Military Training Exercises

Images of military vehicles in action, including howitzers masked by smoke and armored vehicles on patrol during various training exercises.

The 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, fired their M-270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) during Table XVIII as part of Exercise Dynamic Front 2022 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 21, 2022. DF-22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premiere U.S.-led NATO Allies and Partners-integrated fires exercise in the European theater focusing on fire interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural and technical domains.

An M110 203 mm self-propelled howitzer is hidden by smoke during a training exercise. An M548 tracked cargo carrier is in the background. Country: Unknown

A Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected vehicle passes beneath the rising sun at the outset of a combat logistics patrol launched by Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 2, Regional Command (Southwest), in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2013. Convoy crews commonly operate from sunup to sundown during logistics missions through the province's rugged terrain.

A cluster of destroyed Iraqi tanks, that appear to be Soviet made T-62 and T-54 models from Desert Storm, lay buried in the sand at a "bone yard" near Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait (KWT)

DM-ST-87-01596. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Justin Jones from the 413th Civil Affairs Company, keeps a lookout over a vehicle patrol base near the village of Nani, Afghanistan, May 30, 2007, from his humvee.

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion (CEB), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), launch an anti-Personnel Obstacle Breach System during the SAPPER Squad Competition on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 10, 2022. During this exercise, Marines from 1st CEB, 1st MARDIV, and 2d CEB conducted urban demolition training during the annual SAPPER Squad Competition. The competition consisted of a wide array of mission essential tasks under a stressful environment and recognized top talent within the Marine Corps combat engineer community.

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Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), conduct table XII certification training on the M777 from Nov. 3-4, 2022, in Romania. The United States commitment to defending NATO territory is ironclad and will continue to bolster its posture to better defend NATO allies.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines conduct High Mobility Artillery Rocket System simulated fire missions during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 10, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

The 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, fired their M-270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) during Table XVIII as part of Exercise Dynamic Front 2022 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 21, 2022. DF-22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premiere U.S.-led NATO Allies and Partners-integrated fires exercise in the European theater focusing on fire interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural and technical domains.

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U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Divisions (Air Assault) Headquarters element and 2nd Brigade Combat Team engage in simulated combat during a U.S.-Romanian Air and Land Demonstration at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, July 30, 2022. The demonstration is part of a series of events to celebrate nearly 80 years since the Air Assault division deployed to Europe.

Soldiers from the British Army conduct a live-fire exercise with their L11A1 heavy and light machine guns, during Exercise Eager Lion in Jordan, Sept. 13, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations.

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment maneuver from a chemically gassed area during Exercise Bougainville II at the Pohakuloa Training Area, Island of Hawaii, Oct. 20, 2018. Exercise Bougainville II is the 2nd part of the pre-deployment workup focusing on platoon and company level exercises.

DF-ST-89-06581. Subject Operation/Series: VOLANT SHIELD Base: Camp Robinson State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Michael McLaughlin, a launcher security chief for 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, waits for instructions at Artillery Firing Area 30 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2022. Live-fire exercises with High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems are conducted in order to enhance the tactical and operational readiness of 1st MarDiv Marines for exercises and real-world operations.

U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and a Polish army Leopard tank moves under smoke concealment to the attack position during a multinational live fire at Borsuk 22, Nowa Deba, Poland, Oct. 14, 2022. (3-4 ABCT) The 3-4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

Members of the 4th Battalion, 37th Armor Division, move toward the "front lines" in armored vehicles during Exercise Gallant Eagle '82. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

During a final phase of training, the Idaho Army National Guard Sniper Team was required to move to a location without detection, set up a firing position in a covered facility, identify a target and possible hostage and neutralize the target. After firing the team was then tasked with leaving the secured facility without detection.While commonly known as snipers, the official term used by U.S.Army is designated marksman. The U.S. Army Sniper Course is a seven-week training course at Fort Benning. With most formal training courses, skill training is an ongoing process throughout the year. The snipers of the 2-116th CAB trained for a full week separate from the main body of units in the field during annual training 2022. Their training encompassed individual qualifications, timed shooting exercises and movement to a covered location without being detected, identifying adversaries, engagement and withdrawal without being sighted. U.S.Army, Idaho Army National Guard, Sniper, I

Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, fire a Javelin anti-tank guided missile during training with Lithuanian soldiers at the Pabrade Training Area in Pabrade, Lithuania, June 21. The exercise provided an opportunity for U.S. and Lithuanian Soldiers to train together and increased interoperability between NATO forces.

US Marine Corps (USMC) engineers from Regimental Combat Team 1 (RCT 1), lay flat to the ground as they destroy enemy artillery in Saddam City, Iraq, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Saddam City Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M240B medium machine gun during an Expeditionary Operations Training Group amphibious raid course at Red Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 22, 2022. During the course, the Marines gained proficiency in small boat operations and tactics to increase their capability to operate in a littoral environment.

Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fires the mortar to support a live-fire mission during Exportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) program at Camp Roberts, California, July 18, 2022. The XCTC Program provided tailorable training in a tactical field environment.

A 120mm mortar is fired on an armored personnel carrier of the Israel Defense Forces.

031014-M-9382M-008. At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel with the 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, fire a 96 pound artillery round from an M198 Towed Howitzer, during Exercise ROLLING THUNDER 2003.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ivan Galdamez, an anti-tank missile gunner with 3d Battalion, 2d Marines, fires a TOW missile system during exercise Shinka 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, July 2, 2022. Shinka exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Galdamez is a native of San Francisco, California.

Humvees from Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, advance in pairs during training aboard Fort A.P. Hill, Va., Sept 13, 2009. Marines performed mounted route-clearance exercises during the sustainment training.

030324-M-9124R-007. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Tel Saki site of a fierce battle in the Yom Kippur war

030402-M-3138H-027. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Soldiers with 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, conduct a combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX) on Fort Drum, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2022. The exercise consisted of a foot march, breaching obstacles, and a clearing operation with supporting fire from 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th MTN DIV, and 1st Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, 10th MTN DIV.

U.S. Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (3/4th ABCT) stage as opposing forces during infantry platoon situational exercises at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 6, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces; execute joint, bilateral and multinational training exercises; and provides command and control for rotational and assigned units in the European theater.

A cloud of heat and smoke erupts from the wreckage after a 1,500 pound explosive detonated, Sept. 27, on the Eglin Air Force Base range. The controlled explosion was to set a scene for the FBI's large vehicle bomb post-blast school this week. State and county law enforcement, along with Navy and Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians, learned the proper procedures to investigate and maintain a large scale vehicle explosion. The week-long course was the second held on Eglin with 67 students representing 18 different U.S. agencies.

040811-F-0193C-019. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Georgia National Guardsmen detonate a demolition charge to clear a wire obstacle at a live demolition training range during Noble Partner 20, Sept. 14, 2020. Noble Partner 20 provides vital opportunities, not only for multiple U.S. services to work together, but also for integrated, total force training with U.S. National Guard units and our partner nations militaries to ensure interoperability.

DA-ST-87-08569. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M1A2 Abrams tanks assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fire while engaging the enemy at the start of a multinational live-fire exercise during Defender Europe at Mielno Range, Poland, May 17, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe. The exercise demonstrates U.S. Army Europe and Africas ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters supporting NATO.

990504-F-5214MÐ001. Subject Operation/Series: GUARDIAN CHALLENGE 99 Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-86-08468. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030402-M-5150A-079. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040603-M-8096M-001. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Khabargho State: Zabol Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

DM-ST-87-01599. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron perform a sweep of a downed aircraft and hold security during a simulated response exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. Over the course of the exercise, participants practiced recovering downed pilots, located sensitive components and transported high value explosive items while maintaining security in a simulated hostile environment. Air Force

An F-101 Voodoo aircraft is damaged in certain areas, so that personnel from the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron can repair it as part of a training exercise. Base: Hill Air Force Base State: Utah (UT) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030205-M-1852W-008. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn, 12th Marines

U.S. Marines assigned to Kilo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI)course2-22, near Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 13, 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.

010831-A-9680K-201. Base: Kodra Fura State: Kosovo Country: Serbia (SER)

German soldiers assigned to Artilleriebataillon 131 fire munitions from a Panzer 2000 howitzer during exercise Dynamic Front 22 (DF22) at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, July 18, 2022. DF22, led by 56th Artillery Command and U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, is the premier U.S. led NATO Allied and Partner integrated fires exercise in the European Theater focusing on fires interoperability and increasing readiness, lethality and interoperability across the human, procedural, and technical domains.

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A firefighter in a proximity suit prepares to spray foam from a P-15 fire truck onto a fire caused by the explosion of a 40,000 gallon JP-4 aviation fuel storage tank. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, assault through a smokescreen during a mechanized raid with soldiers from the Royal Army of Oman during Exercise Sea Soldier 2013 in Rabkut, Oman, April 29, 2013. The 26th MEU is currently deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations.

160515-M-NI439-298 TRAINING AREA 1, JORDAN (May 15, 2016) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Zach King, left, and Cpl. Derick Sammonek, assaultmen with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, brace themselves as an 60mm mortar exits the tube of an M224 mortar system as part of sustainment training during Exercise Eager Lion 2016. Exercise Eager Lion 2016 is a bilateral, scenario based exercise with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the U.S., designed to exchange military expertise and improve interoperability among partner nations. During the sixth iteration of the exercise, both joint and combined military responses to conventional and unconventional threats will be explored. Participating troops will also train across their respective mission sets including border security, inter-ministerial command and control, cyber defense and battlespace management.

BUBIYAN ISLAND, Kuwait - Eleventh Marine Expeditionary Unit Marines survey this uninhabited island Nov. 20 where a Navy and Marine Corps team practiced an amphibious landing from ships in the Persian Gulf and the MEUs reconnaissance Marines trained with Kuwaiti commandos.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to A Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fire M777A2 Howitzers during a Table XV Battery Certification live fire exercise, Nov. 9, 2022 at the 7th Army Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. 2nd Cavalry Regiment, assigned to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe, works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces capable of rapid deployment throughout the European theater to defend the NATO alliance.

An M-110 203 mm (8-inch) self-propelled howitzer is driven across a field during the joint South Korean/US Exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: Team Spirit '84 Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

U.S. Marine mortarmen with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct a fire mission during a field exercise at Range 800 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 20, 2022. The FEX was designed to improve the battalions combat and contingency capabilities in preparation for future deployments.

U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fire 81mm mortar rounds during exercise Bougainville III at Pohakuloa Training Area, Feb. 3, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. Marine Corps

DF-ST-88-05016. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX Base: Fort Hunter Liggett, Jolon State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Mongolian Army truck transports Mongolian soldiers during an exercise for UN peacekeeping missions. Nalaikh, 30.06.2023., Nalaikh, Mongolia, Asia

DA-SC-88-01662. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07868. Base: Gabel Mamza Country: Egypt (EGY)

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Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team engage in various mission durian Operation Nakoa Fleek in Schofield Barracks, HI. Operation NAKOA FLEEK is a two-week multi-echelon exercise designed to validate the Brigades Capability Set Integration (CSI), train and certify lethal companies, troops, and batteries, and exercise the Warriors sustainment capacity in a dynamic and complex battlefield against a thinking and reacting enemy.

Djibouti, March 30, 2010 - A tank crewman braces himself after firing a 120mm round from a M1A1 Abrams battle tank during a live-fire range in Djibouti. Marine tank crewmen engaged several targets alongside the French 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade as part of a joint exercise.

A view of a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) firing a round of ammunition. Base: White Sands Missile Test Range State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft shortly after it landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 62 crew members Jessica Meir and Drew Morgan of NASA, and Oleg Skripochka of Roscosmos, Friday, April 17, 2020. Meir and Skripochka returned after 205 days in space, and Morgan after 272 days in space. All three served as Expedition 60-61-62 crew members onboard the International Space Station.

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Attack Company, 1st Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, Colorado Army National Guard, spend more than a week in Gurnsey, Wyoming, in preparation for a deployment, Oct. 15-25. Throughout the week the Soldiers ran lanes multiple times, qualified on individual weapon systems and completed Situational Training Exercise lanes that consisted of ambushes. Fort Carsons 4th Security Force Assistance Brigade provided assistance and helped the National Guard improve their tactics. The SFAB is a specialized unit with the core mission to conduct training, advising, assisting, enabling and accompanying operations with allied and partner nations.

A U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams tank assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, fires during gunnery table V, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, June 7, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

050620-A-5704D-002. Base: Ntc, Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armored personnel carriers of the 7th Brigade Royal Scots, 1ST United Kingdom Armored Division, pass a burning Iraqi anti-tank vehicle while advancing east into Kuwait from southern Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Soldiers assigned to the Bulgarian Armed Forces, Armed Forces of Montenegro, Serbian Armed Forces and the U.S. Army National Guard discuss an offensive operations plan prior to a field training exercise, June 18, 2018, during Exercise Platinum Wolf. About 90 Soldiers from both the 269th Military Police Company, Tennessee National Guard, and the 838th Military Police Company, Ohio National Guard, participated in the two-week multinational peacekeeping exercise that brought 10 nations together to enhance military cooperation and interoperability at Serbias South Base and Borovac Training Area, June 11-22. (Ohio National Guard

070315-M-6500K-004. Complete Scene Caption: March 15, 2007, Riverine Squadron (RIVRON-), Detachment 3, st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and Dam Security Unit 3 (DSU-3), st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force prepare their Small Unit Riverine Crafts (SURC) for Operation Leyte Gulf. The operation consisted of extracting and inserting a platoon of Marines from Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines along the banks of the Euphrates River near Habbaniyah. The operation is to familiarize the arriving RIVRON- with the area that DSU-3 has been covering for the past six months. RIVRON- and DSU-3 are deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province of Iraq MNF-W to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction. Anbar province. (U.S. Marine Corps photo SGT. Mich

030324-M-5150A-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

030507-F-7203T-011. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Senior Airman Jeremy Kalminski, an electrical systems journeyman assigned to the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron, defends a position during a simulated response exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. The training tested the squadrons ability to properly respond to an aircraft crash under strenuous conditions and brought several different organizations across base together to maximize a realistic atmosphere and maintain security. Air Force

The New Jersey National Guard's Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, breach a gate during a field mission at the Fort Dix Ranges on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, March 25, 2023. The 114th Infantry Regiment had a four day drill weekend to better prepare for JRTC.

Two helicopters fly over a live-fire range in Poland during exercise Anakonda 2016 on June 16, 2016. During the Polish-led international exercise, U.S. Airmen trained alongside allies and tested aircraft, vehicles and other equipment.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to Ares Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade, 4th Infantry Division (3-4 ABCT) prepare an M1A2 Abram tank for enemy engagement during Exercise Iron Wolf 22 at Pabradė Training Area, Lithuania, Oct. 23, 2022. The 3-4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Baker Battery, 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment (3-321 FAR), 18th Field Artillery Brigade, fires a Reduced-Range Practice Rocket (RRPR) from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a Latvian-led field artillery live fire exercise, NAMEJS, at Liepāja, Latvia, Sept. 27, 2022. The 3-321 FAR is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 30, 2022) - Republic of Korea Marine Corps Soldiers exit their Amphibious Assault Vehicles and storm the beach during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 during an amphibious raid. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (Royal New Zealand Air Force photo by Cpl. Dillon)

U.S. Army M1A2 Abrams assigned to 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division fires during a multinational rehearsal at Borsuk 22, Nowa Deba, Poland, Oct. 13, 2022. (3-4 ABCT) The 3-4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

990618-M-5696S-016. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Camp Montieth State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

Soldiers of the Michigan National Guard 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery conduct live fire training alongside their Latvian counterparts at Adazi Training Center, Latvia, during exercise Summer Shield XIII. Soldiers of the 1-119th FA deployed to Latvia for a multinational fires and effects training exercise. Latvia and Michigan have trained together through the State Partnership Program for 24 years.

A 343rd Tactical Fighter Wing A-10A Thunderbolt II aircraft drops flares over a range during CALFEX '90, a joint service, combined arms live-fire exercise. Subject Operation/Series: CALFEX '90 Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska(AK) Country: United States Of America(USA)

010118-F-9033M-030. Subject Operation/Series: CORONET ROADRUNNER 2001 Base: Cannon Air Force Base State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

U.S. Marine Infantrymen with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provide ground security during the Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration of the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, California, Sept. 24, 2022. The MAGTF Demo displays the coordinated use of close-air support, artillery and infantry forces, and provides a visual representation of how the Marine Corps operates. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). Marine 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion launches a mine clearing line charge down range during Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) 4-98. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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