, 2022.

040217-M-6795S-017. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

070315-M-6500K-021. Complete Scene Caption: Feb. 5, 2007, Electrician Mate 2 Thierry Osungs, Riverine Squadron (RIVRON-), Detachment 3, st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, scans the area with his 240 Gulf Heavy Machine Gun while conducting Operation Gibraltar. The operation consisted of inserting at Riverine Launch Site 4 in Ramadi and extracting at the Al Taqaddum Riverine Launch Site. The operation is to familiarize the arriving RIVRON- with the area that Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON- and DSU-3 are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. Anbar province. (Official USMC photograph: SGT. Michael Kr

U. S. Army Paratroopers assigned to Castle Company, 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, practice fire using a M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weaponduring a live-fire exercise at Pocek Range in Postonja, Slovenia, Dec. 6, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

A U.S. Army Soldier from 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, sits on a turret on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2022. Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 23-01 is a realistic training rotation allow us to rehearse strategic movement, and train in unique environments and conditions where they are most likely to be employed in the event of crisis or conflict.

U.S. Army Pacific Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division fight against opposing forces during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) training rotation 23-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Nov. 2, 2022. JPMRC uses training scenarios specific to a jungle environment to train the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division with joint, allied and partnered forces in conditions in which they would fight.

Spc Justin Oosting, 91S Stryker Mechanic assigned to I Corps, conducts daily maintenance on the M1255 CVV Strykers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 19, 2024.

040609-M-5555L-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Junction City State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, sets security with a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during exercise Bougainville II at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2022. 3d MLR interdicted a notional adversary maritime surface platform to set conditions for joint force follow on actions. BVII is a field exercise that allows the MLR and its subordinate units to conduct expeditionary advanced base operations across the island of Oahu. BVII displays the MLRs ability to rapidly establish and displace EABs while executing command and control in a dispersed environment3d MLRs Bougainville II is integrated into the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training rotation 23-01 that strengthens defense relationships, fosters multinational interoperability, increase readiness, and reinforces the unified regional land power network of the Joint Force. This rotation of JPRMC includes participants from a

030205-M-1852W-009. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

13F advanced individual training students of Bravo Battery, 1-78th Field Artillery Battalion, conducted their culminating training exercise on 14 February on top of OP Andrews. CPT Ryaan Villagomez, the Bravo Battery Commander coordinated with the C-UAS school house and drone pilots to provide the students with a demonstration of a new UAS/UAV platform.

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 18 move an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar into place for a Multi-Functional Air Operations Center at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 4, 2022, in support of Valiant Shield 2022. Exercise Valiant Shield gives units like MACG-18 the opportunity to integrate with forces across the Indo-Pacific to train in successful employment and operations that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force.

U.S. Army Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade fire an M-777 howitzer during a training exercise on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Feb. 28, 2008.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 487th Field Artillery Regiment (1-487 FA), 29th Brigade Support Battalion, Hawaii Army National Guard conduct fire support certification at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Jan. 6, 2024. Soldiers conduct certification on various weapon platforms to maintain proficiency to validate combat capabilities and readiness.

A U.S. Paratrooper, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepares to fire a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile at the 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Dec. 13, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

British Soldiers assigned to 26th Regiment Royal Artillery carry out a fire mission with M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems as part of exercise Dynamic Front 22 (DF 22) at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 18, 2022. DF22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premier U.S. led NATO Allied and Partner integrated fires exercise in the European Theater focusing on fires interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural, and technical domains.

030113-F-1443F-011. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040209-M-6795S-004. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Navy Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, assist Norwegian Soldiers with the Norwegian Armed Forces in loading a simulated casualty into a Norwegian Bandvagn 206 during Medical Reindeer a medical exercise held prior to Nordic Response 24 in Setermeon, Norway, Feb. 13, 2024. Medical Reindeer is a multinational medical exercise in support of field training during Exercise Nordic Response 24 in order to strengthen and improve medical interoperability between NATO Allies and partners within the European theater. 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

A left rear view of a 105mm howitzer gun section from the Artillery Demonstration Unit. They are reloading to fire another round in support of a field training exercise for The Basic School for Marine officer candidates. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-86-00224. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '85 Country: West Germany (FRG)

Marines with Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, hastily reload an M777 howitzer with a 155 mm artillery shell during a multiple-rounds fire mission as a part of a two-day dual-fire training exercise at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Nov. 13, 2013. The M777s fired alongside M327 Towed-Rifled Mortar Systems to eliminate the possibility of short-range threats on the battlefield and to expand the capabilities of the battery as a whole.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Arctic Battery, 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, use the integrated winch system to load rocket pods into the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) in preparation for a live fire demonstration during Molly Pitcher Day at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Aug. 31, 2022.

Members of Btry. A, 1ST Bn., 62nd Air Defense Arty., load 20mm ammunition into a self-propelled Vulcan Air Defense System during the joint South Korean/U.S. training Exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Dae Chon Country: South Korea

030301-M-5150A-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, returns from a convoy training exercise as part of the eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise on July 21, 2022 at Ft. Drum, N.Y. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win.

Soldiers of the 86th Brigade Combat Team, Vermont National Guard launch 120-mm mortars at a range at the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana, Jan. 30. The unit is mobilizing at Camp Atterbury for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

BOISE, Idaho - Staff Sgt. Jessica Foster (left), a geospatial intelligence imagery NCO and Observer, Coach, Trainer (OC/T) assigned to 3-364th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 189th Infantry Brigade, leads Americas Thunder Soldiers of 65th Field Artillery Brigade serving as a recovery team down a training lane June 7, 2022 during Western Strike 22-06 at the Orchard Combat Training Center at Boise, Idaho.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jesse Ballard, 48th Maintenance Group loading standardization crew chief, and Tech. Sgt. Dana Polch, 48th Maintenance Group loading standardization crew member, prepare to load a GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition onto an F-15E Strike Eagle at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Sept. 7, 2022. The 48th Fighter Wing participated in exercise Atlantic Thunder, a joint bilateral exercise aimed to neutralize surface maritime threats while demonstrating the flexibility of the joint force.

A US Marine from 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, atop a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), readies a TOW missile launcher for a Combined Arms Live Fire Exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Another HMMWV is visible in the background. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard conduct preventative checks and maintenance as they draw Army Prepositioned Stock (APS) May 10 in Pabrade, Lithuania. The Soldiers are deployed to Lithuania in support of Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder.

The Idaho Army National Guards Mortar Platoon, HHC, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion sharpen their skills preparing for deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield.

061024-A-0497K-004. Base: Grafenwoehr Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: EUROPE

U.S. Paratroopers, assigned to 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire a Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile at the 7th Army Training Commands Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Dec. 13, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, fires an M240B medium machine gun mounted atop a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 11, 2022. 3rd LSB conducted an M240B medium machine gun range to foster force readiness and to refine skills using mounted weaponry. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Straight on medium shot of US Marine Private First Class Ethan Fuller, a Cannoneer from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, pulls the Lanyard on a M198 155mm Howitzer during one of the training exercises at the Artillery Relocation Shoot at Ojojihara, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN)

U.S. Army Pfc. Eli Thorne, a fire support specialist assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), receives a situational report on the radio during exercise Ryske at Rovajärvi Training Area, Finland, July 28, 2022. Ryske 22 is a combined, joint training exercise conducted by the United States, Finland, and Norway to strengthen relations and help build interoperability between partner nations.

040319-F-4441R-020. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

U.S. Soldiers with 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade, 4th Infantry Division and Finnish soldiers assigned to the Pori Brigade stage 120mm mortar rounds in preparation for cross weapons training at Niinisalo, Finland, July 21, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward-deployed corps in Europe.

Ariz. Army National Guard Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment assault a signal retransmission site during air assault and infantry training at Florence Military Reservation, in Florence, Ariz., April 23, 2022. Strengthening Soldiers and enhancing resilience is not a seasonal endeavor but a daily effort and a top priority for the Arizona National Guard

DA-SC-89-11597. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

French soldiers with the 35th Parachute Artillery Regiment observe U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to A Battery, 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire munitions from a M119A3 howitzer during a training exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 7, 2022.

U.S. Army Spc. Ross Morrison sets up a .50-caliber machine gun on a Stryker armored vehicle prior to a live-fire training exercise during Exercise Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2008 at the Rodriguez Live Fire Range in South Korea Feb. 24, 2008. The annual joint exercise between U.S. forces and Republic of Korea forces provides training to enhance interoperability and combat readiness.

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