Military Training and Engagement

Photos of military personnel in tactical situations, illustrating combat training, weapon use, and teamwork in various environments, from deserts to snowy terrains.

Equipped special forces soldier walking across desert.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, conduct a live-fire exercise with M252A1 81mm mortar system during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 15, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Robin Payan Rodriguez, an automotive maintainer technician with 1st Supply Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, looks down range during an annual rifle qualification on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 8, 2022. The ARQ is a three-day, combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines marksmanship skills in a dynamic-shooting environment.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Eric K. Nilsson, from Greenville, South Carolina, the Tactical Air Control Party department head assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), operates a PRC-152 radio during a close air support exercise, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-23, at Observation Point Sunkist near Chocolate Mountains, California, March 28, 2023. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

Armed with 5.56mm M4 Carbine rifles and FNMI 5.56 mm M249 Squad Automatic Weapons (SAW), soldiers with "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, enter a mud hut residence in the village of Qarya-I-Malek Sah while participating in assault Operation Viper in Baghran Valley, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

1st Lt. Madeline Miller, a field artillery officer, on temporary duty assignment with the 4th Infantry Division Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard unit stands guard during her deployment in Syria 2021. Miller was recognized with a Bronze Star Medal for her heroic service during her deployment. (Photo provided by 1st Lt. Madeline Miller)

050826-F-9712C-131. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers of the 213th Forward Support Company, 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard unload crates of ammunition during Western Strike 22 at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 10, 2022. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th FAB, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

030429-M-5607A-025. Base: An Nu' Maniyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Engineers with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), move a stack of Hesco barriers at a new combat outpost in Musa Qaleh, Nov. 13. Building an elevated position at the top of a hill allows Afghan forces the ability to watch over the surrounding area.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steve Burton, a squad leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, gazes through a pair of binoculars during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

Corporal Jonathan Long, USMC, Kilo Battery, Third Battalion, Tenth Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), provides security with an MK19-3 Grenade Machine Gun for a forward operating base in the Operation ENDURING FREEDOM area of operations. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU

U.S. commando carrying out a mission in a desert area of the Middle East.

040418-M-8683D-005. Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Iraqi army soldier, 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, 40th Brigade, 10th Iraqi Army Division, receives assistance from his cadre to resolve a malfuction during the 10th IA Division media day at Bardia Training Range, Iraq, April 29, 2011. The 10th Iraqi Army Division media day is used to show the public that their army is ready to protect Iraq without foreign assistance.

041114-F-2034C-004. Base: Fob Wilson Country: Iraq (IRQ)

SGT. MAJ. T. J. Caulkings, left, brigade sergeant major of the Tiger Brigade, 2nd Armored Division, checks over the M-2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted atop an M-88 armored recovery vehicle while inspecting the brigade's positions during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

U.S. Marines patrol a wadi near Kunduz, Afghanistan clearing it for a range exercise.

020810-A-4385T-035. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Malikasay Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

U.S. Marines assigned to Tactical Air Control Party Department, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), exit an MV-22B Osprey while conducting an air assault 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.

060425-A-7969G-016. Subject Operation/Series: SWIFT SWORD Base: Sukariya State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

060104-A-7359K-185. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Mchenry State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys from Marine Corp Base Hawaii, air inserts 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division opposing forces on Pohakuloa Training Grounds, Hawaii, Nov. 7, 2022. Bilateral and multilateral exercises strengthen relationships and enhance interoperability with allies and partners through shared experiences and tough, realistic training. We routinely invite and encourage allies and partners to participate in JPMRC rotations.

A US Marine directs mechanized traffic from a Landing Cushion Assault Craft (LCAC) during an amphibious landing. About 1,000 Marines landed on the beach as part of the RIMPAC '96 amphibious assault at Pacific Missle Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. Soldier with Task Force Americal from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, trains with an M4 carbine at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2022. The U.S. Air Forces 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron facilitate and occasionally conduct Joint Force training with the U.S. Army on PSABs firing range. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah J. Tancer)

040608-M-0706S-001. Base: Al Shahabi State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1/5, B Co.

Members of the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., respond to training scenarios while taking part in an Operational Readiness Evaluation (ORE), which was staged out of Gulfport, Miss., October 27, 2011. The ORE is intended to evaluate Joint Base Charleston's ability to "take the fight to the enemy" and objectively measure mission effectiveness.

070106-M-7690B-024. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdaddi Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 40587

U.S. Army Soldier from the 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, pulls security before a simulated opposing forces attack on Army Reserve Soldiers during the Combat Support Training Exercise 91-22-01 at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, June 16. CSTX events such this ensure Army Reserve units are trained and ready to deploy and bring capable, combat ready, and lethal firepower in support of the Army and our partners throughout the world.

A Dominican Republic Army soldier shoots at the range for the Terminator shooting event of the Fuerzas Comando competition in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 14, 2022. Fuerzas Comando multinational is a SOF skills competition showcases the diversity of the SOF community in the western hemisphere, strengthens our regional partnerships, and demonstrates the readiness and interoperability across regional boundaries.

050224-F-8584G-062. Base: Al Iskandariyah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Air Force Airmen First Class Charles McGuire, student, left, reads the serial number on an M240 B medium machine gun to U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Martin Barbosa, NCOIC Lightweight Machine Gun Course instructor during the setup of the live firing portion of the qualification course at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. The course is two-weeks long culminating in three days where students familiarize themselves with weapons by live firing in multiple conditions and is designed to ready students for mission demands on day-one of assignment at their new base where this training is not available.

A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 3rd Marine Division, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, uses a metal saw to breach through a steel plate aboard Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) during a visit board search and seizure exercise in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 17, 2022. The 31st MEU maintains the capability to seize and clear ships while at sea to protect themselves and allies in the Indo-Pacific Region. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli 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 INDOPACOM region.

Mid section view of an Marine soldier holding a handgun

U.S. Marine CH-53E crew chiefs with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, takeoff at Camp Roberts, San Miguel, California, Aug. 4, 2022. Marines were transported to a forward arming and refueling point in a CH-53E Super Stallion in support of exercise Summer Fury 22. 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 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, breach a doorway during a demolition urban operations range as part of Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 28, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment.

During Annual Training 2022, Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from Charlie Company trained extensively in tactical movements. At the core of those skills is the buddy rush where infantry soldiers practice the most basic skills of combat. According to U.S.Army Field Manual for The Infantry Rifle Platoon and Squads; Every Infantryman, from the private enlisted Soldier, to the general officer, is first a rifleman. As such, he must be a master of his basic skills: shoot, move, communicate, survive, and sustain. These basic skills provide the Soldiers ability to fight. When collectively applied by the fire team, squad, and platoon, these skills translate into combat power. Of all branches in the U.S. Army, the Infantry is unique because its core competency is founded on the individual Soldier the Infantry rifleman. While other branches tend to focus on weapon systems and platforms to accomplish their mission, the Infantry alone relies almost exclusively on the human dimension of the indi

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, begin an assault on a notionally enemy controlled village 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.

Senior Airman Adrian Alvarez and Airman 1st Class Steven Adler scan their areas of responsibility during a training exercise April 16, 2013, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Training exercises ensure security forces members are able to accomplish all aspects of the mission. Alvarez and Adler are response force members assigned to the 509th Security Forces Squadron.

A husband and wife walks through tents in the preparations for the attack in the Gulf War in 1990.

Soldiers of the Jaegerbataillo taken during a rescue of casualties in the context of a simulated combat situation at the Bundeswehr Combat Training Centre in Letzlingen, The soldiers wear AGDUS equipment (Training Equipment Duel Simulator), with the help of which combat can be simulated, documented and analysed, Letzlingen, Germany, Europe

051229-A-7359K-020. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Mchenry State: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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United States airborne infantry man in action in the desert.

051130-N-6644B-002. Base: Naval Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

U.S. Marines with Ground Base Air Defense, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), move to a firing position,during Weapons and Tactics Instructor(WTI) course 2-22, at Auxiliary Airfield II, near Yuma, Arizona, April 5, 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.

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, prepare to conduct a live-fire exercise at night with a M2A1 machine gun during the Adversary Force Exercise (AFX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 16, 2022. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in the Integrated Training Exercise to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.

STAFF Sergeant (SSG) Jeffrey Sink, assigned to "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division, conducts a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mission at Bagram Airfield in Kabul, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Zaragoza April 8, 2014 maneuvers of the Guadarrama XII Armored Brigade in San Gregorio photo Fabián Simón archdc.

Arizona Army National Guard Spc. Nathan Grimm, a gunner assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team provides cover fire with a M240B machine gun for a simulated assault on an objective in a live-fire training exercise during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. XCTC focuses on fully instrumental and realistic collective training to certify platoon and company level training proficiency.

Southwest Asia - Soldier guards a C-130 Hercules and crew after arriving at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq.

U.S. Marines "invaded" Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., during the Marine Corps yearly Summer Fury exercise. Summer Fury is the largest Marine aviation exercise on the West Coast.

Sgt. Oscar Lagunas, a combat medic with Security Force Assistance Team (SFAT), 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Texas National Guard, keeps watch on a road during a logistics inspection in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan, June 4, 2013. The SFAT team is responsible for mentoring Afghan National Police leaders and providing security for coalition forces.

GREYWOLF Troopers took part in M240 Machine Gun weapons training on 25 August, 2022. As part of the training troopers learned about the components of the weapons and competed in disassembling and reassembling the weapon against each other. Training like this promotes familiarization helping troopers build readiness.

Captain Thomas Bodine, Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic (AIRLANT) flies during a gun exercise with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5 at Naval Air Station Fallon, April 26, 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.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Diego Miranda, a field artillery cannoneer with India Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M777A2 lightweight 155mm howitzer during an indirect fire training exercise as part of Steel Knight 23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 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. Miranda is a native of San Diego.

Army Sgt. Luke Anderson, 142nd Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 1st Armored Division, puts a spare tire on the back of a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle during the best mechanic competition of Torch Week day two on Fort Bliss, Texas, Nov 2, 2022. During day two of Torch Week, mechanics on Fort Bliss competed in a best mechanic competition which inlcuded a one mile run, relay race, and a timed preventative maintenance checks and services.

U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman Sami Bollinger, engages a simulated enemy during Professional Training of Midshipmen (PROTRAMID) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 20, 2022. PROTRAMID is an eight-week program during the summer months that provides in-depth training to midshipmen in the various communities within the Navy and Marine Corps.

Soldiers walking in desert, low section

040909-F-2034C-015. Base: Balad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Team of United States airborne infantry men patrolling the desert storm.

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team prepare for combat in a situational training exercise at Camp McGregor, New Mexico, Jan. 24, 2024. They are training at Camp McGregor as they prepare for a deployment to the Horn of Africa.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brady Craddock, the combat arms non-commissioned officer in charge assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron, calls out the number of shots that U.S. Soldiers with Task Force Americal from the 1st Battalion, 182nd Infantry Regiment, and Defenders, assigned to the 378th ESFS, will take at each target during a Joint Force combat arms training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 24, 2022. Soldiers and Airmen must undergo routine weapons qualification training to ensure safety and proficiency standards, which they meet together at PSAB.

DM-ST-89-11253. Base: Kahoolawe State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A recruit from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, prepares to fire a dummy round through an AT-4 (light anti-armor weapon) at Alpha Range on Edson Range. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

070319-M-7404B-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: MITT 2-7

050908-A-0527A-008. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Army Air Field Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Key leadership from the Idaho National Guard and several other U.S. states joined partner nations on June 30, 2022 in Morocco to see the capabilities of multinational armies working together simultaneously in a combined arms live-fire mission. During the exercise, Marines called in air strikes simultaneously as Idaho's 1st Battalion of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment fired the M795 high explosive rounds from the M109A6 howitzers as ground support with Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin Army National Guards, a Marine Corps Reserve unit based in California and active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, with preparatory and destructive fires and obscuration using M825 white smoke rounds.

030311-M-4419R-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5-Jan

030418-M-4419R-056. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

April 27, 2010 - U.S. Navy Chief Naval Aircrewman mans the starboard gun aboard an HH-60H Seahawk helicopter in Baqubah, Iraq. Members of the U.S. Special Forces and Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron provided fast-rope insertion training to members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces at Forward Operating Base Gabe.

070326-M-6312K-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Namer State: Ambar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: LIMA 2/10

October 19, 2010 - A U.S. Marine fires a mortar round during combat operations at Forward Operating Base Nolay, Afghanistan.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody Butterson (Left) and Lance Cpl. Daniel Martinez, machine gunners with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a barrel change on a M240 Medium Machine Gun during a live-fire training event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 3, 2022. The Marines conducted a squad attack at Range 410, which provides close proximity to targets, obstacles to breach and a variety of weapon assets including mortars, rockets, and machine guns.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, provide security during the crucible at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 28, 2023. The crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they learned throughout recruit training to earn the title United States Marine.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nehemiah Hampton, a Columbia, South Carolina native, infantry Marine with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, yells for assistance during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Distributed Maneuver Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 15, 2024. MDMX is designed to test the MAGTFs operational capabilities in austere, multi-domain, offensive and defensive operations against adversaries at a regimental level. Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, file into a CH-53E Super Stallion for extraction during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 2-22 at the Landing Zone Bull (LZ Bull), Chocolate Mountain Ariel Gunnery Range, California on April 12, 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.

040602-M-8096M-038. Base: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 22ND MEU (SOC)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment, New York Army National Guard, participate in a live-fire training exercise at Fort Bliss, Tx, Aug. 8. Currently the unit is conducting mobilization training for an overseas deployment to the Horn of Africa later this summer.

040719-A-2746R-062. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

January 5, 2006 - U.S. soldiers detonate a test explosion at range ASP4 in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

A US Marine Launches a TOW Missile During a Live Fire Training Exercise

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Juan Gutierrez from Revere, Massachusetts, a crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing prepares to fire an M240D 7.62mm machine gun during Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-23 at Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, 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.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Joe Rattlif sites through the scope mounted to a 12.7mm .50 in Barrett Light Fifty Model 82A1 sniping rifle, while training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility, Camp Pendleton, California (CA), during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ 2001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Soldiers from the 35th Infantry Division conduct M17 and M4 individual weapons qualification ranges at Udairi Ranges, Kuwait, Sept. 22, 2022.

February 10, 2010 - A U.S. Marine fires a Javelin anti-armor missile at a Taliban position on the outskirts of Marjah, Afghanistan. The Marines are supporting Operation Moshtarak to clear Taliban fighters from the city.

An audiovisual technician films a member of the 3rd Bn., 6th Field Arty., 1ST Infantry Div., as he loads Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) pods into a Heavy Expandable Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) prior to conducting a live fire exercise. Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Seth De Kam, from Rock Rapids, Iowa, chops wood with an axe on Combat Outpost Cherkatah, Khowst province, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2009. The wood comes from old ammunition crates and is used as firewood for the fire pit on Combat Outpost Cherkatah. De Kam is deployed with Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment.

DF-ST-87-13374. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

hunter against a sunset

041110-M-2789C-020. Base: Fallujah State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Republic of Korea (ROK) Marine watches his line of fire after he and his fellow marines assaulted Tok Suk-Ri Beach, ROK, during an amphibious assault exercise, Oct. 31, 1998. The assault was part of the ROK Marines participation in Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Jongsa-Dong Beach Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

070130-A-7430N-022. Base: Hurriya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: NORTHEAST

Sergeant (SGT) Jacob Matthews and First Lieutenant (1LT) James Bourie with "A" Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), White Devils, 82nd Airborne Division, climb down difficult rock terrain, during a combat patrol in the mountains of ADI Ghar mountains, Afghanistan, in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

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