Military Training and Equipment

Images depict military personnel engaged in training exercises, armed with various rifles and equipment, showcasing a serious and dynamic atmosphere.

STAFF SGT. Scott Smith, 341st Medical Group, uses a field radio to report his position during an aggressor raid, while casualty STAFF SGT. Floyd Parrish, 341st Medical Group, lies nearby. For two days in late August 1997, the 341st Medical Group conducted a field deployment exercise with simulated attacks and casualties. Nearly two hundred Medical group personnel were deployed to an area that represented a small-scale air transportable hospital under constant threat of attack. The medical personnel were required to continue medical operations while maintaining their perimeter defense. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 31st Marine Amphibious Unit (31st MAU), armed with an M-16A1 rifle, stands at the rear of an M-151 light utility vehicle equipped with a TOW anti-tank weapon during Exercise Kangaroo 4. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO 4 Country: Australia (AUS)

British Royal Marines Corporal Allum looks over his SA-80 rifle before a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the British Gurkha unit that assaulted the MOUT facility takes a glance at his rear for possible aggressors. Subject Operation/Series: Combined Joint Training Field Exercise (CJTFEX) 96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Orlando Liles of the 1776th Security Police Squadron fires an M60 machine gun on the target range during the DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 competition. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '88 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Recruits clean their M16A1 rifles during individual combat training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PVT. 2 Fernando Gonzales and PFC. Michael Narris of Charlie Company, 1ST/19th Scout Platoon, await the 25th Combat Aviation Bn. UH-1A Iroquois helicopter that will pick them up for an air assault during exercise Opportune Journey 4-84. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

981215-M-8902P-006. Base: Camp Hayes Country: Panama (PAN)

DM-ST-86-05374. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 3rd Bn., 327th Inf., 101st Airborne Div., defend their position with an M-60 machine gun and M-16 rifles during a mock attack by members of the Canadian Army. They are participating in the combined U.S. /Canadian NATO Exercise Rendezvous '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

STAFF SGT. Scott Smith, 341st Medical Group, uses a field radio to report his position during an aggressor raid, while casualty STAFF SGT. Floyd Parrish, 341st Medical Group, lies nearby. For two days in late August 1997, the 341st Medical Group conducted a field deployment exercise with simulated attacks and casualties. Nearly two hundred Medical group personnel were deployed to an area that represented a small-scale air transportable hospital under constant threat of attack. The medical personnel were required to continue medical operations while maintaining their perimeter defense. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine removes a 60mm mortar bomb from an ammunition box. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine of Co. H, Basic School, inserts a round into the M-203 40mm grenade launcher mounted on his M-16A2 rifle during a live fire exercise at Range 11. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Camouflaged Marine officers wearing chemical warfare gear participate in a field exercise during an Infantry Officer course at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. The men are carrying M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LT. GEN. John M. Keane, Commander, XVIII Airborne Corps, speaks to members of the 2nd of the 7th Infantry Battalion, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), during his visit. Subject Operation/Series: SITUATIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 26th Marine Amphibious Unit practice firing the M-203 40mm grenade launcher that is mounted on a M-16A1 rifle. They are here participating in Exercise Alpine Warrior '82. Subject Operation/Series: ALPINE WARRIOR '82 Base: Camp Ripley State: Minnesota (MN) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the Security Force Company practice with electronic sighting devices on their M-16A2 assault rifles during training in guarding the special weapons area of the submarine base. Base: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the United Nations Command Security Battalion/Joint Security Area (UNCSB/JSA), Scout Platoon, patrols the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Oct. 20, 1998. Scout Platoon conducts patrols of the DMZ on a regular basis. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Panmunjom State: Demilitarized Zone Country: Korea

DF-ST-90-02965. Base: Fort Sherman Country: Panama (PAN)

With a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter in the background, SPEC. 4 Timothy W. Brown of the 1ST Bn., 504th Parachute Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., mans his M-249 squad automatic weapon after jumping into Drop Zone Ferruzi at the beginning of exercise Solid Shield '89. The exercise is being conducted on the East Coast of the United States by approximately 30,000 military personnel from all services. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Country: Unknown

LCPL Edward D. Ford of Co. A, 1ST Bn., 12th Marines, 3rd Mar. Div., Fleet Marine Force, guards part of the perimeter with an M-60 machine gun during the battalion's combat readiness evaluation at the Pakalula Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Corporal James Tonick and Private First Class Jeffery Skinner with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), 1ST Marine Air Wing, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, are planning their patrolling tactics to ensure mission accomplishment during the combat simulated excersises called Operation Cloud Warrior 2000 at Camp Fuji, Japan. MWSS-172 participated in the annual operation, a field training exercise in which Marines carried out missions that encompasses land navigation, patrolling, force on force combat simulation exercises, and weapons handling. The exercise took place from 03 September to 01 October 2000. Subject Operation/Series: CLOUD WARRIOR 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Marine Corps Base, Camp Smedley D. Butler. Members of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Brigade, load an M-60E3 lightweight machine gun during a training exercise at the Central Training Area (CTA). Both Marines are wearing M-17 field protective masks. State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

One of two reconnaissance Marines with his M16A2 at the ready position kneels in a wooded area. Both Marines have branches in their soft jungle covers and are wearing camouflage paint. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lieutenant General James M. Lee, commander of WESTCOM, meets members of the Combat Support Company, 1ST Battalion, 35th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, during the training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83 Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-90-01593. Subject Operation/Series: CONTENDING WARRIOR Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-10403. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION 85 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Combat control team (CCT) members fire the M-60 machine gun. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier aiming his rifle with two soldiers talking behind him

Two reconnaissance Marines, who are wearing camouflage paint on their hands and faces and branches in their soft covers, hold M16A2 rifles at the ready position while moving cautiously in wooded area. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040304-M-7403H-017. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN 2004 Base: Clark Field State: Luzon Country: Philippines

SSGT Wayne Blessing and SPC Richard Lowry of Company A, 8th Aviation, guard the perimeter at the site of the 622nd Tactical Control Flight Deployment, during Exercise UREX '82. Subject Operation/Series: UREX '82 Base: Gruenstadt Army Compound Country: West Germany (FRG)

CPL C. Candelario gives directions to his assistant, LCPL S. Saunders, both from the Marine detachment of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62), during their training in tactical maneuvers at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. The men are armed with M-16A1 rifles. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040510-F-7979S-008. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

030408-F-0762P-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

A member of the Orange "Aggressor" Force carries an 81 mm M-29 mortar during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT 84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT 84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN William Englebert (foreground) and another security policeman from the 564th Missile Squadron, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, stay out of view and ready to return fire in case the surrender is an enemy trick as a surrendering "enemy" is captured during a training exercise at Lemieux Army Training Range, Montana. Base: Lemieux Army Training Range State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to fire their M-249 squad automatic weapons from the stern of the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA-2) during weapons training held prior Operation Sharp Edge. The SAIPAN is on station off the coast of Liberia. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

981215-M-8902P-007. Base: Camp Hayes Country: Panama (PAN)

070307-M-3095K-002. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: BLT 3/8

011120-M-9023R-008. Base: Bellows Air Force Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

981216-M-8902P-010. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the combat control team (CCT) set up a satellite communications antenna near a drop zone during the combined United States/Honduran training operation "AHUAS TARA" (BIG PINE). From left to right, they are: SENIOR AIRMAN Libby, 1ST Lieutenant Robert Stephan and Master Sergeant Dalton. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA (BIG PINE) Base: Puerto Lempira Country: Honduras (HND)

After shopping at the Army Air Force Exchange Service in Tirana, Albania, SPECIALIST Freddy Upham, 82nd Airborne, Ft Bragg, North Carolina, packs purchases into the pack of SPEC. Bob Spoor, 82nd Airborne, Ft Bragg, North Carolina. The AAFES will serve troops deployed to the region in support of Operation Sustain Hope and NATO Operation Allied Force. (RELEASED). Subject Operation/Series: ALLIED FORCESUSTAIN HOPE Country: Unknown

DN-ST-85-08775. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

VADM Thomas J. Hughes Jr., Deputy CHIEF of Naval operations for logistics, fires a Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher at Range 8. Hughes is among the logistics officers from all four services who are aboard the base for the Joint Logistics Commander Conference. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-05351. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines Descend a Mountainside in Afghanistan's Eastern Kunar Province

A communications specialist from the 82nd Airborne Division repairs a radio damaged in his unit's parachute drop during Exercise SAND EAGLE '89. Subject Operation/Series: SAND EAGLE '89 Base: Saint Mary'S State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps Private First Class Edward C. Walsh, armed with an M16 rifle, talks with reconnaissance Marines from a radio on the back of US Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Glenn Schmid while searching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. 2LT Walsh and PFC Schmid are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA)

Commanders of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) map out their strategies on the ground during exercise. An armored vehicle is under camouflage netting in background. Commanders of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) map out their strategies on the ground during exercise. An armored vehicle is under camouflage netting in background.

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's (MEU), Fox Company (F CO), wait to board a USMC CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter onboard the US Navy (USN) Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship USS JUNEAU (LPD 10) during Amphibious Landing Exercise '06. The annual bilateral exercise is designed to improve interoperability, increase readiness and continue professional relationships between US and Philippine armed forces. Base: USS Juneau (LPD 10) Country: Philippines (PHL)

Soldiers from the 1ST Bn., 504th Infantry, 82nd Airborne Division, guard suspected "enemy" soldiers captured at Atlantic Airfield during the joint services exercise SOLID SHIELD '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-N-2568S-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU) check their equipment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2) while waiting to board a helicopter during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines will be flown to the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, to augment security and evacuate U.S. and foreign nationals from the fighting between government and rebel forces. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

STAFF SGT. Manuel Segura, Space Command, aims an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher during exercise Peacekeeper Challenge. Teams representing the best of more than 50,000 Air Force security police on duty at more than 455 worldwide locations take part in the annual exercise. Competitive events include physical fitness, combat rifles, combat tactics, handgun, machine gun, grenade launcher, accident investigation, crime scene search and investigation, military working dog and information security. Subject Operation/Series: PEACEKEEPER CHALLENGE Base: Nellis Air Force Base State: Nevada (NV) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00212. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-86-04489. Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

030409-M-2195C-016. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

STAFF Sergeant Lee Hurley of the 169th Security Forces Squadron, McEntire Air National Guard Station, Eastover, South Carolina, completes his push-ups while competing in the 1998 "Top Cop" competition. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Security policeman set charges on and stack illumination mortar rounds during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

Combat Control School students, holding XM-117 submachine guns, are participating in daily physical training. The students will become Red Berets upon their graduation. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine places a training version of a Soviet TM-46 anti-personnel mine in position during a field exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

1LT Glenn Drysdale (USA), 2 Plt, B Co., 9th Engineers, holds a 5.56mm M16a2 Assault Rifle fitted with a 40mm M203 Grenade Launcher and crouches beside a bunker, located outside of Plesheim, Republic of Srpska, that his troops are about to destroy. The US forces are in Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Plesheim Country: Republic Of Srpska

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Kevin Triche lays on the ground after a mock fist-fight between the 89th Communications Squadron and 89th Transportation Squadron during a deployment at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia. The riot served as an exercise for the 89th Security Forces Squadron. During the deployment, wing personnel will be evaluated on ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) skills, humanitarian scenarios and base defense. Subject Operation/Series: ABILITY TO SURVIVE AND OPERATE (ATSO) Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division receives medical attention from a corpsman after being injured in a jump from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Gallant Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A members of the four man fire-team practices ground assault maneuvers.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

An officer from Colombia, South America, applies camouflage paint prior to a live fire exercise at Range 11. He is a member of Co. H, Basic School. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medics from 126th Medical Battalion, US Army National Guard, carry a wounded Marine from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division, into a Bradley fighting vehicle near the Military Operation in Urban Terrain (MOUT) Collective Training Facility. (Duplicate image, see also DMSD0304312 or search 970628M9816M021). Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force medical personnel transport a simulated casualty on a litter while taking part in a drill during Operation Desert Shield. U.S. Air Force medical personnel transport a simulated casualty on a litter while taking part in a drill during Operation Desert Shield.

Lance Corporal Jeremy Jones with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), 1ST Marine Air Wing, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, is firing a Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) during combat simulated patrolling excersises called Operation Cloud Warrior 2000 at Camp Fuji, Japan, on 08 September 2000. MWSS-172 participated in the annual operation, a field training exercise in which Marines carried out missions that encompasses land navigation, patrolling, force on force combat simulation exercises, and weapons handling. Subject Operation/Series: CLOUD WARRIOR 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

SSG Lewis, 31st Air Defense Artillery, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB), Fort Bliss, Texas, exhausted, kneels and rests after conducting chemical warfare and decontamination drills. His battery, part of the headquarters unit of the deployed Patriot missiles, is participating in the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040422-M-5882G-006. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-89-04292. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC 88 Base: Bellows Air Station, Oahu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

000829-M-2962F-015. Base: Mwtc, Bridgeport State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: II Marine Expeditionary Force

A 1ST Battalion recruit adjusts the sling on his M-16A2 rifle. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines, armed with M16A2 rifles take cover behind a wall as they watch for opposing force members at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility (MOUT) during Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior is the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory's series of limited objective experiments examining new urban tactics and experimental technologies. The experiment is being conducted by the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (Experimental) from Quantico, Va and Charlie Company, 1ST Battalion, 6th Marines from Camp Lejeune. Subject Operation/Series: URBAN WARRIOR Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army, STAFF Sergeant David Duncan, 2nd Ordnance (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) Detachment, uses mud to help direct the hot plasma from the thermite hand grenade into the engine of the T55 Main-Battle Tank (MBT). Field artillery area, Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Operation JOINT GUARD, 16 March 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

030319-M-3138H-007. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) bow their heads as Chaplain (CMDR.) Skip E. Blancett says a prayer during a Protestant worship service held in the field. The Marines are in northern Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Unknown

Military, Soldier, Training, Soldier In Camouflage Standing In A Field Holding A Gun With Two Warrior Tanks Behind

DF-ST-88-04998. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX Base: Fort Hunter Liggett, Jolon State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030401-M-4419R-076. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

A Marine stands at the ready with an M9 9 mm pistol at a combat pistol course. He is a member of 4th Platoon, Fleet Anti-terrorist Security Team (FAST) Company. Base: Naval Station, Rodman Country: Panama (PAN)

Marines of the 5th Marine Regiment from Camp Pendleton, California, stand in formation while awaiting assignment to one of several firefighting efforts within Yellowstone National Park. Base: West Yellowstone Airport State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Lance Corporal Lazaro Sanchez, USMC, from 1ST Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Bravo Company 1/5, aims an AT-4 Viper anti-armor weapon at an enemy target while in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia. Combined U.S. and Australian Defense Forces are participating in exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

A camouflaged soldier crouches with an M-60 machine gun during jungle training. Base: Fort Sherman Country: Panama (PAN)

A trainee at the Security Police Academy is armed with a multiple intergrated laser engagement system (MILES)- equipped M-60 machine gun during an exercise. The school provides fundamental courses in law enforcement and security duties for Air Force personnel as well as advanced training to security police of all ranks and branches of the armed services. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Security policemen pick up brass shell casings after firing an M-2 .50-caliber machine gun during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

DM-ST-86-07385. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-90-00213. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

At the Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, an Air Force Forward Air Controller radio operator confers with a colleague prior to directing air support during Air Base Ground Defense training (ABGD). Base: Camp Douglas State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SFC Sciarabba from the 37th Engineer Battalion cleans his weapon at Cap Haitien, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

DM-ST-86-11591. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050220-A-9157N-028. Base: La Mesa Country: Panama (PAN)

A personal photo of Sergeant 1st Class Jared C. Monti, the first Soldier recipient for actions in Afghanistan/Operation Enduring Freedom.

A Marine inspects an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990513-M-7028L-001. Subject Operation/Series: SEA HORSE WIND Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A fire team on patrol during a field exercise at Page Field, Marine Corps Recruit Depot. The Marines are wearing camouflage utilities, field protective masks, backpacks, helmets and are carrying M-16A1 rifles. Base: Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Troops of the 1ST Bn., 21st Inf., 25th Inf. Div., prepare to make a 400-yard crossing of the Bug Han Gang River using rubber rafts. The river crossing took place prior to the beginning of the joint South Korean/U.S. training exercise Team Spirit '82. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '82 Country: Korea

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