Military Training Exercises

Images of military personnel engaged in training with firearms and equipment, showcasing outdoor exercises and camouflage uniforms.

AIRMAN, in prone position, receives directions on the operation of the M-60 machine gun from an instructor during a training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

AIRMAN, in prone position, receives directions on the operation of the M-60 machine gun from an instructor during a training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Unknown

DF-ST-88-05428. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

DM-ST-86-11586. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-90-01311. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-N-4998R-002. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines on the grounds of the US Embassy wait in line to board a helicopter. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

DF-ST-87-09602. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Bayone Mountain Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Army soldiers of the 3rd Bn., 87th Inf., 4th. Div., armed with M-16A1 rifles, guard the perimeter of the Red Devil drop zone during an engine running offload (ERO) exercise with members of the U.S. Air Force reserve. A C-130 Hercules aircraft is taxiing on an unimproved runway in the background. Base: Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division, armed with M-16A1 rifles, take defensive positions in the Sahara Desert during exercise Bright Star '82. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Country: Egypt (EGY)

Members of the 1ST, 506th Infantry Battalion on field phone during a Live Fire training exercise at Typhoon Range. Subject Operation/Series: LIVE FIRE Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea

51st Communications Squadron troops discuss their plan of attack, or in this case, their strategy to defend against any aggressor on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea (South Korea). Personnel from Osan are being trained through a new "Security Trained and Ready" program, better known as STAR, that began earlier in the year. This image is seen in the November 1998 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

SSGT Ed Garich, left, and SGT Grissam, both of the 51st Security Police Squadron, man a camouflaged .50-caliber machine gun during training exercise Team Spirit '83. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '83 Base: Osan Air Base Country: South Korea

Engaged in a Launch Facility recapture exercise, 2nd Lieutenant Brad Brainard radios that he and SENIOR AIRMAN George Mayorhofer are going to proceed with their M-16 rifle and M-60 machine gun into the now quiet launch facility. Base: Malstrom Air Force Base State: Montana (MT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close view of two combat-ready Marine officer candidates wearing field protective masks as they get ready to send a field radio message. One man is the operator and the other is the platoon leader. These men are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04667. Subject Operation/Series: THRUST Base: Camp Edwards State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Combat Control School students complete a rappel from a hovering UH-1 Iroquois helicopter. The students will become Red Berets upon their graduation. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldier of the 1ST Bn., 35th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., participate in an air assault during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '86. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yongpyong Country: South Korea

LTC James R. Bartran briefs the platoon commander's of Task Force 123 during a Rock Drill at Tactical Assembly Area Santa Barbara outside Wonapsan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 31, 1998. Bartran is the Battalion Commander for the 1ST Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington. A Rock Drill is the use of a terrain model to walk step-by-step discussing an operation in a small group forum. The 3rd Brigade is in Korea as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Wonapsan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

PVT. Eric Hawks, a gunner with Co. B, 4th Bn., 27th Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), checks a belt of 5.56mm rounds for the M-249 squad automatic weapon (SAW). Hawks will be departing for the Middle East to take part in Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970628-M-9368G-009. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: Landing Spt Bn

DA-SC-89-11579. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN PHEASANT Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

A Marine infantryman moves with caution as he walks through high grass. The 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade is participating in the NATO Exercise Northern Wedding. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING Base: Shetland Island Country: Scotland (SCT)

Members of US Marine Corps Team 4 take cover after simulated sniper fire during the counter-sniper portion of Situational Training Exercise -2, COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96. Cooperative Osprey '96 is a United States Atlantic Command sponsored exercise, that will be conducted by Marine Forces Atlantic, in August 1996 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 emphasison individual and collective skills. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-11945. Subject Operation/Series: FUERZAS UNITAS '85 Base: Cartagena Country: Colombia (COL)

US Marine Corps Captain Dave P. Holahan calls USS BELLEAU WOOD (LHA 3) for guidance while seaarching for arms smugglers during a helicopter raid exercise. Holahan and his Marines are in Thailand as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. (Substandard image). Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Ko Samea San Island Country: Thailand (THA)

Technical Sergeant Kevin Cummings and SENIOR AIRMAN Scott Rizzo, Detachment 3, 5th Weather Squadron, launch a weather balloon during a field exercise. The Air Force detachment provides airborne weather teams to support the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and subordinate units, including the 82nd Airborne Division, 1ST Special Operations Command and the 7th Special Forces Group. Country: Unknown

Latvian soldiers practice their quick reaction force techniques. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the USA will participate in the second PfP land exercise conducted in the Baltic region. While this exercise will conduct training along peacekeeping/humanitarian assistance mission standards, significant US Navy and Marine Corps capabilities never exercised in Europe will be performed including the use of equipment from the US Marine Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Expeditionary Brigade (NALMEB) .... Complete Scene Caption: Latvian soldiers practice their quick reaction force techniques. Baltic Challenge '97 is a multinational exercise conducted in the spirit of NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) initiative. More than 2600 military personnel from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norw

DF-ST-87-12678. Subject Operation/Series: BLUE HORIZON '86 Country: Ecuador (ECU)

Ukrainian Marines show Lance CPL. Franklin (standing), their standard issue rifle, during a break in Situational Training Exercise - 5 (STX-5), Check Point Operations/Weapons Disarmament. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army (USA) Soldiers assigned to A/Company, 1ST Battalion, 17th Infantry Division armed with 5.56mm M16A2 assault rifles form a scrimmage line while practicing riot control techniques at Orote Point, Guam, during Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99. Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 99 Base: Orote Point State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Two, armed, US Army B Co., 9th Engineer Battalion engineers, SGT Simon Edwards and PFC John Jones, stand in a rocky steam bed holding non-electric blasting caps and waiting to detonate munitions during a Cooperative Blast mission in an area south of Camp Bedrock, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during Operation Joint Endeavor. 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 Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A Marine monitors message traffic on the AN/PRC-77 field radio carried by another Marine as they wait to move inland after coming ashore during the joint South Korean/U.S. exercise Valiant Blitz '91. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT BLITZ '91 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DF-ST-85-11726. Subject Operation/Series: SAFE DEFENDER ONE Base: Camp Robinson, Little Rock State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier demonstrates a pair of AN/PVS-7 Cyclops 3rd generation goggles. The system is in the final stage of development. Country: Unknown

US and Korean soldiers on patrol during a Live Fire training exercise at Typhoon Range. Subject Operation/Series: LIVE FIRE Base: Yang-Gu Country: Korea

US Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCPL) Erik Chism holding a 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifle, sits and takes a brake at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, "Barking Sands," Kauai, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA and involved Navy and Marine Air, Ground and Sea Forces trained as a combined amphibious assault force during Operation RIMPAC 96. US Marine Corps Lance Corporal (LCPL) Erik Chism holding a 5.56 mm M16A2 assault rifle, sits and takes a brake at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, "Barking Sands," Kauai, HI. Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Camp Pendleton, CA and involved Navy and Marine Air, Ground and Sea Forces trained as a combined amphibious assault force during Operation RIMPAC Ô96.

Marines from Machine Gun Team Two, Weapons Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, fire on a stationary target in support of a platoon sized attack, during a recent training exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '97 Base: Ban Chan Khrem Country: Thailand (THA)

DN-ST-89-05171. Country: Unknown

DM-ST-86-05369. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of Combat Service Support Detachment 36 (CSSD-36) prepare to fire M-16A2 rifles from the kneeling position on a firing range. They are wearing M-17 nuclear-biological-chemical masks. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Two airmen scan the surrounding area from a hilltop observation post. A heightened state of security is in effect aboard the base as the Filipino government fights to put down a coup attempt by rebel factions within the nation's armed forces. Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

A gunnery crew from Battery A, 321st Field Artillery, line up the sights of their 105mm howitzer during exercise Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-88-10359. Base: Tamara Country: Honduras (HND)

British Forces Corporal Mark Holyday (Center), a team member representing the Royal Air Force Regiment, scrambles to the rally point on the Combat Rifle competition course during Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, on October 31st, 2000. DEFENDER CHALLENGE is the annual Air Force competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Left side rear view medium shot of a US Marine M198 155mm Howitzer as Marine Cannoneers from Lima Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, from Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, prepare to fire an artillery round into the Howitzer. This training exercise took place at the Ojojihara, Japan range Artillery Relocation Shoot. (Landscape shot). Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY RELOCATION SHOOT Base: Ojojihara Base Camp Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of Co. B, 4th Bn., 27th Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light) hike along a road as they train for deployment to the Middle East to take part in Operation Desert Storm. The men are armed with M-16A2 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Schofield Barracks, Kaneohe Bay State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Covered with mud, US Marines from 3D Marine Division Communication Company, carry a member of their squad on a stretcher during the medical evacuation simulation exercise, on the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, (JWTC) Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan. The JWTC is a training area where Marines perform land navigation skills, patrolling tactics, force on force reconnaissance, and jungle survival skills. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Courtney State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Members of Company B, 1ST Battalion, 187th Infantry, 193rd Brigade Task Force from Panama, move out across a field during the joint US/Honduras training Exercise AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE). They are wearing camouflage and are armed with M16A1 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: AHUAS TARA II (BIG PINE) Base: Aguacate Country: Honduras (HND)

A female Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle during small arms qualifications at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a kneeling position during small arms qualifications at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US military personnel take defensive positions as they participate in the evacuation of American students from the island. A Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter aircraft is visible in the background. Base: Point Salines Country: Grenada (GRD)

MGEN Chainarong Noonpakdee, Commanding General of the Royal Thai Army's 2nd Infantry Division, talks with three members of 4th Bn., 22nd Inf., 25th Inf. Div. (Light), during the joint Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. The general is visiting the troops in the Bo Thong area, about 90 kilometers east of Chon Buri. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Country: Thailand (THA)

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations

DF-ST-89-06324. Base: Camp Bullis Army Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of the1st Bn., 35th Inf., 25th Inf. Div., move out from the landing zone while participating in an air assault during the joint U.S./South Korean exercise Team Spirit '86. The soldier in the foreground is carrying an M-47 Dragon anti-tank missile on his back. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '86 Base: Yongpyong Country: South Korea

A U.S. Marine holds an M-60E3 machine gun as he listens to a briefing while training with an Ecuadoran marine corps unit during Unitas XXXII, a combined exercise involving the naval forces of the United States and nine South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXXII Base: Manta Country: Ecuador(ECU)

BGEN Stanley F. Cherrie, Assistant Deputy Commander-Maneuver, Task Force Eagle (TFE), visits with US soldiers at the remote signal site Hill 425 in Bosnia - Herzegovina during Operation Joint Endeavor to thank them for a job well done. A partial left side view of an M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle can be seen immediately behind BGEN Cherrie and the soldiers. 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 Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Hill 425 Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marines carrying M16A2 rifles participate in a live-fire competition on Range 2. Base: Naval Station, Rodman Country: Panama (PAN)

Two airmen, camouflaged and armed with an M-16 rifles, receive instructions from a controller while defending the air base during Exercise Reforger '81. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '81 Base: Hahn Air Base Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

SGT 1ST Class Vic Oltesvig, 2nd Bn., 325th Infantry Regt., 82nd Airborne Div., awaits his turn to practice exiting from an aircraft mockup during exercise Market Square III. Subject Operation/Series: MARKET SQUARE III Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

990426-M-3368I-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Division

A Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) platoon leader checks on his soldiers as they work to camouflage their K-1 tanks at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2 1998 between a ROKA armored brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Sergeant J. A. Mitchell demonstrates a Stinger portable anti-aircraft missile system. Base: Mcas, Cherry Point State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

LRRP - Sgt Curtis E. Hester, Asst Patrol Leader, Co D, 151st Inf., opens fire with this M-16 rifle against the enemy. September 1, 1969, Vietnam.

DF-ST-88-10324. Base: Judicalpa Country: Honduras (HND)

U.S. Marines construct a sandbag shelter at the American Embassy during Operation Sharp Edge. The Marines are at the embassy to aid in the evacuation of personnel during Liberia's ongoing political unrest. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

Combat Camera team members receive their morning photo assignments and operations brief from US Air Force MASTER Sergeant David Bass, a videographer assigned to the 1ST Combat Camera Squadron (CTCS), Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. The Joint/Combined Combat Camera team is currently deployed to the Combat Support Operations Course school at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army and Air Force instructors watch students prepare to attack a mock beach on base in a program designed to teach Air Force security police infantry tactics for air base defense. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of 2D Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, First and Third Platoon, engage in a crowd-control training demonstration for Airmen of the 24th Security Forces Squadron (not shown) at Howard Air Force Base, Panama. They are armed with 5.56mm Colt M16A2 rifles with attached M203 40mm grenade launcher (foreground) and backed by 12-gage shotguns. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

Infantrymen equipped with arctic field gear march down a road during Exercise Brim Frost '83. Subject Operation/Series: Brim Frost '83 Base: Clear Creek State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines pile up sandbags that are being filled on the beach at the edge of the US Embassy compound. Marines of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (22nd MEU), deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), were sent to augment security at the embassy as part of Operation SHARP EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: SHARP EDGE Base: Monrovia Country: Liberia (LBR)

A woman Marine recruit fires an M-16A2 rifle from a prone position during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine from Fox Company 2/2 takes a position on the ground behind his M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). He is moving in to confiscate weapons from police headquarters in Grand Riviere Du Nord to support of Operation Uphold Democracy. A crowd of Haitians moves in the background. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Grand Riviere Du Nord Country: Haiti (HTI)

DF-ST-88-05208. Base: Pope Air Force Base State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Marines and Republic of Korea troops line up for an afternoon field mess during Operation BEAR HUNT '84. Subject Operation/Series: BEAR HUNT '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A Bulgarian Army Soldier probes for mines near a fellow Soldier after the explosion of a simulated mine during Situational Training Exercise-6 (STX-6) held at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY 96. A Bulgarian Army Soldier probes for mines near a fellow Soldier after the explosion of a simulated mine during Situational Training Exercise-6 (STX-6) held at Camp Lejeune, NC during Operation COOPERATIVE OSPREY Õ96.

Crewmen stand in the hatches of a Marine LAV25 light armored vehicle (LAV) as their unit heads inland after coming ashore on D-Day of 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)

A chaplain offers a benediction to a simulated casualty during a field training session. A chaplain's assistant is maintaining guard duty as another helps transport the wounded soldier. Base: Fort Monmouth State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 2nd of the 7th Infantry Division, 24th Infantry Division during company STX Lane (Breach) training. Subject Operation/Series: SITUATIONAL TRAINING EXERCISE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Honduran soldier prepares to move out on patrol with his unit during the joint Honduran/U.S. exercise Cabanas '88. Subject Operation/Series: CABANAS '88 Base: Palmerola Air Base Country: Honduras (HND)

Major General David F. Bice, Deputy Commander of Marine Forces Europe, visits Marines from the Twenty Sixth Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (26 MEU (SOC)), Battalion Landing Team, Third Battalion, Eighth Marines, just recently offloaded on to Cap Serrat Beach, Tunisia, Africa during Exercise ATLAS HINGE. Subject Operation/Series: ATLAS HINGE Base: Cap Serrat Country: Tunisia (TUN)

Smoke rises in the background as a member of Navy Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Team 5, armed with an M-4 carbine, patrols a field during a press demonstration. Base: Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

After surrendering to friendly forces, an aggressor is searched, blindfolded, and secured for transport to be interrogated. The team is made up of 120 Air Force, Navy, and British Army reservists currently undergoing a two-week field-training course at Fort Dix, New Jersey. From this course, the team will learn to survive and operate in a field environment. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CPL Wheeler of the Second Combat Engineers prepares a dynamite charge during Combined Arms exercises Five and Six. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 90th Security Police Group, wearing camouflage gear, participate in a training exercise. Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian marines perform a demonstration of hand to hand combat techniques for a group of American sailors & Marines from the USS DUBUQUE (LPD-8) (not shown) at a Marine infantry base near Vladivostok. The American ship is making a port visit as part of a combined American-Russian disaster relief exercise. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATION FROM THE SEA Base: Vladivostok State: Siberia Country: Russia (RUS)

A Korean soldier practice ground assault maneuvers.(Exact date unknown). Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 93 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Steve Johnson, a videographer assigned to the 36th Training Support Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, pulls the spool as Interior Communications Electrician 1ST Class (IC1) Andrew Buckland, broadcast systems maintenance technician, Fleet Imaging Command Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, checks the wire. The wire for the field phones will provide the main means of communications for participants during Contingency Support Operations Course (CSOC) 97-8. The Contingency Support Operations Course gives many airmen their first taste of how contingencies work, what is expected of them, and how to survive and operate under these conditions. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Bulgarian soldier, armed with an AKS-47 rifle, stands by for the signal to enter during room clearing training at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training facility during Situational Training Exercise Two (STX-2). STX Two trains troops on the use of defensive techniques in urban environments. Subject Operation/Series: COOPERATIVE OSPREY '96 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

(left to right) 1LT Vasquez, SSG Williams and PFC Middleton, wearing NBC (Nuclear-Biological and Chemical) gear, stand guard to secure the perimeter at the main entry control point for their battery. They were responding to a chemical warfare attack on the 31st Brigade compound during the world's largest joint service, multi-nation tactical air operations exercise. Subject Operation/Series: ROVING SANDS 97 Base: Mcgregor Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marine 105mm howitzer gun crewmen, from Btry. I, 3rd Bn., 11th Marines, prepare their gun for a fire mission. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 18th Security Police Squadron defend the air base during exercise Kangaroo '81. Subject Operation/Series: KANGAROO '81 Base: Shoalwater Bay State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

MGEN Fred A. Gorden, Commanding General, 25th Infantry Division (Light), is encircled by some of the soldiers of the division as he speaks to them in the field during the combined Thai/U.S. exercise Cobra Gold '90. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '90 Base: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

DM-ST-86-05494. Base: Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A fire team leader points to a position on his map of the terrain as he tells part of his fire team what their responsibilities are during a training exercise at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PVT Mechael Statton (left) and SGT Alan Leblance, both from 2 Squad, 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 23rd Engineer Battalion, Task Force Eagle Engineer Brigade, unload some TNT from a rucksack that they will need to destroy a Croatian bunker near check point 130 (Grid CQ 12618492) April 18, 1996, during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

PLATOON (1986), directed by OLIVER STONE.

A member of the 374th Security Police Squadron during night infiltration training techniques at the OPFOR camp outside of Kunsan Air Base. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '94 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

US Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Light Infantry Brigade, Fort Drum, New York, simulate assault tactics onboard the USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN 69) in support of Operation UPHOLD DEMOCRACY. The soldiers are armed with an M60 machine gun and M16 rifles. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN 69)

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