Military Training Exercises

Photos featuring soldiers engaged in training exercises, utilizing various firearms in diverse terrains, highlighting tactical operations in joint military exercises.

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A medium close view of Hungarian Soldiers lying on the ground in a wooded area, armed with AK-74 assault rifles, after a simulated mine explosion during Situational Training Exercise-6, "mine awareness",part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 held at Camp Lejeune NC. A medium close view of Hungarian Soldiers lying on the ground in a wooded area, armed with AK-74 assault rifles, after a simulated mine explosion during Situational Training Exercise-6, "mine awareness",part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96 held at Camp Lejeune NC.

A member of the 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light) mans an M-60 machine gun during the joint Royal Thai/U.S. Army Exercise Cobra Gold '87. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '87 Base: Khorat Country: Thailand (THA)

DF-ST-86-10393. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION 85 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier mans an M2 .50-caliber machine gun mounted in a jeep during the joint US/Honduras Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

STAFF Sergeant Timothy Crump watches as AIRMAN 1ST Class Sonya Fields prepares to fire an M60 machine gun during exercise PATRIOT WARRIOR. Crump and Fields are members of the 916th Aerial Refueling Group's security police. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT WARRIOR Base: Camp Swift State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two US Army (USA) 1ST Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), Soldiers wearing Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles, one with a 40mm M203 grenade launcher attached, man a defensive position, during training at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), Fort Polk, Louisiana (LA). Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

DM-SD-03-06137. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Marines from the Wing Support Squadron 371 (MWSS-371) fire their M2, 50 Caliber Machine Gun mounted on a High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during Weapons and Tactics Instructions Class (WTI) 2-99. Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 1ST Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), aims his M-16 rifle during the breaching exercise. Subject Operation/Series: LIBERTY FOCUS Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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A US Air Force Security Policeman, in camouflage make-up, takes up perimeter guard position at Osan AFB during Foul Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: FOUL EAGLE Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine officers of Co. H, Basic School, cool down the barrel of an M-60 machine gun during a live fire exercise at Range 11. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SPECIALIST Jeff Keith and Private 2nd Class Louis Chamorrow, A Company, 117th Infantry Regiment, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, guard their position during an air assault. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 96 Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-11714. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-06404. Subject Operation/Series: OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-84 State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A U.S. serviceman uses binoculars during Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

An airman armed with an M16 rifle guards, from a camouflaged position, the entry control point to Auxiliary Field One, during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Roberto Torres (foreground) assigned to the Combat Camera Team, takes cover with in a thick foliage area while conducting tactical training with other Marines at 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)

Moldovan Soldiers pound stakes into the dirt prior to setting up concertina wire at Davis Airfield, Camp Lejeune, NC during Final Training Exercise III (FTX III), part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance. Moldovan Soldiers pound stakes into the dirt prior to setting up concertina wire at Davis Airfield, Camp Lejeune, NC during Final Training Exercise III (FTX III), part of Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance.

DF-ST-89-06044. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 87 Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-13181. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from Headquarters and Service Company, performs a fireman's carry on an injured comrade. The injured Marine was carried to a staging and triage site during the Mass Casualty drill. During this two week long exercise, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct maneuvers to include Mass Casualty drills, Hostage Rescue drills, and operations in support of Small Craft Company performing its Riverine function. Subject Operation/Series: PREYING MANTIS II Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-86-02275. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '84 Base: Vieques Island Country: Puerto Rico (PRI)

Members of a tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile team stand by on a vantage point overlooking a long roadway during the joint U.S./Korean Exercise Team Spirit '86. The missile launcher is mounted on an M-151 light vehicle. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yong Mun Country: South Korea

Members of the 295th Military Police Company set up an M60 7.62 mm machine gun on their M998 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during training on the small arms range. Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-05368. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-05957. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX III Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marine Corps Lieutenant Payne and US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kennedy call in their position so they may link up with their sister company during COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations contributing .... Complete Scene Caption: US Marine Corps Lieutenant Payne and US Marine Corps Lance Corporal Kennedy call in their position so they may link up with their sister company during COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Mari

A United States Marine Combat Engineer from the 3rd Marines, 33 Lima Company, Okinawa, Japan aggresses hill 134 at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, during the force on force at exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

STAFF Sergeant Pascal Tucker halts his troops while on patrol during exercise PATRIOT WARRIOR. The men, members of the 916th Aerial Refueling Group's security police, are training with multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) gear. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT WARRIOR Base: Camp Swift State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine infantrymen with Opposing Forces (OPFOR)from Weapons Platoon, 3d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, assault a hill during the exercise. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-09688. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Casualties wait to be evacuated during a mass casualty exercise, part of exercise TEAM SPIRIT '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Security Policeman from the 320th and 400th Missile Squadrons exit a UH-1 helicopter from the 37th RQF and assemble to form a Back-up Force which would be used to counter hostile aggressors threatening the security of a Launch Facility. Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier sights in on a target with his M-16A1 rifle during TRADEWINDS '92, a joint exercise between eleven Caribbean countries, the United Kingdom and the United States. Subject Operation/Series: TRADEWINDS '92 Country: Barbados(BRB)

Members of the Central Asian platoon, Company 3, using various types of weapons, wait for the order to fire during the live fire portion of Situational Training Exercise -3 (STX-3). Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LCPL S. Saunders applies camouflage make-up on his squad leader, CPL C. Candelario, during their training in tactical maneuvers at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Both men are from the Marine detachment of the USS INDEPENDENCE (CV-62). Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Headquarters Battery, 12th Marines, fire 9mm M-9 Beretta pistols during the joint Korean-U.S. Exercise Bear Hunt '88. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '88 Base: Uncheon Country: South Korea

CPL Mike Smith, a rifle marksmanship coach at the Weapons Battalion, observes a 1ST Battalion recruit practicing the over-the-wall shooting position with an M-16A1 rifle. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Camouflaged students take up prone firing positions while participating in Basic School maneuvers at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two soldiers wearing camouflage, armed with an M16A1 rifles, participate in the joint US/Honduras field Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). The soldier on the left has an M-203 grenade launcher mounted on his M16A1. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Country: Honduras (HND)

030410-M-3300U-003. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A paratrooper from the 82nd Airborne Division folds his parachute after his 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)

Security Police Specialists assigned to the 51st Security Police Squadron, prepare to apprehend an assassin during the exercise.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kyle Duncan, a security forces specialist from the 137th Security Forces Squadron, Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma, cleans and oils his M60 machine gun. The M60 is the most vital weapon of a roving fire team, and cleaning it ensures it operates without malfunction. Team personnel are currently deployed to the Combat Support Operations Course school at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sergeant Ronald Mann of the 1314th Ground Combat Readiness and Evaluation Squadron fires an M60 machine gun from the standing position 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)

DN-ST-88-05594. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(Left to Right) SSG Francisco Berra-Prensa and SFC John Iacono (Scout Platoon Sergeant), both from 4th Platoon B Troop 1/4 Cavalry, talk with BGEN Stanley F. Cherrie, Assistant Deputy Commander-Maneuver, Task Force Eagle (TFE), during BGEN Cherrie's visit at the remote signal site Hill 425 in Bosnia-Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor to thank US soldiers for a job well done. A partial left side view of an M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle can be seen immediately behind BGEN Cherrie. Operation Joint Endeavor 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 .... Complete Scene Caption: (Left to Right) SSG Francisco Berra-Prensa and SFC John Iacono (Scout Platoon Sergeant), both from 4th Platoon B Troop 1/4 Cavalry, talk with BGEN Stanley F. Cherrie, Assistant Deputy Commander-Maneuver, Task Force Eagle (TFE), during BGEN Cherrie`s visit at the remote sign

DM-ST-86-11578. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Company C, 1ST Battalion, 21st Infantry Division, equipped with Multiple Intergrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) gear, wait for an attack by opposing forces during the training Exercise OPPORTUNE JOURNEY 4-83. The soldier on the left has an AN/PVS-2 Starlight scope mounted on his M-16 rifle.

A member of the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with an M16A2 rifle, patrols the infield during a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. The task force, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Judicalpa Country: Honduras (HND)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division move out after landing during a mobilization of U.S. exercise task force Dragon/Golden Pheasant. The task force, consisting of both the 82nd Airborne Division and the 7th Light Infantry Division, was deployed by President Ronald Reagan to help discourage Nicaraguan forces from entering Honduras. Subject Operation/Series: DRAGON/GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

A team of US Army Soldiers take their positions as they take part in a demonstration by a forward support team at Camp Dobol, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Security police march up a hill, preparing to set up camp and establish positions for defending the air base during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

AIRMAN lays in a prone position with his M-16 rifle as a C-130 Hercules takes off from a dirt strip in the background. C-130 was used to deliver personnel for a training exercise in a field location. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

Soldiers set up an M-551 Sheridan light tank that has been air-dropped as part of the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '90. Subject Operation/Series: Ocean Venture '90 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine of 4th Platoon, Fleet Anti-terrorist Security Team (FAST) Company, prepares to fire a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW). Country: Panama (PAN)

Members of the Blue Team prepare to defend their position with an M110 self-propelled howitzer, partially covered with camouflage netting, during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT 84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT 84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DA-SC-89-11598. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

DF-ST-85-13192. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SCORPION Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Battalion, 32nd Infantry, armed with an M-16A1 rifle equipped with an M-203 grenade launcher, right, and an M-21 rifle, participate in the joint South Korea/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Two reconnaissance Marines, armed with M16A2 rifles and wearing camouflage paint and branches in their soft jungle covers, kneeling in wooded area. One is pointing to a map while the other gives a thumbs up. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1ST Marine Division, armed with an M16 rifle patrols for the opposition forces. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-SC-87-12312. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

SGT Goss of the Anti-Tank Platoon 1-87, 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, NY, mans his M16A2 rifle in a prone position to secure the area around the helicopter that delivered his platoon to the area. Other members of the platoon can be seen in the background. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Tortue Island Country: Haiti (HTI)

Four combat-ready Marine officer candidates perform as a fire team as they move through high grass. They are wearing field protective masks. These cnadidates are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. (Duplicate of DM-ST-82-07559). Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Patriot missile crewman, SPC Jeremy Chapman, with the Headquarters, Headquarters Battery, 35th Air Defense Artillery, (ADA), Fort Lewis, Washington repairs gaps in a camouflage netting that will be used to conceal the 35th ADA's Command Post. The 35th ADA while deployed, will provide Patriot Missile defense against enemy fighter strikes and simulated SCUD missile launches during the world's largest joint service, multi-national tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS '97 Base: Fort Bliss State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Security policeman SGT Robert Colyer aims an M-29 81mm mortar during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range. Country: South Korea

010526-M-2892H-001. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2001 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Combat Camera Team

DF-ST-85-11724. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Camp Robinson, Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020621-A-4385T-004. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Marines of Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1/3, wearing Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) protective masks, move forward during a mock assault. They are participating in Operation KERNAL BLITZ. Subject Operation/Series: KERNAL BLITZ Base: Barking Sands, Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An Egyptian marine aims an AKM 7.62mm rifle during an amphibious assault in support of the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

STAFF SGT. Jim Kemplin, left, of the 1352nd Audiovisual Squadron videotapes the crew chief of a Co. A, 1ST Bn., 228th Aviation Regt., UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter as he signs for fuel during operations in support of Operation Just Cause. Subject Operation/Series: JUST CAUSE Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

US Army (USA) Private First Class (PFC) Joshua McComas, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (2/27) Charlie Company, 25th Infantry Division (ID) Light, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii (HI), performs a test fire, using M82 blanks, to make sure his weapon is functioning properly before going on his mission during Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003. Base: Polaris Point Guam Naval Station State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Royal Thai Marine Sergeant Arkom Jaiwijit of 1ST Company, 9th Battalion, 3rd Regiment, sights in on his M-60E mounted machine gun while US Marine Sergeant Charles Hutto, Alpha Company, 1ST Battalion, 7th Marine, explains weapon operation during the cross training phase of Exercise COBRA GOLD '96. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '96 Base: Narathiwat Country: Thailand (THA)

A truck and equipment attached to the 101st Airborne Division, is offloaded from the ramp of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during exercise BOLD EAGLE '82. Subject Operation/Series: BOLD EAGLE '82 Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers participating in Exercise Reforger '82 are interviewed by a member of the U.S. Army Audio-Visual Center television production team in front of an armored personnel carrier and an M-60A1 tank. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 45th Support Group fire their M-16 rifles from the prone position behind some rocks during the 21st Infantry Division's annual Army training and evaluation program and field training exercise. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-09412. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A montage of photographs taken in Australia during the 25th Infantry Division (Light) participation in the joint Australian/U.S. exercise Kangaroo '89. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '89 Country: Unknown

Participants in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 patrol the runway during Final Training Exercise (FTX) III. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Cooperative Osprey, under the Partnership for Peace program, will provide interoperability training in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations along NATO/IFOR standards, with an emphasis on individual and collective skills. The three NATO countries providing troops are the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands. The 16 "Partnership for Peace" nations .... Complete Scene Caption: Participants in COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96 patrol the runway during Final Training Exercise (FTX) III. FTX III encompasses Airfield Security, Convoy Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance. Cooperative Osprey is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise that's conducted

A member of the 9th Infantry Division climbs out of a firing position during pre-deployment weapons training. Units of the 9th Infantry Division will travel to South Korea to take part in the joint South Korean/US exercise TEAM SPIRIT '88. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '88 Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army Soldiers from Fort Dix, New Jersey prepare for the "MAD Minute" practice and fire demonstration as part of the International Infantry and Small Arms Symposium. A MAD Minute is an excessive display of firepower, when all involved fire their weapons. It's usually done more for show than effect. Soldiers fire M60 machine guns, 50 caliber machines and M16 rifles. In the background are two M113A3 Armored Personnel Carriers. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force, G-7, Tactical Exercise Contingency Group with M16 rifles and gear prepare to play the roll of rebel forces and provided resistance to US forces arriving from the sea during RIMPAC '96 taking place at Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii. Subject Operation/Series: RIMPAC '96 Base: Kauai State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A member of the 1ST Cavalry Division, armed with an M-203 grenade launcher equipped M-16A1 rifle, stays alert during exercise Granadero 1. Subject Operation/Series: GRANADERO 1 Base: Cucuyagua Country: Honduras (HND)

A right rear view of a 105mm howitzer gun section from the Artillery Demonstration Unit. They are preparing to fire 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)

Two Marine officer candidates from The Basic School, move through a muddy water section of the endurance course. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close view of a combat-ready Marine officer candidate as he checks another candidate's field protective mask. They are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

SSGT Miller, of the combat control team (CCT), fires the grenade launcher. Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from Headquarters and Service Company, checks the status of an "injured" Marine during a Mass Casualty drill. The "injured" Marine suffered severe abdominal injuries. During this two week long exercise, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct maneuvers to include Mass Casualty drills, Hostage Rescue drills, and operations in support of Small Craft Company performing its Riverine function. Subject Operation/Series: PREYING MANTIS II Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04808. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ROBERT MITCHUM in ANZIO (1968), directed by EDWARD DMYTRYK.

Private Robert W. Inspruker of the 3rd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, looks down the sights of his M-60 machine gun while standing guard duty in a foxhole during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

Army soldiers fire a mortar during exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060817-N-0775Y-009. Base: Fort Hunter Liggett State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

One may be shooter from a shooting well on a "enemy" building. The machine gun is fed by long tires with exhibition ammunition.

SGT Mckachern (left) observes the enemy and LCPL Baker (right) radios in intelligence to analyst at the command post (not shown) for desemenation from Headquarters Battalion, Reconnaissance Company , during Operation Kernel Blitz '99. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Special Forces personnel unload an M-151 light vehicle from an airdropped pallet at the Salinas Drop Zone during the reserve training Exercise Patriot Pearl. The exercise is a combined air operation of short duration designed to make maximum use of limited training. Subject Operation/Series: PATRIOT PEARL Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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